LibGuides: Health Care Finance/Health Care Policies: Organizations

National Associations

Healthcare Financial Management Association
HFMA is the leading membership organization for healthcare financial management executives and leaders. Its more than 38,000 members value the Association's role as a respected thought leader on top trends and issues facing the healthcare industry.
HFMA - Michigan Great Lakes Chapter
National Library of Medicine - National Information Center on Health Services Research and Health Care Technology
See Key Resources In Health Economics - a core list of materials (books, journals, websites and bibliographic databases), books and journals in the field of health economics. The lists are primarily geared to individuals who are new to the field or unfamiliar with the various resources on health economics and need to acquire and/or access publications, databases, and websites in the health economics domain.
American Medical Student Association
The American Medical Student Assocation provides information on the health insurance marketplace and explains various models for delivering health care.

State Associations

Center for Healthcare Research and Transformation
"Formed in 2007 as a partnership between the University of Michigan and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, designed with a mission to increase the use of evidence-based care, improve population health and expand access to care. With years of demonstrated success in informing real-world policy-making and program implementation, CHRT now works with new partners, to provide impartial, evidence-based policy and data analyses."
Michigan Association of Health Plans
"The Michigan Association of Health Plans is a nonprofit corporation established to promote the interests of member health plans. But those interests extend far beyond the plans themselves. The mission of the Michigan Association of Health Plans (MAHP) is 'provide leadership for the promotion and advocacy of high quality, affordable, accessible health care for the citizens of Michigan.'"
Michigan Health and Hospital Association
"The Michigan Health & Hospital Association (MHA) is the statewide leader representing all community hospitals in Michigan. Established in 1919, the MHA represents the interests of its member hospitals and health systems in both the legislative and regulatory arenas on key issues and supports their efforts to provide quality, cost-effective and accessible care."
Michigan Healthcare Human Resources Association
Focusing on all aspects of human resources in the field of health care.
Michigan Health Information Management Association
"MHIMA is a component state association of the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA). Founded in 1929 to improve the quality of medical records, MHIMA is committed to advancing the HIM profession in an increasingly electronic and global environment through leadership in advocacy, education, certification, and lifelong learning."
Michigan Medical Group Management Association
This professional organization "unites, supports and educates medical group management leaders across Michigan to improve the business of medicine."

Standards and Accrediting Organizations

Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO)
An independent, not-for-profit organization, The Joint Commission accredits and certifies more than 20,500 health care organizations and programs in the United States. Joint Commission accreditation and certification is recognized nationwide as a symbol of quality that reflects an organization’s commitment to meeting certain performance standards.
The National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA)
A private nonprofit organization focused on the improvement of healthcare standards of quality.

Policy Groups

Agency for Health Care Research and Quality

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's (AHRQ) mission is to improve the quality, safety, efficiency, and effectiveness of health care for all Americans.

Alliance for Health Reform

In the heat of debate, opinion leaders need an unbiased source of information so they can understand the roots of the nation's health care problems and the trade-offs posed by competing proposals for change. The Alliance for Health Reform exists to provide that information.

Center for Studying Health System Change

Based in Washington, D.C. the nonpartisan Center for Studying Health System Change (HSC) conducted health policy research and analysis focused on the U.S. health care system. As of December 31, 2013, no new content has been added to the website.

The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation.

KFF is a nonprofit, private operating foundation focusing on the major health care issues facing the nation. The Foundation is an independent voice and source of facts and analysis for policymakers, the media, the health care community, and the general public.

Institute for Healthcare Improvement

IHI vision: Everyone has the best care and health possible. IHI mission: Improve health and health care worldwide.

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Health and Medicine Division

HMD’s aim is to help those in government and the private sector make informed health decisions by providing evidence upon which they can rely.

National Coalition on Healthcare

The National Coalition on Health Care (NCHC) is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization of organizations. Our growing Coalition represents more than 80 participating organizations, including medical societies, businesses, unions, health care providers, faith-based associations, pension and health funds, insurers, and groups representing consumers, patients, women, minorities and persons with disabilities.

National Institute for Health Care Reform

The mission of the National Institute for Health Care Reform is to conduct high-quality, objective research and policy analyses of the organization, financing and delivery of health care in the United States.

RAND: Health COMPARE

The Comprehensive Assessment of Reform Efforts (COMPARE) site, a project of the Rand Corporation, includes assessment of the current state of the health care system, a framework for classifying health policy proposals, analyzing policy options, and modeling estimates.

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is a not-for-profit foundation focusing on health care topics, offering news, data, articles, research reports and white papers on health policy issues. Topics include long-term care, health care coverage, reform, disparities, quality, and public health.