CUA Report

Links of importance

Links of Importance

Communicating with Intermediaries and Carriers:

Medicare contracts cover the rights and obligations of Intermediaries, Carriers, and the Secretary of Health and Human Services. Requests for action or information not specifically authorized by such contracts should not be made. Any questions in this regard should be addressed to the Office of Internal Customer Support, Acquisition and Grants Group, Division of Medicare Contractors. Email to: OICS-AGG-DMC@HCFA.GOV

• California State Senate Bill Search
• American Urological Association, Inc.
• Los Angeles Urological Society
• Orange County Urological Society
• San Diego Urological Society
• Western Section AUA 
• American Association of Clinical Urologists, Inc.

Practice Management Sites:

• American Medical Association
• American Association of Clinical Urologists, Inc.
• California Medical Association
• California Physicians
• Doctors For Medical Liability Reform
• Physician Reimbursement Systems (PRS) 
• Urology Practice Consulting - Amani.md
• Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice Greg L. Smith

Assistance with Coding & Billing Issues: 

• Physician Reimbursement Systems (PRS)

Communicating with Lawmakers:

• Find Your District / State Assembly
• On-Line Congressional Directory
• Search for your Congressional Reps
• HIPAA - Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
• Office of Inspector Genenral

Medical Reference Sites:

• Medscape.com
• Medline

Healthplan & Provider Sites:

• Health Rights Hotline 

Insurance Company Info Sites:

• California Department of Insurance

Technology Sites:

• California Technology Assessment Forum

Government Sites:

• CMS
  Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services
• Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Home Page 
  Including: About HHS, HHS Agencies on the Internet, News & Public Affairs, What's New, Research Data, Policy, Topic Index
• Office of Personnel Management 
  Information for Federal employees -- new legislation, job availability, retirement, pay schedules and more.
• The Social Security Administration 
• Departmental Appeals Board Home Page 
  Decisions search form, Practice Manual, appeals guidelines, governing regulations, Alternative Dispute Resolution Service. 
• GRANTSNet (HHS) 
  Information on HHS and other grants.
• THOMAS 
  Legislative information on the Internet.
• White House Federal Briefing Room: Health Statistics 
  This site contains statistical health information updated on a monthly basis. Topics include: Vital Statistics, Use of Health Services, Prevention and Risk, Health Status, Reportable Diseases, and Health Care Expenditures.
• FedWorld 
  One-stop location for U.S. Government information including: U.S. Government information servers, recent Government reports, FedWorld FTP site with more than 10,000 files, FedWorld Telnet site with detailed information from over 50 agencies.
• .HHS Office of the Inspector GeneralThe DHHS Data Council (DDC)
   Information on the activities of the Department's Internal advisory group on data policy, including national health data standards.
• The National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS)
   Information on the activities of the Department's External advisory committee on data policy, including national health data standards.
• YAHOO: Government: Agencies: Executive Branch
  Links to Executive Branch agencies.