Health Plan Week, formerly Managed Care Week, provides business, financial and regulatory news of the health insurance industry. Each week, this newsletter covers new benefit designs and underwriting practices, new products and marketing strategies, mergers and alliances and more. Annual subscriptions include access to free quarterly data - Key Financial Indicators for Leading Health Plans.

AAHAM is the premier association for patient accounting and administrative management professionals. AAHAM offers certification, education, networking and government relations to over 2500 members and 38 chapters. AAHAM is renowned for its certification programs; the Certified Patient Account Manager (CPAM), The Certified Clinic Account Manager (CCAM), The Certified Patient Account Technician (CPAT) and The Certified Clinic Account Technician (CCAT). Visit our website at www.aaham.org or call 703/281-4043 for additional information.

The American Medical Group Association (AMGA) represents multispecialty medical groups and other organized systems of care, including some of the nation's largest, most prestigious integrated healthcare delivery systems. The members of AMGA deliver health care to 80 million patients in 43 states, including 15 million capitated lives. Headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia, AMGA is the strategic partner for medical groups providing a comprehensive package of benefits, including political advocacy, educational and networking programs, publications, benchmarking data services, and financial and operations assistance. Please visit www.amga.org for more information.

This 12-page monthly newsletter provides all the practical tips, tools, vital information, and news you need to create a culture of patient safety and survey-readiness throughout your entire organization. Each and every issue is packed with real success stories of hospitals that have integrated patient safety initiatives, reduced medical errors, and worked to educate both staff and patients on the importance of patient safety. In addition, Briefings on Patient Safety also includes a monthly "Staff Trainer Page" which features a puzzle, poster, game, or ready-to-use tool to help train your staff on key patient safety topics. For more information go to www.hcmarketplace.com or to request a free sample call 800/650-6787.

The Center for Connected Health, a division of Partners HealthCare in Boston, develops innovative and effective solutions for delivering quality patient care outside of the traditional medical setting. The Center engages in pioneering research in a wide range of connected health-related areas and works to advance the field through its convening and publishing activities. Our programs use a combination of remote-monitoring, online communications and intelligence, and technology applications to improve patient adherence, engagement and clinical outcomes. www.connected-health.org

Eli Research is a research and information company with more than 120 print and on-line publications, teleconferences and audio learning products for our core markets of healthcare, law and litigation, financial services, education, travel, human services, sales and customer service, technology and the internet. www.elihealthcare.com/hc_publications.htm

The Executive Report on Managed Care provides twice-monthly news and information on issues affecting the managed care industry, legislation and regulations, real-life examples of how managed care organizations are benefiting from innovative programs and cost saving initiatives.

GOAL/QPC offers people practical tools and organizational skills to support teamwork and continuous process improvement within their organizations. Our most popular product line, the Memory Jogger™ series of pocket guides, helps employees at all levels to acquire and perform critical skills for assuring product and service quality and effective process performance. Our newest additions to the Memory Jogger™ series - The Memory Jogger™ II Healthcare Edition, The Public Health Memory Jogger™ II, Facilitation at a Glance! 2nd Edition, and The Advanced Project Management Memory Jogger™. Coming soon . . . The Time Management Memory Jogger™ and The Process Management Memory Jogger™. www.goalqpc.com

Healthcare Finance News is the industry’s business newspaper, offering healthcare financial managers comprehensive coverage of today’s unprecedented financial challenges faced by healthcare providers and payers. Reaching more financial management than any other healthcare publication, Healthcare Finance News reaches more than 32,000 subscribers, including CFOs, VPs Finance, CEOs and other financial management at hospitals, multi-hospital systems, medical/surgical clinics and group practices, ambulatory care facilities, nursing homes, extended care facilities, as well as healthcare payers. HealthcareFinanceNews.com

Published in partnership with HIMSS, Healthcare IT News reports on events that affect those working in the healthcare information technology industry. Our more than 50,000 readers include IT professionals employed in physician practices, hospitals, integrated delivery networks and payer organizations, as well as members of the C-suite in those entities. Ranked #1 by hospital CIOs two years in a row (PERQ/HCI study 2005, 2006), Healthcare IT News offers timely, relevant news on new technologies; on IT strategies and tactics; on statutory and regulatory issues decided in Washington, D.C. (as well as state policies); and on news about their colleagues and competitors. www.healthcareitnews.com

HealthEconomics.Com is the premier website for health economics and outcomes research resources as well as jobs on the Internet. Continuously updated by experienced health economists, HealthEconomics.Com is organized by user-friendly categories such as Associations, Consulting Companies, Conferences, Databases, Education, Employment, Government, Humor, Journals, Libraries, News, Pharma/Biotech companies, Pharmacy, and Questionnaires/Performance Assessment. This easy-to-navigate web site is searchable by key word and provides visitors the ability to recommend new sites of potential interest. Scientific forums provide an opportunity for idea exchange. The Employment Center is the place to find a new employee or look for a new position in the field. Visit www.healtheconomics.com soon.

Hospitalmanagement.net, in conjunction with its sister publications Medical Imaging Technology and Practical Patient Care, enables easy and thorough communication between buyers and sellers through multiple, fully optimised channels.

Our online service brings together a global community of industry professionals and a wealth of market knowledge based around extensive experience.

Medical Imaging Technology has been developed to satisfy the huge demand for information on medical imaging, a demand made not only by radiologists but also by cardiologists, physicians and senior healthcare managers.

Practical Patient Care is published specifically to provide medical practitioners and senior managers with the information they need to formulate and deliver successful wound management and infection control strategies, strategies that will allow them to achieve their objective of improving patient care at a reduced cost.

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Hospital Materials Management is a monthly newsletter devoted to the needs of materials and supply chain managers across the country. You'll find: specific, detailed price information on individual products-including knee implants and pacemakers-in monthly price surveys; learn how your peers are achieving price saving and purchasing efficiency with our case studies and best practice stories; and gain knowledge directly from materials experts, including Tom MacVaugh, in our contributing author columns. For more information go to www.hcmarketplace.com or to request a free sample call 800/650-6787.

The Managed Care Information Center (MCIC) gathers, compiles, analyzes, studies and distributes business information on the managed care industry. The MCIC delivers this strategic business information to its clients via executive newsletters, yearbooks, leading industry databases and directories, management reports, and client research studies. The information is available in print, on CD-ROM and via the Internet at www.themcic.com.

The Massachusetts Association of Health Plans (MAHP) represents 12 health plans providing health care coverage for more than 2.4 million Massachusetts residents. All MAHP members are committed to improving health for all in Massachusetts by promoting affordable, safe and coordinated health care. Established in 1982 as the Massachusetts Association of Health Maintenance Organizations, the Association broadened its mission and changed its name to MAHP in 2001. MAHP is committed to addressing the issues of care, cost and coverage through advocacy, education and health policy research. www.mahp.com

The Massachusetts Health Data Consortium is a non-profit organization that creates, promotes, and supports collaborative efforts to improve healthcare using data and health information technology. The Consortium is the oldest organization of its kind in the country. Founded in 1978, the Consortium is a trusted, neutral, content-knowledge leader that serves as a convener, catalyst, and incubator of multi-stakeholder initiatives that improve the quality and cost effectiveness of healthcare. The Consortium provides data and customizable reports, promotes electronic standards, and educates through information exchange events. We gather healthcare experts together-from a diverse array of stakeholders-to work for the greater good. www.mahealthdata.org

The Massachusetts Medical Society (MMS) is the statewide professional association for more than 23,000 physicians and medical students. It is dedicated to educating and advocating for the patients and physicians of Massachusetts. The MMS publishes the New England Journal of Medicine, and produces Journal Watch alerts and newsletters covering 13 specialty areas. The MMS is also a leader in continuing medical education for health care professionals throughout Massachusetts, and throughout the nation through its robust online and homestudy CME activities.

The Massachusetts Medical Society was established as a professional association of physicians by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in an Act of Incorporation, Chapter 15 of the Acts of 1781. Located in Waltham and Boston, Massachusetts, the MMS is the oldest continuously operating state medical society in the United States. For more information on the MMS, its mission and services, go to: www.massmed.org.

Medical News Today is updated with more than 150 articles on weekdays and over 40 articles at weekends - more than any other health news website. The website is divided into 117 medical categories/specialties, allowing you to browse only the news relevant to you. Advanced news archive searches allow you to quickly find the news you are interested in, from over 200,000 archived articles. www.medicalnewstoday.com.

Modern Healthcare is the industry's only healthcare business news weekly, providing healthcare executives the most reliable, up-to-date and comprehensive business news and information. We also provide news online at www.modernhealthcare.com and via our daily e-newsletter, the Daily Dose. With this three-tiered approach, our award-winning editorial staff delivers information that enables healthcare leaders to take constructive action and improve performance.

The Network for Regional Healthcare Improvement (NRHI) was founded in 2004 to share learnings among five leading regional collaboratives: the Pacific Business Group on Health (PBGH), Massachusetts Health Quality Partners (MHQP), the Pittsburgh Regional Health Initiative (PRHI), the Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement (ICSI) / Minnesota Community Measurement (MNCM), and the Wisconsin Collaborative for Healthcare Quality (WCHQ). The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the Jewish Healthcare Foundation, and the California HealthCare Foundation are providing financial support for NRHI. NRHI accelerates improvement in the value (quality and cost) of health care delivery in the United States, by building and strengthening regional multi-stakeholder coalitions and influencing national policy for regional coalitions. www.nrhi.org

This 12-page newsletter helps your hospital improve quality measures and receive the Medicare reimbursement it deserves. Every monthly issue offers advice on data collection, abstraction, and analysis; case studies on hospitals participating in pay-for-performance programs; and expert tips on JCAHO survey preparation. For more information visit www.hcmarketplace.com or call 800/650-6787.

Wolters Kluwer Law & Business (CCH & Aspen) publishes over 20 health care related print and electronic products, including Medicare and Medicaid Guide, Healthcare Compliance Portfolio, Home Health Medicare and Medicaid Payment Library, State Healthcare Law Library, Physicians' Medicare Guide, ChargeMaster Comply, and Health Law Treatises and Analysis Series www.wolters-kluwer.com

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