Community Health Needs Assessment Resource Guide

Vision of Health: Hospitals at the Center of Healthy Communities

The Affordable Care Act, enacted in 2010, requires hospital organizations to conduct a CHNA at least once every three taxable years, effective for taxable years beginning after March 23, 2012.

The definitions for compliance with the IRS 990 requirements are vague and to help hospitals understand the complicated requirements, IHA will provide members with resources on the IRS guidelines, implementation timelines, data collection and suggested team leaders for involvement in the process. In addition to providing resources, this section of the IHA website will provide presentations on how to adopt an effective strategy and case studies.

ACHI Community Health Assessment Toolkit
http://www.assesstoolkit.org
The ACHI Community Health Assessment Toolkit is a guide for planning, leading and using community health needs assessments to better understand -- and ultimately improve -- the health of communities. It presents a suggested assessment framework from beginning to end in six steps, and provides practical guidance drawn from experienced professionals and a variety of proven tools.

Access the CHNA and Population Health Strategies presentation by Michael Bilton, Executive Director, ACHI

HealthyPeople.gov
Healthy People provides science-based, 10-year national objectives for improving the health of all Americans.
For 3 decades, Healthy People has established benchmarks and monitored progress over time in order to:

Encourage collaborations across communities and sectors.
Empower individuals toward making informed health decisions.
Measure the impact of prevention activities.

Additional CHNA Resouces and Websites

CHA’s Assessing and Addressing Community Health Needs
http://chausa.org/Assessing_and_Addressing_Community_Health_Needs.aspx

VHA Community Benefit Resources – Process steps, content and reporting https://www.vha.com/AboutVHA/CommunityBenefit

Affordable Care Act (healthcare reform) http://www.healthcare.gov

2010 IRS 990, Schedule H
990 H Instructions http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/i990sh.pdf
990 H Form http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f990sh.pdf
IRS Notice 2011-52 http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-drop/n-11-52.pdf (released July 7, 2011)

Center for Community Health Development, School of Rural Public Health, Texas A&M University System Health Science Center http://www.cchd.us

Healthy Communities Network, web-based community health assessment http://healthycommunitiesinstitute.com

National Association of County and City Health Officials, Mobilizing for Action through Planning and Partnerships (MAPP) http://www.naccho.org/topics/infrastructure/MAPP/index.cfm

National Association of County and City Health Officials, Protocol for Assessing Community Excellence in Environmental Health (PACE EH) http://www.naccho.org/topics/environmental/CEHA/resources/index.cfm

New York State Department of Health, 10 Steps in Community Health Assessment http://www.health.state.ny.us/statistics/chac/10steps.htm

North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Community Assessment Guide Book, Healthy Carolinians http://www.healthycarolinians.org/pdfs/Revised_CHAguidebook.pdf

University of Kansas, The Community Toolbox http://ctb.ku.edu/en/Default.htm

US Department of Health and Human Services, Healthy People 2020 Toolkit http://www.healthypeople.gov/state/toolkit/

Washington State Department of Health, AssessNow http://www.assessnow.info/

Organizations Helping Communities

Better Health for Indiana - http://healthierindiana.com
Purdue HTAP - http://htap.purdue.edu

Leadership Conference CHNA Presentations

Download presentations for IHA's Leadership Conference, Vision of Health: Hospitals at the Center of Healthy Communities.