The leading association for hospitals dedicated to high-quality care for all.
America’s Essential Hospitals
About America’s Essential Hospitals
America’s Essential Hospitals is the leading association and champion for hospitals dedicated to high-quality care for all, including those who face social and financial barriers to care. Since 1981, America’s Essential Hospitals has advanced policies and programs that promote health and access to health care. We support our more than 350 members with advocacy, policy development, research, education, and leadership development. Communities depend on essential hospitals for care across the continuum, health care workforce training, research, public health, and other services. Supported by Essential Hospitals Institute, the association’s research and education arm, essential hospitals innovate and adapt to lead all of health care toward better outcomes and value.
About Essential Hospitals Institute
Essential Hospitals Institute leads research, education, dissemination, and leadership development for America’s Essential Hospitals. To advance the quality, safety, and affordability of care at essential hospitals, the Institute identifies promising practices in the field, provides professional development training, promotes practice improvements, and disseminates innovative approaches to care. It does this with an eye toward improving individual and population health through community-integrated health care.
Mission Statement
America’s Essential Hospitals champions excellence in health care for all, regardless of social or economic circumstance, and advances the work of hospitals and health systems committed to ensuring access to care and optimal health for America’s most vulnerable people.
From America’s Essential Hospitals
Statement on Senate Reconciliation Bill
Staff | Jun. 16, 2025
Association Responds to FY 2026 IPPS Proposed Rule, Deregulatory RFI
Faridat Animashaun | Jun. 16, 2025
America’s Essential Hospitals Highlights Member Work in Improving Health Care
Staff | Jun. 12, 2025
America’s Essential Hospitals President and CEO Bruce Siegel’s Opening Remarks at VITAL2025
Staff | Jun. 11, 2025
America’s Essential Hospitals Disappointed by Administration Proposal to Reverse State Medicaid Payment Flexibility
Staff | Jun. 10, 2025
Association Urges HHS to Reject 340B Rebate Models in Forthcoming Guidance
Evan Schweikert | May. 30, 2025
Benefits of Membership
As a member of America’s Essential Hospitals, you have access to benefits and services tailored to hospitals with a mission of caring for those who face social and financial barriers to care. You also share an influential voice with hospitals like yours to advocate and win support for essential hospitals and their patients.
We focus on what matters to you — from federal payment policies to quality improvement to providing community-integrated health care. Through this association, our members shape policymaking to advance essential hospitals and the safety net at large. Members also have exclusive access to learning, leadership development, and grant-funded research opportunities.
When you become a member of America’s Essential Hospitals, you join some of the nation’s most important hospitals and health systems to speak on behalf of patient who face social and financial barriers to care. Explore 10 reasons why you should become a member today.
We are committed to supporting our members so they can not only meet their mission, but thrive. Hear first-hand why our members deeply value their relationship with America’s Essential Hospitals.
Corporate affiliate membership and event sponsorship give you access to an extensive network of decision-makers at hundreds of the nation’s largest health systems. Elevate the visibility of your services and products as you demonstrate your alignment with our members’ mission.
Become a Member
America’s Essential Hospitals is the nation’s only advocate dedicated to hospitals like yours — no other association fights for you like we do. We focus on what matters most to our members: Medicaid and Medicare payment policy, the 340B Drug Pricing Program, and other federal safety net support. We also give you access to a vibrant network of leaders from hospitals and health systems like yours; and we deliver exclusive, tailored education and leadership development programs you’ll find nowhere else. Reach out and learn more about the value of America’s Essential Hospitals membership.
No one truly understands the essential hospitals the way America’s Essential Hospitals does. No one can target their advocacy efforts the way they do, and that’s why I believe they deliver the most value to our organization.
Eric Dickson, MD, MHCM | President and CEO, UMass Memorial Health Care
Financial Documents
Non-Allowable Lobbying Dues
Pursuant to section 6033 (e) of the Internal Revenue Codes, we are required to notify you the percent of membership dues that are allocable to lobbying activities of America’s Essential Hospitals, and, therefore, are non-deductible as an ordinary and necessary business expense by your organization. This information should be used for your Medicaid cost reports and does not apply to members with 501(c)(3) tax status. Download the applicable dues notice from the choices on the right.