The International Hyperbaric Medical Association (IHMA) is a society for medical professionals and persons who wish to be affiliated with hyperbaric medicine. The Association’s mission is to improve public health by: implementing high ethical and scientific standards for hyperbaric medicine; promoting sound hyperbaric research and treatment protocols; educating the medical community, the general public, decisions makers and policy experts about the benefits of hyperbaric medicine and adjunctive therapies; and working to make hyperbaric medicine more universally available and affordable. The IHMA represents physicians, medical professionals and consumers in affairs related to insurance company and government health-care policies related to hyperbaric medicine.