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Health information
American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA), Chicago , IL
Description: provides members access to Medicare cost report data.
Tel number: 312/233-1100
Web site: www.ahima.org .
IMS Health, Fairfield , CT
Description: provides data on drug sales and number of prescriptions and for sales of individual or classes of drugs.
Tel number: 203/319-4700
Web site: www.imshealth.com
National Association of Health Data Organizations (NAHDO), Salt Lake City , UT
Description: dedicated to strengthening the nation's health information system; members are state, federal and private sector technical and policy leaders and consultants.
Tel number: 801/587-9104
Web site: http://www.nahdo.org
National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), Hyattsville , MD
Description: the federal government's principal vital and health statistics agency; part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Tel number: 301/458-4636
Web site: http://www.cdc.gov/nchswww
The Advisory Board Company, Washington DC
Description: publishes studies and customized research.
Tel number: 202/672-5600
Web site: http://www.advisory.com/public/
SMG Marketing Group, Chicago , IL
Description: healthcare information and marketing company owned by Quintiles Transnational.
Tel number: 800/678-3026
Web site: http://www.smg.com/about.htm
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Terminology
SNOMED International, Northfield , IL
Description: terminology for the indexing the entire medical record; a division of the College of American Pathologists .
Tel number: 800/323-4040
Web site: http://www.snomed.org/
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Utilization data
Medstat, Ann Arbor , MI
Description: provides decision support systems, market intelligence, benchmark databases, and research for managing the purchase, administration, and delivery of health services and benefits.
Tel number: 734/913-3000
Web site: http://www.medstat.com/
Milliman USA , Seattle , WA
Description: consulting and actuarial firm; it used to be called Milliman & Robertson.
Tel number: 206/624-7940
Web site: http://www.milliman.com/
Solucient, Evanston IL
Description: provider of benchmark information on health care.
Tel number: 800/366-7526
Web site: http://www.solucient.com/
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