Awards 2025 Excellence in Public Awareness Nomination Form

Nomination Form Instructions

NHCAA invites your nominations for consideration for the 2025 NHCAA Excellence in Public Awareness Award. This annual award is bestowed upon an individual or an organization who has, through their work, contributed positively toward public awareness of health care fraud. Selected by NHCAA, award recipients help expose the destructive impact of health care fraud on our nation's health care system and citizens, highlighting the importance of combating this issue. Past winners include members of the media as well as other non-media organizations, including NHCAA Members—private as well as public sector—whose exemplary work has helped raise health care fraud awareness.

To be eligible for nomination:

Candidates may be individuals, groups, teams, departments, agencies, institutions, or organizations.
The publication, broadcast, podcast, production, program, work, website, application, event, or other activity to be honored should have occurred, at least in part, after August 1, 2024.

Nomination Process
Any interested party may recommend or suggest an NHCAA Excellence in Public Awareness Award nominee by:

Completing the 2025 NHCAA Excellence in Public Awareness Award Nomination Form;
Submitting a separate letter of support (1,500 words or less) for your nomination;
Providing any supporting materials the nominator thinks are helpful (i.e., links to articles and websites, videos, documents, flyers, pamphlets, letters, etc.).
This online nomination form will give you the opportunity to upload files and materials.

"Save and continue later" Feature

When submitting a nomination using this online form, nominators have the ability to begin and then save their progress for completion at a later time. On the subsequent screens of this form, you will see the option to "Save and continue later" in the thin gray bar on the top right-hand side of the screen. When you click this feature, you will be instructed to enter your email address to save your progress. Upon confirming your email address, a link will be emailed to you that will allow you to return to where you left off. When you are ready to continue, simply click on the link in the email.

Questions or Assistance?
If you have questions or require assistance while submitting your nominations, please email awards@nhcaa.org.