Health Services
Dental
Bright Now Dental
Bright Now! Dental supports independent dentists in the administrative, financial, marketing and information services aspects of their practices, allowing the dentists to devote the majority of their time to caring for patients and maintaining their dental knowledge and skills. With almost 300 offices in 19 states, Bright Now! Dental affiliated dentists deliver general, specialty and cosmetic care to more than 2.5 million patients each year.
Delta Dental
Delta Dental Plans Association's (DDPA) purpose is to promote an increase in the availability of dental care to the public by encouraging the expansion of dental benefit programs administered through member Plans and by providing the means for such service corporations to cooperate in providing multi-state and national group dental coverage.
Dental Plans.com
DentalPlans.com is one of the largest dental discount networks available, providing enrollees access to over 61,000 available dental practice locations nationwide (according to the Aetna Enterprise Provider Database as of 5/1/2005). Participants can save up to 50% on certain dental services. Actual costs and savings vary by geographic area. Simply present your ID card for immediate savings at the time services are rendered.
Dental Referral.com
DentalReferral.com's mission is to become the trusted online resource to help you and your family find a dentist in your area. At DentalReferral.com, you'll get so much more than a doctor's name and office phone number. By accessing our online database (or calling our toll-free number), you will be provided with comprehensive and valuable background information on each dentist including years in practice, education, current licenses, practice specialties (such as whitening), latest dental equipment and technology, what type of sedation is available, and whether or not that practice accepts emergency patients.
Find A Dentist.com
Comprehensive and free directory.
National Association of Dental Plans
National Association of Dental Plans (NADP) is a non-profit trade association representing the entire dental benefits industry, i.e. dental HMOs, dental PPOs, discount dental plans and dental indemnity products. NADP’s member dental plans provide dental benefits to 104 million of the 159 million Americans with dental benefits, i.e. 65% of the total dental benefits market. Our members include major commercial carriers, regional and single state companies, as well as companies organized as Delta and Blue Cross Blue Shield plans.
SafeGuard Dental and Vision
SafeGuard provides dental HMO and PPO, Vision, ASO, Scheduled Benefits dental plans, and Employee Assistance Programs.
Health and Disease Awareness
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
AHRQ, a part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is the lead agency charged with supporting research designed to improve the quality of healthcare, reduce its cost, improve patient safety, decrease medical errors, and broaden access to essential services. AHRQ sponsors and conducts research that provides evidence-based information on healthcare outcomes; quality; and cost, use, and access. The information helps healthcare decision makers—patients and clinicians, health system leaders, and policymakers—make more informed decisions and improve the quality of healthcare services.
AIDS Action
AIDS Action is a national organization dedicated to the development, analysis, cultivation, and encouragement of sound policies and programs in response to the HIV epidemic. They do this through the dissemination of information and the building and use of advocacy on behalf of all those living with and affected by HIV.
Alliance of Genetic Support Groups
Alliance of Genetic Support Groups maintains an on-line directory of condition-related organizations, with links to organizational web sites. The Directory is not limited to genetic conditions and is a source to locate organizations for most health related conditions.
Alzheimer's Association
The Alzheimer’s Association, the world leader in Alzheimer research and support, is the first and largest voluntary health organization dedicated to finding prevention methods, treatments and an eventual cure for Alzheimer’s.
American Cancer Society
The American Cancer Society is the nationwide community-based voluntary health organization dedicated to eliminating cancer as a major health problem by preventing cancer, saving lives, and diminishing suffering from cancer, through research, education, advocacy, and service.
American Heart Association
The American Heart Association is a national voluntary health agency whose mission is to reduce disability and death from cardiovascular diseases and stroke. Their web site contains information on children and physical activity.
American Lung Association
The American Lung Association is the oldest voluntary health organization in the United States, with a National Office and constituent and affiliate associations around the country. Founded in 1904 to fight tuberculosis, the American Lung Association today fights lung disease in all its forms, with special emphasis on asthma, tobacco control and environmental health. The American Lung Association is funded by contributions from the public, along with gifts and grants from corporations, foundations and government agencies.
American Occupational Therapy Association
The American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA) is the nationally recognized professional association of approximately 35,000 occupational therapists, occupational therapy assistants, and students of occupational therapy. Practitioners work with people experiencing health problems such as stroke, spinal cord injuries, cancer, congenital conditions, developmental problems, and mental illness. Occupational therapy helps people regain, develop, and build skills that are essential for independent functioning, health, and well-being.
American Physical Therapy Association
This national professional organization represents physical therapists. Its goal is to foster advancements in physical therapy practice, research and education.
Center for Diseases Control and Prevention
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is one of the 13 major operating components of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), which is the principal agency in the United States government for protecting the health and safety of all Americans and for providing essential human services, especially for those people who are least able to help themselves. Offers health related consumer information from the Federal Government.
Combined Health Information Database
Combined Health Information Database (CHID) is a bibliographic database produced by health-related agencies of the Federal Government. This database provides titles, abstracts, and availability information for health information and health education resources. CHID lists a wealth of health promotion and education materials and program descriptions that are not indexed elsewhere. New records are added quarterly and current listings are checked regularly to help ensure that entries are up to date and still available from their original sources. Some older records are retained for archival purposes.
Family Doctor.org
This Web site is operated by the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP), a national medical organizations representing more than 93,700 family physicians, family practice residents and medical students. All of the information on this site has been written and reviewed by physicians and patient education professionals at the AAFP.
HealthFinder
Healthfinder® is an award-winning Federal Web site for consumers, developed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services together with other Federal agencies. Since 1997, healthfinder® has been recognized as a key resource for finding the best government and nonprofit health and human services information on the Internet. Healthfinder® links to carefully selected information and Web sites from over 1,500 health-related organizations.
HealthWeb
This site is sponsored by the National Library of Medicine, and it is a one-stop site to find noncommercial health Web sites that have been evaluated by medical librarians from university medical schools.
Health Resource Group
Health Research Group was founded in 1971 by Ralph Nader and Dr. Sidney Wolfe to promote research based changes in health care policy in addition to providing advice and oversight concerning drugs, medical devices and doctors and hospitals. The Web site includes a list of publications.
Mayo Clinic
A team of Web-publishing professionals and medical experts work side by side to produce this site. Through this unique collaboration, you have access to the experience and knowledge of the more than 2,000 physicians and scientists of Mayo Clinic. The site provides useful and up-to-date information and tools that reflect the expertise and standard of excellence of Mayo Clinic.
Med Help International
Med Help International is a consumer health network that provides medical information and support services.
Medline Plus
The Medlineplus web site is sponsored by the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Md., and its National Library of Medicine, the world’s largest medical library. The site contains countless links to sites like clinicaltrials.gov, and also includes interactive tutorials on 165 topics.
Multiple Sclerosis Society
Founded in 1946, the National Multiple Sclerosis Society supports more MS research, offers more services for people with MS, provides more professional education programs, and furthers more MS advocacy efforts than any other MS organization in the world.
Parkinson's Disease Foundation
The Parkinson's Disease Foundation (PDF) is a national not-for-profit organization, a leading presence in the field of Parkinson's disease research, education, and public information. The organization has an annual budget of more than $6 million; corresponding relationships with 100,000 Parkinson's families and friends; and a range of programs.
Your Disease Risk
Your Disease Risk is a source on prevention. On their Web site you can find out your risk of developing five of the most important diseases in the United States and get personalized tips for preventing them. Developed over the past ten years by the Harvard Center for Cancer Prevention, Your Disease Risk collects the latest scientific evidence on disease risk factors into one easy-to-use tool.
Health Insurance Advocates
Artists' Health Insurance Resource Center
The Artists’ Health Insurance Resource Center (AHIRC) database was created in 1998 by The Actors’ Fund of America, with a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, as a health insurance resource for artists and people in the entertainment industry. Since then, with support from The Commonwealth Fund, it has expanded to include resources for the self-employed, low-income workers, the under-insured, the uninsured who require medical care and many other groups. The AHIRC web site allows you to access state or district specific information.
Center for Health Care Rights
The Center for Health Care Rights is a non-profit health care consumer advocacy organization serving consumers through a combination of direct service programs and policy level advocacy. The Center provides direct services to Medicare enrollees in Los Angeles County.
Center for Medicare Advocacy
Center for Medicare Advocacy is a private, non-profit organization that provides education, advocacy, and legal assistance to help elders and people with disabilities obtain necessary healthcare. The Center for Medicare Advocacy focuses on the needs of Medicare beneficiaries, people with chronic conditions, and those in need of long-term care.
Center for Medicare and Medicaid Rights
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services provides eligibility information and application guidelines by state. Medicaid is a program that pays for medical assistance for certain individuals and families with low incomes and resources. Medicaid is the largest source of funding for medical and health-related services for people with limited income.
Citizens Health
Citizens for Health is the national nonprofit consumer advocacy group working to broaden health care options, create an integrative health system based on wellness, and advance the freedom to make health choices. We promote the fundamental policies needed to improve health choices and information in the U.S. and the world. We work with grassroots and education organizations and the private sector to insure consumer access to a wide range of therapies, a healthy environment, safe foods, and the dietary supplements of their choice. We foster active citizen leadership and organize natural health consumers to create political solutions that support these rights.
FamiliesUSA
FamiliesUSA is a national non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to the achievement of high quality, affordable health and long-term care for all Americans. The Web site includes information for consumers on how to find, choose and use quality health coverage.
Medicare.gov
Medicare.gov is a consumer beneficiary Web site that provides access to information about Medicare, Medicare health plans, contact information and publications.
Medicare Rights Center
Medicare Rights Center (MRC) is the largest independent source of Medicare information and assistance in the United States. Founded in 1989, MRC helps older adults and people with disabilities get high-quality, affordable health care.
State Health Insurance Assistance Programs (SHIP)
This national program, funded through federal grants, provides one-on-one counseling to Medicare recipients. Local SHIP counselors can be located through the Web site.
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Pharmaceutical Facts and Aid
Department of Veterans Affairs
The Department of Veterans Affairs is an array of services to veterans.The VA sponsors and participates in a number of special programs to benefit its customers.
Helping Patients.org
This web site is maintained by the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturer's Association to help people who are uninsured or under-insured obtain prescription drugs at reduced cost.
NeedyMeds.com
The Web site provides information on patient assistance programs and other programs that help people obtain health supplies and equipment.
Myositis Association
A listing of many prescription drugs assistance programs, by state, age, income level and more.
PDR.net
PDR.net, the online home of the PDR®, allows its users to access the full power of the PDR by offering integrated medical information and education tools. Updated frequently, this site contains the drug information and resources needed daily by its prescribed user base arranged together in one site for convenience and ease-of-use.
Partnership for Prescription Assistance
The Partnership for Prescription Assistance brings together America’s pharmaceutical companies, doctors, other health care providers, patient advocacy organizations and community groups to help qualifying patients who lack prescription coverage get the medicines they need through the public or private program that’s right for them.
RxList
RxList-The Internet Drug Index, is a searchable database of most prescription drugs currently on the US Market or close to approval, with information about when the drugs should be taken and side effects.
Physician and Hospital Locator
Department of Veterans Affairs
The Department of Veterans Affairs is an array of services to veterans.The VA sponsors and participates in a number of special programs to benefit its customers.
Substance Abuse Treatment
Adult Children of Alcoholics
Adult Children of Alcoholics is a Twelve Step, Twelve Tradition program of women and men who grew up in alcoholic or otherwise dysfunctional homes.
Al-Anon
The Al-Anon Family Groups are a fellowship of relatives and friends of alcoholics who share their experience, strength, and hope in order to solve their common problems. We believe alcoholism is a family illness and that changed attitudes can aid recovery.
Alcoholics Anonymous
Alcoholics Anonymous is a fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength and hope with each other so that they may solve their common problem and help others to recover from alcoholism. The only requirement for membership is a desire to stop drinking.
American Council on Alcoholism
American Council on Alcoholism (ACA) is dedicated to educating the public about the effects of alcohol, alcoholism, alcohol abuse, & the need for prompt, effective, readily-available, & affordable alcoholism treatment.
Betty Ford Center
Since opening in October 1982, the Betty Ford Center has focused on a singular mission: providing effective treatment services for alcoholism and other drug dependencies.
Center for Substance Abuse Treatment
The Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT) of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), was created in October 1992 with a congressional mandate to expand the availability of effective treatment and recovery services for alcohol and drug problems.
Cocaine Anonymous
Cocaine Anonymous is a fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength and hope with each other that they may solve their common problem and help others to recover from their addiction. The only requirement for membership is a desire to stop using cocaine and all other mind-altering substances.
Drughelp.org
DrugHelp is a private, non-profit information and referral network providing information on specific drugs and treatment options, and referrals to public and private treatment programs, self-help groups, family support groups and crisis centers throughout the United States.
Drug Abuse Resistance Education
D.A.R.E. was founded in 1983 in Los Angeles and has proven so successful that it is now being implemented in nearly 80 percent of our nation's school districts and in more than 54 countries around the world. D.A.R.E. is a police officer-led series of classroom lessons that teaches children from kindergarten through 12th grade how to resist peer pressure and live productive drug and violence-free lives.
Families Anonymous
Families Anonymous is a group of concerned relatives and friends who have faced up to the reality that the problems of someone close to us is seriously affecting our lives and our ability to function normally.
Narcotics Anonymous
Narcotics Anonymous sprang from the Alcoholics Anonymous Program of the late 1940s, with meetings first emerging in the Los Angeles area of California, USA, in the early Fifties. The NA program started as a small US movement that has grown into one of the world's oldest and largest organizations of its type. Narcotics Anonymous provides a recovery process and support network inextricably linked together. One of the keys to NA's success is the therapeutic value of addicts working with other addicts. Members share their successes and challenges in overcoming active addiction and living drug-free productive lives through the application of the principles contained within the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions of NA.
National Association of Children of Alcoholics
NACoA is the national nonprofit membership organization working on behalf of children of alcohol and drug dependent parents. Our mission is to advocate for all children and families affected by alcoholism and other drug dependencies.
National Association of State Alcohol and Drug Abuse Directors
The National Association of State Alcohol and Drug Abuse Directors, Inc. (NASADAD) is a private, not-for-profit educational, scientific, and informational organization. NASADAD's basic purpose is to foster and support the development of effective alcohol and other drug abuse prevention and treatment programs throughout every State.
National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence, Inc.
Founded in 1944 by Marty Mann, the first woman to find long-term sobriety in Alcoholics Anonymous, the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence, Inc. (NCADD) provides education, information, help and hope to the public. It advocates prevention, intervention and treatment through offices in New York and Washington, and a nationwide network of Affiliates.
National Drug and Alcohol Treatment Referral Service
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's (SAMHSA) National Drug and Alcohol Treatment Referral Routing Service provides a toll-free telephone number for alcohol and drug information/treatment referral assistance. The number is: 1-800-662-HELP (4357).
National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
NIAAA provides leadership in the national effort to reduce alcohol-related problems by: Conducting and supporting research in a wide range of scientific areas including genetics, neuroscience, epidemiology, health risks and benefits of alcohol consumption, prevention, and treatment; Coordinating and collaborating with other research institutes and Federal Programs on alcohol-related issues; Collaborating with international, national, state, and local institutions, organizations, agencies, and programs engaged in alcohol-related work; Translating and disseminating research findings to health care providers, researchers, policymakers, and the public.
Marijuana Anonymous
Marijuana Anonymous is a fellowship of men and women who share our experience, strength, and hope with each other that we may solve our common problem and help others to recover from marijuana addiction. The only requirement for membership is a desire to stop using marijuana. There are no dues or fees for membership.
Salvation Army
Perhaps the most widely recognized of all Salvation Army services, the Adult Rehabilitation Centers form one of the largest substance abuse programs in the United States. Individuals with identifiable and treatable needs are admitted to the centers when they can no longer handle their problems alone. ARC residents receive housing, meals, medical care and job training. Spiritual guidance from the center's officer staff, group therapy sessions and personal counseling ensure each person is given full opportunity for a positive outcome after treatment.
Sober Living
Sober Living by the Sea Drug and Alcohol Treatment Centers (SLBTS) were established to provide alcohol and drug treatment to those in need of rehabilitation for drug addiction, alcoholism, chemical dependency, substance abuse and other harmful drug addictions.
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
SAMHSA works to improve the quality and availability of substance abuse prevention, alcohol and drug addiction treatment, and mental health services.
Substance Abuse Treatment Facility Locator
The locator includes more than 11,000 addiction treatment programs, including residential treatment centers, outpatient treatment programs, and hospital inpatient programs for drug addiction and alcoholism. Listings include treatment programs for marijuana, cocaine, and heroin addiction, as well as drug and alcohol treatment programs for adolescents, and adults.
Substance Treatment.com
SubstanceTreatment.com is a free service, providing individuals with the ability to search and locate alcohol and drug rehab centers in the United States. Finding the right alcohol and drub rehabilitation program for yourself or a loved one is the first critical step towards recovery.
Vision and Hearing
Protective Vision Plans
The Protective Vision Plan is a way for anyone to save on a wide range of vision products and services. This plan offered by DentalPlans.com uses a nationwide network of over 10,000 established vision providers. They have agreed to participate and provide their services to members at considerably lower prices than their normal fees.
SafeGuard Dental and Vision
SafeGuard provides dental HMO and PPO, Vision, ASO, Scheduled Benefits dental plans, and Employee Assistance Programs.
The Gift of Sight Program
Give the Gift of Sight is a family of charitable vision care programs directly delivered by Luxottica Retail associates and affiliated doctors in conjunction with Lions Clubs International and thousands of local charities and volunteers. Through Gift of Sight North America, Luxottica Retail store associates and affiliated doctors donate vision screenings, eye exams and new glasses to about 400,000 people in the United States and Canada each year. These programs take place in LensCrafters stores, at community locations and on “Seemore” and “Iris,” twin Vision Vans that travel North America throughout the year helping only children.
Vision Service Plan
VSP is dedicated to offering affordable, high-quality eye care plans that put people first, support visual wellness and improve one's quality of life. As the nation's largest provider of eye care coverage, thousands of companies rely on VSP to provide a range of vision programs, from plans that meet overall eye health and wellness needs to plans that cover advanced vision correction procedures, including surgery.
