About NAPH

The National Association of Public Hospitals and Health Systems represents America's safety net hospitals and health systems. These facilities provide high-quality health services for all patients, including the uninsured and underinsured, regardless of ability to pay. They provide many essential community-wide services, such as primary care, trauma care, and neonatal intensive care, and train many of America's doctors, nurses, and other health care providers. NAPH has cultivated a strong presence on Capitol Hill, and is the only national organization representing the interests of safety net hospitals and health systems before Congress and the Administration. Through our successful lobbying efforts, this collective voice has made an enormous impact on legislation affecting member hospitals and the nation’s most vulnerable populations. Continue Reading

Resources for this Section

  • The History of NAPH

    In 1981, the National Association of Public Hospitals (NAPH) formally opened its doors as an organization dedicated to advocating on behalf of public hospitals, particularly tackling the issues and concerns unique to safety net providers.

  • NAPH - Mission Driven and Ready To Serve

    The mission of NAPH is to provide national, regional and local advocacy on behalf of public and other hospitals and health systems, conduct research and analysis, and provide a host of related services needed by our members.

  • NAPH Strategic Plan: 2010-2013

    America’s health system is undergoing an unprecedented transformation. It is imperative that NAPH be prepared to help its members keep pace. The purpose of this strategic plan is to ensure that NAPH is well-prepared to support its members in every step of the coming transformation. This plan sets out the strategic vision, mission, goals and initiatives that will enable NAPH to do so over the course of the next three years.

NAPH Strategic Partners
  • National Public Health and Hospital Institute
    The National Public Health and Hospital Institute is a private, nonprofit organization established in 1988 to address the major issues facing public hospitals, safety net organizations, underserved communities, and related health policy issues of national priority. Its membership includes the healthcare organizations that comprise the NAPH. The NPHHI board includes public and nonprofit sector leaders in health policy and service delivery.
  • California Association of Public Hospitals and Health Systems
    Established in 1983, CAPH is a statewide trade association representing 19 public and not-for profit hospitals, academic medical centers and comprehensive health care systems working on the front lines of health care in California.
  • Eyman Associates
    Eyman Associates, headed by longtime NAPH counsel Barbara Eyman, provides legal and policy services to NAPH. The attorneys at Eyman Associates have a deep history of representing NAPH and public and safety net hospitals on federal and state Medicaid, Medicare, CHIP and health reform issues, as well as other legal and policy matters, including reimbursement, delivery system reform, Affordable Care Act opportunities and challenges, governance, academic affiliations, regulatory compliance and enforcement. Barbara Eyman also serves as NAPH's General Counsel, and Sarah Mutinsky as NAPH's Deputy General Counsel.
  • Safety Net Hospitals for Pharmaceutical Access
    Safety Net Hospitals for Pharmaceutical Access (SNHPA) is an organization of more than 700 public and private non-profit hospitals and health systems throughout the U.S. that participate in the Public Health Service 340B drug discount program. SNHPA, which was originally named the Public Hospital Pharmacy Coalition, was formed in 1993 to increase the affordability and accessibility of pharmaceutical care for the nation's poor and underserved populations.
  • University HealthSystem Consortium
    The University HealthSystem Consortium (UHC) is an alliance of 103 academic medical centers and 212 of their affiliated hospitals representing approximately 90% of the nation's non-profit academic medical centers.

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