The proposed form would ask nonprofit hospitals to detail how much money they spent on a number of specific areas, such as charity care, unreimbursed Medicaid costs and health professions education.

Schedule H also asks nonprofit hospitals to describe their collection and billing practices and seeks details as to their joint ventures, such as specifying the ownership interests of doctors in any for-profit activities.

The form comes as more attention has focused on whether nonprofit hospitals are carrying out effectively their charitable missions, as well as how they bill uninsured patients.

AMNews: July 9, 2007. Proposed IRS form revision irking nonprofit hospitals ... American Medical News

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