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Compliance
Reference
CON by state in 2003: http://www.ahpanet.org/Images/CONmatrix2003.pdf
Links to CON websites: http://www.ahpanet.org/websites.html
Compliance associations
American Health Planning Association (AHPA), Falls Church , VA
Description: focuses on planning for certificate of need (CON) applications.
Tel number: 703/573-3103
Web site: http://www.ahpanet.org
Healthcare Compliance Association, Minneapolis , MN
Description: represents compliance officers at health care organizations, who help those organizations comply with laws and other standards.
Tel number: 888/580-8373
Web site: http://www.hcca-info.org/
National Health Care Anti-Fraud Association, Washington , DC
Description: founded by several private health insurers and federal/state law enforcement officials.
Tel number: 202/659-5955
Web site: http://www.nhcaa.org/
National Council Against Health Fraud, Peabody , MA
Description: focuses upon health misinformation, fraud, and quackery.
Tel number: 978/532-9383
Web site: http://www.ncahf.org/
Taxpayers Against Fraud, The False Claims Act Center (TAF), Washington , DC
Description: dedicated to combating fraud against the Federal government through promotion and use of the federal False Claims Act and its qui tam provisions.
Tel number: 202/296-4826. Oct 2001.
Web site: http://www.taf.org/
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Private oversight
Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO), Oakbrook Terrace , IL
Description: accredits hospitals, home care organizations and other programs.
Tel number: 630/792-5000
Web site: http://www.jcaho.org/
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Federal agencies
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta , GA
Description: Includes data and statistics, products and publications and health and safety topics.
Tel number: 404/639-3311
Web site: http://www.cdc.gov/
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Baltimore , MD
Description: oversees Medicare, Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Programs (SCHIPs).
Tel number: 202/690-6145
Web site: www.cms.hhs.gov/
Department of Justice (DOJ) Antitrust Division, Washington DC
Description: In 2002, DOJ ceded to the Federal Trade Commission primary authority for civil enforcement of federal antitrust laws for healthcare.
Tel number: 202/514-2481
Web site: http://www.usdoj.gov/atr/index.html
Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Washington , DC
Description: It has primary authority for civil enforcement of federal antitrust laws in healthcare. This used to be shared with the U.S. Department of Justice.
Tel number: 202/326-2161
Web site: http://www.ftc.gov
Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Rockville , MD
Description: oversees drugs and medical devices.
Tel number: 301/443-1544.
Web site: http://www.fda.gov/
HHS Office of the Inspector General (OIG), Washington , DC
Description: Makes reports and recommendations to agencies, including the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).
Tel number: 202/619-1343
Web site: http://o i g.hhs.gov
Indian Health Service, Rockville , MD
Description: an agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that is responsible for providing federal health services to American Indians and Alaska Natives.
Tel number: 301/443-1083
Web site: http://www.ihs.gov/
National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda , MD
Description: one of eight health agencies of the Public Health Service which, in turn, is part of HHS. NIH is comprised of 27 separate components, mainly Institutes and Centers.
Tel number: 301/496-4000
Web site: http://www.nih.gov/
National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB), Chantilly , VA
Description: information on disciplinary actions against physicians.
Tel number: 301/443-2300
Web site: http://www.npdb-hipdb.com/
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Washington , DC
Description: oversees workplace safety; part of the U.S. Labor Department.
Tel number: 202/523-8148
Web site: http://www.osha.gov/
Office of the Surgeon General, Rockville , MD
Description: oversees the Commissioned Corps of the U.S. Public Health Service and is part of the Office of Public Health and Science.
Tel number: 301/443-4000
Web site: http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/
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