About Us
Membership
The Patient Access Collaborative is an invitation-only, peer-learning community of academic health systems, freestanding children's hospitals, and CMS PPS-exempt cancer hospitals working together to advance patient access.
Eligibility
Who Qualifies
Membership is institution-wide and extended exclusively to organizations that meet the criteria below.
Academic Health Systems
Health systems with a school of medicine. See the full definition below.
Freestanding Children's Hospitals
Independently governed pediatric health systems. See the full definition below.
CMS PPS-Exempt Cancer Hospitals
Cancer hospitals exempted from the Medicare prospective payment system.
Member organizations must have:
- A large, multi-specialty ambulatory enterprise
- A core academic, research, and teaching mission
- Active involvement in access-related improvements
- An ability to report access-related metrics for all ambulatory practices
- A willingness to collaborate, share data, and partner with peers
Membership is institution-wide. Individual memberships are not offered.
Definitions
How We Define Eligible Organizations
Academic Health System
For membership purposes, an academic health system is defined as a health system that directly owns an MD- or DO-granting school of medicine and operates teaching hospitals and comprehensive, multi-specialty outpatient practices within a unified organizational structure supporting the tripartite mission of clinical care, medical education, and research.
Freestanding Children's Hospital
For membership purposes, a freestanding children's hospital is defined as an independently governed pediatric health system that operates inpatient and comprehensive, multi-specialty outpatient pediatric services within a unified organizational structure and is dedicated exclusively to the care of children. Eligible freestanding children's hospitals must maintain an accredited pediatric residency training program and must not be owned or operated by a larger adult hospital system.
Application
How to Apply
If your organization meets the criteria above, you may submit an application for consideration. Applications are reviewed by the Patient Access Collaborative Board of Advisors. If approved, an invitation to join is extended.
Membership is for organizations only; consultants and contractors are not permitted. An unlimited number of employees of member institutions can participate.
Questions about eligibility or the application? Email admin@patientaccesscollaborative.net.
Members
Who Participates
Our members bring diverse expertise, representing their health systems in roles across:
- Executive leadership
- Ambulatory access
- Ambulatory operations
- Patient experience
- Capacity management
- Medical directors
- Information technology
- Finance and strategic planning
- Contact center management
- Department and service line leadership
The thread that binds us is a commitment to improving patient access in the ambulatory enterprise, regardless of where one falls within the governance structure.
Member Resources
What Membership Includes
Learning & Collaboration
- Engage online forum
- Small-group cohorts
- Listserv access
- Curated resources library
Data & Benchmarking
- Industry benchmarks
- Robust reporting platform
- ROI of Access tool
- Framework Tool
Education & Events
- Annual Symposium
- Webinars and virtual conferences
- All Access Pass podcast
- Job board
…[Patient Access Collaborative] has provided me with tremendous inspiration and a fantastic resource of information. It is absolutely worth the membership, and we will never go without it again.
Austin Loomis, MHA
AVP, Ambulatory Access & Analytics, OU Health
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