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Links to outside Agencies

Federal Government Agencies and Departments

Department of Health and Human Services

Agency for Health Care Research and Quality (AHRQ)

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

Health Information Technology

Office for the Advancement of Telehealth, Health Resources & Services Administration

Office of Minority Health

Office of Women’s Health

 

Federal Government Resources

Congressional Budget Office

Congressional Research Service

General Accounting Office

Medicare Payment Advisory Commission

National Science Foundation

Office of Management and Budget

SciTechResources.gov, Gateway to U.S. Government Science and Technology Resources

Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center (TATRC), U.S. Department of Defense

White House

 

Private Payers

 

Aetna

Aetna – Cardiac MRI

Aetna – CTA

Aetna – MRA

Aetna – PET (including cardiac)

 

Anthem/Wellpoint

Download PDF File Anthem/Wellpoint – PET and PET/CT Fusion

Download PDF File Anthem/Wellpoint – Contrast-Enhanced Cardiac Computed Tomography Angiography (CTA) and MRA (Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Angiography (MRA)

 

Blue Cross and Blue Shield

Blue Cross of California  - Contrast-Enhanced Cardiac Computed Tomography Angiography (CTA) and MRA (Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Angiography (MRA)

Blue Cross of California  – PET and PET/CT Fusion

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Oklahoma  – CTA

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Oklahoma  – MRA

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Oklahoma – PET (all applications including cardiac)

 

Cigna

Download PDF File Cigna – Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (CMR)

Download PDF File Cigna – CTA

Download PDF File Cigna  – MRA

Download PDF File Cigna  – PET (including cardiac)

 

Premera

Download PDF File Premera Blue Cross – Cardiac Applications of PET Scanning

Download PDF File Premera Blue Cross  - CTA

 

Horizon

Horizon Blue Cross and Blue Shield of New Jersey – CTA

 

RBM’s

 

CareCore

Download PDF File CareCore Guidelines for Radiology

Download PDF File CareCore Guidelines for Cardiology

Download PDF File CareCore CT/CTA Request Form

Download PDF File CareCore MR/MRA Request Form

Download PDF File CareCore PET Scan Request Form

Download PDF File CareCore Cardiac CT and CTA physician credentialing requirements

 

National Imaging Associates

Download PDF File National Imaging Associates – Diagnostic Imaging Guidelines

 

Professional Societies and Patient Groups

Alzheimer’s Association – www.alz.org

American Cancer Society – www.cancer.org

American College of Cardiology – www.acc.org

American College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists – http://www.acog.org

American College of Radiology – www.acr.org

American Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons – http://www.aaos.org

American Healthcare Radiology Administrators – http://www.ahraonline.com

American Heart Association – http://www.americanheart.org

American Hospital Association – www.aha.org

American Medical Association- http://www.ama-assn.org/

Medaxiom—Synergistic Healthcare Solutions– http://www.medaxiom.com/home/index.html

Society for Interventional Radiologists – http://www.sirweb.org

Society of Nuclear Medicine – www.snm.org

Society for Vascular Ultrasound – http://www.svunet.org

Women Heart – http://www.womenheart.org

 

 

Think Tanks, Foundations, Policy Organizations, & Trade Associations

AcademyHealth

Academy of Molecular Imaging

Access to Medical Imaging Coalition (AMIC)

AdvaMed and Progress You Can See

Alliance for Aging Research

Alliance for Health Reform

American Clinical Laboratory Association & Results for Life

American Enterprise Institute

America’s Health Insurance Plans

American Telemedicine Association

Blue Cross Blue Shield Association

Brookings Institution

California HealthCare Foundation

Center for Studying Health System Change

Commonwealth Fund

Continua Health Alliance

Employee Benefit Research Institute

e-Health Initiative

Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS)

Healthcare Leadership Council

Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation

Heritage Foundation

Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations

Lasker Foundation

Leapfrog Group

Medical Imaging & Technology Alliance (MITA)

National Academies

National Bureau of Economic Research

National Business Group on Health

National Coalition For Quality Diagnostic Imaging Services

National Commission for Quality Assurance

National Conference of State Legislatures

National Governors Association

National Health Council

National Health Policy Forum

Nemours Foundation

New America Foundation

Partnership for Prevention

Personalized Medicine Coalition

RAND Corporation

Research!America

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Radiological Society Of North America

Urban Institute

Whitaker Foundation