Milford Regional Cites Community Benefits it Provides

For the second consecutive year, the Massachusetts Hospital Association announced that hospitals throughout the Commonwealth devoted more than $1 billion in community-based programs in FY24, with Milford Regional contributing $2.6 million of that number.

Throughout FY24, Milford Regional’s community benefits contributions included mental health webinars, youth fitness programs, blood drives, interpreter services, substance use care, free sunscreen initiatives, childbirth education classes for teens and end-of-life comfort to assist families, just to name a few.

As local healthcare needs have grown throughout the state, hospitals’ community benefits investments have increased by 33 percent over the past five years.

Community benefits address specific healthcare issues, inequities and social needs through collaborations with local organizations and hospital staff. Programs are provided at no cost to residents and patients and are not reimbursed by government entities or insurance companies.

“Despite the financial strains that healthcare systems throughout the state are facing, hospitals continue to see the irrefutable value of investing in community benefits programming,” said UMass Memorial - Milford Regional COO and Chair of the Community Benefits Committee’s Leadership Team Bert Thurlo- Walsh, MM, RN, CPHQ. “Milford Regional proudly and continually enhances its community benefits through strong partnerships between our staff and local organizations to help tackle disparities and health outcomes throughout our service region.”

Community benefits reports from Massachusetts hospitals are posted on the Attorney General’s website. To view Milford Regional’s FY24 community benefits report, visit www.milfordregional.org/about-us/community-benefits.