Health Plan Week, formerly Managed Care Week, provides business, financial and regulatory news of the health insurance industry. Each week, this newsletter covers new benefit designs and underwriting practices, new products and marketing strategies, mergers and alliances and more. Annual subscriptions include access to free quarterly data - Key Financial Indicators for Leading Health Plans.

AAHAM is the premier association for patient accounting and administrative management professionals. AAHAM offers certification, education, networking and government relations to over 2500 members and 38 chapters. AAHAM is renowned for its certification programs; the Certified Patient Account Manager (CPAM), The Certified Clinic Account Manager (CCAM), The Certified Patient Account Technician (CPAT) and The Certified Clinic Account Technician (CCAT). Visit our website at www.aaham.org or call 703/281-4043 for additional information.

Founded in 1982, AIAG is a globally recognized organization where OEMs and suppliers unite to identify and tackle issues of common concern. AIAG's goals are to reduce cost and complexity through collaboration, and to improve product quality, health, safety and the environment throughout the global supply chain. Headquartered in the metropolitan Detroit area, AIAG's member companies include North American, European and Asia-Pacific OEMs and suppliers who seek harmonized, consensus-based approaches to address and resolve issues that affect the global automotive supply chain. For more information, please visit the organization's Web site at www.aiag.org.

The Executive Report on Managed Care provides twice-monthly news and information on issues affecting the managed care industry, legislation and regulations, real-life examples of how managed care organizations are benefiting from innovative programs and cost saving initiatives.

GOAL/QPC offers people practical tools and organizational skills to support teamwork and continuous process improvement within their organizations. Our most popular product line, the Memory Jogger™ series of pocket guides, helps employees at all levels to acquire and perform critical skills for assuring product and service quality and effective process performance. Our newest additions to the Memory Jogger™ series - The Memory Jogger™ II Healthcare Edition, The Public Health Memory Jogger™ II, Facilitation at a Glance! 2nd Edition, and The Advanced Project Management Memory Jogger™. Coming soon . . . The Time Management Memory Jogger™ and The Process Management Memory Jogger™. www.goalqpc.com

HealthEconomics.Com is the premier website for health economics and outcomes research resources as well as jobs on the Internet. Continuously updated by experienced health economists, HealthEconomics.Com is organized by user-friendly categories such as Associations, Consulting Companies, Conferences, Databases, Education, Employment, Government, Humor, Journals, Libraries, News, Pharma/Biotech companies, Pharmacy, and Questionnaires/Performance Assessment. This easy-to-navigate web site is searchable by key word and provides visitors the ability to recommend new sites of potential interest. Scientific forums provide an opportunity for idea exchange. The Employment Center is the place to find a new employee or look for a new position in the field. Visit www.healtheconomics.com soon.

The Managed Care Information Center (MCIC) gathers, compiles, analyzes, studies and distributes business information on the managed care industry. The MCIC delivers this strategic business information to its clients via executive newsletters, yearbooks, leading industry databases and directories, management reports, and client research studies. The information is available in print, on CD-ROM and via the Internet at www.themcic.com.

Wolters Kluwer Law & Business (CCH & Aspen) publishes over 20 health care related print and electronic products, including Medicare and Medicaid Guide, Healthcare Compliance Portfolio, Home Health Medicare and Medicaid Payment Library, State Healthcare Law Library, Physicians' Medicare Guide, ChargeMaster Comply, and Health Law Treatises and Analysis Series www.wolters-kluwer.com

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