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Celebrating Achievements, Commitment and Service
Celebrating Achievements, Commitment and Service

Awards and Recognition

AHLA celebrates excellence across the health law community, recognizing outstanding individuals and organizations whose achievements exemplify our core mission and values. Our inclusive Awards Program actively engages members through peer nominations and diverse judging panels, ensuring all contributions are valued. Through transparent eligibility criteria and a structured, bias-mitigating evaluation process, we uphold our commitment to inclusion, diversity, equity, and accessibility while honoring the remarkable contributions of our volunteers and leaders. 

Nominations are accepted year-round. Those submitted during an award's Review Period will automatically be considered for the following year's award cycle. 

Final date to submit for this cycle: 

  • Patricia Meador Leadership Award – June 30, 2025 
  • Michael F. Anthony Health Law Scholarship – July 31, 2025 
  • Excellence in Adjunct Teaching – August 31, 2025 
  • IDEA Champion Award – September 30, 2025 
  • Fellows – December 15, 2025 
  • Student Writing Competition – December 31, 2025 
  • David J. Greenburg Founders Award – February 28, 2026 

Awards

David J. Greenburg Founders Award

The Association’s highest highest honor, recognizing members who have demonstrated exceptional leadership, unwavering loyalty, and distinguished service to the Association throughout their career while making significant contributions to the advancement of health law. 

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Fellows Program

Honors distinguished members who have demonstrated exceptional commitment and made significant contributions to both the health law profession and the Association. This prestigious designation celebrates those who represent the pinnacle of excellence in our community. 

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IDEA Champion Award

IDEA Champion Award

Celebrates individuals who have demonstrated exceptional leadership in advancing inclusion, diversity, equity, and accessibility within AHLA and the broader health law community. This Award honors those whose meaningful actions and advocacy have created lasting positive change.

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Patricia T. Meador Leadership Award

Presented annually to a member-volunteer who has demonstrated extraordinary commitment and dedication to fraud and compliance educational efforts and mentoring.

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Excellence in Adjunct Teaching Award

Mentoring

Celebrates adjunct professors who demonstrate exceptional dedication to advancing health law and policy education through innovative curriculum development, outstanding classroom instruction, and meaningful student mentorship, regardless of their teaching tenure. 

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Student Writing Competition

Student Writing

Recognizes a student for their exceptionally well written paper that discusses a timely and relevant health law and/or health policy and/or health compliance issue. 

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The Michael F. Anthony Health Law Scholarship

Provides student recipients with registration and a stipend to offset or defray the cost of attending AHLA’s Fundamentals of Health Law conference. 

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Recognizing and Celebrating the Health Law Community

Recognitions

Donor Honor Roll

Recognizes individuals and companies for their generous support of the Association's educational mission over the years.

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Member Recognition

AHLA honors and celebrates exemplary volunteers and leaders who offer wisdom and direction to the health law community.

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Presidential Citations

Awarded by the AHLA President to recognize individual(s) who have demonstrated leadership, mentorship, and other contributions that facilitated the Association’s success during the President’s term. 

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Top Honors

Recognizes those companies, law firms, and organizations who encourage and sustain their employees’ affiliation with AHLA

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