Grant Memorial Hospital’s 2022 Community Health Needs Assessment
Provisions in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) of 2010 require tax-exempt (non-profit) hospitals to conduct a Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA) and develop a Community Health Implementation Plan (CHIP) at least every three years. The regulations for the CHNA include defining the hospital’s service area and compiling demographics and analysis of health indicators; taking into account input from the community, including public health professionals; identifying resources; and prioritizing community health needs.
The 2022 Grant Memorial Hospital (GMH) CHNA meets the requirements described above and identifies the following prioritized needs
- Substance Use
- Obesity and Chronic Disease
- Mental Health
- Cancer
This document serves as a roadmap for the CHIP, which will be developed following the completion of the 2022 CHNA and will specify planned actions to be taken by GMH and community partners, available resources, anticipated steps, and a plan for evaluating these activities. To facilitate this goal, GMH partnered with West Virginia University’s Office of Health Affairs (WVU OHA) to complete this CHNA using a robust community based process designed to engage a broad representation of community members. The WVU team was led by Dr. Megan Govindan. A CHNA leadership team including hospital and community representation was convened by GMH to inform and guide the process.
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2019 Community Health Needs Assessment
Provisions in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) of 2010 require tax-exempt (non-profit) hospitals to conduct a Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA) and develop an Implementation Plan at least every three years. The regulations for the CHNA include defining the hospital’s service area and compiling demographics and analysis of health indicators; taking into account input from the community, including public health professionals; identifying resources; and prioritizing community health needs.
The 2019 Grant Memorial Hospital (GMH) CHNA incorporates the requirements described above and identifies the following prioritized needs:
- Cancer
- Substance Use and Abuse
- Obesity and Co-morbid Issues
This document serves as a roadmap for the Implementation Plan, which will be developed during the months following the completion of the 2019 CHNA and specify planned actions to be taken by Grant Memorial and collaborators, available resources, anticipated actions, and a plan for evaluating these activities. In addition to the requirement to conduct a CHNA, hospital leadership expressed the desire to go beyond regulatory requirements in serving patients and the community at large. To facilitate this goal, GMH partnered with West Virginia University’s School of Public Health (WVU SPH) to complete this Needs Assessment using a robust community based process designed to engage a broad representation of community members. This process was led by Dr. Tom Bias in the Health Research Center within the school. A CHNA leadership team was convened by GMH including hospital and community leadership to inform and guide the process.
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2016 Community Health Needs Assessment
The Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA) of Grant Memorial Hospital was conducted to identify health issues and community needs as well as provide information to key decision makers to make a positive impact on the health of the Hospital’s service area. The results of the CHNA will enable the Hospital as well as other community providers to collaborate their efforts to provide the necessary resources for the community.
To assist with the CHNA process and completion, Grant Memorial Hospital retained Arnett Carbis Toothman LLP, a regional accounting firm with offices in West Virginia, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. The assessment was designed to ensure compliance with current Internal Revenue Service (IRS) guidelines for charitable 501(c)(3) tax-exempt hospitals which require tax-exempt hospitals to conduct a CHNA every three years to identify the community’s health needs and adopt an implementation strategy to meet
those needs. In addition, community benefits must be reported on IRS Form 990, Schedule H. As described in the instructions to Schedule H, community benefit activities or programs: “seek to achieve a community benefit objective, including improving access to health service, enhancing public knowledge, and relief of a government burden to improve health”.