Responding to the health needs of our communities is central to the mission of not-for-profit health care organizations. To do so, we need to have an understanding of community health needs and use a deliberate approach for addressing those needs.　

The importance of assessing community health needs and developing an implementation strategy to address selected needs was reinforced by the Affordable Care Act, enacted March 2010. The law adds new requirements for tax-exempt hospitals to conduct community health needs assessments and to adopt implementation strategies to meet the community health needs identified through the assessments.

This webinar presented the new legal requirements for community health needs assessments and implementation strategies and the basic elements involved in carrying out assessments and developing implementation strategies.　

This community benefit webinar was co-sponsored by the Catholic Health Association and VHA Inc.

Presenters: Julie Trocchio, Senior Director, Community Benefit and Continuing Care, CHA; and Preston Quesenberry, Attorney, Office of the Chief Counsel of the Internal Revenue Service.

This is a recording of the webinar held on October 25, 2011.

Run time: 90 minutes