Regulatory agencies

Healthcare Purchasing News, Nov, 2004

They work to keep the industry honest, informed and legal. Here's a compilation of noteworthy regulatory agencies (with their Internet or Web addresses) that maintain law and order.

* Agency for Health Care Research and Quality (AHRQ), www.ahrq.gov

* The Association of State and Territorial Health Officials, www.astho.org/

* Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), www.stats.bls.gov

* Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), www.cdc.gov

* Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), www.cms.hhs.gov/

* Congressional Budget Office (CBO), www.cbo.gov

* Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), www.os.dhhs.gov

* Department of Justice (DO J), www.usdoj.gov

* Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), www.va.gov

* Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), www.epa.gov

* Federal Register, www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/index.html

* Fedstats, www.fedstats.gov

* FedWorld, www.fedworld.gov

* Food and Drug Administration (FDA), www.fda.gov

* Government Accountability Office (GAO), www.gao.gov

* Government Information Xchange, www.info.gov

* Government Printing Office (GPO)(Federal Register, Code of Federal Regulations), www.access.gpo.gov

* IGnet-Internet for Federal Inspectors General, www.ignet.gov

* Internal Revenue Service (IRS), www.irs gov

* Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, www.icaho.org

* Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), www.pprc.gov

* The National institute for Occupational Safety and Health, www.cdc.gov/ niosh/homepage.html

* National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), www.cde.gov/nchs/

* National Center for Infectious Diseases INCID), www.cdc.gov/ncidod

* National Institutes of Health (NIH), www.nih.gov

* National Library of Medicine (NLM), www.nlm.nih.gov/

* Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), www.osha.gov

* Thomas Legislative Information on the Internet, www.thomas.loc.gov

* U.S. House of Representatives, www.house.gov

* U.S. National Archives & Records Administration, www.archives.gov/

* U.S. Senate, www.senate.gov

* White House, www.whitehouse.gov

* World Health Organization (WHO), www.who.int/on/