EXHIBIT 32

                            CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                             18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
                             AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Quarterly Report of American Healthways, Inc. (the
"Company") on Form 10-Q for the period ended February 29, 2004, 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
April 13, 2004

/s/ Mary A. Chaput
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Mary A. Chaput
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
April 13, 2004