Exhibit 32 CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO In connection with the Annual Report of American Healthways, Inc. (the “Company”) on Form 10-K for the period ending August 31, 2005, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), we, Ben R. Leedle, Jr., President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, and Mary A. Chaput, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that: (1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and (2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company. |
| /s/ Ben R. Leedle, Jr. |
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| Ben R. Leedle, Jr. |
| President and Chief Executive Officer |
| November 14, 2005 |
| /s/ Mary A. Chaput |
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| Mary A. Chaput |
| Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
| November 14, 2005 |