Useful Links
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) administers the Medicare program, and works in partnership with the States to administer Medicaid.
MedLearn, the official CMS provider of educational products, gives easy access to Web-based training courses, comprehensive training guides, brochures, fact sheets, CD-ROMs, and videos, as well as educational Web guides, electronic listservs, and links to other important Medicare Program information. All educational products are available free of charge.
http://www.cms.hhs.gov/medlearn
The Office of Inspector General (OIG) protects the integrity of Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) programs through a nationwide network of audits, investigations, and inspections.
The New York State Office of the Medicaid Inspector General (OMIG) looks for fraud, waste and abuse in New York State’s Medicaid program. With seven offices across the state, the OMIG works to protect the integrity of the Medicaid program by preventing instances of improper Medicaid payments before they are made, and also by recovering inappropriate payments made to providers.
New York State Department of Health (NYDOH) protects and promotes the health of New Yorkers through prevention, science and the assurance of quality health care delivery.
http://www.health.state.ny.us/
National Government Services (NGS) is NYULMC’s fiscal intermediary and is one of the largest Medicare contractors in the country, serving over 240,000 providers and suppliers and over 23.1 million People with Medicare in 20 states and 5 U.S. territories. National Government Services (with its corporate predecessors) has served as a Medicare contractor since 1966.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is an agency within the Department of Health and Human Services. The FDA is responsible for protecting the public health by assuring the safety, efficacy, and security of human and veterinary drugs, biological products, medical devices, our nation’s food supply, cosmetics, products that emit radiation, and tobacco products.
The Office of Civil Rights (OCR) helps to protect the privacy of your health information held by certain health care providers and health insurers.
The National Institutes of Health (NIH), a part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is the primary Federal agency for conducting and supporting medical research. Helping to lead the way toward important medical discoveries that improve people’s health and save lives, NIH scientists investigate ways to prevent disease as well as the causes, treatments, and even cures for common and rare diseases. Composed of 27 Institutes and Centers, the NIH provides leadership and financial support to researchers in every state and throughout the world.
Greater New York Hospital Association (GNYHA), founded in 1904, is a one-of-a-kind trade association comprising nearly 250 hospitals and continuing care facilities, both voluntary and public, in the metropolitan New York area and throughout the State, as well as New Jersey, Connecticut, and Rhode Island.
The Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA) exists to champion ethical practices and compliance standards and to provide the necessary resources for ethics and compliance professionals and others who share these principles.
