| American Medical Association - Physician Select
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| AMA
Physician Select provides information on virtually every licensed
physician in the United States and its possessions. |
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| AARP |
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| AARP
is a nonprofit membership organization dedicated to addressing the
needs and interests of persons 50 and older |
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| Centers
for Medicare & Medicaid Services |
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| The
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is a federal
agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
CMS runs the Medicare and Medicaid programs. |
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| California
Association for Health Services at Home |
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| The
California Association for Health Services at Home (CAHSAH) is the
leading statewide home care association in the nation and the voice
of home care for the Western United States. |
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| Federal
Register |
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| The
Federal Register informs citizens of their rights and obligations
and provides access to a wide range of Federal benefits and opportunities
for funding. |
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| HIPAA |
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| The
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, known
as HIPAA, includes important new - but limited - protections for
millions of working Americans and their families. |
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| Joint
Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations |
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| JCAHO
evaluates and accredits nearly 20,000 health care organizations
and programs in the United States. Accreditation by JCAHO is recognized
nationwide as a symbol of quality that indicates that an organization
meets certain performance standards. |
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| Medicare |
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| Medicare
is a Health Insurance Program for people 65 years of age and older,
some disabled people under 65 years of age, and people with End-Stage
Renal Disease (permanent kidney failure treated with dialysis or
a transplant). |
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| National
Center for Health Statistics |
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| NCHS
is the Federal Government's principal vital and health statistics
agency. Since 1960, the agency has provided a wide variety of data
with which to monitor the Nation's health. |
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| National
Association for Home Care |
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| NAHC
is the nation's largest trade association that represents the interests
of home care agencies, hospices, and home care aide organizations.
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| National
Library of Medicine |
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| NLM
collects materials in all areas of biomedicine and health care,
as well as works on biomedical aspects of technology, the humanities,
and the physical, life, and social sciences |
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| Outcome and Assessment Information Set |
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| OASIS
is a group of data elements that represent core items of a comprehensive
assessment for an adult home care patient and form the basis for
measuring patient outcomes for purposes of outcome-based quality
improvement (OBQI). |
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| Pro
Health Partners |
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| ProHealth
Partners and the ProHealth Multi-Specialty Network comprise the
most comprehensive and well-established network of primary care
physicians and specialists in the Greater Long Beach Area. Our physicians
are on staff at the finest hospitals in the region, and many are
fluent in several languages. |
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| WebMD
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| WebMD
is the first end-to-end Internet healthcare company connecting physicians
and consumers to the entire healthcare industry. |