Resources

Helpful Resources for the medical profession


	Special news County Resources Placer County Nevada County California patient care health and services by county Clinical Resources CenterWatch Clinical Trials Listing Service Listing of clinical trials Medscape - Website containing full-text articles, practice guidelines, conference schedules and summaries, patient resources and links. National Institutes of Health - Consensus Development Conference guidelines and consumer health topics. National Library of Medicine - Online databases including MEDLINE and PubMed PDR website - Created by Medical Economics Company, Inc., offering drug information, online journals, CME courses and other information. Physicians Online - Links to medical sites and other sites of interest to physicians. CME Resources UC Davis Extension - CME Registration 530-757-8777 California Distance Learning Health Network - they provide distance learning, Immunization Updates, Public Health presentations & web-based training, products, articles and more. Annotated List of Online Continuing Medical Education -This doctor-run site contains an extensive listing of on-line CME. AudioDigest Foundation -A subsidiary of the California Medical Association. Government Regulatory Agencies California Department of Industrial Relations -Access to information on Cal-OSHA regulations on office safety, labor laws and the Workers' Compensation program. California Department of Managed Health Care -Regulatory agency for health plans. California Homepage -Provides links to all state agencies. California Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development -Source of statewide health information and statistics. Federal Centers for Disease Control -CDC Federal Consumer Information Center -Consumer Information Federal Health Care Financing Administration -Medicare and Medicaid publications, forms, and regulations. Federal National Practitioner's Data Bank -Physician Information Federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration - OSHA Index of Federal Agencies Medical Board of California -Lists important MBC phone numbers and information on all licensed California physicians. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services -Access to Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, Centers for Disease Control, and National Institutes of Health. U.S. Food and Drug Administration -FDA Health Care News California HealthCare Foundation - Provides timely summaries of health care news in California and across the country, and links to pertinent news articles. Health Plans Aetna U.S. Healthcare -HMO Argonaut Insurance Co. -Worker's Comp Beech Street -PPO Blue Cross of California -PPO, HMO Blue Shield of California -PPO, HMO CCN Managed Care Inc. -PPO CIGNA Healthcare of California -PPO, HMO Fireman's Fund Insurance Co. -Worker's Comp Fremont Compensation -Worker's Comp HealthNet of California -PPO, HMO HIH Insurance Group -Worker's Comp Interplan Corp. -PPO Lifeguard, Inc. -PPO, HMO Medi-Cal -Contains Medi-Cal's newsletter and other information about the Medi-Cal program. Medicare -Website for National Heritage Insurance Company (NHIC), the Medicare fiscal intermediary for California, provides access to Medicare billing guidelines and other policies, back issues of Medicare Bulletins, and contact information for NHIC. 2004 Guide to California Medicare Options - rates every Medicare HMO in California for overall and prescription drug value, and much more. It also identifies and rates several of the lowest-cost Medicare supplement (Medigap) policies in counties where Medicare HMOs are offered. Pacificare/Secure Horizons -HMO Health Policy Resources Agency for Health Care Policy -Federal agency charged with supporting research to promote quality of care. Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation -Reports and summaries of publications on health policy. National Center for Health Statistics -Government source of reports, statistics, tables and publications. Legislative California Code of Regulations -Access to specific provisions of the California Code of Regulations. California Legislative Information -Information on pending legislation and current activities in the State Legislature; links to State legislators, Californialaw and legislative publications. Federal Legislative Information-Information on pending federal legislation, current news on Congressional activities, links to members of Congress and the Executive and Judicial branches of government. Organized Medicine American Medical Association -Links to national medical specialty societies. California Medical Association -Updates on CMA activities, health care legislation and other news affecting health care, plus "CMA On-Call". * Inclusion of an agency does not imply endorsement of its services, not does exclusion reflect negatively on any organization's contribution to the community.
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