References and resources: Hospital finance

About Form 990 (form and instructions)

https://www.irs.gov/forms-pubs/about-form-990

990 explanation by the American Health Lawyer Association

https://www.healthlawyers.org/hlresources/Health Law Wiki/990 Form.aspx/

About Schedule H for hospital filings (form and instructions)

https://www.irs.gov/forms-pubs/about-schedule-h-form-990

About Schedule J for compensation (form and instructions)

https://www.irs.gov/forms-pubs/about-schedule-j-form-990

Finding copies of 990 filings

GuideStar

Charity Navigator

Propublica Nonprofit Explorer

CitizenAudit 

Finding longitudinal data from 990 filings

Open990