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While availability of tax-exempt financing and exemption from income and property taxes have been viewed as the primary benefits of tax exemption, an underutilized benefit is the eligibility to receive charitable contributions. This article, using acquisition of a medical practice as an example, demonstrates one way planned giving can benefit both the health care organization and its physicians, and how such giving programs can be tailored to individual donor needs. Rather than selling a medical practice directly to a hospital, both the physician and the tax-exempt health care organization realize greater benefits through the illustrated charitable remainder trust strategy.
In 1994, the Harry R. Horvitz Palliative Care Center opened as a dedicated inpatient palliative care unit within a comprehensive Palliative Care Program in the United States. The program is designated by the World Health Organization as a national and international demonstration project in the provision of palliative care. The mission of the program and the inpatient unit is to provide excellent care for patients with advanced cancer and their families throughout the illness and during bereavement. The need for the 23-bed inpatient unit was documented by the increasing number of cancer deaths each year and the complex physical and psychosocial problems patients and families experience throughout the course of their illness. Health care professionals specially trained in palliative care are an essential component of a dedicated program within a cancer center.