Resources for Medical Professionals
- Certification
- Fact Sheets & Toolkits
- Georgia links
- Georgia Specialty Societies
- Health Care
- Legal Documents
- MAG Documents
- Practice Information
- National Links
- Volunteer Organization Links
Certification
- Composite State Board of Medical Examiners
- Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology
CCHIT is a recognized certification body (RCB) for electronic health records and their networks, and an independent, voluntary, private-sector initiative. - Succeeding from Medical School to Practice (AMA resource)
Fact sheets & toolkits
- AMA's physician economic impact study for Georgia (03.23.11)
- AMA's national physician economic impact study (03.23.11)
- AMA's 2010 Medicare Physician Payment Schedule
- AMA's 2010 Medicare physician payment cut action kit
- Medicare Part D Fact Sheet
- Perspectives on Patient Matching: Approaches, Findings, and Challenges, HISPC (01.13.10)
- Releasing Clinical Laboratory Test Results: Report on Survey of State Laws, HISPC (01.13.10)
- Report on State Medical Record Access Laws, HISPC (01.13.10)
- Report on State Law Requirements for Patient Permission to Disclose Health Information, HISPC (01.13.10)
- Report on State Prescribing Laws: Implications for e-Prescribing, HISPC (01.13.10)
- Retention of Medical Records
Georgia links
- Ben Massell Dental Clinic
- Chinese Medical Association of Georgia
- Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities
- Department of Community Health
- Department of Public Health
- Department of Human Resources: Division of Public Health and Office of Regulatory Services
- Department of Human Resources, Disaster Mental Health Site
- Department of Human Resources, Guide to Health and Social Services
- Georgia Association of Physicians of Indian Heritage
- Georgia Chapter of Association of Physicians of Pakistani-Descent of North America
- Georgia Board for Physician Workforce (GBPW)
- Georgia Free Clinic Network
- georgiahealthinfo.gov - Georgia's health information Web site
- Georgia Health News
- Georgia Health Policy Center at Georgia State University
- Georgia Hospital Association
- Georgia Insurance Commissioner's Office
- Georgia Medical Care Foundation
- Georgia Older Driver Task Force
- Georgia Osteopathic Medical Association
- Georgia Partnership for Caring
- Georgia Partnership for Health and Accountability
- Georgia Rural Health Association
- Georgia State Defense Force
- Georgia State Medical Association
- Georgia Suicide Prevention, Intervention and Aftercare Community Information Network
- GUARD - Georgia United Against Antibiotic Resistant Disease
- Go Local The National Library of Medicine's premier consumer health information Web site for Georgia by Medline Plus.
- Healthcare Georgia Foundation
- International Medical Volunteerism Conference at Emory University
- MAG Mutual Insurance Co.
- MCG-UGA: Expanding Medical Education in Georgia
- Medicare Diabetes Screening Project
- 'Speak Spanish' program for physicians
- State Board of Workers' Compensation
Georgia specialty societies
- American College of Surgeons, Georgia Chapter
- Georgia Academy of Family Physicians
- Georgia Association of Pathologists
- Georgia Association of Sleep Medicine
- Georgia Chapter, American Academy of Pediatrics
- Georgia Chapter, American College of Physicians
- Georgia College of Emergency Physicians
- Georgia Gastroenterologic and Endoscopic Society
- Georgia Neurosurgical Society
- Georgia Obstetrical and Gynecological Society
- Georgia Orthopaedic Society
- Georgia Psychiatric Physicians Association
- Georgia Society of Anesthesiologists
- Georgia Society of Dermatology and Dermatologic Surgery
- Georgia Society of Nephrology
- Georgia Society of Ophthalmology
- Georgia Society of Otolaryngology/Head & Neck Surgery
- Georgia Society of Plastic Surgeons
- Georgia Society of Rheumatology
Health Care
- www.med-list.com A unique directory of current health care information, including medical Internet sites and directories.
- Georgia911.org
- Tips for Discussing Colorectal Cancer Screening with your Patients from the American Cancer Society
- MDRO Solutions - Multi-drug resistant organisms resource, sponsored by Johns Hopkins University
- National Diabetes Education Program
- Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan Website
Legal documents
- Advanced Directive (Georgia's new form effective July 1, 2007 that combines living will & durable power of attorney)
- Blue Cross Blue Shield Settlement Party-Specific Information to Georgia
- Business Associate Agreement
- Commercial Insurance Advance Beneficiary Notice
- Georgia Health Decisions: Make your final health care decisions
- Fair Health Care Billing Act
- Patient Right to Know Act
- Summary of Georgia's Open Record Act
- Web cast explaining CIGNA and AETNA settlements
MAG documents
- CMO hassle factor log sheet
- MAG Fact Sheet
- Private practice physicians economic impact study (10.22.08)
Practice information
- AMA Private Sector Advocacy
- AMA’s Practice Management Alerts
- Charges for Copies of Medical Records (Effective July 1, 2009)
- CDC's Clinician Outreach and Communication Activity (COCA)
- Georgia Medical Group Management Association
The GMGMA's mission is to provide educational opportunities and resources to promote professionalism in medical practice management. - Regulatory Checklist for Medical Practices in Georgia
- MAG's Medicaid Resource Center
- AMA's Tips for Dealing with Various Office Issues (Negotiating contracts, collecting payments, dealing with the claims submission process, etc.)
- Physicians Advocacy Institute (PAI) "Understanding Episodes of Care" Video
- Retention of Medical Records
National & international links
- American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology
- American Academy of Dermatology
- American Academy of Ophthalmology
- American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons
- American Academy of Otolaryngology
- American Academy of Pediatrics - Georgia Chapter
- American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
- American Academy of Professional Coders
- American Association of Neurological Surgeons
- American College of Cardiology
- American College of Chest Physicians
- American College of International Physicians
- American College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists
- American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
- American College of Physicians, American Society of Internal Medicine - Georgia Chapter
- American College of Radiology
- American College of Rheumatology
- American Medical Association
- American Medical Women's Association
- American Society of Clinical Oncologists
- American Society of Plastic Surgery
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Centers for Medicaid and Medicare
- DrugWatch.com
- The Endocrine Society
- Food & Drug Administration
- FDA's Current Drug Shortage Website
- Immunization Action Coalition
- National Institute on Drug Abuse resources
- National Institutes of Health
- Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
- Partnership for Prescription Assistance
- Society of Hospital Medicine
- Succeeding from Medical School to Practice (AMA resource)
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
- World Health Organization
Volunteer Organization Links
- Haiti Disaster Volunteering
- Health Recommendations for Relief Workers Responding to Disasters
- H.E.R.O. for Children (Non-profit dedicated to improving the quality of life for children infected with and affected by HIV/AIDS)
- International Medical Volunteerism Conference
- MedicalMissions.org
- Operation Giving Back: Surgical Volunteer Opportunities and Global Health Resources
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