2026 Awards Program
Patient Access Collaborative Awards Nominations
The Patient Access Collaborative Awards Program celebrates excellence and innovation in patient access — recognizing the leaders, teams, and ideas advancing care across academic health systems, children's hospitals, and cancer centers nationwide.
Nominations for the 2026 cycle have closed.
Thank you to everyone who submitted. Award recipients will be announced at the 2026 Symposium. Watch this page for the 2027 nomination window.
Six Categories
Award Descriptions & Criteria
Read the full criteria for each award below. Nomination forms remain accessible for reference.
Access Champion Award
Recognizes individuals who lead initiatives, mentor others, and embody our mission of access for all, every day.
Emerging Leader of the Year
Honors rising professionals showing exceptional promise and impact early in their patient access careers.
Access Innovation Award
Celebrates breakthrough programs, technologies, or workflows that meaningfully advance how patients reach care.
Access Leader of the Year
The top honor for senior leaders driving transformative, system-wide access improvement at scale.
Best Practice in Access
Spotlights replicable, evidence-based practices that other health systems can adopt to improve patient access.
Community Impact in Access
Recognizes work that extends meaningful access into underserved, marginalized, or vulnerable communities.
Thank you for helping us recognize the next generation of patient access leaders. Award recipients will be celebrated at the 2026 Symposium.