Resources

Lyon Software

Lyon Software, the world leader in community benefit tracking software, strives to make social accountability reporting a streamlined process that does justice to the good works of our clients. Our promise and our passionate commitment, is to continue to provide the best possible community benefit software and service. See additional pages for information regarding our products and training or contact us for additional information.

Catholic Health Association (CHA)

For nearly 20 years, CHA has been a leader in the community benefit field, helping not-for-profit health care organizations fulfill their community benefit mission. Read more.

VHA, Inc.

VHA is dedicated to the success of not-for-profit, community-based health care. As a health care provider alliance we deliver industry-leading supply chain management services and facilitate the development of networks that bring members together to solve key clinical and operational challenges.Read more.

Association of Community Health Improvement

The Association for Community Health Improvement (ACHI) is a national association for community health, healthy communities and community benefit.

ACHI convenes and supports leaders from the health care, public health, community and philanthropic sectors to help achieve shared community health goals, and work with hundreds of members to strengthen community health through education, peer networking and the dissemination of practical tools. To learn more about ACHI, visit their website at www.communityhlth.org.

ASACB

The Advancing the State of the Art in Community Benefit (ASACB) demonstration brings together a diverse group of 70 hospitals in California, Texas, Arizona, and Nevada to develop and implement a series of uniform standards to align hospital governance, management, and operations, and to make optimal use of limited charitable resources to address unmet health-related needs. Read more.

Patsy Matheny, MSW, MAPA

Patsy has spent her career in community-based work in the fields of health and social services. In April, 2006 she followed her passion and became a community benefit consultant working with individual hospitals/health systems, regional, state, and national organizations. Read more.

Keith Hearle, President, Verité Healthcare Consulting

Keith Hearle is the President of Verité Healthcare Consulting, LLC (Verité). He has over 20 years of consulting, management, and research experience all focused on the healthcare field. Keith developed the first account and reporting framework for community benefits, incorporated into the Catholic Health Association's Social Accountability Budget, and updated that framework for the 2006 CHA Guide for Planning and Reporting Community Benefit. He has worked with several hospital associations and health systems: as faculty for community benefit programs, to comment on federal tax exemption and reporting initiatives (including the draft 990), to assess organizational performance, and to provide community-based planning and litigation support. Verité specializes in healthcare strategy development, financial and decision analysis, and public policy analysis. Read more or visit his website.