Community health needs assessments (CHNAs), also known as community health assessments, are state, tribal, territorial, or local health assessments that identify key health needs and issues through ...

Under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), nonprofit healthcare providers must conduct periodic assessments of community health needs and that requirement may have broad implications for the future of ...

Reliable assessment of health and social needs within a community ensures that local input drives strategic planning and programmatic decisions. Results are used to determine the priorities and focus ...

Many health system leaders are developing health equity plans to participate in new value-based care payment models. The new ACO REACH payment model from the Center for Medicare and Medicaid ...

Developing clearer guidelines for measuring a hospital's orientation toward population health would be a big step towards fundamentally improving population health and changing the relationship ...

The IRS released a new proposed rule loosening penalties on the health law’s requirement for non-profit hospitals to submit a community needs assessment, granting some waivers for minor infractions ...

AKRON, Ohio -- The Greater Akron area is undergoing its first LGBTQ+ needs assessment, the first comprehensive wellness study for this community in the area. Kent State’s College of Public Health ...

Forty percent of nonprofit hospitals are failing to complete and publicly report documentation required for a community health needs assessment, according to a study published Aug. 24 in JAMA Network ...

Augusta Health is conducting its Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA) to identify and address the community's health priorities. Residents are encouraged to participate in the online survey ...

Clark Fork Valley Hospital is gearing up for the 2026 Community Health Needs Assessment and is asking community members to participate in a county-wide survey focusing on health care.

CHANGE Inc. is embarking on its 2025 Community Needs Assessment, a comprehensive effort to identify and address the challenges faced by residents in Brooke, Hancock, Marshall, Ohio, and Jefferson ...

The CNA was designed to elicit information on topics not only of interest to the local health department, but to provide insight into the social, behavioral, and economic factors relevant to the ...