American Hospital Association - The Association represents hospitals, healthcare networks and their patients and communities. Extensive information on current Acts, Congressional budgets and news of interest to the healthcare industry. www.aha.org/index.asp
Duke Center for Health Policy: Hospital Conversions - Hospital conversion in the marketplace and the policy world. The growing trend towards mergers and acquisitions in the hospital industry. www.hpolicy.duke.edu/cyberexchange/conversion/truecon.html
National Association of Public Hospitals and Health Systems - Represents the nations's health care system as advocate to hospitals, research, and education. Most members are major teaching hospitals or academic health science centers. www.naph.org
National Association of Urban Hospitals (NAUH) - A coalition of private safety-net urban hospitals who have joined to assure adequate reimbursement from public payers such as Medicaid & Medicare. www.nauh.org