Trade Associations and Vendors Flashcards
Trade Associations provide services:
Education/professional development; advocacy/professional lobby; professional license/cert; member and industry networking opportunities; prof standards development; legal services, prof tools, employment registry, trade publications/prof journals; public relations/public education
AHIMA
American Health Information Management Association: Medical Coders. To be the professional community that improves healthcare by advancing best practices and standards for health information management and the trusted source for education, research, and professional credentialing.
AAPC
American Academy of Professional Coders: Medical Coders. Dedicated to providing the highest standard of professional coding and billing services to employers, clients, and patients.
AHDI
American Health Data Institute: Coalitions, Employers, Providers, Administrative Organizations (PPOs, TPAs), and Risk Takers. Transform healthcare data into actionable intelligence so employers, coalitions, providers, payers, consumers and others can purchase high quality cost effective healthcare.
AMA
American Medical Association: Physicians. To promote the art and science of medicine and the betterment of public health.
NAHC
National Association for Home Care: Home care agencies, hospices, home care aide organizations, and medical equipment suppliers. NAHC’s mission can be summarized in one line: “We are bringing healthcare back home where it belongs.”
CHA
Colorado Hospital Association: Hospitals throughout Colorado: private and government-operated, metropolitan and rural, investor-owned and not-for-profit. Provides advocacy and leadership; fosters communication, collaboration and consensus; provides technical assistance and information about emerging tools and trends to improve patient safety, hospital efficiency, and effectiveness.
UHA
Utah Hospitals and Health Systems Association: Hospitals and healthcare systems in the State of Utah. To enhance the ability of the members to achieve their missions and goals.
ANA
American Nurses Association: Registered Nurses [RNs]. Dedicated to ensuring that an adequate supply of highly-skilled and well-educated nurses is available, the ANA is committed to meeting the needs of nurses as well as healthcare consumers.
AHCA
American Healthcare Association: Non-profit and for-profit assisted living, nursing facility, developmentally-disabled, and subacute care providers. Providing quality care to the nation’s frail, elderly and disabled, who are served by the long term care professionals who comprise AHCA’s membership.
AHA
American Hospital Association: Hospitals, healthcare systems, pre-acute/post-acute patient care facilities, and hospital-affiliated educational programs. To advance the health of individuals and communities. The AHA leads, represents, and serves hospitals, health systems, and other related organizations that are accountable to the community and committed to health improvement.
Vendor: GlaxoSmith-Kline
Pharmaceutical products, vaccines, and dental health products.
Vendor: Kimberly-Clark
Endotracheal tubes, enteral feeding tubes, and microbial sealants.
Vendor: Medtronic
Insulin pumps, pacemakers, gastric electrical stimulation device, and neurostimulators.
Vendor: Bayer
Prescription and non-prescription medications, blood glucose monitoring systems, and menopause management products.
