Promoting Excellence in Healthcare Governance
Links to Other Governance Websites
The Governance Institute is the leading national membership organization for hospital and health system boards. TGI offers leading edge conferences, original research, practical publications and access to experienced Governance Advisors to assist with your specialized needs. Great Boards is proud to be a strategic partner of The Governance Institute, and Barry Bader one of the Institute's Governance Advisors. (http://www.governanceinstitute.com/) - ACCORD Limited, headed by our colleague and friend Ed Kazemek, is a Chicago based consulting firm of senior-level consultants serving healthcare and other industries with strategic planning, organizational changes and high level management and governance services. ACCORD is a Bader & Associates' strategic partner. (http://accordlimited.com/)
- New! Association for Healthcare Philanthropy (AHP) is an organization for fundraising professionals with extensive education and information for fund-raising executives and boards. (http://www.ahp.org/)
- BoardSource (formerly the National Center for Non-Profit Boards) is the leading national organization for boards of all types of not-for-profit organizations. (http://www.boardsource.org/)
- Cain Brothers an investment banking firm, has insightful resources on capital financing strategies in healthcare. (http://www.cainbrothers.com)
- New! Center for Healthcare Governance, sponsored by The American Hospital Association, has reprints from Trustee magazine and limited information available for non-members. (http://www.americangovernance.com/americangovernance_app/)
- Center for Studying Health System Change (HSC) publishes surveys and in-depth case studies on the U.S. health care system, to inform policy makers in government and private industry. HSC is funded principally by The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and is affiliated with Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. (http://hschange.org/)
- Corporate Governance, a clearinghouse of information on corporate boards, with news, resources and links to other sites. (http://www.corpgov.net/)
- Updated! DrinkerBiddle, a national law firm where our colleague Ed Bryant resides, has valuable resources for boards on such topics as Stark rules, anti-trust, corporate compliance and Medicare participation. (http://www.drinkerbiddle.com)
- Fitch Ratings
Health Care Special Report Sarbanes-Oxley and Not-For-Profit Hospitals: Increased Transparency and Improved Accountability.
August 2005. (http://www.fitchratings.com)
- New! GuideStar is an easily accessible source of the Form 990s filed by charitable organizations. GuideStar's mission is to "revolutionize philanthropy and nonprofit practice by providing information that advances transparency, enables users to make better decisions, and encourages charitable giving.". (http://www.guidestar.org/about/)
- Hospital Compare, the federal government’s tool for comparing hospitals’ quality (http://www.hospitalcompare.hhs.gov/Hospital/Search/SearchCriteria.asp)
- New! Hot Topics: Hospital's and Health Networks' exclusive gateholds, including AHA's annual environmental scan and reports on patient satisfaction, becoming a provider of choice, and the impact of an aging workforce. (http://www.hhnmag.com/hhnmag_app/gateFold/index.jsp)
- Independent Sector
Draft Report of the Panel on the Nonprofit Sector. (http://www.independentsector.org)
- Internal Revenue Service, tax information for charities & other non-profits, including Form 990 and pertinent regulations and rulings. (http://www.irs.gov/charities/)
- Institute for Healthcare Improvement, a largely free site with information and resources on improvement projects in healthcare, plus the ability to communicate with others interested in improvements. Launched in 2003, the site plans to add information on “Leadership.” (http://www.qualityhealthcare.org/)
- New! Kaufman Hall is a strategic and financial management consulting firm. Go to its website and click on Thought Leadership for a rich array of articles and studies. (https://www.kaufmanhall.com/)
- McDermott Will & Emery, one of the nation’s premier health law firms, publishes extensive information on hot legal issues. Sign up to receive an e-mail whenever MWE releases an “On the Subject” briefing.
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- New! Not-For-Profit/Exempt Organizations Blog from the Proskauer law firm (http://nonprofitlaw.proskauer.com/). Designed to keep organizations, clients and media abreast of issues and developments impacting the sector – ranging from governance structure to tax planning to asset protection.
- New! Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa is one of Congress' leading watchdogs of charitable organizations. Keep updated on his work by signing up for his free email alerts and read his latest press releases, reports and queries to not-for-profit organizations. (http://grassley.senate.gov/)
- New! Stay Exempt is sponsored by IRS and offers free, web-based mini-courses on the new IRS Form 990 and other tax exempt topics. (http://stayexempt.org/home_mini_courses.html)
- New! Sullivan, Cotter and Associates, consultants in executive, physician, and employee compensation design and benchmarking, offer a number of resources on IRS rules and executive compensation practices of interest to boards. (http://www.sullivancotter.com/)
- Trustee magazine, the largest journal published exclusively for hospital and health system board members. (http://www.trusteemag.com)
- Witalis & Co., headed by our colleague and friend Roger Witalis, has a site that describes this firm’s services and experience. (http://www.witalis.com)
- Useful sites sponsored by state hospital associations: