AAHP/Dorland Directory of Health Plans.

In 1995, the Group Health Association of America (GHAA) and the American Managed Care and Review Association (AMCRA) merged to form the American Association of Health Plans (AAHP). Jointly published by AAHP and Dorland Healthcare Information (www.dorlandhealth.com), this resource features contact information for more than 1,500 managed care plans in the United States. Plans include health maintenance organizations (HMOs), preferred provider organizations (PPOs), utilization review organizations (UROs), exclusive provider organizations (EPOs), third party administrators (TPAs), and point-of-service (POS) options. Arranged by state, typical health plan entries feature plan name, address, telephone or fax numbers, Website, plan officers, type of plan, year established, enrollment information, and other data. This resource also includes the AAHP code of conduct, health issues addressed by the U.S. Congress during the 1999 legislative session, plan definitions, “yellow pages” of organization members, and various indexes (company, service area). For an additional fee, purchasers of this directory can access the same data through Dorland's Website, purchase the database on diskette, or order mailing lists based on specific markets. Although partially supported by Pfizer, this directory features advertisements from fifteen advertisers. As more than 150 million Americans are covered by some type of health plan, and many organizations contract with or market to the managed care industry, this directory provides information useful to hospital marketing directors, medical directors, and librarians alike.