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Hospital Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA) and Community Benefit Planning

Hospital Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA) and Community Benefit Planning. The ACA provides in the law that 501(c) (3) hospitals must: Conduct a CHNA at least once every 3 years

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Hospital Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA) and Community Benefit Planning

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  1. Hospital Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA) and Community Benefit Planning • The ACA provides in the law that 501(c) (3) hospitals must: • Conduct a CHNA at least once every 3 years • Include in the assessment information from: “persons who represent the broad interests of the community served by the hospital facility, including those with special knowledge of or expertise in public health” (ACA §9007(a), I.R.C. §501(r)(3)(B)) • Make the assessment widely available to the community

  2. Hospital CHNA and Community Benefit Planning (Contin.) • The ACA also provides that hospitals must: • Develop an implementation strategy (Community Benefit Plan) to meet the needs of the CHNA • Describe needs not addressed by the plan • Explain why those needs are not being addressed

  3. Public Health Community Needs Assessment and Community Health Improvement Plan • Standards for National Public Health Agency Accreditation require every 5 years: • a Community Health Needs Assessment • a Community Health Improvement Plan (CHIP) • a Department Strategic Plan • DOH is a resource for hospitals to use our data as a foundation for hospital CHNA

  4. CHNA/Community Benefit Plans for Hospitals and CHNA/CHIP for Public Health NFP Hospitals Public Health Dept. • CHNA conducted every 3 years • Community Benefit Plan required every 3 years • Benefit plan includes strategies to address needs • Required to meet community benefit regulations • Collaboration with public health, community stakeholders, and consumers required • Use of secondary data strongly encouraged • Definition of Community flexible • CHNA conducted every 5 years • CHIP required every 5 years • CHIP includes strategies to address needs • Required to meet agency accreditation standards • Collaboration with community stakeholders, e.g., health systems, and consumers required • Use of primary and secondary data required • Definition of Community defined

  5. Mobilizing Action Through Planning and Partnership (MAPP) MAPP provides a framework for: • Stakeholder collaboration • Comprehensive CHNAs • Unique Community Benefit/CHIP • Systemic approach to improve health outcomes

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