Assignment: Add descriptors about the nursing organization. For example, what is their mission? Who do they serve?
The American Association of Managed Care Nurses
was founded in 1994 by a group of nurses who were dedicated to providing educational and networking opportunities for nurses working throughout the managed care industry. AAMCN is a non-profit active membership association committed to helping nurses become successful in their local marketplace through resourceful, responsive member services, education, and communication.
The Managed Care Forums bring together nurses, medical directors, physicians, administrators, and other healthcare executives as well as members from the American Association of Managed Care Nurses (AAMCN), the NAMCP Medical Directors Institute, and the American Association of Integrated Healthcare Delivery Systems (AAIHDS). Attendees learn side by side in sessions that are related to population health management, oncology, and the business of managed care. The forums offer continuing education credits to both nurses and physicians.
About AAIHDS
Established in 1993, the American Association of Integrated Healthcare Delivery Systems (AAIHDS) is a non-profit organization dedicated to the educational advancement of provider-based managed care professionals responsible for accountable and integrated healthcare delivery. Members include payer and provider-based managed care executives (i.e., VPs of Managed Care, CEOs and Board members of ACOs, IPAs, and PHOs, and other executives involved in integrated healthcare delivery systems and networks.
About AAMCN
The American Association of Managed Care Nurses (AAMCN) was established in 1994 in response to an identified need to educate nurses about managed healthcare. The AAMCN is a non-profit membership association of Registered Nurses, Nurse Practitioners and Licensed Practical Nurses including top level administrators, managers, directors and consultants associated with a variety of managed healthcare organizations.
About NAMCP
NAMCP was founded in 1991 to serve the educational interests and needs of physicians working in all forms of managed healthcare. NAMCP's mission is to improve patient outcomes by providing educational material, evidence-based tools and resources to medical directors from purchasers, plans and provider systems. NAMCP aggressively works with medical directors to identify and strategically position our industry to respond to the various opportunities and challenges on the horizon. We support initiatives empowering medical directors with information they need to make healthcare decisions and promote healthcare quality
