Listed in this section are various healthcare-related websites that providers may find useful.

HHIN users: If you accessed this page while logged on to HHIN, you won't be able to navigate directly to a non-HHIN Internet site, for security reasons. To use the links below, access the Useful Websites page outside of a HHIN session. To do that, close the HHIN browser window, open a new browser window, go to hhin.hmsa.com, and click on the Provider Resource Center link without logging on to HHIN.

To notify HMSA that a link no longer works, or to suggest that a website be added, please e-mail us at PSComm@HMSA.com. HMSA will review all websites for appropriateness.

Because Internet addresses change frequently, additions and deletions are not tracked in the revision section at the bottom of this document.

Note: The listing of a website is in this section of the Provider Resource Center should not be considered an endorsement or support of the sponsoring organization by HMSA.

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

Home Page

CMS has reorganized its website. Explore and bookmark areas of interest pertinent to your medical practice. Some hot topics include:

·

CLIA

·

HIPAA

·	Internet-Only Manuals (IOMs)

·	Medlearn Matters (MLN)

·	National Provider Identifier Standard (NPI)

·	Physician Resource Center

·	Quarterly Updates

·	Transmittals

·	Documentation Guidelines for E&M Services Both 1995 and 1997 Documentation Guidelines are available from this webpage.

Noridian Medicare Part B (Hawaii carrier for CMS)

Noridian Administrative Services (NAS) 

From this page you can view recent updates for both Part A and Part B, the Federal Register, National Correct Coding Initiative (NCCI) edits and more.  You can also view a variety of bulletins and publications.

Because 65C Plus is a Medicare-based plan, the Local Coverage Determination (LCD) policy decisions for Hawaii documented on this site apply to 65C Plus.

Effective October 1, 2006, NAS will become the Durable Medical Equipment Medicare Administrative Contractor for Jurisdiction D, which includes Hawaii. A schedule of communications explaining the transition process can be accessed from the link above.

  2007 Fee Schedule can be accessed from the NAS website.

Note: Providers are responsible for keeping up-to-date with changes to the fee schedule and policies. Please review the NAS website and subscribe to NAS news alerts as needed.

Food and Drug Administration

Home Page

·	See also  FDA/Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) for information about drug approvals, drug safety, drug shortages and more.

·	See also FDA/Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research for vaccines and biological products information.

·	To report serious reactions, product quality problems and product use errors with drugs or medical devices, access the

MedWatch Online Voluntary Reporting Form

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Home Page

·	See also  www.cdc.gov/vaccines for immunization schedules, ACIP recommendations & guidelines and flu updates.

·	See also www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vac-gen/shortages/ for the latest status on vaccine shortages & delays.

United States Department of Health & Human Services

Home Page

·	Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)

·	National Institutes of Health (NIH) - Home Page

Other National Health Institutes

·	National Cancer Institute (NCI)

·	National Eye Institute (NEI)

·	National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)

·	National Institute on Aging (NIA)

·	National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)

·	National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)

·	National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS)

·	National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB)

·	National Institute of Child Health & Human Development (NICHD)

·	National Institute on Deafness and Other Communications Disorders (NIDCD)

·	National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR)

·	National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)

·	National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

·	National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

·	National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)

Physician Specialty Societies

Allergy

American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (ACAAI)

Anesthesia

American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA)

Cardiology

American College of Cardiology (ACC)

Dermatology

American Academy of Dermatology (AAD)

Emergency Medicine

American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP)

Endocrinology

American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE)

The Endocrine Society

Family Practice

American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP)

Hawaii Academy of Family Physicians (HAFP)

Gastroenterology

American College of Gastroenterology (ACG)

American Gastroenterological Association (AGA)

Geriatrics

American Geriatrics Society (AGS)

Infectious Diseases

Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA)

Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society (PIDS)

Internal Medicine

American College of Physicians (ACP)

American College of Physicians (ACP) - Hawaii Chapter

Neurology and Neurosurgery

American Academy of Neurology (AAN)

American Neurological Association (ANA)

American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS)

Obstetrics and Gynecology

The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG)

The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) - Hawaii Section

American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM)

Oncology

American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)

Society of Gynecologic Oncologists (SGO) 

Ophthalmology

American Ophthalmological Society (AOS)

American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO)

American College of Eye Surgeons/American Board of Eye Surgery (ACES/ABES)

American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS)

American Society of Retina Specialists (ASRS)

Orthopedics and Orthopedic Surgery

American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons/American Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS)

American Association of Orthopaedic Medicine (AAOM)

The American Orthopaedic Association (AOA)

American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine (AOSSM)

Osteopathy

American College of Osteopathic Emergency Physicians (ACOEP)

American College of Osteopathic Surgeons (ACOS)

American College of Osteopathic Internists (ACOI)

American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians (ACOFP)

American College of Osteopathic Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOOG)

American Osteopathic Academy of Orthopedics (AOAO)

American Osteopathic Association (AOA)

Otolaryngology

American Academy of Otolaryngic Allergy (AAOA)

American Laryngological Association (ALA)

American Academy of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (AAO-HNS)

Pain Medicine

American Academy of Pain Medicine (AAPM)

Pathology

General 

College of American Pathologists (CAP)

American Society of Clinical Pathology (ASCP)

Anatomic/Surgical Pathology 

American Society of Cytopathology (ASC)

Clinical

 American Association for Clinical Chemistry (AACC)

Dermatopathology 

The American Society of Dermatopathology

Pediatrics

American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)

American Pediatric Society/Society for Pediatric Research (APS-SPR)

American Academy of Pediatrics - Hawaii Chapter (HAAP)

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (AAPM&R)

Podiatry

American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons (ACFAS)

American Podiatric Medical Association (APMA)

Pulmonology

American Association for Bronchology and Interventional Pulmonology (AAB)

American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP)

Psychiatry

American Psychiatric Association (APA)

American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry (AAAP)

American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP)

American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry (AAGP)

Hawaii Psychiatric Medical Association (HPMA)

Radiology

Radiological Society of North America (RSNA)

Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR)

Society of Radiologists in Ultrasound (SRU)

Hawaii Radiological Society (HRS)

Rheumatology

American College of Rheumatology (ACR)

Sleep Medicine

American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM)

Surgery

General

American College of Surgeons (ACS)

American College of Surgeons (ACS) - Hawaii Chapter

Hand

American Association for Hand Surgery (AAHS)

Oral-Maxillofacial

American College of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons (ACOMS)

Pediatric

American Pediatric Surgical Association (APSA)

Plastic

The American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (AAFPRS)

American Association of Plastic Surgeons (AAPS)

Thoracic

American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS)

Vascular

Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS)

Urology

American Urological Association (AUA)

American Association of Clinical Urologists (AACU)

Non-physician Professional Societies

Audiology

American Board of Audiology (AAA)

Dentistry

American Dental Association (ADA)

Nurses

American College of Nurse Practitioners (ACNP)

American College of Nurse-Midwives (ACNM)

American Nurses Association (ANA)

Hawaii Nurses Association (HNA)

Occupational Therapy

American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA)

Pharmacy

American Pharmacists Association (APhA) 

American Society of Consultant Pharmacists (ASCP)

Physical Therapy

American Physical Therapy Association (APTA)

Psychology

American Psychological Association (APA)

Hawaii Psychological Association (HPA)

Public Health

American Public Health Association (APHA)

Hawaii Public Health Association (HPHA)

Speech Therapy

American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA)

Medical Associations ¾ National

American Medical Association (AMA)

Medical Associations ¾ Regional

Hawaii Medical Association (HMA)

Honolulu County Medical Society (HCMS)

Maui County Medical Society and Physicians of Maui

Hawaii Independent Physicians Association

Health-related Government Agencies

Hawaii State Department of Health

Executive Office on Aging - State of Hawaii

John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) - University of Hawaii

Hospital Online Sites

Castle Medical Center

Hawaii Health Systems Corporation  

From this website, you can link to home pages for most of the state hospitals.

Kapiolani Health

Kuakini Health System

North Hawaii Community Hospital

The Queens Medical Center

Rehabilitation Hospital of the Pacific

St. Francis Healthcare System of Hawaii

Straub Clinic and Hospital

Wahiawa General Hospital

Wilcox Memorial Hospital

The Healthcare Association of Hawaii (HAH) is a non-profit trade association representing all of the state's acute care hospitals and approximately two-thirds of the long-term care beds, for a total of 37 facilities.

websiteEducation Sites

·	Members can learn more about HMSA, search for a participating provider, change their address, request a new membership card and more at www.HMSA.com.

·	To learn more about keeping their Keiki safe, members can go to Keiki Injury Prevention Coalition.

·	Some members may wish to research their medical conditions on the National Library of Medicine at www.medlineplus.gov/

·	provides up-to-date women's health information.

Code Changes and Updates

CPT errata sheets

See www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/3113.html.

HCPCS quarterly code updates

See www.cms.hhs.gov/HCPCSReleaseCodeSets/.

ICD-9-CM code guidelines and more

See National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS). This website contains official coding guidelines, information about ICD-9 and ICD-10, coding for current situations like terrorism and more. There is also additional information that can be found at the American Hospital Association (AHA) - Central Office.

For advice on hospital coding see the American Hospital Association site. Some information is available to members only by subscription. The AHA Coding Clinic newsletter is also a valuable resource and can be ordered from this website.

Professional Coding Credentialing Associations

American Academy of Professional Coders (AAPC)

American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA)

Epidemiology  and Infectious Diseases Resources

American Society for Microbiology (ASM)

Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC)

National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID)

The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) 

Healthcare Plans

HMSA providers participating in TRICARE can find the latest news about the program, sign up for upcoming provider seminars, register to file claims electronically, and download forms at TriWest Healthcare Alliance.

Healthcare Sites

APS (Behavioral Health Care Connection)

BlueCross BlueShield Association

Hawaii Health Information Corporation (HHIC)

Hawaii Public Health Information Virtual Emporium (HiPHIVE)

The Leapfrog Group has posted a compendium of various patient safety and pay-for-performance incentive programs nationwide.

Quality Improvement Organizations

The Joint Commission (formerly JCAHO)

National Commission for Quality Assurance (NCQA)

NCQA Quality Profiles

Online References

Approved drug products with therapeutic equivalence evaluations, see Electronic Orange Book updated regularly by FDA/Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER).

Drug Reference, see Physicians' Desk Reference.

Medical Abbreviations (Acronyms), see Medical Abbreviations from Flash-Med.

Medical Dictionary, see MERCK Source, powered by Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary.

NDC Directory, see National Drug Code Directory, updated regularly by FDA/Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER).

To research a drug that has been approved by the FDA, see

FDA Catalog of Approved Drugs

Online Journals

Health Affairs

JAMA

Financial Management/Practice Management

Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA)

HFMA Hawaii Chapter

e-Prescribing

The eProcrates site includes a free product that will allow you online access to all Part D formularies (including HMSA's 65C Plus Prescription Drug Formulary) and many other health plan formularies. The free material also includes monographs for more than 3,300 brand and generic drugs, and a multiple drug interaction checker.

Avian Flu

For information about the Avian flu, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (CDC Information on Avian Flu) recommends the following sites:

National Institutes of Health (NIH) -

NIAID Initiates Trial of Experimental Avian Flu Vaccine

World Health Organization (WHO) -

Availability of H5N1 Strains for Use in Vaccine Development

WHO Recommendation About H5N1 Vaccine Development

Diagnostic tests

CDC's Recommended Diagnostic Procedures

Treatment

CDC Recommendation on Antiviral Agents for Influenza (Scroll down to the bottom of the page for this information.)

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