Call-to-action
A rallying call for all members to take the Challenge and advance activities aligned with the Challenge's focus area within their own communities.
The Common Health Challenge
Catalyzing a Reimagined Health System
The Common Health Challenge is an annual call-to-action for Coalition members and partners to rally around a critical health-system issue for which the solution relies on improved partnership between health care and public health.
The Institute for Public Health Innovation is the Coalition's partner in implementing and advancing the Challenge.
Three core elements of the Challenge
The Common Health Challenge
is designed to elevate and advance timely, actionable, and scalable solutions that strengthen collaborations between public health and health care systems through three core elements:
Community of Practice
A forum for members to elevate and learn from existing efforts.
Catalyst Awards
Grant funding for young organizations.
2026 Challenge
Regional Action Networks
The 2026 Challenge highlights Regional Action Networks - collaborations between health care and public health organizations working across geographic borders and sectors to tackle shared health priorities, improving outcomes for patients and communities.
2026 Challenge2025 Challenge
Community Health Workers
The inaugural Challenge spotlighted Community Health Workers as trusted professionals who build bridges among clinical, public health, and community organizations to facilitate access to services and improve health.
2025 ChallengeChallenge FAQ
- The Common Health Coalition is a first-of-its-kind collaboration spanning clinician groups, health departments, hospitals, payers, and community organizations. By uniting leaders who rarely share the same table, we turn alignment into action at a scale no single sector can reach alone and transform relationships into results for people and communities.
- Founded in 2023 by the Alliance of Community Health Plans, AHIP, the American Hospital Association, the American Medical Association, and Kaiser Permanente, the Coalition now represents more than 400 members in nearly every state and territory in the country.