[rfu-automation] FW: [Imc] Provena Covenant Medical Center

[Lori A. Serb]

I agree with you Jacob, maybe we should think carefully about the  
Provena question…


Back in September of 2008…

Provena Covenant Medical Center's attorney says the hospital will hang  
onto the $6.1 million property tax refund it received from Champaign  
County earlier this year – at least for now. The county is demanding  
the money back after the 4th District Appellate Court in August 2008  
came down against the hospital and overturned a 2007 circuit court  
decision that had found Covenant tax-exempt.

Flash forward to Feb. 2009…

Scheduled for argument in front of the Illinois Supreme Court in  
mid-2009, Provena Covenant Medical Center v. Department of Revenue is  
poised to set the bar regarding the tax exempt status of nonprofit  
hospitals.[1] Nonprofit hospitals, such as Provena, account for near  
sixty percent of the hospitals in the U.S., while the others are  
either for-profit or government-owned.[2] Oddly, these nonprofit  
hospitals are actually faring better than their for-profit  
counterparts. Seventy-seven percent of the 2033 U.S. nonprofit  
hospitals are “in the black”, while sixty-one percent of for-profit  
hospitals are profitable.[3] One of the reasons for such high success  
rates is the ability of non-profit hospitals to receive significant  
tax exemptions. The Congressional Budget Office reported in 2006 that  
nonprofit hospitals receive an estimated $12.6 billion in annual tax  
exemptions on top of the $32 billion in federal, state and local  
subsidies the hospital industry receives each year.[4] Given such  
figures, it is not surprising that many hospitals do not make up for  
the exemptions they receive with the charitable services they  
provide.  This article delves into the federal income tax code  
applications for nonprofit hospitals and resulting litigation.

http://www.law.uiuc.edu/bljournal/post/2009/02/22/Grey-Area-Anatomy-Tax-Exemoptions-for-Nonprofit-Hospitals.aspx

Lori

On Jul 7, 2009, at 4:12 PM, Jacob Barton wrote:

> I mean, does Provena count as "non-profit"?
>
> I think informational PSA's on health & wellness issues could be  
> great.  But I don't know if that's what he's talking about.
>
> ...Jacob
>
> On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 2:06 PM, Pelman, Trent <Trent.Pelman at provena.org 
> > wrote:
> Good Afternoon,
>
>
> I am the head of Marketing here at Provena and was wanting to know  
> if we could help with your programming. Please let me know. I look  
> forward to hearing from you.
>
>
> Thanks!
>
>
> Trent J Pelman
>
> Marketing and Public Relations
>
> Provena Covenant Medical Center
>
>
>
> Hi Trent,
> I believe that you asking about Public Service Announcements on the  
> radio?  The IMC is home to WRFU 104.5, a community radio station  
> that runs public service announcements for community organizations.   
> If this what you were looking for, please contact: rfu-automation at lists.chambana.net 
>  for more information. You'll need to send either a pre-recorded PSA  
> or develop a text that DJ's can read while on the air.
> Please let us know if you have other questions.
>
> Nicole
> -- 
> Nicole Pion
> Outreach and Development Adviser
> AmeriCorps CTC VISTA
> Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center
>
>
> On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 10:17 AM, Pelman, Trent <Trent.Pelman at provena.org 
> > wrote:
>
> Good morning, I am the Marketing and PR Coordinator here at Provena  
> Covenant. I was recently given this website via a patient who  
> visited our hospital who stated s/he works for the UC Independent  
> Media Center and the available of free air time. May I please have  
> more details as it relates to this promotion of our ministry?
>
>
> Thank you very much for your time,
>
>
> Trent J. Pelman
>
> Marketing and Public Relations Coordinator
>
> Provena Covenant Medical Center
>
> 217-337-2917
>
> Trent.Pelman at provena.org
>
>
>
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