Healthcare administration on the web

Healthcare Financial Management, Annual, 2006

Whether you're looking for data, people, regulations, or additional resources, the web is a good place to start. The following web sites include a variety of organizations of interest to healthcare finance professionals and others involved in healthcare administration.

HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATIONS

American Academy of Medical Administrators--www.aameda.org

American Academy of Professional Coders--www.aape.com

American Association of Health Care Administrative Management--www.aaham.org

American Bar Association Health Law Section--www.abnet.org/health/home.html

American College of Health Care Administrators--www.achea.org

American College of Healthcare Executives--www.ache.org

American Health Information Management Association--www.ahima. org

American Health Lawyers Association--www.healthlawyers.org

American Hospital Association--www.aha.org

American Medical Association--www.ama-assn.org

American Medical Billing Association-www.ambanet.net/amba.htm

American Medical Croup Association--www.amga.org

American Medical Informatics Association--www.amia.org

American Association of Integrated Healthcare Delivery Systems--www.aaihds.org

ARMA International: The Association for Information Management Professionals--www.arma.org

Association of University Programs in Health Administration--www.aupha.org

College of Healthcare Information Management Executives--www.cio-chime.org

Federation of American Hospitals--www.americashospitals.com

Health Care Compliance Association--www.boca info.org

Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society--www.himss.org

Institute of Certified Records Managers--www.icrm.org

International Society for Quality in Health Care--www.isqua.org.au

Medical Association of Billers--www.e-medbill.com

Medical Group Management Association--www.mgma.com

National Association for Heahhcare Quality--www.nahq.org

National Association of Public Hospitals and Health Systems--www.naph.org

National Health Care Anti-Fraud Association--www.nhcaa.org

Society for Healthcare Strategy and Market Development--www.shsmd.org

U. S. GOVERNMENT WEB SITES

Administration for Children and Families--www.acf.hhs.gov

Administration on Aging (AOA)--www.aoa.dhhs.gov

Agency for Health Care Policy and Research--www.ahrq.gov

Bureau of Labor Statistics--stats.bls.gov

Bureau of the Census--www.census.gov

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services--www.ems.hhs.gov

Center for Information Technology--logic.stanford.edu/cit/cit.html

CDC Wonder--wonder.cdc.gov

Census Bureau--www.census.gov

Congressional Budget Office--www.ebo.gov

Council on Private Sector Initiatives (CPSI)--www.epsi.ahrq.gov

Democratic National Committee (DNC)--www.democrats.org

Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)--www.dhhs.gov

Department of Health and Human Services Regulatory Reform--www.os.dhhs.gov/policies/index.shtml

Department of Justice--www.usdoj.gov

Department of Labor--www.dol.gov

Department of Veterans Affairs--www.va.gov

Disability, Aging and Long-Term Care Policy--aspe.hhs.gov/dahep/home.shtml

FedStats--www.fedstats.gov

FedWorld Information Network--www.fedworld.gov

Federal Register Online--www.access.gpo.gov/fr

Federal Trade Commission--www.ftc.gov

FirstGov for Consumers: Health--www.consumer.gov

Food and Drug Administration--www.fda.gov

General Accounting Office--www.gao.gov

Healthfinder--www.healthfinder.gov

House of Representatives--www.house.gov

IGnet: Federal Inspectors General--www.ignet.gov

Library of Congress--www.loc.gov

Library of Congress (THOMAS) Legislative Information on the Internet--thom.loc.gov

Medicare Payment Advisory Commission--www.medpac.gov

Medicare and Medicaid Program Instructions--cms.hhs.gov/manuals/default.asp

National Center for Health Statistics--www.cdc.gov/nchs

National Guideline Clearinghouse--www.guideline.gov

National Institutes of Health--www.nih.gov

National Library of Medicine--www.nlm.nih.gov

National Technical Information Service--www.ntis.gov

Occupational Safety and Health Administration--www.osha.gov

Republican National Committee (RNC)--www.rnc.org

Senate--www.senate.gov

Senate Special Committee on Aging--www.aging.senate.gov/public

Social Security Administration: Social Security Online--www.ssa.gov

White House Federal Briefing Room: Health Statistics--

www.whitehouse.gov/fsbr/health.html

MISCELLANEOUS WEB SITES

American Institute of Certified Public Accountants--www.aicpa.org

BlueCross BlueShield Association: State Legislative Health Care and Insurance

Issues--www.bcbshealthissues.com/state

Center for Health Care Strategies--www.chcs.org

Center for Studying Health System Change--www.hschange.com

Changes in Health Care Financing and Organization--www.hcfo.net

Commonwealth Fund--www.cmwf.org

FASB (Financial Accounting Standards Board)--www.fasb.org

GASB (Governmental Accounting Standards Board)--www.gasb.org

Health Futures--www.healthcarefutures.com

Institute for the Advancement of Health Care Management--www.albany.edu/hcm

Institute of Medicine--www.iom.edu

Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations--www.jcaho.org

Kaiser Family Foundation--www.kff.org

The Managed Care Information Center--www.themeic.com