Links to outside Agencies

Federal Government Agencies and Departments

• Agency for Health Care Research and Quality (AHRQ)
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
  • National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
  • Medicare Coverage Center
  • Medicare Coverage Database
• Department of Health and Human Services
• Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
• Health Information Technology
  • National Institutes of Health (NIH)
  • Interagency Council on Biomedical Imaging in Oncology, Division of Cancer Treatment & Diagnosis (DCTD), National Cancer Institute
  • National Eye Institute
  • National Cancer Institute
  • National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
  • National Human Genome Research Institute
  • National Institute on Aging
  • National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
  • National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
  • National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases
  • National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering
  • National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
  • National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
  • National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research
  • National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
  • National Institute on Drug Abuse
  • National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
  • National Institute of General Medical Sciences
  • National Institute of Mental Health
  • National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
  • National Institute of Nursing Research
  • National Library of Medicine 
• 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
• 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

•  Anthem/Wellpoint – PET and PET/CT Fusion
•  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 – 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

•  Cigna – Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (CMR)
•  Cigna – CTA
•  Cigna – MRA
•  Cigna – PET (including cardiac)

Horizon

• Horizon Blue Cross and Blue Shield of New Jersey – CTA

RBM’s

CareCore

•  CareCore Guidelines for Radiology
•  CareCore Guidelines for Cardiology
•  CareCore CT/CTA Request Form
•  CareCore MR/MRA Request Form
•  CareCore PET Scan Request Form

National Imaging Associates

•  National Imaging Associates – Diagnostic Imaging Guidelines

Professional Societies and Patient Groups

• Alzheimer’s Association 
• American Cancer Society 
• American College of Cardiology 
• American College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists 
• American College of Radiology 
• American Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons 
• American Healthcare Radiology Administrators 
• American Heart Association 
• American Hospital Association 
• American Medical Association 
• Guarding Hearts Alliance 
• Medaxiom—Synergistic Healthcare Solutions 
• Society for Interventional Radiologists 
• Society of Nuclear Medicine 
• Society for Vascular Ultrasound 
• Women Heart 

Think Tanks, Foundations, Policy Organizations, & Trade Associations

• AcademyHealth
• Academy of Molecular Imaging
• 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 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