Young Neurosurgeons WEBSITE RESOURCES

AANS: American Association of Neurological Surgeons www.neurosurgery.org Association/Membership Information Professional/educational Information American Health Lawyers Association www.healthlawyers.org Latest health law documents Fundamentals of health law Healthcare compliance AMA: American Medical Association www.ama.org Hippa AMA CodeManager www.codemanager.com/index.html CPT Codes CMA: California Medical Association www.cma.org Pew Report manpower report from California for CMA CMAnet: The California Medical Associations On-line Network of Services www.cmanet.org Medico-legal, reimbursement and regulatory information Legal documents CMS (Medicare/Medicaid) www.cms.hhs.gov

Program transmittals Fraud and abuse information as well as many other CMS topics CMS: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services www.hcfa.gov All Medicare Information CSNS: Council of State Neurosurgical Societies www.csnsonline.org Socio-economic issues Federal Occupational Health Website www.foh.dhhs.gov Office Safety Federal Register www.gpo.gov Detailed federal register regarding government information Health & Human Services www.hhs.gov/oig/wrkpln/2002/Work_Plan_2002.htm 2002 OIG work plan Health Care Financing Administration www.cms.hhs.gov/medlearm Training Programs for HCFA Health Grades www.healthgrades.com Scoring of hospital quality Hospital Profiles www.hospitalprofiles.org Hospital data KarenZupko & Associates, Inc. www.karenzupko.com Neurosurgical practice management consulting firm

LMRP: Local Medical Review policy www.lmrp.net Complete list of information & web links to all state Medicare carriers Medicare Part B News www.partbnews.com Medical Information Medicare Part B News www.partbnews.com/pbnweb/index.htm Medicare Part B News, issues dated December 18, 2000, published a list of all Part B carriers toll-free phone numbers for billing, coding or enrollment guidelines Medscape www.medscape.com General Medicine websites for physicians MGMA www.mgma.com Format of chart system for financial data for a practice MxCity www.MxCity.com HIPPA, OPPS, Compliance , E-health, Billing Information, Insurance services State Laws & Regulations, etc OIG: Office of Inspector General www.dhhs.gov/oig Compliance Information, Billing for residents services, Physician evaluation & management codes, etc OIG: Office of Inspector General www.dhhs.gov/oigcia/index.html Compliance agreements and settlements

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