Delaware Healthcare Association

What Delaware Healthcare Association does

The Delaware Healthcare Association (DHA) is a statewide, non-profit trade association founded in 1967 and headquartered in Dover, Delaware. It serves as the collective voice for Delaware's hospitals and health systems, representing approximately 18 member organizations across the state. DHA's core activities center on state-level government relations, policy advocacy, regulatory engagement, member education, and workforce initiatives on behalf of the acute care sector.

The association generates revenue primarily through annual membership dues paid by hospital and health system members, supplemented by event revenue from the Annual Forum, sponsorships, and PAC-related contributions. DHA does not sell technology products or operate a software platform; its deliverables are advocacy, convening, policy analysis, and coalition management. Core products and services include legislative monitoring, regulatory comment drafting, workforce development programming, and the operation of the FSHLA coalition and DHA PAC — both created since 2023 to extend DHA's advocacy reach.

The current strategic posture reflects a scaling phase: under President & CEO Brian W. Frazee (appointed 2023), DHA has roughly doubled its staff from approximately 4 to 8 employees, launched the Annual Forum, and built two new institutional structures. The business model is capital-light and recurring-revenue-driven, but is structurally constrained by the small size of the Delaware market and the limited number of potential member organizations.

Name

Delaware Healthcare Association

Legal name

Delaware Healthcare Association

Website

https://deha.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1967

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

The Delaware Healthcare Association is a non-profit trade association founded in 1967 that advocates on behalf of approximately 18 hospital and health system members across Delaware through policy engagement, coalition-building, and member education.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Dover, Delaware

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership Dues: DHA generates revenue through annual membership dues from hospitals, health systems, and related healthcare organizations across Delaware. Membership provides access to advocacy services, policy leadership, and member engagement.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels12 records

Core offering

The Delaware Healthcare Association (DHA) is a statewide non-profit trade and membership services organization that advocates for hospitals, health systems, and related healthcare organizations in Delaware. DHA delivers state and federal advocacy, legislative tracking, policy engagement, workforce development initiatives, health equity programs, emergency preparedness coordination, and community benefits reporting support to its member organizations. The organization also convenes the annual Delaware Healthcare Forum, the Annual Member Meeting, and the DHA PAC political action committee to advance healthcare quality, access, and affordability across the state.

Product overview

The Delaware Healthcare Association (DHA) is a statewide trade and membership services organization (formed in 1967) representing hospitals, health systems, and related healthcare organizations in Delaware. DHA does not offer a unified software platform but rather provides a portfolio of advocacy services, events, and reports. Core offerings include state and federal advocacy services with legislative tracking, the Annual Delaware Healthcare Forum (30th edition in 2026), the Annual Member Meeting, and the DHA PAC political action committee. Supporting offerings include published reports (Community Benefits, Hospital Impact, Health Equity), health equity policy statements, human trafficking protocols for member hospitals, respiratory illness awareness resources, and the First State Health Leaders Alliance coalition. The organization focuses on policy leadership and collaboration rather than technology products.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• DHA Advocacy Services

Quantifiable outcome

• Delaware ranked #2 nationally in Hospital Quality
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers18 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

14 partnerships are on record, tiered flagship, core and minor.

• First State Health Leaders Alliance (FSHLA)flagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 March 2025The First State Health Leaders Alliance is a coalition of leading health advocates formed in March 2025 to strengthen healthcare in Delaware through collaboration and coordination across sectors. The alliance issued a joint agenda focusing on healthcare workforce development, adequate reimbursement rates, prior authorization reform, public health investment, workplace safety, healthcare barriers, care transitions, and affordable housing. DHA spearheaded the creation of this alliance.
• Ability Network of DelawarecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMember of the First State Health Leaders Alliance, advocating for persons with disabilities and home care.
• Delaware Academy of Medicine & Public HealthcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMember of the First State Health Leaders Alliance representing public health and medicine.
• Delaware Association for Home & Community CarecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMember of the First State Health Leaders Alliance representing home care facilities.
• Delaware Pharmacists SocietycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMember of the First State Health Leaders Alliance representing pharmacy professionals.
• Delaware Health Care Facilities AssociationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMember of the First State Health Leaders Alliance representing healthcare facilities.
• Delaware Nurses AssociationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMember of the First State Health Leaders Alliance representing nursing professionals.
• LeadingAge New Jersey & DelawarecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMember of the First State Health Leaders Alliance representing senior living and aging services.
• Medical Society of DelawarecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMember of the First State Health Leaders Alliance representing physician practice.
• eBrightHealthcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerChristianaCare, under Dr. Nevin's leadership, became a founding partner in eBrightHealth, a first-of-its-kind alliance in Delaware of health systems and hospitals to increase access to healthcare services and improve quality and affordability.
• eBrightHealth ACOcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerChristianaCare led the development of eBrightHealth ACO, an accountable care organization to improve care coordination, clinical quality, and value in Delaware and the region.
• Gift of Life Donor ProgramminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerBrian Frazee serves on the Gift of Life Donor Program Medical Advisory & Policy Board.
• Delaware Business RoundtablecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBrian Frazee serves on the Delaware Business Roundtable, contributing to statewide business policy discussions that intersect with healthcare.
• Delaware State Chamber of CommercecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBrian Frazee serves on the Delaware State Chamber of Commerce Board of Governors, working to advance healthcare access, quality, equity, and affordability.

Scale indicators13 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Hospital and Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania (HAP): Statewide hospital and health system association for Pennsylvania. Direct functional peer in advocacy, workforce development, and quality initiatives serving acute care, behavioral health, and post-acute providers.
• New Jersey Hospital Association: Statewide hospital trade association representing New Jersey hospitals. Operates an analogous advocacy, education, and member services model to DHA, with comparable policy engagement at the state legislature.
• Healthcare Association of New York State (HANYS): Statewide hospital and health system association for New York. Among the largest state hospital associations, with a comparable advocacy and member services mandate including the FSHLA-equivalent coalition-building function.
• Massachusetts Health & Hospital Association: Statewide hospital and health system association for Massachusetts. Equivalent advocacy and policy leadership role, focused on a state legislature with similarly progressive healthcare policy dynamics.
• Connecticut Hospital Association: Statewide hospital association for Connecticut. Direct peer in advocacy and member services for a small New England state, with comparable member roster characteristics to DHA.
• Virginia Hospital & Healthcare Association: Statewide hospital and healthcare association for Virginia. Comparable advocacy and member services mandate with similar workforce and access policy priorities to DHA.
• Maryland Hospital Association: Statewide trade association representing Maryland hospitals and health systems. DHA's CEO Brian Frazee was previously VP of Government Affairs at MHA, making it the closest organizational peer and a direct model for DHA's structure and advocacy approach.

Broad incumbents

• American Hospital Association: National hospital trade association of which DHA member hospitals are typically constituents. Provides federal advocacy that complements DHA's state-level work; AHA's state affiliate structure mirrors DHA's relationship to Delaware hospitals.

Others

• Delaware Health Care Facilities Association: Delaware-based association representing long-term care and skilled nursing facilities. Adjacent to DHA in Delaware's healthcare advocacy ecosystem and a FSHLA coalition partner; represents overlapping but distinct provider constituencies.
• Medical Society of Delaware: Delaware physician professional association and a FSHLA coalition member alongside DHA. Operates in the same policy ecosystem but represents physicians rather than hospitals, making it an adjacent collaborator and potential coalition partner rather than direct competitor.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/delaware-healthcare-association
• Instagraminstagram.com/delawarehealth1

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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