CQC Nonprofit Hospital Scorecard: Colorado 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 Colorado Hospital Scorecard was created based on recent findings from the Lown Institute, Axios, PatientsRightsAdvocate.org, and other publications about troubling practices at hospitals in Colorado. These practices are at odds with what the public expects from charitable organizations, especially since Colorado nonprofit hospitals collectively receive billions of dollars in tax breaks each year.

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

“Too many nonprofit hospitals in Colorado are failing to uphold their charitable missions. They’re overcharging their patients while devoting too few resources to charity care. They’re also using aggressive debt-collection tactics, even going so far as to sue their patients when they can’t afford to pay. This is unacceptable. As charitable organizations, these hospitals enjoy hundreds of millions of dollars in tax breaks each year. They have both a moral and a legal obligation to serve the best interests of their patients and the public. When they fail to do so, they should be held fully accountable.”

Visit CQC’s Nonprofit Hospital Scorecards here.