http://www.cms.hhs.gov/ (CMS): CMS's website through which you can find the Carrier's Manual, CMS Transmittals to Carriers, and Program Memoranda.

http://www.cms.hhs.gov/mcd/search.asp (CMS): CMS's website which publishes National Coverage Determinations (NCDs), National Coverage Analyses (NCAs) and local medical review policies adopted by carriers. It is searchable by carrier and topic.

http://questions.cms.hhs.gov/cgi-bin/cmshhs.cfg/php/enduser/std_alp.php (CMS): CMS’s Frequently Asked Questions website. It enables providers to search all CMS Frequently Asked Questions by topic and subtopic.

http://oig.hhs.gov/ (OIG) The OIG's home page which gives access to Fraud Alerts, advisory opinions under the anti-kickback statute, the OIG's Workplan which specifically identifies annually those matters on which the OIG will be pursuing investigations, and the OIG's semi-annual reports, Corporate Integrity Agreements they have entered, recoveries they have made and the work in which they are engaged.

www.os.dhhs.gov/ocr/hipaa/  This is the website for the HIPAA privacy regulations and other materials related to the privacy rules.

http://www.guideline.gov AHRQ’s searchable database of clinical practice guidelines

Other Links

www.healthlawyers.org (American Health Lawyers Association): Resource materials; seminars; list serves; publications -- excellent research link list

www.mgma.com (Medical Group Management Association): library resources on common practices; compliance manual guidance; seminars.

www.aafp.org/fpm.xml The practice management journal of the American Academy of Family Physicians which offers practical guidance for physicians. Alice is on their editorial board.

www.healthaffairs.org This site links to other government sites and associational sites created by one of the most prestigious health policy journals in print today. The journal itself is worth reviewing.

www.hschange.com The website of the Center for Studying Health System Change, which offers timely brief studies and surveys of wide ranging public policy issues in health care. Precise and straightforward.

www.reinertsengroup.com/links.html The links page of The Reinertsen Group which offers information about quality improvement resources.

www.cgood.org The website of Our Common Good which is a broadly representative coalition of individuals and organizations (including us) who are calling for very different approaches to malpractice liability issues.