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 ...

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 ...

Akron Children’s has identified mental and behavioral health, access to care and health information as key priorities.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Republic photo Lisa Crane, Columbus Regional Hospital’s Healthy Communities director, talks to the Healthy Communities Council Thursday about the Community Needs Assessment results. Healthy ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

Maui County has released results of its 2025 community needs assessment, a comprehensive survey that will help guide the department’s ongoing efforts to support the well-being of county residents.

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 ...