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SHIP Web Resources

• Rural Health Policy - Small Rural Hospital Improvement Grant Program

HIPAA

• HIPAA Guidance from CDC and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services – Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, April 11, 2003/Volume 52 (www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/m2e411a1.htm)
• United States Department of Health and Human Services – Office for Civil Rights HIPAA (www.hhs.gov/ocr/hipaa)
• Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act web site (www.hipaa.org)

Prospective Payment Systems

• Centers for Medicare and Medicaid, Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (http://www.cms.hhs.gov/)
• American Hospital Director Medicare Prospective Payment System (http://www.ahd.com/pps.html )

Quality/Performance Improvement

• Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Quality Initiatives (http://www.cms.hhs.gov/)
• Institute for Healthcare Improvement (http://www.ihi.org/ihi)
• Iowa Foundation for Medical Care (http://www.internetifmc.com/Gov/index.html)
• Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (http://www.jcaho.org/accredited+organizations/
  patient+safety/04+npsg/04_faqs.htm)
• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (http://www.ahrq.gov)
• Health Resources and Services Administration, Rural Hospital Performance Improvement Tools (http://ruralhealth.hrsa.gov/delta/)
• National Quality Measures Clearinghouse (http://www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/)
• TalkingQuality (http://www.talkingquality.gov/)