A Guide for Planning and Reporting Community Benefit

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CHA's A Guide for Planning and Reporting Community Benefit provides a comprehensive framework for health care organizations desiring to develop a strategic approach to planning, delivering and reporting on community benefit programs.

This resource includes guidance on meeting federal requirements for tax-exempt hospitals to conduct community health needs assessments and adopt implementation strategies to meet identified needs. The Guide also includes guidelines for reporting on the IRS Form 990, Schedule H as well as valuable information from community benefit and public health professionals about leading practices in community health improvement.

The Guide is organized around the basic components in community benefit planning, implementation and reporting: 

Online only: Supplemental Chapter: Social Accountability and the Long-Term Care Continuum

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Supplemental Guides and Resources

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For Guide and Framework tools, examples and resources visit the resource page.

Assessing and Addressing Community Health Needs – Offers practical advice on how hospitals can work with community and public health partners to assess community health needs and develop effective strategies for improving health in our communities.

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A Summary Of CHNA and IS Requirements and Recommended Practices – A concise overview of new federal requirements for tax-exempt hospitals to conduct community health needs assessments and adopt implementation strategies to address identified needs.

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Evaluating Your Community Benefit Impact – Designed to help community benefit leaders take a systematic approach to evaluating and improving their programs and to meet their legal requirements by applying the knowledge and experience of public health program evaluation to community benefit programs.

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