The Service Employees International Union is the nation's largest healthcare union. This site details many of their activities in the healthcare arena. Federal Employees Health Benefit Plan gives current and valuable information to help you choose a health plan. This site offers extensive information on the health benefit plans offered to employees, beneficiaries and retirees of the Federal government. Participants are able to obtain information on the various plans offered as well as instructions for changing plans, filing claims, reporting fraud, and patients rights.
Information is available in English and Spanish.
The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations evaluates and accredits more than 18,000 health care organizations in the United States, including hospitals, health care networks, managed care organizations, and health care organizations that provide home care, long term care, behavioral health care, laboratory, and ambulatory care services. Their website has useful information about quality, making health care choices, and performance measurement. Performance reports on health care facilities can be accessed and downloaded. The Foundation for Accountability provides a strong consumer focus on providing general information about health care quality and quality measurement. The Pacific Business Group on Health provides practical and cutting edge information about how to use report cards and other indicators to select health plans and providers.