CQC Nonprofit Hospital Scorecard: Indiana Nonprofit Hospitals Earn a #HospitalFail

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Despite being tax-exempt, nonprofit hospitals across the country are making big money at the expense of their patients. The Indiana Hospital Scorecard was created based on recent findings from the Lown Institute, Kaiser Health News, and other organizations and publications about troubling practices at hospitals in Indiana. These practices are at odds with what the public expects from charitable organizations, especially since Indiana nonprofit hospitals collectively receive hundreds of millions of dollars in tax breaks each year.

In response to these troubling findings, Consumers for Quality Care (CQC) released the following statement: 

“Nonprofit hospitals are granted tax-exempt status with the expectation that they will offer health care to patients without saddling them with medical debt. Unfortunately, Indiana nonprofit hospitals are failing to uphold their obligations as charitable entities, prioritizing profits over the welfare of the patients they are meant to serve. Mike Pence is running for election to the highest office in our nation, and yet, nonprofit hospitals in his home state of Indiana are too often falling short. Hoosiers and Americans across the country deserve protection from the predatory practices employed by the institutions they rely on in times of need.”

Visit CQC’s Nonprofit Hospital Scorecards here.