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The Monthly Newsletter for Professionals Interested in Patient Centered Medical Homes. www.medicalhomenews.com

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NCQA is a private, non-profit organization dedicated to improving health care quality. NCQA evaluates, accredits and certifies a wide range of health care organizations and recognizes physicians in key clinical areas. NCQA's Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS®) is the most widely used performance measurement tool in health care, protecting the lives of more than 100 million Americans. NCQA is committed to providing health care quality information through the Web, media and data licensing agreements in order to help consumers, employers and others make more informed health care choices. www.ncqa.org

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.

The Next Generation of Disease Management: 2009 and Beyond is a new book from AIS that provides directional insight on: planning for successful DM implementation, deciding whether to build or buy programs, integrating care coordination, targeting specific groups, and many more hot button topics. Visit www.aishealth.com/Products/bdmEBWC2.html to learn more.

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.

Drug Benefit Trends, published by Cliggott Publishing Group, a division of CMP Medica, is a monthly journal that reaches more than 28,000 drug benefit decision makers, primarily medical directors and pharmacy directors of managed care organizations, who control or direct the pharmacy service, administer the drug benefit, and have an impact on formulary decisions. The circulation also includes major employers and PBMs.

Drug Benefit Trends presents research findings and other information and analyses to guide readers in making best possible decisions affecting patient health using the tools of managed care. Articles are peer-reviewed for accuracy, objectivity, and sound methodology. Regular features include “Trend of the Month,” a graphic and descriptive analysis of a major trend affecting the drug benefit, and regular columns authored by well regarded managed care experts on drug benefit management, specialty pharmacy, and behavioral health issues.

Drug Benefit Trends also publishes a variety of issue-oriented single-sponsored supplements and multi-sponsored supplements focusing on specific disease categories.

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.

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.

Medicare Patient Management (MPM) is the first and only journal focused on enhanced care for Medicare beneficiaries. As Medicare evolves, the focus shifts from an acute care, volume-based paper system to an integrated digital system of enhanced preventive care. Quality of care issues become more important and directly impacts pay for performance. MPM offers practical approaches to enhancing care of Medicare beneficiaries by offering: tools for the implementation of evidence based medicine, helping providers improve clinical outcomes, evidence based prescribing models, insight on integrating information systems. http://www.MedicarePatientManagement.com

As health care leaders explore how best to draw upon billions in new federal dollars for health information technology, the Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative (PCPCC) will release a white paper identifying the capabilities and functionalities of eHealth applications that experts consider crucial to support the patient centered medical home (PCMH).

Meaningful Connections: A resource guide for using health IT to support the patient centered medical home will be released at the PCPCC's April 28 Stakeholder's Working Meeting in Washington, DC. www.pcpcc.net/content/meaningful-connections-it-resource-guide

PharmaVOICE is the executive forum that allows business leaders to engage in a candid dialogue on the myriad challenges and trends impacting the life-sciences industry. PharmaVOICE reaches more than 17,000 U.S.-based executives who influence business strategies and affect change. Published monthly, PharmaVOICE provides readers with insightful and thought-provoking commentary in a multiple-perspective format through its forums, topics, and articles that cover a range of issues from molecule through market. To Raise Your VOICE, contact feedback@pharmavoice.com.

Population Health Management provides comprehensive, authoritative strategies for improving the systems and policies that affect health care quality, access, and outcomes, ultimately improving the health of an entire population. The Journal delivers essential research on a broad range of topics including the impact of social, cultural, economic, and environmental factors on health care systems and practices.

Population Health Management coverage includes:

• Clinical case reports and studies on managing major public health conditions
• Compliance programs
• Health economics
• Outcomes assessment
• Provider incentives
• Health care reform
• Resource management
• Return on investment (ROI)
• Health care quality
• Care coordination

Predictive Modeling News will benefit key leaders and staff from health plans, self-insured employers, provider networks, TPAs, insurance companies, government agencies, consulting firms, pharmaceutical companies, PBMs, solution developers and others. Predictive Modeling News will provide valuable information to c-suite executives, medical directors, and executive and staff in functions including actuarial, care management, clinical research, decision support, disease management, healthcare informatics, planning & strategy, and quality management. www.predictivemodelingnews.com

Telemedicine and e-Health is the leading international peer-reviewed publication covering the full spectrum of advances and clinical applications of telemedicine and management of electronic health records. It places special emphasis on the outcome and impact of telemedicine on the quality, cost effectiveness, and access to healthcare. Telemedicine applications play an increasingly important role in health care. They offer indispensable tools for home healthcare, remote patient monitoring, and disease management, not only for rural health and battlefield care, but also for nursing home, assisted living facilities, and maritime and aviation settings.

Telemedicine and e-Health offers timely coverage of the advances in technology that offer practitioners, medical centers, and hospitals new and innovative options for managing patient care, electronic records, and medical billing.

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Strategic Insights on the Future of the Health Insurance Industry www.corporateresearchgroup.com/MarketTrends

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The WHCC Affordable Health Innovations Site seeks and promotes health care innovations that can reduce the cost of quality care. Visit the site to learn how the share your innovation.