AHVAP Board Members Receive Nomination to National Academies of Practice

The Association of Healthcare Value Analysis Professionals (AHVAP) is pleased to announce that two of our AHVAP Board Officers have been nominated for induction into the National Academies of Practice. Anne Marie Orlando, our Board Treasurer, and Karen Niven, our President-Elect, have both been nominated for this prestigious honor. Anne Marie currently serves as the Senior Director, Clinical Programs for Blue Point and Karen serves as the Senior Director, Clinical Value Analysis for Premier, Inc. Both of these accomplished healthcare leaders are dedicated to excellence in their field and have made tremendous contributions to the healthcare field as evidenced by this prestigious nomination. Nominations are by invitation only and are a recognition of these leaders' impacts on their respective fields through their leadership careers. 

NAP is a non-profit organization founded in 1981 to advise governmental bodies on our healthcare system. Distinguished practitioners and scholars are elected by their peers from multiple different health professions to join the only interprofessional group of healthcare practitioners and scholars dedicated to supporting affordable, accessible, coordinated quality healthcare for all. NAP firmly believes that close collaboration and coordination of different healthcare professions, aligned through a common vision, can advocate for patients and model excellence in interprofessional and preventive care. NAP is dedicated to lifelong learning from, with, and among different healthcare professions to promote and preserve health and well-being for society.

Anne Marie and Karen were both nominated for induction into the prestigious Nursing Academy of the National Academies of Practice. Congratulations to both Anne Marie and Karen on this tremendous accomplishment and recognition! 

Please join us in congratulating these two outstanding leaders in our Association on this well-deserved accomplishment!