Advocacy and Health Policy Links

Legislative, Regulatory, and Campaign Resources

Federal Government

FirstGov.gov
U.S. Government's official Web portal provides access to all federal Web sites

Federal Register
Online access to current and past regulations and proposed rules published in the Federal Register, as well as information on unpublished regulations on display

Medicare
Home page for physicians about Medicare on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Web site; provides links to information on billing and payment, enrollment and participation, forms, coding, coverage, policies, and regulations

Medicare Physician Fee Schedule "Look Up"
Allows physicians to calculate physician payments for specific services in their locality

Congress

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Legislative information services provided by the Library of Congress, containing information on federal legislation and public laws, Congressional voting records, and access to Web sites for Congressional offices

U.S. House of Representatives
Access to all sites related to the House, including committee and individual representative Web pages

U.S. Senate
Access to all sites related to the Senate, including committee and individual Senator Web pages

OpenSecrets.org
Information about federal campaign financing, including access to reported information about donors and candidates

State Government

Stateline.org
Provides links to legislatures, legislators, and content areas providing access to bills, state constitutions, issue reports, program evaluations, and statutes

National Governors Association
Information about state issues and links to information about governors and their initiatives in the individual states

Health Policy Research Resources

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
Access to survey data on healthcare expenditures and utilization, and to information about national quality measures and patient safety

AHRQ Healthcare Cost Utilization Project (HCUP)
HCUP’s databases and products are available on its User Support Website.

AHRQ HCUP Free Online Health Statistics Querying Tool
A valuable tool on the HCUP Web site is the free online health statistics querying tool.

BMC Health Services Research
Original research articles on issues such as health care delivery and health economics

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Features statistical information on topics such as trends in population health, injury hospitalizations, tobacco use, deaths and births, etc

Center for Studying Health System Change
Results of studies and analyses on issues related to the U.S. healthcare system, focusing particularly on the community level

The Commonwealth Fund
Information on grant-supported research aimed at improving healthcare quality, access, and efficiency

National Library of Medicine
Web sites and links that are helpful for online research regarding all aspects of the health care system

Revised January 22, 2008

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