Valuable Sites For Reference

Department of Public Welfare

Pennsylvania Health Care Association

American Health Care Association

Pennsylvania Association for Non-Profit Homes for the Aging

Pennsylvania Association of County Commissioners

State Net - Subscription Service for Pending PA Legislation

American Health Lawyers Association

National Health Law Program

Center for Health Care Strategies, Inc.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) (information on Medicare and Medicaid Programs)

State Operations Manual Appendix P - Survey Protocol for Long Term Care Facilities - Part I - (Rev. 1, 05-21-04) and instructions.

General Accounting Office (reports on current health programs)

U. S. Census Bureau

HHS Office of Inspector General (includes Fraud Alerts and lists of those precluded)

Office of Management and Budget (including OMB Circulars and Information on MSAs

Federal Register and other Regulations online