Webinar: CBISA™, CFOs and IRS 990 Schedule H
Lyon Software is announcing a new webinar entitled "CBISA™, CFOs and IRS 990 Schedule H". This free 30 minute webinar will be conducted by our President, Doug Lyon, CPA. Read more.
CBISA Online™ and IRS 990H
The IRS is imposing new reporting requirements for hospitals in their annual Form 990 tax return filing starting in tax year 2009. The new information concerns the nature and scope of hospitals' community benefit efforts. All of this information will be reported in the new Schedule H "Hospitals". Lyon Software has been following the IRS draft issues of the new Schedule H, and we have been changing CBISA Online™ to accommodate these new 990H requirements. Read more.
IRS Form 990 Schedule H - Are You Equipped to Gather this Information?
This article is directed at hospitals required to file Form 990 Schedule H (community benefit information). Its purpose is to alert hospitals to the need to implement a tracking and reporting mechanism as soon as possible. Read more.
Upcoming Community Benefit Conferences
Mark the date and register early for these upcoming conferences and educational opportunities.
June 30 and July 9, 2009 Webinar
Priority Setting for Community Benefit: A Primer on Matching Community Need and Organizational Effort
Priority setting is a critically important and often overlooked step in the community benefit program planning process. Matching expenditures of time and money with community need and organizational capacity to effect meaningful health improvement may be common sense. But programmatic inertia and a desire to address every health issue can sometimes obscure the value of priorities and focus. Reinforced by the advent of IRS Form 990/Schedule H and an economic climate in which charitable dollars may be both relatively scarce and facing high demand, non-profit hospitals have every incentive to establish processes for community benefit priority setting.
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October 13-14, 2009, Chase Park Plaza Hotel, St. Louis, MO
Community Benefit 101: The Nuts and Bolts of Planning and Reporting Community Benefit
Planning and reporting community benefit are now key functions of Catholic- sponsored and other not-for-profit health care organization. The Catholic Health Association, the leader in the community benefit field for 20 years, offers a one-and-a-half day seminar that covers the basics of community benefit.
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What's New from CHA (Catholic Health Association)
What Counts email hotline! Community Benefit experts answer your questions about what activities qualify as Community Benefit and recommend what category to use. Click here to visit the CHA website and learn more about the "What Counts" email hotline along with other important Benefit information and implementation.
IRS Form 990 Template. Click here to follow the link.
A Guide for Planning and Reporting Community Benefit. Order the most recent and comprehensive guide from CHA. The Guide's purpose ..."is to help not-for-profit mission-driven health care organizations develop, enhance, and report on their community benefit programs."