Welcome to CHA
Your National Membership Organization
As a Catholic healthcare leader, you are part of the nation’s largest group of nonprofit health care providers, with over 600 hospitals and 1,600 long-term care and other health facilities across all 50 states. Every day, more than one in seven patients in the U.S. receives care in a Catholic hospital. In CHA, those who serve the ministry raise a collective voice for compassionate care—standing united for change, championing care for all and health reimagined, upholding human dignity and the common good.
Member Benefits
CHA’s resources are designed to help our members thrive in their respective roles in Catholic health care. Our specialists in mission, ethics, sponsorship, community benefit and health policy provide consultation and guidance on diverse and often complex issues in health care. Look for content with a lock icon and "member exclusive" tag to see content developed exclusively for CHA members. Make sure to log in to experience the full benefits of membership! If you don't have a login create an account today.
Ministry Identity Assessment
The Ministry Identity Assessment is a custom-created virtual platform designed to help members prepare for and conduct the assessment process. Features include document upload and storage, collaborative scoring tools and an auto-generated complete final report, including an action plan, in a template branded with your ministry’s logo.
Framework for Ministry Formation Resources
Inside Out
The Inside Out podcast series explores the inner life and spirituality of leaders in Catholic health care. While we often recognize each other’s professional accomplishments and contributions to Catholic health care, we rarely have the opportunity to understand what truly animates another’s service to the ministry. Inside Out invites deeper conversations about the faith and purpose that sustain our calling.
Downloadable Guide for Planning and Reporting Community Benefit
CHA Members have exclusive access to download the Guide from our website (member login required).
Guide for Sponsors in Catholic Health Care
A valuable and timely guide for new, current and prospective sponsor members about the distinctive role of sponsors and important role of the laity for the health ministry of the Catholic Church. The guide highlights the vocation, personal qualifications and recruitment of individual sponsor members and the importance of their ongoing formation and spiritual development.
Mission Leader Competency Model Resources
Member Exclusive - This resource is the latest edition of CHA’s Mission Leader Competency Model, and includes seven competencies: Catholic Identity, Strategy, Operations, Formation, Spirituality, Ethics and Advocacy.
Ethics Mobile App
Designed exclusively for CHA members, the Ethics App features a readily accessible collection of ethics information for clinicians who are providing patient care and for ongoing education of ethicists, mission leaders, ethics committees and clinicians in Catholic health care. Features include: Complete searchable version of the Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care ServicesGlossary of ethics termsKnowledge base of resources
Knowledge Hub
The Knowledge Hub platform offers access to all of our learning opportunities, including live events, courses and learning modules. You can also access CHA's archive of webinar recordings. Make sure to log in to access the library of resources.
Job Board
Designed for both job seekers and employers, the CHA Job Board provides opportunities to find and promote positions within the ministry. CHA member organizations can post their latest job openings, search through viable employee resumes, and manage applications to select ideal candidates. Basic postings are available to members at no charge.
A United Voice in Washington
CHA's advocacy efforts strive to shape the impact of federal legislation and policies. Working together with advocates from Catholic health systems and facilities nationwide, CHA's Washington, DC-based advocacy team focuses on initiatives to strengthen the viability of the Catholic health ministry as not-for-profit providers and support the ministry's emphasis on creating a more just and compassionate health care system. In addition to working with our health ministry partners on key initiatives, CHA also collaborates with other Catholic partners, health and other organizations in addressing areas of mutual concern.
Washington Update
Washington Update is published weekly when Congress is in session to provide important information on topics of interest to Catholic health care organizations. The newsletter is available exclusively to members of the Catholic Health Association of the United States.
Advocacy Agenda
As stated in our Vision, CHA advocates a health care system that is available, accessible and affordable to everyone and is designed to create and sustain a strong, healthy national and global community. The U.S. health care system should support and promote the health and well-being of every community, including rural and urban underserved areas.
Contact Congress
The Catholic Health Association is pleased to make available e-Advocacy, a user friendly, web-based tool that will allow the ministry to participate more actively in our collaborative advocacy efforts.e-Advocacy allows you to communicate directly with policy makers on issues important to the Catholic health ministry. Using e-Advocacy will allow you to immediately respond to CHA's advocacy alerts with form letters and talking points provided for your personalization and use.
A Voice for the Ministry in the Church, at Home and in Rome
CHA brings the voice of the U.S. health ministry to the Catholic church both at home and in Rome. CHA collaborates with the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), Catholic Charities, Catholic Relief Services and other organizations that share our values in areas such as immigration reform, the elimination of disparities, human trafficking, environmental responsibility, global health and other vital issues of social justice.
Membership and Dues
Membership in CHA is limited to entities that promote, embrace, and foster the mission, purposes, and values of CHA, including the principles of Catholic social and moral teaching. Member benefits extend to employees of member organizations.
CHA's bylaws detail the criteria an entity must meet to qualify as a CHA member under one of CHA's membership categories.
Individuals are not eligible for membership in CHA.
If you would like more information on the benefits of membership in CHA or to request an application for membership, please contact Madeline Hantak.