Common use of Community Benefit Clause in Contracts

Community Benefit. In carrying out the Corporation’s charitable purposes of promoting health for a broad cross section of the communities served by the Corporation, the Corporation will: (a) Cause each of its hospitals to provide quality healthcare and health services to all persons needing care without regard to race, creed, color, religion, national origin, citizenship, sex, disability, age, insurance coverage, or ability to pay; (b) Act consistently with the charity care and financial assistance policies of the Corporation to ensure that quality care services are available and provided to all members of the communities served by the Corporation and that no individual is denied care based on the individual’s financial status or inability to pay for the full cost of services; (c) Participate in Medicare and Medicaid programs to the extent permitted by applicable law; (d) Accept all emergency patients without regard to ability to pay; (e) Maintain an open medical staff except where a hospital approved exception has occurred; and (f) Provide public health programs of educational benefit and generally promote public health, wellness, and welfare to the communities served by the Corporation, subject, in each case, to changes in governmental law, policy, or regulation.