A Method for Rural Hospitals to Create Countywide and Multicounty Community Health Needs Assessments
Abstract
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) of 2010 requires non-profit hospitals to conduct a Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA) to identify health issues in its service area and adopt an implementation plan at least every three years. Under Internal Revenue Service rules,1 a charitable hospital may gather input from persons who represent the broad interests of the community it serves through meetings, focus groups, interviews, surveys, and/or written comments. Hospitals are expected to assemble sufficient information on the medically underserved, low-income, or minority populations to identify and prioritize health needs and develop a strategy to improve the health of these groups in their communities. Hospitals are free to decide how to collect data given their financial and technical support resources.
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