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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Tax-exempt hospitals that must conduct community needs assessments under the health reform law would get some leeway from penalties for minor missteps and got clarification about how to satisfy new ...

Despite advances in clinical cancer care, cancer survivors frequently report a range of persisting issues, unmet needs, and concerns that limit their ability to participate in life roles and reduce ...

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 ...