Federal Healthcare Executive Award Nominating Process

Selection and Awards Presentations

Annual selections for the awards are made at the determination of AHA Federal sector members involved in governance and AHA staff. The awards are presented at the Joint Federal Sector Breakfast during the American College of Healthcare Executives Congress in Chicago.

A call for nominations is issued in the fall to the Surgeons General of the Armed Forces, the Undersecretary for Health at the Veterans Administration and the Director of the Public Health Service. Only two nominations are accepted for each award from each branch of the service.

For additional information about the awards, please contact Merry Beth Kraus at 312-422-3338.

Federal Health Care Executive Award for Excellence Recognition Program

The Federal Health Care Executive Award for Excellence Recognition Program was created by the AHA's Governing Council Constituency Section for Federal Health Systems. The award recognizes a senior federal health care executive (commissioned officer 0-6 level or higher/GS-15 level or higher equivalent) who has distinguished him/herself through singularly significant leadership or innovative achievements which have contributed substantially to the mission of the federal health care system.

The Federal Health Care Executive Special Achievement Award Recognition Program

The Federal Health Care Executive Special Achievement Award Recognition Program was created in 1987 by the AHA's Governing Council Constituency Section for Federal Health Systems. The award recognizes a federal career health care executive (commissioned officer 0-5 level or lower/GS-14 level or lower equivalent) who has distinguished him/herself through singularly significant achievements which have contributed substantially to the mission of the federal health care system.