2018 Partners

The American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP) is the largest professional membership organization for nurse practitioners (NPs) of all specialties. It represents the interests of more than 234,000 NPs currently licensed in the U. S. The organization provides legislative leadership at the local, state and national levels, advancing health policy; promoting excellence in practice, education and research; and establishing standards that best serve NP patients and other health care consumers. As The Voice of the Nurse Practitioner®, AANP represents the interests of NPs as providers of high-quality, cost-effective, comprehensive, patient-centered health care. For more information, visit aanp.org. To locate a nurse practitioner in your area visit npfinder.com.

The American Association of Healthcare Administrative Management (AAHAM) is the premier professional organization in healthcare administrative management. Your one-stop resource center for information, education and advocacy in the areas of reimbursement, admitting and registration, data management, medical records, patient relations and so much more.

AAHAM was founded in 1968 as the American Guild of Patient Account Management. Initially formed to serve the interests of hospital patient account managers, AAHAM has evolved into a national membership association that represents a broad-based constituency of healthcare professionals.

Professional development of its members is one of the primary goals of the association. Publications, conferences and seminars, benchmarking, professional certification and networking offer numerous opportunities for increasing the skills and knowledge that are necessary to function effectively in today's health care environment.

AAHAM actively represents the interests of healthcare administrative management professionals through a comprehensive program of legislative and regulatory monitoring and its participation in industry groups such as ANSI, DISA and NUBC. AAHAM is a major force in shaping the future of health care administrative management.

For more information, please visit: http://www.aaham.org

In December 2013, the publisher of The American Journal of Managed Care (AJMC) introduced a new publication devoted to covering the nation's transition from a fee-for-service payment delivery model to a payment-for-quality model: The American Journal of Accountable Care (AJAC). Reaching more than 40,000 healthcare professionals 4 times a year, AJAC is a stakeholder-driven publication from the publisher that brought you the best peer-reviewed research on managed care over the past 21 years. AJAC is keenly focused on healthcare reform and, in turn, new practices required by the transition to new payment models tied to measures of healthcare quality. AJAC's publication schedule and submissions criteria allow for a more timely response to current issues in the public arena.

AJAC will serve as the official publication of AJMC's ACO & Emerging Healthcare Coalition™, publishing key findings from the Coalition's live meetings, webcasts, and teleconferences. Coalition members are encouraged to use AJAC as a platform to publish both research and editorial commentary.

AJMC, an independent, peer-reviewed forum for the dissemination of original research relating to aspects of financing and delivering healthcare, is celebrating 22 years as the leading forum for evidence-based research and commentary on health-care delivery systems. AJMC's mission is to publish research relevant to clinical decision makers and policy makers as they work to promote the efficient delivery of high-quality care.

AJMC addresses a broad range of issues relevant to clinical decision making in a cost-constrained environment and examines the impact of clinical, management, and policy interventions and programs on healthcare and economic outcomes. All original articles are subjected to rigorous peer review by leading clinical investigators, health services researchers, and clinical epidemiologists. Manuscripts are also evaluated to determine the real-world relevance of the information they contain. In addition to original research, AJMC publishes review articles, commentaries, trends from the field, editorials, and letters to the editor.

Founded in 1995,AJMC provides a forum for peer-reviewed literature on healthcare outcomes research and is indexed in many of the top scientific databases, such as MEDLINE/PubMed, Current Contents/Clinical Medicine, EMBASE, and Science Citation Index Expanded. AJMC is mailed to over 39,000 clinical decision makers in managed care, including physicians, hospital directors, and medical/pharmacy/formulary directors at managed care organizations.

The American Medical Women's Association (AMWA) is an organization that functions at the local, national, and international level to advance women in medicine and improve women's health. We achieve this by providing and developing leadership, advocacy, education, expertise and mentoring and through building strategic alliances. Founded in 1915, AMWA is the oldest multi-specialty organization of women physicians. As the vision and voice of women in medicine for over a century, AMWA empowers women to lead in improving health for all, within a model that reflects the unique perspective of women. For more information, please visit: https://www.amwa-doc.org/

Since 1969, the Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN) has been the foremost authority promoting the health of women and newborns and strengthening the nursing profession through the delivery of superior advocacy, research, education and other professional and clinical resources. AWHONN represents the interests of 350,000 registered nurses working in women's health, obstetric and neonatal nursing across the United States.

Evidence-Based Practice: AWHONN emphasizes that the best available evidence should guide nursing practice. Therefore, we create guidelines, books and other resources to provide nurses with patient care information rooted in research and science. In 1969, AWHONN developed the hallmark publication, Standards for Professional Nursing Practice in the Care of Women and Newborns. Now in its seventh edition, it is the worldwide standard for how nurses and hospitals care for patients.

Publications: AWHONN provides nurses with valuable industry knowledge through our award-winning publications. Nursing for Women's Health delivers clinical news and commentary that nurses can immediately apply to their work. The Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic and Neonatal Nursing (JOGNN) has presented some of the most important literature on women's health and newborn nursing in the last 35 years. Through, Healthy Mom&Baby, our consumer magazine and website, AWHONN provides news and articles covering the health topics that moms-to-be and new moms care about and can trust.

Education: Through its live, online and self-study options, AWHONN ensures that our members never stop learning. In fact, AWHONN holds the distinction of receiving the Premier Program award from the American Nurses Credentialing Center for innovation and excellence in Continuing Nursing Education (CNE) three times.

Advocacy: AWHONN calls upon the collective expertise of our members to inform Congress, state legislatures and policy makers about the special health care considerations of women and infants. From postpartum depression to preterm birth, AWHONN advocates for a wide range of issues that impact the patients our members serve. Additionally, AWHONN supports increased funding for nursing research and education to combat the ongoing nursing shortage in the United States.

For more information, please visit: http://www.awhonn.org/

The world is interconnected and complex. Understanding and simplifying it is difficult. At BMI Research, that challenge is what inspires us. Through ‘Total Analysis,' our unique, reflexive approach linking macroeconomic, industry and financial market analysis, BMI Research helps clients gain unparalleled insight across 24 industries and 200 global markets. For more than 30 years, our forecasts, data and analyses have been used by multinationals, governments and financial institutions to guide critical strategic, tactical and investment decisions. Clients include a majority of Global Fortune 500 companies. With offices in London, New York, Singapore, Hong Kong, Dubai and South Africa, BMI Research is part of Fitch Group, which is majority owned by Hearst. For reports specifically on the Pharmaceuticals and Healthcare sector, please see the following link for further information http://www.bmiresearch.com, or call Tel: +44 (0) 20 7246 1403.

CCI accelerates healthcare transformation through its specialized expertise and collaboration with a community of like-minded organizations. CCI engages with its clients to design and deliver innovations that advance health. By developing, implementing and evaluating care delivery models, tools and supportive services, CCI enables healthcare providers and organizations to take total responsibility for those they care for. CCI continuously challenges how health care is delivered, managed and financed to support a meaningful and sustainable transformation of the healthcare delivery system.

CCI provides services and solutions to meet the evolving needs of clinically integrated networks (CINs), accountable care organizations (ACOs), integrated delivery systems and other healthcare providers. Working in partnership with its clients, CCI designs and delivers innovations to advance health and accelerate healthcare transformation together.

CCI offers services to CINs and ACOs to support development of the network and related governance; continuum-driven care model development and implementation including care and disease management programs, evidence-based guidelines, transitions programs, primary care transformation, and community-based programs; and the transition to value-based care delivery and alternative payment models. CCI supports CINs and ACOs in tackling challenges with data management across the enterprise, data reporting, analytics and predictive modeling (quality, operational and financial metrics), including development of strategic road maps for infrastructure and solutions that balance immediate needs with long-term initiatives.

CCI offers education and training to network, health system and community leaders, providers and other stakeholders to assist CINs, ACOs and healthcare organizations in driving innovation into their strategic plans in a practical way. CCI provides day-to-day education programs designed to increase capabilities in knowledge management through direct training programs, conveying of like-minded experts to develop, implement and evaluate guidelines and best practices, while continually working to build a culture of health, quality, operational and financial excellence. The CCI Labs division, a specialized research team focused on the evolving needs of population health and innovations required for a learning health organization, supports the evaluation and validation of CCI's programs and solutions.

CCI works with a number of third party partners to provide a comprehensive solution designed to meet the needs of CINs, ACOs and healthcare organizations. By partnering with CCI, networks and organizations are able to focus on the development and engagement of their providers as well as the management and oversight of their at-risk contracting. CCI's solutions enable its clients to start making use of state-of-the-art tools already configured with proven workflows and best practices. By working with CCI, clients join a community of like-minded networks, organizations and leaders all committed to improving health outcomes in ways that are not only cost-effective, but also patient and community focused.

CareCentrix is the leader in managing patient care to the home. Headquartered in Hartford, Conn., CareCentrix has approximately 1,400 employees and a nationwide network of almost 8,000 credentialed home health provider locations. CareCentrix serves leading health plans across the U.S. with a range of products and services that leverage the home and community-based settings. We help payors and providers reduce gaps in care while lowering costs and improving patient outcomes. Covering more than 23 million lives, we provide optimal access to quality home care by connecting providers with patients and helping them navigate the complex home care system. Our extensive range of services provides support for patients and their families in every step of the healing process, including home nursing, home infusion, home medical equipment, and wound care. CareCentrix also offers specialty products and services to help prevent costly patient hospital readmissions, which successfully identifies high-risk patients and provides in-home care coaching and communication, improving outcomes for patients and lowering costs to health plans. Visit www.carecentrix.com.

The Center for Nursing at the Foundation of New York State Nurses promotes nursing leadership, research, & education to enhance the health & well-being of New Yorkers through preservation of its history & advancement of the profession. For more information, please visit: https://www.foundationnysnurses.org/

The core purpose of the Employee Benefit Research Institute is to contribute to sound employee benefit programs and public policy through independent, objective, fact-based research and education.

First Report Managed Care reaches an audience of 20,000 formulary and managed care decision makers within HMOs, PBOs, PBMs, IHOs, government agencies, VA/VO institutions, and state prison facilities. The editorial mission of this publication is to serve managed care professionals in their mandate to provide the highest quality of care to their covered lives. To that end, First Report Managed Care strives to act as a resource on clinical, economic, and legislative topics focusing on impactful trends, updates in guidelines, and innovations. The readers of this publication can expect to be informed on the latest clinical studies, cost analysis, and health care reform. Our editorial board and staff are committed to providing a forum where managed care perspectives are shared and best practices are optimized.

The Greater Philadelphia Business Coalition on Health (GPBCH) seeks to increase the value of health benefit spending for its employer members, by improving workforce and community health, increasing healthcare quality and safety, and reducing health care costs. The Coalition represents employer interests in working with health plans, health care providers, benefits consultants, suppliers and other system stakeholders to address population health priorities and to ensure that when health care is needed it is accessible, affordable, high-quality, and safe.

The Health Care M&A Information Source is 100% devoted to health care mergers and acquisitions for investors, bankers and active acquirers. Week-in and week-out, this service reports on the latest M&A activity in every segment of the health care services and technology sectors. Sign up for a risk-free trial now: www.healthcaremanda.com/try

Health IT Outcomes is the premier information resource for today's most pressing Health IT topics. Our mission is to provide healthcare providers with expert guidance on technology system selection, integration, project management, and change management. In addition to its online presence, Health IT Outcomes produces a bi-monthly print publication focused on peer-based content centered on best practices and implementation trends. Visit us at: http://www.healthitoutcomes.com/

The Healthcare Leadership Council (HLC), a coalition of chief executives from all disciplines within American healthcare, is the exclusive forum for the nation's healthcare leaders to jointly develop policies, plans, and programs to achieve their vision of a 21st century system that makes affordable, high-quality care accessible to all Americans. For more information, please visit: https://www.hlc.org/

The International Medical Travel Journal (IMTJ) was established in 2007 in response to the increasing interest in medical travel and medical tourism. It embraces many of the themes that challenge healthcare providers across the world - insurance, accreditation, marketing and promotion, quality, patient safety, levels of care and experience in treating international patients.

The International Medical Travel Journal (IMTJ) is independent of the associations and special interest groups that have come aboard the medical tourism bandwagon. However, IMTJ welcomes the views of these associations and all who are involved in the evolving medical travel sector. Our aim is to create a central focus for information, resources and opinion on medical travel for those involved in the industry, anywhere in the world.

The internationalisation of healthcare through health tourism is at the heart of IMTJ. Patients are becoming healthcare consumers and in many countries, patient choice is being extended to surgery and treatment provided by international hospitals and clinics. By sharing expertise, knowledge, and views the health travel industry can ensure that patient expectations are met, and the industry maintains a high reputation.

InsideHealthPolicy.com is a subscription-fee-based daily online/newsletter service from Inside Washington Publishers, a company with over three decades of experience publishing inside news from Washington, DC. InsideHealthPolicy.com is constantly updated with news from the staff of our newsletters - Health Exchange Alert, Inside CMS, and FDA Week - plus daily Short Takes and hand-picked documents, placed in a fully searchable document/news archive. It also offers special news sections on health reform, Congress, Medicare, drug pricing, and food safety. Another feature is our Morning and Afternoon Headlines e-mail alerts - sent to you early each business morning with the latest from the site to keep you on top of critical news as you begin your day.

Internet Health Management News is a twice weekly newsletter that provides news and strategic insight on how the Internet, mobile and e-commerce technology are fundamentally reshaping the U.S. healthcare system. Internet Health Management News informs readers on the key data analytics, digital marketing, e-commerce, mobile and social media applications and business strategies driving the future of retail and consumer-driven healthcare forward. Visit our website: digitalcommerce360.com/internet-health-management/ and subscribe to our twice weekly e-newsletter for free!

Medicaid Health Plans of America is the leading national trade association representing Medicaid managed care plans. MHPA and its health plan members serve the nation's poorest, most vulnerable populations across the United States. Visit www.medicaidplans.org for more information.

Northeast Business Group on Health is a network of employers, providers, insurers and other organizations working together to improve the quality and reduce the cost of health care in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Massachusetts. Our mission is empowering our members to drive excellence in health and achieve the highest value in healthcare delivery and the consumer experience. Visit us at: http://nebgh.org/

PharmaVOICE magazine, reaches more than 41,000 BPA qualified subscribers and 60,000 users with its digital edition. PharmaVOICE is the forum that allows business leaders to engage in a candid dialogue on the challenges and trends impacting the industry. PharmaVOICE provides readers with insightful and thought-provoking commentary in a multiple-perspective format through forums, topics, and articles covering a range of issues from molecule through market. PharmaVOICE subscribers are also kept abreast of the latest trends and information through additional media resources, including Social Media, WebLinx Interactive WebSeminars, Podcasts, Videocasts, White Papers, E-Surveys and e-Alerts. For more information, please visit: http://www.pharmavoice.com/

Founded in 1981, the Pittsburgh Business Group on Health (PBGH) is one of the nation's leading non-profit, employer-led health care coalitions. PBGH promotes health care and benefits strategies through education, collaboration and innovation among members and the community to deliver value and quality for companies, organizations and their employees.

Through its various education initiatives, nationally recognized group purchasing programs and data focus, PBGH improves the cost, delivery, and value of health care. It offers member-only forums, as well as community events for the exchange of ideas and viewpoints to drive engagement and find solutions to the health care issues facing employers.

Advocating value and innovation, PBGH unites the voice of business on the critical issues facing employers and their employees, and provides the platform to both influence and usher in a new era of health care and benefits.

For more information, visit www.pbghpa.com

The Society of Physician Entrepreneurs (SoPE) is a global biomedical and healthcare innovation network with membership open to all healthcare professionals, entrepreneurs and industry stakeholders. SoPE was founded in 2011 by three physicians who shared a common vision - to empower physicians and other professionals to innovate healthcare through entrepreneurship. Almost six years later, SoPE continues to gain momentum with eighteen chapters across the United States, Turkey, China and the United Arab Emirates, 25,000 Linked In members, as well as industry partners who directly support our members' efforts. Members include doctors, nurses, dentists, healthcare entrepreneurs, investors, engineers, academics, IT professionals and industry representatives.

What brings them together? Our community members share a common focus - working at the crossroads of innovation and commercialization to make a difference in healthcare. SoPE provides a platform for members to accelerate and catalyze innovation, as well as a separate supporting 501(c)(3) tax-exempt Foundation for scholarship and philanthropic endeavours to advance healthcare. Visit us at: https://sopenet.org/.

The Connecticut League for Nursing promotes excellence in nursing education to build a strong and diverse workforce to advance the nation's health.

CLN is in the vanguard of nursing education because of our commitment to continually monitor the healthcare environment, engage in strategic conversations with leaders and educators, and position the organization to provide its members with the most relevant information to succeed in their careers.

As a member of the CLN community, you are on the leading-edge of change and innovation in healthcare in Connecticut. When you participate in CLN events and learning programs, you have access to mentors and experts as well as career and leadership development opportunities. Become involved in one of our many flagship educational events, workforce & data statewide initiatives, online education task forces and leadership development programming that are creating the future of nursing education.

The Wall Street Journal
The Wall Street Journal is America's largest newspaper by paid circulation with more than 2.2 million customers. In recent years, the Journal has expanded its core content offering to include coverage of the arts, culture, lifestyle, sports, and personal health, building on its heritage as the leading source of business and financial news. Published by Dow Jones, one of the world's largest news gathering operations with nearly 2,000 journalists in more than 80 bureaus, The Wall Street Journal now spans 12 editions in nine languages, engaging readers across newspapers, websites, magazines, social media, and video. The Journal holds 35 Pulitzer Prizes for outstanding journalism.

Marketwatch
MarketWatch, published by Dow Jones & Co., tracks the pulse of markets for engaged investors with more than 16 million visitors per month. The site is a leading innovator in business news, personal finance information, real-time commentary and investment tools and data, with dedicated journalists generating hundreds of headlines, stories, videos and market briefs a day from bureaus in the U.S., Europe and Asia. In addition, MarketWatch offers subscription products for investors, including Retirement Weekly and ETF Trader. MarketWatch is part of Dow Jones Media Group, which includes Barrons.com, Financial News London, Moneyish and Mansion Global.

Barron's
Barron's is America's premier financial magazine. It provides in-depth analysis and commentary on the markets, updated every business day online.