Continuing movement towards risk-based reimbursement in health care financing offers new opportunities for generative dialogue among hospitals and community stakeholders on how to better align and focus assets across health and related sectors to eliminate health inequities.  The Center to Advance Community Health & Equity (CACHE) has just released a new resource, Hospitals & Community Health: Moving Beyond the Numerical Tally.  This guide is intended to serve as a resource for community stakeholders, regional philanthropy, and public officials who use data from the Community Benefit Insight (CBI) Tool, a searchable platform with tax-exempt hospital data from IRS Form 990 Schedule H.  The CBI platform was  developed by RTI International, who manages enhancements and partners with CACHE to support inquiries.  It is also intended to move beyond simple comparisons of expenditures by tax-exempt hospitals, and towards a more thoughtful and collaborative approach to analysis, engagement, and improving health at scale. 

Dorothy Hopkins, the CEO of Frazier Revitalization, a community development nonprofit organization in Dallas, Texas that is well known for its innovative approach to community revitalization, its commitment to social justice, and its creativity in the engagement of key institutional stakeholders, offers her insights in “Mobilizing Change in Frazier”.

Dorothy highlights her work at Frazier Revitalization, the role that CACHE can play in engaging stakeholders and building health equity, and what it means to bring affordable healthcare to Frazier’s residents. Dorothy is also a member of CACHE’s National Advisory Committee.

Kevin Barnett, Co-Director of CACHE, reflects on the work around community health improvement and equity.