Medical Collections Resources and other Healthcare Information

In keeping current with the fast-paced changes of healthcare trends, Berks Credit & Collections refers to printed information (hardcopy and online), consults experts in the field, and attends meetings and seminars.  We have listed many of the websites for these resources for your information and networking.  We also have listed some websites that may be helpful to your in-house collection efforts.  Click on the headings below to skip to a particular category of links.

COLLECTION TOOLS AND CREDIT BUREAU REPORTS

Skiptracing at USA.COM - search for any phone number:
 http://www.usa.com/info.usa/index.htm?nl=1

Skiptracing Ultimate White Pages:  http://www.theultimates.com/white

American Collectors Assoc. - ACA International:  http://www.acainternational.com 

Major Credit Bureaus:

Experian - access free credit reports:  www.experian.com/reportaccess

TransUnion - "Your complete credit information from all THREE national bureaus in one easy-to-read online report.":  www.truecredit.com

Equifax - See detailed contact account info, creditor contact information for $9.50:  www.equifax.com 

LEGAL REFERRING SERVICES

Berks Credit & Collections holds membership with the following referral programs, making it possible to provide legal services outside the state of Pennsylvania:

• American Lawyers Quarterly:  http://www.alqlist.com/
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• Forwarders List of Attorneys:  http://www.forwarderslist.com/
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• Members Attorney Program:  http://www.acainternational.org/join.aspx?cid=5

HEALTHCARE ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATIONS: 

 (*BC&C does not hold membership or have an endorsement arrangement with any of the following associations.  This list is strictly informational.)

*To view a convenient list of upcoming events for various medical associations in PA and surrounding states, visit the Pennsylvania MGMA calendar webpage: http://www.pamgma.com/upcoming_events.htm

Medical Group Management Association: http://www.mgma.com/
(For state chapters, insert state abbreviation as a prefix to “mgma”:  for example, the Pennsylvania chapter is http://www.pamgma.com)

Professional Association of Healthcare Office Management: http://www.pahcom.com/

American Association of Health Care Administrative Management: http://www.aaham.org/

AAHAM Keystone chapter: http://www.angelfire.com/pa5/kpama/kpama.html

Healthcare Financial Management Association:  http://www.hfma.org/
(E-mail webmaster or contact national office for local chapter information)

National Association of Managed Care Physicians: http://www.namcp.org/

American Academy of Medical Administrators:  http://www.aameda.org/

HEALTHCARE INFORMATION RESOURCES:

Free healthcare financial management articles (new and archived) on Find Articles.com:  http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3257

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid services: http://www.cms.hhs.gov/

Healthcare related statistics from the U.S. Census Bureau:  http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/health_care_insurance/

Finance and Reimbursement information from The Hospital & Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania:  http://www.haponline.org/finance/

American Health Information Management Association: http://www.ahima.org/

Institute for Healthcare Improvement:  http://www.ihi.org/ihi

HEALTH CARE NETWORKING & LISTS:

Lists of various medical sites, including associations, journals, schools, etc. at Where To Do Research.com: http://www.wheretodoresearch.com/Medical.htm

Health leadership networking from Hospital Connect.com: http://www.hospitalconnect.com/hospitalconnect/index.jsp

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