Healthcare Finance Related Web Pages

• Office of the Inspector General (OIG) Work Plans
• OIG FAQ's
• CMS's FAQ's

Associations:

• Iowa Hospital Association
• American Hospital Association
• Joint Commission of Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
• National Association of Rural Health Clinics
• National Rural Health Association
• HFMA's Resource Library

Fiscal Intermediaries:

• Home Page For Iowa Medicare Carrier, Noridian
• Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Alabama
• Cahaba Government Benefit Administrators (GBA)
• WPS Medicare

Federal:

• Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
• US Department of Health and Human Services
• Federal Register
• Federal Poverty Guidelines
• Internal Revenue Service
• Occupational Safety & Hazard Admin. (OSHA)
• Office of the Inspector General (OIG)
• FedWorld
• Thomas: US Congress - Bills, Congressional Record, Committee Information
• US Senate
• US House of Representatives

State of Iowa:

• Code of Iowa
• Iowa Department of Human Services (DHS)
• State of Iowa Homepage
• Iowa Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility Program (FLEX)
• Iowa Medicaid Enterprise

Statistics & Benchmarking:

• American Hospital Directory - detailed statistical and financial information on virtually every hospital in the U.S.
• CFO.com - benchmarking data.
• The New York Public Library: Science, Industry, and Business Library
• Census Bureau Health Insurance Stats

Professional Development:

• American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA)
• Association of Healthcare Internal Auditors (AHIA)
• CPA Net
• Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA)
• Iowa Society of CPA's
• National Uniform Billing Committee (NUBC)
• Department of Professional Regulation - Illinois licensing.

Health Care Products:

• Global Healthcare Exchange
• O/P Rehabilitation Calculator
• HFMA Store

Health Care Information - General:

• Administrators in Medicine (AIM) DocFinder
• American Academy of Pediatrics - child safety and health information.
• American College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists (ACOG)
• Healthfinder: Consumerism & Human Services - information developed by U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services.
• Health Web - links to health information.
• Intelihealth - home to John Hopkins.
• Iowa Medical Society (IMS) Online
• Mayo Clinic & Foundation for Educational Health and Research
• National Institute of Health (NIH)
• U.S. National Library of Medicine - medlines, health information.
• Wellmark of Iowa

Health Care Information - Cancer Related:

• American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)
• American College of Surgeons
• American Medical Association (AMA)
• Cancer Hospitals on the Web
• American Cancer Society
• American Heart Association
• MayoClinic Health Oasis
• Medscape Today

E-mail Addresses & Contact Information:

• Chuck Grassley (Republican): chuck_grassley@grassley.senate.gov
• Tom Harkin (Democrat): tom_harkin@harkin.senate.gov
• James Leach: talk2jim@mail.house.gov
• James Nussle: nussleia@mail.house.gov
• Tom Latham: tom.latham@mail.house.gov
• Leonard Boswell: rep.boswell.ia03@mail.house.gov
• Medicare: WPS      Aileen Sigler, Outreach Analyst  email: aileen.sigler@wpsic.com
•                 333 Farnam Street, Suite 600           402-351-6419 Phone
•                 Omaha, NE  68131                          402-351-8047 fax
• Medicaid: Robert Schlueter   Email:  rschlue@dhs.state.ia.us