Community Health Needs Assessment

What is a Community Health Needs Assessment?

Community health needs assessments (CHNA) and implementation strategies are newly required of tax-exempt hospitals as a result of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. These assessments and strategies create an important opportunity to improve the health of communities. They ensure that hospitals have the information they need to provide community benefits that meet the needs of their communities. They also provide an opportunity to improve coordination of hospital community benefits with other efforts to improve community health. By statute, the CHNAs must take into account input 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."

Community Health Needs Assessments & Implementation Plans

2022 Community Health Needs Assessment
2023-2025 CHNA Implementation Plan

2019 Community Health Needs Assessment
2020-2022 CHNA Implementation Plan

2016 Community Health Needs Assessment
2017-2019 CHNA Implementation Plan