Self-Funding of Health Care Benefits—Appendixes

5th Edition, by Carlton Harker

Useful Links: Other Organizations 

Trade, Business, Professional and Educational Organizations

Accounting

American Association of CPAs www.aicpa.org
Financial Accounting Standards Board www.fasb.org
Government Accounting Standards Board www.gasb.org
Institute of Management Accountants www.imanet.org

Actuarial

American Academy of Actuaries www.actuary.org
Casualty Actuarial Society www.casact.org
Conference of Consulting Actuaries www.ccactuaries.org
International Actuarial Association www.actuaries.org
Society of Actuaries www.soa.org

Electronic Data Interchange

American National Standards Institute www.ansi.org
Centers for Medicare Services www.cms.hhs.gov
Data Interchange Standards Association, Inc www.disa.org
Health and Human Services Department www.aspe.dhhs.gov
Logical Observation Identifier Names and Codes www.dhts.duke.edu
National Council for Prescription Drug Programs www.ncpdp.org
National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics www.ncvhs.hhs.gov
National Uniform Billing Committee www.nubc.org
National Uniform Claims Committee www.nucc.org
Washington Publication Company www.wpc-edi.com
Work Group for EDI www.wedi.org

Employee Benefits

American Association of Health Plans www.aahp.org
Benefits Link www.benefitslink.com
Benefit News www.benefitnews.com
Council on Employee Benefits www.ceb.org
Employee Benefit Plan Review www.aspenpublishers.com
Employee Benefit Research Institute www.ebri.org
Employers Council on Flexible Compensation www.ecfc.org
ERISA Industry Committee www.eric.org
Healthcare Financial Management Association www.hfma.org
International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans www.ifebp.org
International Society of CEBS www.iscebs.org
National Employee Benefits Institute www.pbgc.gov
WEB-Worldwide Employee Benefits Network www.webnetwork.org

Fraud and Abuse

Association of Certified Fraud Examiners www.acfe.com
Coalition against Insurance Fraud www.insurancefraud.org
End Fraud www.endfraud.com
FDA Warnings www.fda.gov
Fraud Defense Network www.stopfraud.bcbsmt.com
Health Hippo: Fraud and Abuse hippo.findlaw.com/hippohome.html
Insurance Fraud Bureau www.ifb.org
International Association of Insurance Fraud Agencies, Inc. www.iaifa.org
National Fraud Information Center www.fraud.org
National Health Care Anti-Fraud Association www.nhcaa.org
National Insurance Crime Bureau www.nicb.org
Public Citizen Health Research Group www.questionabledoctors.org
Quackwatch, Inc. www.quackwatch.org

Healthcare Management – Managed Care

Academy for Health Services Research & Health Policy www.academyhealth.org
Academy of Managed Care Pharmacies www.amcp.org
Academy of Managed Care Providers www.academymcp.org
Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care www.aaahc.org
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality www.ahcpr.org
AIS Managed Care www.aishealth.com
Alliance for Health Reform www.allhealth.org
America's Health Insurance Plans www.ahip.org
American Academy of Medical Management www.epracticemanagement.org
American Association of Ambulatory Surgery Centers www.aaasc.org
American Association of Healthcare Administrative Management www.aaham.org
American Association of Integrated Healthcare Delivery Systems www.aaihds.org
American Association of PPOs www.aappo.org
American Board of Managed Care Medicine www.abmcm.org
American College of Integrated Delivery Systems www.acids.org
American College of Legal Medicine www.aclm.org
American College of Medical Quality

www.acmq .org

American Health Care Association www.ahca.org
American Health Information
Management Association
www.ahima.org
American Health Lawyers Association www.ahla.org
American Health Planning Association www.ahpanet.org
American Hospital Association www.hospitalconnect.com
American Medical Association www.ama-assn.org
American Medical Group Association www.amga.org
American Public Health Association www.apha.org
American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics www.aslme.org
Association of Managed Care Providers www.amcd.org
Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association www.bcbs.com
Case Management Society of America www.cmsa.org
Center for Case Management www.cfcm.com
Center for Health Care Strategies www.chcs.org
Center for Pharmaceutical Outcomes/Research www.cognigencorp.com
Center for Studying Health Systems Change www.hschange.org
Disease Management Association of America www.dmaa.org
Health Care Compliance Association www.hcca-info.org
Healthcare Financial Management Association www.hfma.org
Institute of Medicine of the National Academies www.iom.edu
International Health Economics Association www.healtheconomics.org
Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations www.jointcommission.org
Managed Care Information Center www.themcic.com
Managed Care On-line www.mcol.com
National Business Coalition on Health www.nbch.org
National Center for Healthcare Statistics www.cdc.gov
National Coalition on Health Care www.nchc.org
National Committee on Quality Assurance www.ncqa.org
National Health Information Center www.health.gov
National Institute for Health Care Management www.nihcm.org
Rehabilitation Accreditation Commission www.carf.org
Tufts Health Care Institute www.thci.org
(URAC) Utilization Review Accreditations Commission www.urac.org
Washington Business Group for Health www.wbgh.org

Insurance

American Academy of Insurance Medicine www.aaimedicine.org
American Association of Health Plans www.aahp.org
American Association of MGUs www.aamga.org
American Council of Life Insurance www.acli.com
American Insurance Association www.aiadc.org
American Institute of CPCUs www.aicpcu.org
American Institute of Professional Association Group Insurance Administrators www.aipagia.com
Association for Cooperative Operations Research and Development (Accord) www.acord.org
Association of Financial Planners and Insurance Advisors www.fpia.org.nz
Insurance Accounting and Systems Association www.iasa.org
Insurance Information Institute www.iii.org
Insurance Institute of America www.aicpcu.org
Insurance News Institute www.insurancenewsnet.com
International Claim Association www.claim.org
National Association of Health Underwriters www.nahu.org
National Association of Insurance Commissioners www.naic.org

Insurance Carriers' Rating Bureaus

AM Best Company www.ambest.com
Fitch Ratings www.fitchratings.com
Moody's Investors Service www.moodys.com
Standard and Poor's www.standardandpoors.com

Legal

American Bar Association www.abanet.org
American Corporate Counsel Association

www.acca.com

American Health Lawyers Association www.healthlawyers.org
American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics www.aslme.org
Association of Trial Lawyers of America www.atla.org
Cyberspace Bar Association www.cyberbar.net
Federation of Defense Corporate Counsel www.thefederation.org

Medical Information and Resources

Advanced Medical Technology Association www.advamed.org
American Dental Association www.ada.org
American Medical Association www.ama-assn.org
Center for Health Informatics and Epidemiology www.ohsu.edu/dmice
Center Watch, Inc. www.centerwatch.com
Health A to Z www.healthatoz.com
Health Care Information and Management Systems www.himss.org
Health Information Worldwide www.medscape.com
Healthfinder www.healthfinder.gov
Health on the Net www.hon.ch
Healthtouch www.healthtouch.com
Kaiser Family Foundation www.kaisernetwork.org
Mayo Clinic www.mayoclinic.com
Med BioWorld www.medbioworld.com
Medical/Health Sciences Libraries www.lib.uiowa.edu/hardin/hslibs.html
Medicine Net www.medicinenet.com
Medline www.medlineplus.gov
Medscape www.medscape.com
Merck Manual www.merck.com
MSN Health health.msn.com
National Academy of State Health Policy www.nashp.org
National Association of Public Health Statistics www.naphsis.org
National Association of Health Data Organizations www.nahdo.org
National Business Coalition and Health www.nbch.org
National Center for Policy Analysis www.ncpa.org
National Library of Medicine www.nlm.nih.gov
Nursing Net www.nursingnet.org
Rx List www.rxlist.com
Rx Med www.rxmed.com
Society for Medical Decision Making

www.smdm.org

Taber Medical Encyclopedia www.tabers.com
Virtual Hospital www.vh.org
Web Med Health www.webmd.com
Yahoo Health health.yahoo.com

Risk Management

American Risk and Insurance Association www.aria.org
American Society of Healthcare Risk Management www.ahaonlinestore.com
Captive Insurance Companies Association www.cicaworld.com
Enterprise Risk Management www.erisk.com
National Risk Retention Association www.nrra-usa.org
Nonprofit Risk Management Center www.nonprofitrisk.org
Public Risk Management Association www.primacentral.org
Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. www.rims.org
Risk Services and Technology www.risktrak.com
Society for Risk Analysis www.sra.org
Society of Risk Management Consultants www.srmcsociety.org
Treasury and Risk Management www.treasuryandrisk.com

Self-Funding

National Council of Self-Insurers www.natcouncil.com
Self-Insurance Institute of America www.siia.org
Society of Professional Benefit Administrators users.erols.com/spba/

Stop-Loss Carriers

Allianz Life Ins. Co. www.allianzlife.com
American General Life and Accident Ins. Co. www.agla.com
American National Life Ins. Co. www.anico.com
American Reinsurance Co. www.amre.com
American United Life Ins. Co. www.oneamerica.com
Bankers United Ins. Co. www.aegonins.com
Best Life Ins. Co. of California www.besthealthplans.com
Boston Mutual Life Ins. Co. www.bostonmutual.com
Canada Life Assurance Co. of America www.canadalife.com
Centris Life Ins. Co. www.centrisgroup.com
Combined Ins. Co. of America www.combinedinsurance.com/
Conseco Life Ins. Co. www.conseco.com
Fidelity Security Life Ins. Co. www.fslins.com
General American Life Ins. Co. www.genamerica.com
General and Cologne Reinsurance Co. www.genre.com
Gerber Life Ins. Co. www.gerberlife.com
Great American Life Ins. Co. www.galic.com
Great-West Life and Annuity Co. www.gwla.com
Hartford Life and Accident Ins. Co. www.thehartford.com
HCC Benefits Corp. www.hcclife.com
Highmark Life Ins. Co. www.highmark.com
Life Investors Ins. Co. of America www.lifeinvestors.com
Monumental Life Ins. Co. www.monlife.com
Mutual of Omaha www.mutualofomaha.com
Pacific Life Ins. Co. www.pacificlife.com
Safeco Life Ins. Co. www.safeco.com
Shenandoah Life Ins. Co. www.shenlife.com
Standard Life and Accident Ins. Co. www.slaico.com
Standard Security Life Ins. Co. of N.Y. www.sslicny.com
Sun Life Ins. Co. (USA) www.sunlife.com
Swiss Reinsurance Company www.swissre.com
Transatlantic Reinsurance Co. www.transre.com
United Healthcare Ins. Co. www.uhc.com
Zurich Life Ins. Co. of America www.zurich.com

Please note: This information does not constitute an endorsement by the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans of any of the entities or individuals sponsoring the listed World Wide Web sites.