National Academies Of Practice Inc.

What National Academies Of Practice Inc. does

National Academies of Practice (NAP) is a US non-profit membership organization founded in 1981 and headquartered in Lexington, Kentucky, with a payment address in Louisville. It is the only interprofessional group of healthcare practitioners and scholars dedicated to supporting affordable, accessible, coordinated quality healthcare, and it serves distinguished practitioners and scholars who are elected by their peers across 17 healthcare profession academies including Athletic Training, Audiology, Nursing, Nutrition and Dietetics, Occupational Therapy, Optometry, Oral Health, Pharmacy, Physical Therapy, Physician, Podiatric Medicine, Psychology, Public Health, Respiratory Care, Social Work, Speech-Language Pathology, and Veterinary Medicine. As of late 2024, the organization had 1,299 members — predominantly 996 Distinguished Fellows, plus 160 Professional Members, 46 Associate Members, and smaller cohorts of Retired, Emeritus, Honorary, Senior, and Affiliate members — with 300+ new members anticipated in 2025. NAP's core mission is to advise governmental bodies on the healthcare system and to advance interprofessional collaboration, education, and policy.

NAP's product portfolio centers on membership categories (Distinguished Fellowship, Professional, Associate, Affiliate), the quarterly peer-reviewed Journal of Interprofessional Education & Practice (JIEP) affiliated with the University of Nebraska Medical Center and distributed via ScienceDirect, the NAP Telepractice Toolkit, the NAP Lexicon 2.0 (a standardized terminology resource), the annual March Meeting & Forum (alternating between Washington DC and other US cities), quarterly Beyond the Journal webinars, Cross Academy webinars, and an award program that includes the Nicholas A. Cummings Highest Distinguished Fellow Award. Revenue mechanics are typical of a professional society: recurring membership dues (with a Membership Dues Assistance program), event registration, and journal subscription/royalty income. Distribution is community-led, with members recruited through annual peer nomination cycles (currently the Class of 2027) and through professional networks. NAP is governed by a Council and an elected two-year presidential term, currently held for 2025-2027 by Dr. Anthony Breitbach of Saint Louis University, with Melanie Bowzer serving as Executive Director. The staff is small (1-10 employees). Strategic partners include the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (via the Global Forum on Innovation in Health Professional Education), InterprofessionalResearch.Global, the University of Nebraska Medical Center, and Joint Accreditation for Interprofessional Continuing Education. The organization is independently operated, with no parent company and no venture capital or private equity backing.

Name

National Academies Of Practice Inc.

Legal name

National Academies of Practice

Website

https://napractice.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1981

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

National Academies of Practice is a US non-profit founded in 1981 that convenes 1,299 elected healthcare practitioners and scholars across 17 profession academies to advance interprofessional education, policy advocacy, and collaborative care through membership, publications, and an annual forum.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Professional Healthcare Association Services

NAICS

Business Associations (813910)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600), Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

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

akta.pro secondary industries

Healthcare & Life Sciences (EDAAAPAA), Academic Medical Centers & Teaching Hospitals (University-Affiliated) (EDAHAGAA)

Keywords

• Interprofessional healthcare practice
• Professional membership organization
• Healthcare policy advocacy
• Peer-reviewed healthcare journal
• Healthcare professional education

Headquarters

HQ city

Lexington

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership Dues: NAP generates revenue through annual membership dues from Distinguished Fellows, Professional Members, Associate Members, and other membership categories. The organization offers a Membership Dues Assistance program.
2. Annual Meeting & Forum Registration: Revenue generated from the annual conference held each March, alternating between Washington DC and other US locations.
3. Journal of Interprofessional Education & Practice (JIEP): Official NAP journal published quarterly, affiliated with University of Nebraska Medical Center, accessible through ScienceDirect with complimentary member access.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

The National Academies of Practice is a non-profit membership organization that elects distinguished healthcare practitioners and scholars from 17 profession academies into Fellowship and Member categories. It delivers value through peer-elected credentialing, the Journal of Interprofessional Education & Practice (JIEP), an annual March forum, educational webinars, the NAP Telepractice Toolkit, the NAP Lexicon 2.0, and Virtual Hill Visits advocacy engagement with Congressional representatives on healthcare policy.

Product overview

The National Academies of Practice (NAP) is a membership-based professional organization, not a software product company. It offers a portfolio of membership programs, publications, educational resources, and advocacy initiatives centered on advancing interprofessional healthcare collaboration across 17 healthcare professions. Core offerings include NAP Membership (with Distinguished Fellowship and Professional Membership tiers across 17 academies), the Annual Meeting & Forum (annual conference), the Journal of Interprofessional Education & Practice (quarterly peer-reviewed journal), the NAP Telepractice Toolkit (resource), NAP Lexicon (terminology resource), Beyond the Journal Webinars (quarterly), Cross Academy Webinars, NAP Awards Programs, Patient Education Resources, National Interprofessional Healthcare Month initiative, Social Determinants of Mental Health educational resources, and Virtual Hill Visits advocacy program.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• NAP Membership Peer-elected membership organization with tiers (Distinguished Fellowship, Professional, Associate, Affiliate, Emeritus, Honorary, Retired, Senior) spanning 17 healthcare professions including Athletic Training, Audiology, Nursing, Nutrition and Dietetics, Occupational Therapy, Optometry, Oral Health, Pharmacy, Physical Therapy, Physician, Podiatric Medicine, Psychology, Public Health, Respiratory Care, Social Work, Speech-Language Pathology, and Veterinary Medicine.
• Annual Meeting & Forum Annual March conference for NAP members and interprofessional practitioners, featuring themes around collaborative practice, interprofessional policy, AI, and practice innovation.
• Journal of Interprofessional Education & Practice (JIEP) Quarterly peer-reviewed online journal affiliated with University of Nebraska Medical Center, covering interprofessional healthcare topics in education, practice, policy, and research. NAP members receive complimentary access via ScienceDirect.
• NAP Awards Programs Eight award programs including the Nicholas A. Cummings Highest Distinguished Fellow Award, Interprofessional Group Recognition Award, Creativity in Practice and Education Award, Patient Advocacy Award, Emerging Interprofessional NAP Member of the Year, NAP Leadership Award, Al Rundio Memorial Award for Outstanding Publication, and the NAPO James A. Boucher Award of Excellence.

Quantifiable outcome

• 17 interprofessional academies representing diverse healthcare professions
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

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Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Global Forum on Innovation in Health Professional EducationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNAP maintains a formal partnership with the Global Forum on Innovation in Health Professional Education under the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. This strategic alliance focuses on advancing interprofessional education initiatives and policy discussions at the national level.
• InterprofessionalResearch.Global (IPR.Global)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNAP is a stakeholder organization for IPR.Global and receives regular updates on interprofessional research initiatives. This partnership supports NAP's mission to advance interprofessional scholarship and research.
• National Academy for State Health PolicyminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerRelated association partnership for policy coordination and health policy advocacy.
• American Public Health AssociationminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerRelated association partnership under Related Associations listing.
• National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and MedicinecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFormal affiliation through Global Forum on Innovation in Health Professional Education partnership.
• University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJIEP (Journal of Interprofessional Education & Practice) is affiliated with UNMC and serves as NAP's official journal.
• Joint Accreditation for Interprofessional Continuing EducationminorStrategic or Co-development Partner2025 Interprofessional Group Recognition Award co-recipient with IPR.Global.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• American Nurses Association: The premier US professional organization for nurses, offering credentialing, advocacy, and continuing education. Comparable to NAP because both are healthcare membership associations with policy advocacy and CE missions, though ANA is single-discipline and orders of magnitude larger.
• American Medical Association: The largest US physician professional association, with deep policy advocacy and education infrastructure. Comparable to NAP because both serve healthcare professionals via membership, advocacy, and education — though AMA focuses on a single profession at far greater scale and could expand into interprofessional programming.
• American Pharmacists Association: The leading US professional association for pharmacists, providing advocacy, education, and practice resources. Comparable to NAP because Pharmacy is one of NAP's 17 academies, and APhA demonstrates the single-discipline professional association model NAP competes against for member attention.
• American Public Health Association: The largest US professional association for public health practitioners. Comparable to NAP because both convene health professionals across disciplines for advocacy and education; APHA is identified as a related association partner, and Public Health is NAP's newest academy (2025).
• American Physical Therapy Association: The national professional association for physical therapists, with advocacy, education, and specialty academies. Comparable to NAP because Physical Therapy is one of NAP's 17 member academies, and APTA operates similar membership, advocacy, and CE infrastructure at single-discipline scale.
• National Academy of Medicine: A prestigious US health policy advisory body that advises government on health and science. Comparable to NAP because both serve as trusted healthcare policy advisors to governmental bodies, with overlapping scholarly membership, though NAM operates at substantially larger scale and scope.

Direct peers

• American Interprofessional Health Collaborative: An emerging interprofessional health collaborative focused on team-based care and IPE scholarship. Direct peer to NAP because both are interprofessional communities of practice spanning multiple health professions, with overlapping audiences of clinicians, educators, and researchers.
• National Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education: A national hub for interprofessional practice and education based at the University of Minnesota, convening educators, practitioners, and policymakers. Direct peer to NAP because both organizations drive interprofessional collaboration across health professions, publish related scholarship, and serve as convening bodies for IPE research and policy.
• Interprofessional Education Collaborative (IPEC): The leading US interprofessional education collaborative that sets core competencies for interprofessional collaborative practice. Direct peer to NAP because both organizations operate at the intersection of multiple health professions, advance shared IPEC competencies, and convene educators and practitioners around team-based care — overlapping mission and membership audiences.

Others

• Joint Commission: The major US healthcare accreditation and quality standards body. Comparable to NAP because both shape healthcare practice standards (NAP via interprofessional collaboration guidance and the Lexicon; Joint Commission via accreditation) and engage with similar institutional buyers in academic medicine and health systems.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Profiles4 records

Funding overview

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