As a service to the health care community, MMRI has compiled the following list of web-accessible resources, organized by category. If you have any suggestions for additional links or categories, or would like to report a dead or redirected link, please direct your comments to webmaster@mmri-ny.com.

Billing and Practice Management

www.nymgma.com
The New York Medical Group Management Association

www.hbma.com
The Healthcare Billing and Management Association

www.umd.nycpic.com
The Upstate New York Medicare Division


Compliance/HIPAA

www.medcompalliance.com
MedComp Alliance is MMRI's strategic partner offering corporate and HIPAA compliance assessments and programs. Services involving billing, coding and documentation issues and education assessments are also available.

www.gpoaccess.gov/nara/index.html
The on line Federal Register, the official government publication of federal regulations, including those impacting the health care industry.

www.healthprivacy.org
The Institute for Healthcare Research and Policy (Georgetown University). This site contains a synopsis of state laws on privacy and many other excellent resources.

www.hcca-info.org
The Health Care Compliance Association, a trade group focused on federal compliance issues, including CMS and HIPAA compliance.


Medical Coding

www.ahima.org
The American Health Information Management Association. AHIMA accredits coders under the CCS and CCS-P credentials, and offers a wealth of on line information regarding all aspects of the health information field.

www.aapc.com
The American Academy of Professional Coders, a trade group offering CPC and CPC-H credentials.

www.cdc.gov/nchs/icd9.htm
The official Site for ICD-9-CM located at the Centers for Disease Control, National Center for Health Statistics. Contains the official guidelines for use of ICD-9-CM, copies of ICD-9-CM to download, updates on ICD-10, plus many other resources.

www.rbma.com
The Radiology Business Management Association, a trade group offering resources (including specialty radiology coding certification) to radiology coders, billers, and practice managers.