Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$15,561,405

Total expenses

$13,675,782

Contributions and grants received

$378,000

Grants paid

$911,303

Program service revenue

$14,238,806

Investment income

$944,599

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$45,297,666

Total liabilities, end of year

$21,523,088

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$23,774,578

Program services expenses (Part IX)

— not reported

Management and general expenses

— not reported

Fundraising expenses

— not reported

Program service expenses (Part III)

— not reported

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Mission and programs · 2023

• ADVOCACY: AS THE LEADING NATIONAL ORGANIZATION REPRESENTING ESSENTIAL HOSPITALS - THOSE WITH A SAFETY-NET ROLE IN THEIR COMMUNITIES - AMERICA'S ESSENTIAL HOSPITALS REPRESENTS OUR MEMBERS' PERSPECTIVE BEFORE CONGRESS AND THE ADMINISTRATION ON LEGISLATION AND REGULATIONS PIVOTAL TO ESSENTIAL HOSPITALS' FISCAL VIABILITY AND SUSTAINABILITY. MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN 2023 INCLUDED DELAYING $8 BILLION OF MEDICAID DSH CUTS THAT WOULD HAVE OTHERWISE GONE INTO EFFECT IN OCTOBER 2023. WE CONTINUED TO URGE CONGRESS TO CODIFY OF DEFINITION OF ESSENTIAL HOSPITALS IN FEDERAL LAW. WE LOBBIED FOR CONTINUED FLEXIBILITY FOR HOSPITALS TO PROVIDE MORE TELEHEALTH SERVICES AND MAINTAIN THE HOSPITAL AT HOME PROGRAM TO CONTINUE TO SAFELY SERVE THEIR PATIENTS. WE FURTHER ADVOCATED TO PROTECT MEDICAID AND MEDICARE FUNDING TO HELP PROTECT OUR MEMBER HOSPITALS' FINANCIAL VIABILITY.

• POLICY: AS PART OF AMERICA'S ESSENTIAL HOSPITALS' ONGOING EFFORTS TO MINIMIZE FUTURE CUTS TO KEY ESSENTIAL HOSPITAL FUNDING SOURCES, THE ASSOCIATION ADVOCATED ON BEHALF OF ITS MEMBERS REGARDING MEDICARE PAYMENT TO HOSPITALS FOR INPATIENT AND OUTPATIENT SERVICES, INCLUDING MEDICARE DISPROPORTIONATE SHARE HOSPITAL PAYMENTS; SOUNDNESS AND STANDARDIZATION OF QUALITY MEASURES; HOSPITAL PARTICIPATION IN THE 340B DRUG PRICING PROGRAM; AND CONTINUING THE PROVISION OF MEDICAID SUPPLEMENTAL PAYMENTS. IN PARTICULAR, WE WERE PLEASED TO SEE CMS ADHERE TO THE SUPREME COURT'S DECISION REGARDING UNLAWFUL MEDICARE OUTPATIENT CUTS TO 340B HOSPITALS AND FINALIZE A METHODOLOGY TO REPAY HOSPITALS. WE PUBLISHED EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS FOR MEMBERS AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS ON DELIVERY SYSTEM TRANSFORMATION, TRENDS IN MEDICAID POLICY, AND RESOURCES TO TRACK STATE-LEVEL POLICY ISSUES IMPORTANT TO OUR MEMBERS.

• COMMUNICATIONS: DURING 2023, AMERICA'S ESSENTIAL HOSPITALS CAMPAIGNED THROUGH PRINT AND ONLINE ADVERTISING AND SOCIAL MEDIA TO SHARE WITH STAKEHOLDERS THE UNIQUE CONTRIBUTIONS OF ESSENTIAL HOSPITALS AND THEIR NEED FOR BROAD SUPPORT. THE ASSOCIATION ALSO MAINTAINED STRONG MEDIA RELATIONS IN 2023, INCLUDING MANY MENTIONS IN ARTICLES WRITTEN BY THE TRADE PRESS AND MAINSTREAM PUBLICATIONS AND EARNED MEDIA FROM COMMENTARIES FROM THE ASSOCIATION AND ITS MEMBERS.COMMUNICATIONS TO MEMBERS AND OTHER AUDIENCES INCLUDED REGULAR ELECTRONIC NEWSLETTERS; EVENT MARKETING, INCLUDING PRINT AND ELECTRONIC PROMOTION OF IN-PERSON MEETINGS AND WEBINARS; AND PERIODIC ALERTS AND GOVERNANCE COMMUNICATIONS.

• MEMBER SERVICES: AMERICA'S ESSENTIAL HOSPITALS OFFERED A WIDE VARIETY OF EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AND MEMBER SERVICES, INCLUDING WEBINARS, CONFERENCES AND MEETINGS, DISTANCE LEARNING SERIES, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, AND ORIGINAL RESEARCH, REPORTS, AND BRIEFS. THESE ACTIVITIES SUPPORT MEMBER HOSPITALS AND HEALTH SYSTEMS IN SERVING THEIR COMMUNITIES. EACH SERVICE IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR MEMBERS TO LEARN AND EXCHANGE IDEAS ON HOW ESSENTIAL HOSPITALS AND HEALTH SYSTEMS CAN ADDRESS NEW ISSUES AND CHALLENGES, IN ADDITION TO PROVIDING IMPORTANT PROFESSIONAL CONNECTIONS AND LEADERSHIP EXPERTISE. IN 2023, AMERICA'S ESSENTIAL HOSPITALS PROVIDED A FULL SLATE OF IN-PERSON MEETINGS, INCLUDING VITAL2023 IN CHICAGO, TWO POLICY ASSEMBLY MEETINGS IN WASHINGTON, D.C., AND MEDICAID SUMMIT IN WASHINGTON, D.C.ASSOCIATION ACTIONS AND INITIATIVES IN 2023 INCLUDED THE CONTINUED PROTECTION OF FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR ESSENTIAL HOSPITALS UNDER CONSTRAINED FINANCIAL CONDITIONS, A COMMITMENT TO PROGRAMMING FOCUSED ON EQUITY AND MITIGATING THE EFFECT OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC INEQUITIES IN HEALTH CARE, AND GROWTH IN PARTNERSHIPS THAT STRENGTHEN BEST BUSINESS PRACTICES AND EFFICIENCIES WITHIN ESSENTIAL HOSPITALS.

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

• ESSENTIAL HOSPITALS INSTITUTE

  $850,000

  SUPPORT RESEARCH AND PROGRAMMATIC WORK

• CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF PUBLIC HOSPITALS

  $25,000

  ANNUAL MEETING SPONSORSHIP

• DAVID A WINSTON HEALTH POLICY FELLOWSHIP

  $15,000

  HEALTH POLICY BALL SPONSORSHIP

• NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTHCARE LEADERSHIP

  $13,000

  AWARD DINNER SPONSORSHIP

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

• ESSENTIAL HOSPITALS INSTITUTE

  501(C)(3) · CONDUCT EDUCATIONAL & OTHER RESEARCH ON ISSUES OF IMPORTANCE TO AEH · DC · controlled entity

  Directly controlled by AEH

• AMERICA'S ESSENTIAL HOSPITALS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE

  527 · POLITICAL INITIATIVES · DC · controlled entity

  Directly controlled by AEH

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2023

Filed

29 October 2024

IRS schema version

2023v5.1

Source object

202403039349301530

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