|
VITAL LINKS:
NPI Data Dissemination Information (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services)
How to Apply for your National Provider Identifier number (enumeration)
NPPES field code values
NPPES field descriptions
USEFUL RESOURCES:
            
            
A 
AcademyHealth - Non-partisan health research and policy site for health services researchers, policy analysts, and practitioners
AHA Central Office (ICD-9-CM, HCPCS, coding) - Coding resource center for HIM professionals
Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research (AHPSR) - Health system performance enhancement
American Academy of Professional Coders (AAPC) - National association representing more than 1200 member companies providing health insurance coverage to more than 200 million Americans
American Association of Healthcare Administrative Management (AAHAM)
American Association of Integrated Healthcare Delivery Systems (AAIHDS)
American College of Health Care Administrators (ACHCA)
American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE)
American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) - Advocates for patient-centered electronic medical records approach
American Health Insurance Plans (AHIP association)
American Medical Association (AMA)
American Medical Billing Association (AMBA) - Membership organization serving medical billers.
American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) - Membership organization of individuals, institutions, and corporations dedicated to developing and using information technologies to improve health care
Association of Medical Directors of Information Systems (AMDIS)
Association of University Programs in Health Administration (AUPHA) - An international network of colleges, universities, faculty, individuals, and organizations dedicated to improving health by promoting excellence in healthcare management education.
B
BioMedSearch.com - Biomedical search engine that contains NIH/PubMed documents, plus a large collection of theses, dissertations, and other publications not found anywhere else for free.
Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association (BCBSA) Health Issues
The Bridge Health Clinics and Research Centers, Inc. - Behavioral health services
C
Center for Healthcare Governance (CHG)
Center for Studying Health System Change
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology (CCHIT)
CIO Healthcare Summit - Annual gathering of healthcare IT leaders.
Clinfowiki - User-maintained knowledge base on clinical informatics
Coalition for Healthcare e-Standards
College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME)
Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Management Education (CAHME) - An interdisciplinary group of educational, professional, clinical, and commercial organizations is devoted to accountability and quality improvement of education for healthcare management and administration professionals.
Connecting Communities Toolkit - A site devoted to tools and information developing regional health information organizations (RHIOs).
D
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)
Diabetes Files - Diabetes community
Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM)
Disease Management Association of America (DMAA)
E
eHealth Initiative (eHI)
Emdeon - Revenue and Payment Cycle Management
F
G
Galen Institute (health policy)
GE Healthcare
Government Health IT
Government Information Xchange
H
Health Care Administration Glossary of Terms
Health Forum
Health Privacy Project - Georgetown University
Health Services Research
Health Technology Center (HealthTech)
Healthcare Billing and Management Association (HBMA)
Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS and CHIM)
Hospital Administration.org - An unbiased and up-to-date listing of schools offering hospital administration degrees in nthe U.S.
I
IHE - Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise
iHealthBeat - Well-organized, categorized health IT news resource
Insurance Information Institute (III)
J
Joint Committee on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO)
K
L
Lakefront Billing Service - Billing Services
M
Medical Assistant Colleges - Online listing of programs offering medical assistant degrees.
Medical Billing and Coding Guide
Medical Records Institute (MRI)
Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC)
MEDLINEplus Health Information
Most Wired Magazine (information systems, technology)
N
National Academy for State Health Policy (NASHP)
National Alliance for Health Information Technology (NAHIT)
National Association of Health Data Organizations (NAHDO)
National Bipartison Commission on the Future of Medicare
National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS)
National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS)
National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) Health Issues
National Electronic Billers Alliance (NEBA)
National Health Information Center (NHIC)
National Information Center on Health Services Research and Health Care Technology (NICHSR)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
National Provider Identifier Search - NPI search software.
National Provider Identifier Registry - Enumeration for healthcare providers.
National Uniform Billing Committee (NUBC)
NPI Data Dissemination Information (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services)
NPIdentify.com - Healthcare provider directories and NPI-related data services
NPPES field code values
NPPES field descriptions
O
Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONCHIT)
OpenClinica: Professional open source solutions for the clinical research enterprise
P
Printing for Less - Low-cost online source for direct mail campaign printing and mailing services. (Use the promotional code RP1CL8AGI when ordering for $25 off your first order.)
Professional Association of Health Care Office Management (PAHCOM) - National organization promoting professionalism in physician office practice management.
PubMed/MEDLINE Database (includes former HealthSTAR database)
Q
R
Rx2000 Solutions (IT issues)
S
Scottsdale Institute (IT issues)
Society for Healthcare Strategy and Market Development (SHSMD)
Steven Michael's Photography Medical Practice Portraiture - Photography for medical practice marketing.
T
The Bridge Health Clinics and Research Centers, Inc. - Behavioral health services
THOMAS Legislative Information on the Internet - Download pending legislation
Total Healthcare Strategies - Revenue and Payment Cycle Management
U
V
W
WorldVistA - Nonprofit organization formed to extend and improve the free open source VistA EHR software for use outside of its original setting in the Veterans Administration. Vist this link for VisA software downloads.
X
Y
Z
|
