BOSTON, MA – Mass General Brigham (MGB) is a nonprofit, tax-exempt, academic hospital system and is the dominant hospital organization in the state. But, according to recent reports from the Massachusetts Health Policy Commission and PatientRightsAdvocate.org, MGB’s practices are at odds with what the public expects from charitable hospitals.

A statement from Consumers for Quality Care (CQC) reads: “Nonprofit hospitals receive massive subsidies through exemptions from paying state and federal income tax, sales tax and property tax. In return, they are expected to deliver affordable, quality health care to underserved communities. Unfortunately, many of America’s biggest nonprofit hospitals are putting profits over patients. Nonprofit hospitals like Mass General Brigham must do more to benefit their communities.”