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Medical Licensure   | Third-Party Payer Resources
Medical Students and Resident Physicians  |   National Medical Resources  |  Professional Liability Insurance

ePrescribing/EMR Resources   |  Advance Directives & POLST |  AlohaMeds Prescription Assistance

 

Medical Licensure
 
Licenses to practice medicine or osteopathy in the State of Hawaii are issued by the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, Hawaii Medical Board.
Phone: (808) 586-3000
Website

 The State Department of Public Safety’s (DPS) Narcotics Enforcement Division (NED) regulates the license to prescribe controlled substances:

State Department of Public Safety’s (DPS)
Narcotics Enforcement Division (NED)
3375 Koapaka, D-100
Honolulu, HI 96819
Phone: (808) 837-8470

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Third-Party Payer Resources

Medicare Updates

Letter to Governor Lingle Regarding Delayed Medicaid Payments

BCBS/HMSA Settlement Information

Health Plan Information for Providers:
AlohaCare HMSA UHA
Evercare 'Ohana Health Plan Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
HMAA Summerlin Life & Health Insurance Company (HMA, Inc.) Medicaid Hawaii (Med-Quest)

Visit the AMA Private Sector Advocacy Web site to access tools such as "How to challenge your 'profile' or placement in a tiered or narrow network" and the "AMA Guidelines for Pay for Performance Programs", and information on filing complaints against insurers.  

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Medical Students and Resident Physicians

 A valuable resource for medical students and resident physicians is available online with the AMA. Learn about topics such as the USMLE, Match process, residency rotations, selecting a specialty, financial management, CV and interview preparation, specialty board certification, credentialing, medical licensure, preparing for practice and much more. Visit Succeeding from Medical School to Practice for details.


National Medical Resources

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA)

AMA Alliance

AMA Doctor Finder

 Occupational Safety & Health Administration
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)

Physicians Desk Reference

Council for the Advancement of Diabetes Research and Education
(CADRE)

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (U.S. DHHS)

The Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB)

Virtual Office of the Surgeon General


ePrescribing / EMR Resources

Hawaii IT Adoption Gap Project
CMS Health Information Techonology Updates

CMS ePrescribing Incentives

The National ePrescribing Patient Safety Initiative (NEPSI)
The goal of NEPSI is to increase patient safety by making ePrescribing accessible—and desirable—to all physicians and medication prescribers by providing it free of charge.

AMA ePrescribing Learning Center
    See how eRx can help your practice
    Find an eRx System that fits your needs
 
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Advance Directives & POLST
 
Information on Advanced Health Care Directives and POLST (Physician Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment) and free forms can be downloaded from Kokua Mau's Web site, www.kokuamau.org.  Additional details available from the state Executive Office on Aging site: http://hawaii.gov/health/eoa/index.html and from the University of Hawaii Elder Law Program, www.hawaii.edu/uhelp.
 

AlohaMeds
 
AlohaMeds is the local chapter of the nationwide program Partnership for Prescription Assistance. If your patients need help paying for their medications there are two ways to see if they qualify through the AlohaMeds website alohameds.org or they can call 1-888-4PPA-NOW (1-888-477-2669). In both cases patients need to know the medicines they are taking before they begin.

For more information about the Partnership for Prescription Assistance Program, download a PPA Fact Sheet in English, Ilokano, or Tagalog or contact HMA, (808) 536-7702.