The health care industry represents a dynamic marketplace that presents many opportunities and challenges for health care professionals. NAHSE-WMAC members represent a broad range of professionals who directly serve state and federal government health care offices, private payers, nearly every hospital or other clinical site, and academic institutions in the Washington and immediate surrounding areas. In health care, it is essential that current and future health professionals align themselves with organizations like the National Association of Health Services Executives that help to connect health professionals across the country. By becoming a member of NAHSE, you can actively participate in enhancing your career. NAHSE strives to serve as a vehicle by which Black health care leaders can help improve the health status, economic opportunities, and educational advancement of the communities we serve.

NAHSE offers special membership types for current executives, students, and organizations.We welcome and encourage you to join NAHSE you have the option of joining directly online or by downloading our membership application through the links below.

Membership Benefits

  • Affiliation with one of NAHSE’s local chapters which allow for great educational and networking opportunities.
  • Annual Educational Conference with healthcare related programs and well-known speakers and eligibility for pre-approved ACHE Qualified Education credits (non-ACHE) for this program toward advancement, or re-certification in the American College of Healthcare Executives.
  • An annual CEO/Senior Executive program that focuses on the leader’s role in healthcare.
  • Young Healthcare Professionals Forum for students and early careerists.
  • On-Line Career Center for members to post their resume and employers to post positions that are seeking experience minority professionals.

Membership Guidelines
Active membership shall be available to those persons of acceptable character, education, and financial activity who are experienced employees in the health services administration field or who have executive or administrative responsibility for health care delivery, including teaching, or who are engaged in planning, consultation, legislation, publication, and other activities related to healthcare services and its delivery provided:

  • Such persons are not interested in NAHSE solely for personal gain or employment;
  • Such persons do not have or have not demonstrated moral, philosophical, or ideological views or directions and actions contrary to the goals and objectives of NAHSE; and such persons remain financially active with the organization.


Chapter Membership
NAHSE Bylaws specify state that all members of the local chapter must be personal, student or institutional members of the Association. Payment of Chapter dues allows you the opportunity to take advantage of the many benefits offered by the local chapter in your city or the city nearest you. Benefits include local newsletters, local educational sessions, regular meetings and many networking opportunities.

NOTE: Local Chapter membership is required for any individual residing within 75 miles of a listed Chapter.

Personal/Associate Membership        Become a Member 

Personal members are persons with a background in one of the following categories:

  • health and medical care administration having successfully completed an approved program in hospital administration, and/or health services administration, business administration, public health, medicine, economics, and other related graduate degrees deemed appropriate by the Board of Directors; or
  • persons with a background in health and medical care administration and health services delivery systems having experience in these fields that can be considered adequate to have attained an in-depth knowledge of the chosen area of endeavor.

Institutional Membership        Become a Member

Institutional members are organizations and agencies which are interested in and support the programs, aims and goals of NAHSE and are desirous of contributing to its cause, either in the form of financial support or other in-kind aid. The rights and privileges of the institutional members are determined solely by the Board of Directors. Institutional members are members of the Local Chapter with the approval and under the guidelines set down by the Local Chapter. Institutional members are to include organizations such as hospitals, medical centers, neighborhood health centers, group practices, health insurance companies, managed care, coordinated care entities and all other such organizations supporting the purpose of NAHSE. Institutional members may indicate three individuals from their institution who will receive benefits as part of their institutional membership.

Student Type I                                    Become a Member
(Student Membership)       

Student members currently enrolled in an approved program in those fields mentioned in personal membership and other fields deemed appropriate by the Board of Directors. Student members are eligible for Type 1 personal membership upon the successful completion of the graduate program and having had one year’s experience in his or her chosen field.

Student Type I                                    Become a Member
(Early Careerist Membership) 

Recent graduates up to two-years post graduation working in a full-time paid position (including those in full-time paid residency or fellowship programs). This category is for a maximum of two years. Anyone with two or more years of healthcare experience achieved through a full-time paid position, who then returns to school, is not eligible for either Type 1 or Type 2 Student Membership. Members in this category are eligible for Personal Membership upon successful completion of the graduate program and more than two years of healthcare experience.

To join online, follow these instructions:
Instructions to Join NAHSE online
1. Click on the Join NAHSE button
2. Enter your Email address and click on Go
3. Enter your information4. To enter your work information, Click on Create Account and Enter your Organization Info
5. Under Select Your Organization, click on Continue
6. Enter your work information, save organization7. You can insert your Social Networking information if you desire; click Update Social Information or Cancel to continue
8. Review your Profile information by Clicking on My Information
9. If you wish to upload a photo, click on Change Picture; upload and save.10. To purchase a NAHSE Membership (National and Chapter), Click on Online Store and proceed in selecting the appropriate National membership, add to the cart and continue shopping for the Chapter membership, add to the cart and checkout.Once you have completed your purchase, Click on Logout and Close the Window.
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