Healthcare Organizations
American College of Healthcare Executives
ACHE is made up of more than 30,000 healthcare executives and is known for its educational programs, publishing division, groundbreaking research, career development and public policy programs.
American Hospital Association
AHA represents and serves all types of hospitals, health care networks, and their patients and communities. AHA provides education for health care leaders and information on health care issues and trends.
The American Health Care Association
The AHCA advocates for quality care and services for the frail, elderly and disabled. It also provides information, education, and administrative tools that enhance quality healthcare at every level.
America’s Health Insurance Plans
AHIP represents nearly 1,300 health insurance companies and provides a unified voice for the community of health insurance plans.
Language and Cultural Resources
California Pan-Ethnic Health Network
CPEHN is California’s statewide multicultural health advocacy organization that advocates for culturally and linguistically appropriate health care and promotes place-based policy solutions.
Diversity Rx
Diversity Rx offers resources and information on how to meet the language and cultural needs of minorities, immigrants, refugees and other diverse populations seeking health care.
EthnoMed
Contains information about cultural beliefs, medical issues and related topics pertinent to the health care of immigrants.
Compliance
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
- The ACA and Language Access
A short paper by the National Health Law Program - Health Disparities and the Affordable Care Act
Healthcare.Gov
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services/HIPAA
The Office for Civil Rights enforces the HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules, which protect the privacy of individually identifiable health information, and set national security standards for electronic health information.
LEP.gov
LEP.gov promotes a positive and cooperative understanding of the importance of language access to federally conducted and federally assisted programs.
Office of Minority Health Resource Center
The Office of Minority Health works to improve and protect the health of racial and ethnic minority populations through the development of health policies and programs that will eliminate health disparities.
Patient-Centered Communication
The Joint Commission
The Office for Civil Rights enforces the HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules, which protect the privacy of individually identifiable health information, and set national security standards for electronic health information.
The National Committee for Quality Assurance
The NCQA is dedicated to improving health care quality by working with large employers, policymakers, doctors, patients and health plans to decide what’s important, how to measure it, and how to promote improvement.
