Community Benefits

Wisconsin hospitals and health systems are doing more than just treating their patients – they help them find ways to pay for life-saving medication, put food on their table, or have a roof over their head.

WHA annually surveys its member hospitals about the social services and charity work they perform each year using the Community Benefits Inventory for Social Accountability (CIBSA) statewide survey tool developed by Lyons Software. Wisconsin is one of a handful of states in the U.S. where 100 percent of the hospitals voluntarily report community benefits.

WHA Contact

Tammy Hribar
Member Data Director
608-274-1820
EMAIL: Tammy Hribar

Shannon Nelson
Publications Manager
608-274-1820
EMAIL: Shannon Nelson

Learn more about the great work our hospitals and health systems are doing for their patients – and the important social and economic impact they have on their communities!

WI Hospitals Provided Nearly $2 Billion in Community Benefits in FY 2021

Charity Care (at cost)	$143,588,257
Medicaid Shortfalls	$1,189,612,433
Losses on Other Public Programs	$47,730,380
Subsidized Health Services	$167,071,778
Nursing Home Losses	$8,106,412
Community Health Improvement Services	$69,521,974
Donations, research, education, operations, activities	$343,231,387
TOTAL	$1,968,862,621

UWPHI Website Facilitates Health Improvement Collaboration Statewide

The University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute has compiled community health needs assessments (CHNA/CHA) and community health improvement plans (CHIP) from hospitals and health departments across the state into a website for easy access: http://www.improvingwihealth.org.

This website is organized to allow people interested in a particular health priority area to identify other communities across the state that are also working on that priority.