Links to Relevant Web Sites of Interest
- Public and private information sources.
- Ways to get knowledge and assistance.
Note that Human Arc is not responsible for the accuracy/reliability of the information contained in these websites; we offer these listings only as an educational service to the populations we serve.
Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality - www.ahrq.gov
The AHRQ aims at translating research findings into better patient care and providing policymakers and other health care leaders with information needed to make critical health care decisions.
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American Association of Hospital Administrative Management - www.aaham.org
AAHAM is the premier professional organization in healthcare administrative management.
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American Hospital Association - www.aha.org
The AHA is the national organization that represents and serves all types of hospitals, health care networks, and their patients and communities.
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America's Health Insurance Plans - www.ahip.org
America's Health Insurance Plans is a national association representing nearly 1,300 member entities that provide health benefits to more than 200 million Americans. AHIP and its predecessor organizations have advocated on behalf of health insurance plans for more than six decades.
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Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services - www.uscis.gov
The priorities of BCIS are to promote national security, continue to eliminate immigration adjudication backlogs, and implement solutions for improving immigration customer services. The BCIS will continue efforts to fundamentally transform and improve the delivery of immigration and citizenship services.
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Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance - www.cfda.gov
CFDA gives access to all federal programs available to state and local governments; federally-recognized Indian tribal governments; territories (and possessions) of the United States; domestic public, quasi-public, and private profit and nonprofit organizations and institutions and specialized groups.
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Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services - www.cms.hhs.gov
CMS runs the Medicare program, Medicaid program, and State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). CMS, with the Departments of Labor and Treasury, helps millions of Americans and small companies get health insurance coverage, and helps eliminate discrimination based on health status for people buying health insurance.
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Department of Health & Human Services - www.dhhs.gov
DHHS is the United States government's principal agency for protecting the health of all Americans and providing essential human services, especially for those who are least able to help themselves. The department has more than 300 programs covering medical and social science research, preventing outbreak of infectious disease, assuring food and drug safety, Medicare and Medicaid, etc.
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FirstGov for Seniors - www.seniors.gov
FirstGov for Seniors helps access all government sites that provide services for senior citizens, such as SSA, Health Care Financing Administration, the Administration on Aging, the Department of Veterans Affairs, etc. There are also links to all federal agencies and all 50 States.
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Health Resources & Services Administration - www.hrsa.gov
HRSA's mission is to improve and expand access to quality health care for all. HRSA assures the availability of quality health care to low income, uninsured, isolated, vulnerable and special needs populations and meets their unique health care needs.
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Health Care Coach - www.healthcarecoach.com
HealthCareCoach.com is a project of the non-profit National Health Law Program. NHeLP works to improve access to quality health care, educate consumers about their legal rights and provide information and policy advocacy.
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Healthcare Financial Management Association - www.hfma.org
HFMA is the nation's leading personal membership organization for healthcare financial management professionals. HFMA brings perspective and clarity to the industry's complex issues.
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Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured - www.kff.org
The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation is an independent philanthropy focusing on major health care issues. The Foundation is an independent voice and source of facts and analysis for policymakers, the media, the health care community and the general public.
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Medicaid & Children's Health - Families USA - http://familiesusa.org/issues/childrens-health/
Families USA is a national nonprofit, non-partisan organization dedicated to high-quality, affordable health and long-term care for all Americans. Working at the national, state and community levels, it manages a grassroots advocates' network of organizations and individuals working for the consumer in national and state health policy debates.
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Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Coverage - www.medicare.gov/medicarereform/drugbenefit.asp
The federal government's web page devoted to the most current information regarding the Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit (Part D) and the information that Medicare beneficiaries may need to help make new decisions about their drug coverage.
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Murphy's Unofficial Medicaid Page(s) - www.geocities.com/capitolhill/5974/
Murphy's Unofficial Medicaid Page was created with the intent of bringing together in one place as many Medicaid-specific resources and links as possible.
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National Association of Public Hospitals and Health Systems (NAPH) - www.naph.org
The National Association of Public Hospitals and Health Systems represents hospitals and health systems that together comprise the essential infrastructure of many of America's largest metropolitan health systems. Since its inception in 1980, NAPH has made significant strides in educating federal, state and local decision makers about the unique needs of and challenges faced by member hospitals and the nation's most vulnerable populations.
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National Healthcare for the Homeless Council - www.nhchc.org
The NHHC and the HCH Clinicians' Network involve homeless service providers and their clients to reduce poverty and homelessness by working at the national, state, and local levels to redefine public policy priorities.
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Social Security Administration - www.ssa.gov
The main on-line site for U.S. Social Security Administration services: checking eligibility, status, applying, requesting reports, replacing lost cards, replacement 1099’s, etc.
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State Children's Health Insurance Program, American Academy of Pediatrics - http://www.aap.org/advocacy/staccess.htm
General information site on CHIP programs, provisions, outreach, strategies of implementation, funding, etc.
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State Children's Health Insurance Program, National Conference of State Legislatures - www.ncsl.org/programs/health/chiphome.htm
NCSL is a forum for advancing ideas, for promoting information-sharing one-on-one and collectively and for providing knowledge and resources needed to get America's ideas working, in this case relative to state children's health insurance programs.
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State Coverage Initiatives (SCI) national program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation - www.statecoverage.net/index.htm
SCI helps states improve availability and affordability of health insurance coverage through grants, technical assistance, workshops and information on best practices.
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Welfare Information Network - www.financeprojectinfo.org/win/
WIN is a clearinghouse for information, policy analysis and technical assistance related to welfare, workforce development, and other human and community services.
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