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Employee Benefit News Headlines - Click here to have immediate access to the latest employee benefit news stories sorted by topic, from BenefitsLink.

NEWS LINKS - These sites contain news on a variety of topics including healthcare organizations, legislative issues, human resource and benefit issues, and general health care issues.

• Society of Human Resource Management online news - specifically for those in human resources.
• WorldatWork online news headlines on compensation, benefits and total rewards.
• Modern Healthcare Magazine headline news on several aspects of health care.
• American Hospital Association News

CONSULTING ORGANIZATIONS - These organizations are well known in the consulting world and often provide valuable information and resources on their web sites.

• Buck Consultants
• AON
• Ernst & Young health care site
• Hay Group
• JH Marsh & McClennan Companies, Inc.
• Mercer Consulting Group, Inc., the consulting business of Marsh & McClennan
• Price Waterhouse Coopers Health Care Practice
• The Lewin Group
• The Segal Group
• Towers Perrin
• Watson Wyatt US Homepage

HEALTH ORGANIZATIONS - These organizations provide a large amount of information online and are excellent resource sites.

• American Medical Association
• Alzeimer’s Association
• American Cancer Society
• American Dental Association
• American Lung Association
• American Red Cross
• American Diabetes Association
• American Heart Association
• March of Dimes
• National Cancer Institute
• Centers for Disease Control

HEALTH INFORMATION - These sites contain a wealth of consumer-oriented health information and news on practically every health condition.

• InteliHealth
• Mayo Clinic
• Reuters Health Information and News
• Medical Breakthroughs reported by Ivanhoe Broadcast News, Inc.
• Health News & Information Directory
• Health Scout: Watching the Medical World for News About You
• CNN Health
• Medscape Managed Care homepage
• Women’s Health Interactive
• Health A to Z
• Adult Preventive Health Care Guidelines
• Web MD
• Wellness Web
• PDR.net: The Leader in Interactive Healthcare Information
• MEDLINEPlus - Pages of information designed to direct you to resources containing information that will help you  research your health questions.
• National Women's Health Resource Center - An independent, nonprofit organization that has launched a web site devoted to women's health topics.  It currently covers over 70 health topics.

BENEFITS AND HUMAN RESOURCES - These sites contain general human resources and benefit information and news.

• BenefitsLink
• Employee Benefit Research Institute Online
• International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans
• Society for Human Resource Management
• American Benefits Council (formerly Association of Private Pension & Welfare Plans: The Benefits Association
• HR World
• Bottom Line Business Health Check-Up - launched by the American Association of Occupational Health Nurses, Inc.   This web site features an assessment tool that lets a company evaluate its health care costs plus offers suggestions for reducing expenses.

CHAMBER OF COMMERCE - These are links to the local, state, and U.S. Chamber sites.

• Metropolitan Evansville Chamber of Commerce
• Indiana Chamber of Commerce
• U.S. Chamber of Commerce

LEGISLATIVE LINKS - These are links to the state and federal legislative sites where you can look up information on our legislators and legislative issues.

• Indiana General Assembly
• U.S. Senate
• U.S. House of Representatives

MISCELLANEOUS LINKS

• Indiana Manufacturers Association - A wealth of information and links to other valuable sites.
• Indiana Worker’s Compensation Board homepage - This site includes the hearing schedule, forms you can print, a printable version of the handbook, the Indiana Code for Worker’s Comp, the Openlines newsletter, and other links.
• Managed Care On-Line - Has a free section and a paid subscription section. In the free section you can access a huge amount of information such as articles, a managed care dictionary, news, other publications and reports and trends.
• National Business Coalition on Health (NBCH) - Tri-State Business Group on Health is a member of NBCH. Their web site contains links to other resources regarding employer-sponsored health care benefits.
• Employee Benefit News - Register for a free trial password that allows you access to all online information including Employee Benefit News magazine. This site also offers several free resources.
• Pharmacy Benefit Management Institute - Register for their electronic newsletter, view free reports, view a list of companies involved in pharmacy benefits management (PBM).
• America's Health Insurance Plans - A major organization that many managed care organizations voluntarily belong to. The web site contains a lot of resources for consumers such as how to choose a health plan.
• National Commission on Quality Assurance (NCQA) - A non-profit organization that accredits HMOs and other health care organizations. There is a search feature that allows you to see if your HMO has been accredited.