Benefits

NBHA membership benefits include the following: 

  • Name a qualified member representative to serve on the Governance Committee (or nominate an individual to potentially be elected to serve as one of the three "strategic area champions" on the Executive Committee (as elections for these positions occur))
  • Nominate qualified member representatives to service with other experts on the various Project Teams and Working Groups developing specific NBHA projects in support of the three NBHA goal areas. 
  • Attend and participate in two face‐to‐face meetings a year. 
  • Access the “members only” section of the NBHA web site. 
  • Communication of NBHA membership through use of NBHA logo. 
  • Receive updates on NBHA activities and its members (including Eye on Bone Health, the NBHA's quarterly newsletter). 
  • Attend briefings, press conferences, patient forums, special presentations by government and other experts, and other activities of the NBHA. 
  • Ability for NBHA to disseminate information about upcoming member organization events, publications, etc. through NBHA web site.
  • Participate in committee meetings and conference calls. 

For any questions about membership, do not hesitate to contact:

Alison Drone - alison.drone@nbha.org or 202.721.6350 or

Beatriz Duque Long - bea.duque-long@nbha.org or 202.721.6375.


NBHA News

DUE MARCH 2: FRACTURE LIAISON SERVICE CALL FOR SITE APPLICATIONS

NBHA has released a call for applications for institutions interested in being considered a site for the prospective 3-year, $29 million CMS-funded initiative that would create a fracture liaison service in the Medicare (and Medicaid age 50 and above) population in up to 80 sites.

Call for site applications

Additional details about this proposed project

A study published in the New England Journal of Medicine found that some older women with normal bone density may be able to delay follow-up testing, but guidelines for women with or at risk for osteoporosis remain unchanged. View NBHA’s response to news coverage of the study.


Read the second issue of the NBHA newsletter, Eye on Bone Health - Download

Read the first issue of the NBHA newsletter, Eye on Bone Health - Download