Participants in the statewide CHNAs (Community Health Network Areas) gathered for the eighth Inter-CHNA Gathering at the Blue Hills Trailside Museum in Milton, MA on April 20, 2016. David Aronstein of the Boston Alliance for Community Health led a presentation and discussion on the newly-passed Department of Public Health Determination of Need regulations. David Brill of the Attorney General's Health Care Division then spoke about Community Benefits regulations, and Allyson Perron Drag of the American Heart Association talked about proposed legislation to create a tax on sugar-sweetened beverages. The event is part of a bi-annual gathering of CHNAs and interested parties from across the Commonwealth organized to discuss matters of mutual concern. Click here for a 55-minute video of David Aronstein's DoN presentation.. Click here for a 28-minute video of David Brill's presentation. Click here for a one-hour video of Allyson Perron Drag's presentation.  Click here for photos and video of the previous Inter-CHNA gathering in Framingham in October 2016 and links to the five other gatherings. For further information about the statewide Inter-CHNA organization, contact David Aronstein at 617-279-2240 ,or Wendy Garf-Lipp at 508-324-7900, Ext. 103.

(Top row) Partners School Wellness Coordinator Marcia Picard talks with Partners Steering Committee Treasurer Lisa Alves and Southcoast Health Community Health Worker Linda Mae Pittsley while Beverly Ciavola of the Cape Cod and Islands CHNA talks with Partners Steering Committee Secretary Wendy Garf-Lipp. (Row two) NHP Foundaton Residentail Services Coordinator Pam Anderson-Livingston of Fall River introduces herself to the group after participants interview each other. (Row three)  David Aronstein of the Boston Alliance for Community Health describes his understanding of the new Department of Public Health Determination of Need regulations and fields a question from Alec McKinney of the John Snow Institute. (Row four) David Brill of the Attorney General's Health Care Division describes the new requirements for hospital community benefits. (Row five) llyson Perron Drag of the American Heart Association talkd about proposed legislation to create a tax on sugar-sweetened beverages. (Bottom row) Wendy Garf-Lipp participants from Lowell respond to the presentations and discuss them during a break.