Community Benefit and Engagement Activities

Vail Health is committed to providing programs, partnerships and financial investments that benefit our community and align with identified community health needs and feedback. Each year Vail Health supports community health initiatives through educational programs, discounted medical care, community organization funding and more.

Below is Vail Health's Hospital Community Benefit Accountability (HCBA) Annual Report and supplemental resources. These documents provide additional information regarding our impact on community health needs and confirms Vail Health has completed all state requirements for Hospital Community Benefit Accountability.
 

• 2024 Hospital Community Benefit Accountability Report
• 2024 HCBA Implementation Plan
• 2024 Available Supporting Evidence
• 2024 HCBA Public Meeting Invite List
• 2024 HCBA Public Meeting Attendee List

Vail Health hosted the annual Community Feedback Meeting on August 5, 2024. Public Community Feedback Meetings are intended to engage the community in discussion regarding multiple initiatives including Vail Health’s CHNA, Hospital Community Benefit activities, Hospital Transformation Program progress and Health Equity efforts. Dialogue and feedback were provided to inform ongoing efforts and action plans. Please email our team at VHEvents@VailHealth.org if you have any additional questions or comments.

View Vail Health's 2024 Public Community Feedback Meeting presentation.
 

• 2024 HCBA Public Meeting Discussion Summary

Partner Highlight: Vail Mountain Rescue Equipment

Vail Health supports Vail Mountain Rescue Group with donations to purchase equipment for their search and rescue efforts in Eagle County.
 
"Thanks to Vail Health's generous donation, our team has been able to purchase some fantastic new equipment to support our rescue efforts. Together, we take pride in supporting the health and safety of our community."  - Ted Katauskas | President, Vail Mountain Rescue Group

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Vail Health’s mission is to elevate health across the mountain communities we serve. Guided by this mission and a vision for community health and well-being, we conduct a comprehensive Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA) every three years. CHNAs are one way we monitor health status across Eagle County and identify emerging health concerns through statistical data and community feedback. A key component of the CHNA is stakeholder input, which allows us to hear directly from local residents about health concerns and make recommendations to improve community health.

The 2019 Vail Health CHNA and 2022 Vail Health CHNA Reports outline findings from our most recent assessments and highlight strengths and opportunities across Vail Health’s service areas. The findings will be used to guide future initiatives at Vail Health, as well as serve as a community resource for grant-making, advocacy and to support the many programs provided by our community health and social service partners. Vail Health’s implementation plan is focused on increasing access to affordable, comprehensive, quality care; improving availability and delivery of behavioral health care; preventing and managing chronic disease; and improving health equity for underserved populations.

To learn more about Vail Health’s work to improve the health of our community, or to receive a printed copy of the CHNA, contact Vail Health’s Director of Quality Amy Lavigne at Lavigne@VailHealth.org.

As a nonprofit, community provider with a volunteer board of directors, Vail Health is able to reinvest into the communities we serve, helping to deliver on our mission of elevating health across our mountain communities.

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