Health Finance
Health plans
Health plans; health care benefits
companies; health plan organizations;
dental plans
Blue Cross and Blue Shield; Anthem
Inc.; California Association of Small
Employer Health Plans; Delta Dental
Insurance Co.
Not Available
Business services
Consulting; compliance; billing;
software; transcripts; audits; staffing;
pharmacy benefits managers; third
party administrators; physician
practice management services
Automated Health Systems, Inc.;
Health Management Systems Inc.;
RealMed Corporation; Utah Health
Information Network
Not Available
Employer health
coalitions
Employer led purchasing plans, group
purchasing pools, employer coalitions
among related health causes
Employer Alliance for Affordable
Health Care; Montana Association of
Health Care Purchasers; Texas
Business Group On Health
Not Available
Insurance
Underwriters, health insurance firms,
medical malpractice liability
Health Insurance Association of
America; NC Association of Health
Underwriters
1997 NAICS 524114
Local
Government
Health Agencies
Government
Local public health agencies, licensing
boards; state-sponsored health
districts or review organizations;
quality improvement organizations
Board of Dental Examiners;
California Association of Regional
Poison Centers; Palm Beach County
Health Care District
No. of General Purpose Local
Governments and Health
Special Districts
Emergency medical
services and
ambulance services
EMS, health transport firms
Arrowhead EMS Association; EMS
Association of Texas; Lifeline
Ambulance Service Inc.
1997 NAICS 62191 No. of
Establishments
Health Advocacy
Advocacy
Advocacy groups: those promoting or
advocating some cause, with minimal,
largely unstructured, or no treatment
(if focused around a specific center or
facility, coded as treatment facility.)
March of Dimes; Maine Alzheimer's
Association; AIDS Foundation of
Chicago; Area Agencies on Aging;
Texas Rural Health Association
1997 NAICS 813212 No. of
Establishments
Health
Professionals
Health professionals
Associations of those billable and
payable by insurance: medical
associations; doctors; nurses; dentists;
radiologists; ophthalmologists;
psychiatrists; psychologists;
radiologists; nurse practitioners
NE Academy of Eye Physicians and
Surgeons; American College of
OB/GYNs; Massachusetts Podiatric
Medical Society
1998 No. of Health
Professionals in a State (U.S.
Department of Labor)
Health Education
Programs and
Centers
Education
Health education; medical schools;
chiropractic colleges; training and
credentialing organizations;
biomedical research unconnected to
pharmaceutical applications
Alice Aycock Poe Health Education;
Georgia Federation of Professional
Health Educators; Medical College of
Wisconsin
No. of Nursing Schools and
Medical Schools in a State,
2004 or No. of Medical and
Nursing Students in a State
39
Convention