Illinois Department of Revenue Upholds the Decision to Deny Provena Covenant Medical Center a Property Tax Exemption

The Illinois Department of Revenue (IDR) issued its Final Administrative Decision on September 26, 2006 upholding the ruling of the Champaign County, Illinois taxing authority to deny Provena Covenant Medical Center’s (Provena) appeal to regain its property tax exemption. Provena is a full-service, general acute care hospital in Urbana, Illinois that is a division of Provena Hospitals. Provena Health is the parent corporation of Provena Hospitals, and is a Catholic health system that includes several Illinois hospitals.