TEACHING HOSPITALS OF TEXAS

What TEACHING HOSPITALS OF TEXAS does

Teaching Hospitals of Texas (THOT) is a 501(c)(6) nonprofit trade association headquartered in Austin, Texas, that represents and advocates for the state's academic medical centers and public teaching hospitals. The organization focuses on health policy advocacy at the state and federal levels, healthcare workforce development (including graduate medical education, nursing, and behavioral health training), and securing adequate funding for member institutions. THOT serves a defined membership of Texas academic medical centers and teaching hospitals — including Parkland Health, UT Southwestern, UT Tyler Health Science Center, UT Medical Branch at Galveston, University Health, Harris Health, Dell Seton, UMC El Paso, UMC Lubbock, JPS Health Network, Midland Health, and Hunt Regional Healthcare, among others — which collectively deliver 44% of Texas's $7.9 billion in reported charity care despite representing only 4% of reporting hospitals, and operate 8 of the state's 17 Level I trauma centers.

THOT does not sell a unified software product; instead, it coordinates a portfolio of healthcare delivery and workforce development programs executed through its members, including the Hospital at Home Program (acute care delivered at home — University Health, Harris Health, and Parkland have collectively served thousands of patients), Behavioral Health Programs (the upcoming Texas Behavioral Health Center at UT Southwestern with 200 beds opening summer 2026, plus the RIGHT Care program and psychiatric fellowship training), Trauma Care Services, Mobile Stroke Units (recently expanded with $1.75M in state grants to UMC El Paso and Dell Seton), Graduate Medical Education Programs, and Nursing Workforce Development. THOT also engages in policy advocacy and communications through its website, policy publications (e.g., THOT Finance Series), press releases, and educational events such as the Break to Educate series for legislators.

THOT's business model is a subscription/membership-dues structure: member hospitals and health systems pay recurring dues to fund the association's small staff (1-10 employees) and its advocacy, workforce, and program initiatives. Leadership includes President & CEO Maureen A. Milligan (former Texas HHSC executive), Vice President Jessica Schleifer (former Texas Senate policy advisor), and consultant Chris Dockal. The association maintains core strategic partnerships with the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, the Texas Health and Human Services Commission, HRSA, United Way of Tarrant County, Children's Health, and various local health authorities, and participates in multi-decade member collaborations such as the BioTel EMS support program (founded 1975 with Parkland Health, UT Southwestern, and Dallas Fire-Rescue).

Name

TEACHING HOSPITALS OF TEXAS

Legal name

Teaching Hospitals of Texas

Website

https://thotonline.org

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Teaching Hospitals of Texas (THOT) is a 501(c)(6) nonprofit trade association representing Texas' academic medical centers and teaching hospitals. It advocates at the state and federal level for healthcare workforce development, GME funding, trauma care, behavioral health, and member hospital financing through a dues-funded model.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Healthcare Trade Association Services

NAICS

Educational Support Services (611710), Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (6113)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600), Services-Health Services (8000)

akta.pro primary industry

Academic Medical Centers (AMCs) & Teaching Hospitals (HLAFAAAA)

Keywords

• Healthcare policy advocacy
• Teaching hospital association
• Medical workforce training
• Graduate medical education
• Academic medical centers

Headquarters

HQ city

Austin

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

Revenue model

1. Membership dues: THOT generates revenue through membership dues paid by its member hospitals and health systems across Texas. The association serves as the principal voice for health systems teaching, training, and mentoring the next generation of healthcare professionals.

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Teaching Hospitals of Texas is a nonprofit trade association that advocates on behalf of Texas' academic medical centers and public teaching hospitals. It represents its member institutions before the Texas Legislature, state agencies, and other stakeholders on issues such as healthcare funding, workforce development, graduate medical education, and patient care policy. The organization also serves as a coordinating body for collaborative initiatives across member hospitals, including behavioral health, trauma care, and clinical workforce programs.

Product overview

Teaching Hospitals of Texas is an advocacy organization representing academic medical centers and teaching hospitals across Texas. Rather than offering a unified software product, the organization coordinates a portfolio of healthcare delivery programs and workforce development initiatives through its member hospitals. Key offerings include the Hospital at Home Program enabling acute care at home, Behavioral Health Programs addressing mental health access, Trauma Care Services through Level I trauma centers, Graduate Medical Education programs for physician training, Mobile Stroke Units for emergency stroke response, and Nursing Workforce Development Programs. These programs are not sold as a commercial product but represent member hospital services and advocacy initiatives.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Texas Hospital at Home Program A member-coordinated program enabling Texas teaching hospitals to deliver acute care in patients' homes as an alternative to inpatient admission.
• Behavioral Health Collaborative A coordinated member initiative addressing behavioral health capacity and access across Texas academic medical centers.
• Mobile Stroke Unit Program A coordinated program supporting rapid-response stroke diagnosis and treatment in the field, operated in partnership with member hospitals.
• Graduate Medical Education Advocacy Policy and funding advocacy in support of graduate medical education positions and expansion at Texas teaching hospitals.
• Nursing Workforce Development Program A collaborative member program focused on expanding the nursing workforce pipeline and training capacity across Texas teaching hospitals.

Quantifiable outcome

• 44% of Texas charity care provided by 4% of hospitals
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers11 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Dallas Fire-RescuecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 1975Partnership with Parkland Health and UT Southwestern launched in 1975 to support paramedics with real-time medical consultation through the BioTel program, now serving 13 fire-rescue agencies and more than 2 million North Texans
• UT Southwestern Medical CentercoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 1975Co-founded BioTel program with Parkland Health and Dallas Fire-Rescue in 1975. UT Southwestern provides physician support and training for the EMS support system
• Texas Higher Education Coordinating BoardcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAdministers grants for nursing innovation, forensic psychiatry fellowships, and other healthcare workforce development programs that benefit THOT members
• Texas Health and Human Services CommissioncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartners on Medicaid waiver programs, trauma funding, mobile stroke unit grants, and various healthcare initiatives affecting THOT members
• United Way of Tarrant CountycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborates with JPS Health Network on TeamBirth initiative to improve maternal health outcomes through enhanced communication and patient empowerment
• Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAwarded $1.75 million grant to UT Tyler for RISE NETX initiative to provide tele-counseling and psychiatric consultation in rural primary care clinics
• Children's HealthcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnering with UT Southwestern and Texas Health and Human Services Commission to fund and operate the Texas Behavioral Health Center at UT Southwestern, opening summer 2026 with 200 beds (75 dedicated to forensic population)
• Andrews Behavioral HealthminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocal mental health authority partnering with UT Tyler to provide training for psychiatry residents and child/adolescent psychiatry fellows in community-based mental health models
• South Plains Public Health DistrictminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnered with UMC Lubbock to respond to measles outbreak using the AMBUS mobile health vehicle for screening and testing
• Lubbock City Health DepartmentminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborated with UMC Lubbock on measles outbreak response and public health initiatives
• Texas Emergency Medical Task ForceminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerUMC Lubbock jointly owns AMBUS mobile health vehicle with the State for disaster response and emergency medical transport

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• American Hospital Association (AHA): AHA is the largest national hospital trade association, representing nearly 5,000 hospitals across categories. It overlaps with THOT in policy advocacy for the subset of member teaching hospitals and provides the broader federal advocacy framework.

Regional players

• California Hospital Association: CHA is California's statewide hospital association. It is a comparable state-level advocacy body with a similar mission of representing hospitals before the state legislature, though its membership includes a broader mix than THOT's academic-only focus.
• Healthcare Association of New York State (HANYS): HANYS represents hospitals and health systems across New York State, including major teaching institutions. It is structurally analogous to THOT as a state-level hospital advocacy body with policy and workforce mandates.
• Michigan Health & Hospital Association: MHA is the statewide hospital association for Michigan, covering all hospital types. It is a comparable regional peer in terms of state-level hospital advocacy, workforce, and policy engagement model.
• Greater New York Hospital Association: GNYHA is a regional hospital association focused on New York State. It is comparable as a state-level hospital advocacy organization, though its constituency is broader (not exclusively teaching hospitals) and its geography is different.
• Texas Hospital Association: The Texas Hospital Association is the broader trade association for all Texas hospitals. THOT is a more specialized counterpart that exclusively represents the academic medical center / teaching hospital subset, making THA a direct functional analog at the wider membership level.

Direct peers

• America's Essential Hospitals: America's Essential Hospitals is a national association representing hospitals serving low-income and uninsured populations. Its mission around safety-net care, charity care funding, and DSH advocacy strongly overlaps with THOT's focus on Texas teaching hospitals' charity care burden.
• Council of Teaching Hospitals and Health Systems (COTH): COTH is a section of AAMC that specifically represents the ~400 major academic teaching hospitals in the U.S. Its mission (GME advocacy, teaching hospital policy) is essentially identical to THOT's, but operating at the national level.
• Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC): AAMC is the national trade association representing academic medical centers, medical schools, and teaching hospitals. THOT operates as the Texas state-level counterpart for the same constituency, making AAMC the most directly comparable national peer.

Others

• National Association of Academic Healthcare Executives (NAAHE - hypothetical/weak): Placeholder note: Not confident in a specific direct match — peer omitted.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/THOTonline
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/teaching-hospitals-of-texas

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Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

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