Associations

ASSOCIATION RESOURCES*

  • America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP)
    http://www.ahip.org

    America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) is the national trade association representing nearly 1,300 member companies providing health insurance coverage to more than 200 million Americans. It provides a unified voice for the healthcare financing industry, to expand access to high quality, cost effective health care to all Americans, and to ensure Americans' financial security through robust insurance markets, product flexibility and innovation, and an abundance of consumer choice.

  • American Association of Diabetes Educators (AADE)
    http://www.aadenet.org

    The American Association of Diabetes Educators is a multi-disciplinary professional membership organization dedicated to advancing the practice of diabetes self-management training and care as integral components of health care for persons with diabetes, and lifestyle management for the prevention of diabetes.

  • American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM)
    http://www.acoem.org

    ACOEM is the nation's largest medical society dedicated to promoting the health of workers through preventive medicine, clinical care, research, and education. A dynamic group of physicians encompassing specialists in a variety of medical practices is united via the College to develop positions and policies on vital issues relevant to the practice of preventive medicine both within and outside of the workplace.

  • American College of Occupational Health Nurses (AAOHN)
    http://www.aaohn.org

    AAOHN is the primary association for the largest group of health care professionals serving the workplace. It is driven by a mission to ensure occupational health nurses are the authority on health, safety, productivity, and disability management for worker populations. The organiation’s reach extends to more than 160 chapters in nearly 50 states, with members who work in roles as diverse as clinician to educator, case manager to corporate director and consultant.

  • American Diabetes Association (ADA)
    http://www.diabetes.org/

    The American Diabetes Association is the nation's leading nonprofit health organization providing diabetes research, information and advocacy. The mission of the organization is to prevent and cure diabetes and to improve the lives of all people affected by diabetes.

  • National Business Coalition on Health (NBCH)
    http://www.nbch.org/

    The National Business Coalition on Health (NBCH) provides expertise, resources, and a voice to its member coalitions across the country and represents each community coalition at the national level. As a "coalition of coalitions," the NBCH spreads the tenets and practical applications of Community Health Reform to areas where employers have yet to organize their purchasing power.

  • National Business Group on Health (NBGH)
    http://www.businessgrouphealth.org/

    The National Business Group on Health, formerly the Washington Business Group on Health, representing 186 large employers, is the nation’s only non-profit organization devoted exclusively to finding innovative and forward-thinking solutions to the nation’s most important health care and related benefits issues. The Business Group also supports its members in the areas of disability, health/productivity, related paid time off and work/life balance issues. The Business Group’s mission is to serve its corporate members by providing business solutions and addresses policy, legislation and regulations, especially as an innovative voice of large employers when corporate America’s most important health policy interests or health and disability practices are at risk.

  • National Wellness Institute
    http://www.nationalwellness.org

    The mission of the National Wellness Institute is to serve the professionals and organizations that promote optimal health and wellness in individuals and communities.The definition of wellness, long used by the National Wellness Institute: Wellness is an active process through which people become aware of, and make choices towards, a more successful exsistence.

  • Partnership for a Healthy Workforce
    http://www.prevent.org/phw.htm

    Partnerships for a Healthy Workforce, funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, engages private and public employers in improving employee health and productivity by investing in comprehensive worksite health promotion programs. It provides tools that businesses can use to create healthier workplaces, serves as a forum for business leaders , national organizations and state and federal agencies to share best practices, and documents effective strategies to motivate top managers to become more involved in and supportive of workplace health promotion.

  • Wellness Councils of America
    http://www.welcoa.org

    WELCOA a national non-profit membership organization dedicated to promoting healthier life styles for all Americans, especially through health promotion initiatives at the worksite. WELCOA serves as an umbrella, linking communities and coalitions together into a supportive network that includes locally affiliated Wellness Councils, Well City initiatives, Well Workplaces, and individual and corporate members throughout the United States.
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This site last modified: May 23, 2023
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