About the Illinois Hospital Association
IHA Vision for Illinois Health Care
All individuals and communities deserve access to high quality health care at the right time and in the right setting to support each person's quest for optimum health.
Vision for IHA
To be the most influential voice for Illinois health care.
Mission Statement
To advocate for and support hospitals and health systems as they serve their patients and communities.
Meet the Family
The IHA "family" includes several owned and managed companies that provide a full line of management, operational and insurance services:
- Association Management Resources (AMR): Provides cost-effective, high-quality service programs to Illinois hospitals, including:
- IPC Group Purchasing - IPC is an innovative group purchasing program designed to reduce health care supply chain expenses through member collaboration, volume aggregation, industry-leading contract pricing, custom contracting, and technology solutions.
- Insurance Brokerage - AMR is a licensed property and casualty insurance agency. Program offerings include an exclusive Directors and Officers liability program available to IHA members and their affiliates, as well as specific and aggregate Excess Workers' Compensation insurance for hospitals that self-insure their workers' compensation liability.
- Illinois Risk Management Services (IRMS): Provides claims management, risk management and actuarial consulting services to Illinois Compensation Trust, Illinois Provider Trust and self-insured health care clients.
- Medical Alliance Insurance Company (MAIC): Provides professional liability coverage to physicians on staff at self-insured hospitals being served by Illinois Risk Management Services and members of Illinois Provider Trust.
- Illinois Compensation Trust (ICT): A risk pooling program for workers' compensation. ICT is owned and governed by its member hospitals.
- Illinois Provider Trust (IPT): A risk pooling program for professional and general liability. IPT is owned and governed by its member hospitals.
The IHA family also includes:
- HealthCare Associates Credit Union (HACU): A not-for-profit, full service financial cooperative begun by the Association in 1980 but now fully owned by its members.
- Illinois Hospital Research and Educational Foundation (IHREF): A non-profit subsidiary of IHA, whose primary purpose is to provide educational opportunities for those in the health care industry as well as to obtain grants for research into certain health care issues.
How We're Governed
IHA operations are directed by President and Chief Executive Officer Maryjane Wurth and a 32-member Board of Trustees. Constituency sections for disproportionate-share hospitals, small and rural hospitals, behavioral health, investor-owned hospitals, and volunteers, as well as councils and task forces, provide members with opportunities to participate in the Association's policy development process.