Membership

The National Health Council (NHC) offers a variety of member benefits to engage with and learn from other NHC staff experts and other members. Highlighted below are some key member benefits. For more information on member benefits and opportunities, contact the NHC Membership Team at membership@nhcouncil.org.

Build Your Network: Expand your network with the broader health community through participation in our conferences, action teams, affinity groups, online community, and ad-hoc briefings. Opportunities include:

Five Signature Convenings:

• • Health Leadership Conference*
  • Science of Patient Engagement Summit
  • Washington Representatives Summer Meeting
  • Washington Representatives Retreat*
  • Annual Membership Meeting & Luncheon

   * Business & Industry members may participate through sponsorship. 

• • Monthly Government Relations Action Team meetings, which serve as the central forum for NHC policy and government relations professionals to get updates on and provide input into the full array of patient-related policy issues on which the NHC and its members are focused.
    
    
  • Affinity Groups bring together staff from NHC member organizations to discuss cross-cutting issues common to their area of work.
    • Artificial Intelligence (AI)
    • Chief Executive Officers
    • Chief Financial Officers
    • Communications Professionals
    • Chief Scientific/Medical/Research Officers
    • Health Equity
    • Event Professionals

• • NHC Connect, an online community where members can access information and resources and directly collaborate with each other around areas of common interest, challenges, and opportunities. NHC Connect offers space for all members and dedicated communities for AI, CFOs, Health Equity, Policy, Programs and Patient Engagement, and more.

Increase Visibility: Enhance your organization’s profile and outreach by:

• • Submitting content for the NHC’s weekly member newsletter, NHC Insider
  • Highlighting your organization and activities via a guest post on the NHC Putting Patients First blog
  • Promoting job openings at your organization on the NHC Job Bank

Access Educational Resources and Research: The NHC’s online Center of Educational Excellence helps patients and patient advocates understand complex topics related to patient centricity in health care.

• • Patient Experience Mapping Toolbox
  • Fair-Market Value Calculator
  • Patient-Centered Core Impact Sets
  • Real-World Evidence Classroom
  • Value Classroom
  • Research Briefs

Access to Policy and Issue Resources: The NHC provides access to policy resources and expertise on a broad range of complex issues that impact all people with chronic conditions. View our policy priorities here.

The NHC strives to share relevant policy work such as comment letters, working documents on policy positions, and white papers with its members well ahead of deadlines. This allows member organizations to utilize our materials to inform their own policy positions and responses.

Strengthen Internal Operations: Expand knowledge on current issues facing the nonprofit sector, such as changes in charity rating systems, innovative fundraising strategies, relationships with the for-profit sector, and tax policy related to charitable giving. The NHC provides information to members to inform their compensation practices and track trends in revenue.

Navigate the Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Health Care: PXI: Patient Experience + Innovation, the NHC’s Center for Patient Partnership in Health AI & Technology, is a hub to support patient-informed AI development and use.

Earn Certified Association Executive (CAE) credits: The NHC is a CAE Approved Provider for the American Society of Association Executives^® (ASAE). In-person NHC events meet the conditions for fulfilling the professional development requirements to earn or maintain the CAE credential. Every program we offer that qualifies for credit will clearly identify the number of credits granted for full participation. Per CAE policies, the NHC also maintains records of your participation.

Reserve Meetings and Office Space: We invite our members to reserve the NHC’s conference rooms at 1730 M St NW, Suite 650 in Washington, DC when you travel to or host meetings in the DC metropolitan area.

NHC CORPORATE HOTEL RATES: The NHC is pleased to offer its members the opportunity to take advantage of NHC corporate hotel rates at nearby hotels in Washington, DC. The following seven hotels are offering the NHC’s corporate rates:

• • Capital Hilton
  • Courtyard Hotel Dupont Circle
  • Hilton DC Capitol Hill
  • Hotel Washington
  • The Madison Hotel
  • The Mayflower Hotel, Autograph Collection
  • The Westin Washington, D.C. City Center

NHC members who are interested in obtaining corporate rates at these hotels should email nhcmeetings@nhcouncil.org to request complete information.

About the NHC: The National Health Council (NHC) unites nearly 200 national organizations—including leading patient groups, research institutions, providers, caregivers, and businesses across the health care sector—to drive patient-centered health policy. Representing 200+ million Americans with chronic diseases and disabilities, the NHC strengthens its members’ collective influence to expand access to quality, affordable, and equitable health care. The NHC fosters collaboration to shape policies that reflect the needs of patients.