Practice Management Resources
NYSRS's Medical Insurance and Compensation Committee Reports and
Medicare Carrier Advisory (CAC) Committee Reports
Online Links to Medicare for Information:
Health Care Financing Administration - Medicare & Medicaid
Empire Medicare
- Administers Medicare for 16 counties in southeastern New York State
Medicare
Part B Local Medical Review Policies from Empire Medicare
GHI
Medicare - Administers Medicare in Queens County, NY
Upstate Medical
Division - Administers Medicare in upstate New York
American College of Radiology Online -
The ACR's Website
ACR Home page - what's
new, press, accreditation, standard, mammography, economics, coding,
commissions, Medline, e-news, appropriateness criteria, Philadelphia office (RTOG,
RDOG, ACRIN, radiation oncology patterns of care study
Departments
- accreditation, economics, legal, research, public relations, government
relations
Residents -
section report, Bulletin articles, fellowship directory, neuroradiology
fellowship match, universal fellowship form, resident forum, resident section
resource guide
Chapters -
Chatline, dues schedules, legislative update, state chapter links, ACR chapter
leaders' meeting, ACR chapter handbook
CME - future
meetings, ACR CME benefits, resident education, educational home study, lists
and directories.
Patient Information
- developed jointly with the RSNA
Calendar -
radiological society meetings
Forums and Surveys
- various topics sponsored by ACR, state chapters, etc.
Publications and
Products - appropriateness criteria, standards, Bulletin, sales
Job Listings -
registration required, password protected
Members -
membership details, Fellowship guide, address change, dues, resource guide
(members only), membership directory (members only), ACR history, ACR logowear
ACR-RSNA Public Information Web Site - educates patients and the public about radiology and radiation oncology procedures
ACR's Imaging Network
(ACRIN) - cancer research projects involving advances in
imaging
American Healthcare Radiology
Administrators
Society for Radiation Oncology
Administrators
Final
Compliance Program Guidance for Individual and Small Group Physician Practices -from the HHS Office of Inspector General
Information
about HIPAA from the HHS
Empire BlueCross and BlueShield
NIH's Medline
Plus - links to information about diseases, drug information, medical
dictionaries, directories of physicians, physicians and hospital &
other resources.
UPIN (Unique Physician
Identifier Number) Database
UPIN
Lookup from Nebo Systems
ICD-9 Codes from Yaki Technologies
HCPro.com
- accreditation, compliance, credentialing, health safety, health information
management, medical staff leadership and long term care information
MxCity.com
- reimbursement, coding and compliance information from Myrias Resources
AMA's Physician
Select - A data base with information about individual physicians
National Guideline Clearinghouse -
clinical guidelines from various sources
Institute of Medicine
- section of the National Academy of Sciences regarding health policy
Joint Commission on Accreditation of
Healthcare Organizations
Links to Government -
Federal, New York State & Local
New
York State Dept. of Health Database of Professional Misconduct &
Physician Discipline
Verify
Physicians' Board Certification
New
York State Public Health Laws and Department of Health Notices
Medicare's
list of sanctioned and reinstated providers
Agency for Healthcare
Research & Quality Morbidity and Mortality Rounds on the Web - online
journal and forum for patient safety and health care quality
Deja.com - browser
to search and post messages on various Internet bulletin boardsExamples of news groups:
sci.med.radiology, sci.med.radiology.interventional, sci.med.physics,
alt.image.medical, misc.education.medical, sci.med.diseases.cancer, sci.med.prostate,
sci.med.transcription, sci.med.telemedicine, sci.med.informatics, sci.med.diseases,
gov.us.fed.dhhs.announce, gov.us.fed.dhhs.fda.announce, sci.med.nursing, ;
us.jobs.resumes, misc.jobs.offered, ba.jobs.offered
Vendors of practice
management software list - from the GHI Medicare site
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Oncology Resources Return to the last section -
Interventional Radiology Go to the next section - Leisure Website Host:
iias Power Search - "The Ultimate Internet Search Tool"
HospitalWeb - Links
to hospitals, medical schools, worldwide residency programs, etc.
Hospital Locator
with maps and directions from Yaki Technologies
American
Hospital Directory - information about individual hospitals
Hospitals
and Health Systems from the Healthcare Association of New York State - internet links
National Library of Medicine's GATEWAY
- free medical literature searches
Medical
Liability Mutual Insurance Company (MLMIC)
Medscape - an Internet portal for
physicians with medical news, medical bookstore, etc.
Health Services/Technology Assessment
Text - procedure & treatment evaluations from the National Library of Medicine
MQSA Website from the
FDA's Division of Mammography Quality & Radiation Programs provides the latest MQSA
information and a number of other documents (The Acrobat Reader from Adobe Systems
is required to download those documents labeled "PDF Format")
HCFA's Medicare hotline provides information on Medicare coverage for
mammograms 1-800-638-6833
New York State Insurance Department's toll-free hotline for physicians who
do not receive prompt payment (45 days) from HMOs or Insurance Companies for undisputed
claims. 1-800-358-9260
MCP Hahnemann University Libraries
-
outstanding links to texts, journal, databases, and other resources on the
Internet
Department of
Radiology
School of Medicine
State University of New York at Stony Brook
Health Sciences Center