Graduate Membership

There are three levels of membership in AUPHA available to Masters Programs in Healthcare Management / Administration wishing to access the benefits of AUPHA membership.  

Associate Membership:
Eligibility:

Any academic unit providing a degree at the masters level in healthcare management in a regionally accredited university. Any program / university campus / academic unit in the US or abroad may qualify for membership.

Associate Graduate Members of AUPHA receive the following benefits and services:

• Access to member-only information on the AUPHA website and Network, including teaching tools
• Access to the Benchmarking for Education in Healthcare Management (BEHM) platform, including the ability to compare your program’s statistics and performance against that of your peer programs in aggregate
• HAMPCAS (centralized grad program application) participation for all graduate program members
• AUPHA Directory of Programs Listing
• AUPHA Directory of Programs access for to all member faculty
• Journal of Health Administration Education subscription to all member faculty
• Right to establish an Upsilon Phi Delta Chapter
• AUPHA Exchange subscription to all member faculty/staff
• AUPHA Network access to all member faculty and profile for each
• Compensation & Benefits Portal access for all member faculty/staff for participating programs
• Access to the Studer Group partner-only resources via the AUPHA Partner website
• Discount for various partner publications and affiliated publications
• Meeting Discount for all member faculty/staff
• Complimentary access to most AUPHA webinars for all member faculty/staff
• AUPHA Publication Discount for all member faculty/staff
• Employment Advertising Discount
• Display Advertising Discount
• One complimentary set per year of AUPHA Program Director mailing labels

Associate Graduate Candidate Membership:

Eligibility:

Any academic unit providing a degree in healthcare management at the bachelors or masters level in a regionally accredited university that has made a commitment to stand for CAHME Accreditation within 8 years of acceptance into Associate Graduate Candidate Membership. Programs will be required to submit a statement of progress toward the goal of accreditation each year in order to maintain Associate Graduate Candidate status.

Associate Graduate Candidate Member Benefits:

In addition to all of the benefits offered to Associate Program Members, Associate Candidate Members also have the following benefits:

·         David A. Winston Fellowship Eligibility for all graduate students in university

Full Graduate Membership:

Eligibility:

Masters degree programs that are accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Management Education may be Full Graduate Members of AUPHA. Full Graduate Program Member Benefits:

In addition to all of the benefits offered to Associate Graduate  Members, Full Graduate Program Members of AUPHA receive the following benefits and services:

·      McGaw Scholarship Allocation

·      David A. Winston Fellowship Eligibility

·      Bugbee Falk Book Award Eligibility

·      Thompson Prize Eligibility

·      Filerman Prize Eligibility

·      HCA Corris Boyd Scholarship Eligibility for all incoming minority students (Graduate Programs)

·      Right to use of AUPHA Logo on printed and online materials

·      Additional faculty included in base dues (see below)

·      Board of Directors Eligibility for all member faculty

·      One Business Meeting Vote

Membership Dues

Dues rates are based upon the type of membership and the number of degrees granted per year. Dues rates are as follows:

CLICK HERE to apply online or CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD the membership application to submit by mail or fax. Please note that programs will only be admitted to the Associate Graduate Membership once a signed application and payment are received by the Association. Programs will only be admitted to Full Graduate Membership once a signed application and payment are received by the Association, and following an affirmative vote of a majority of the Board of Directors.

Please note, if your program is not eligible for either of the categories listed above, you may wish to consider Affiliate Membership in AUPHA.

For more information about AUPHA Membership, please contact Lacey Meckley  by email or phone at 703-894-0940 ext. 122. To request that we call you, or to request a packet with a comprehensive description of membership in AUPHA and the benefits, please CLICK HERE to be added to our contact list.