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Causes: Health, Medical Research
Mission: The ahip foundation is a non-profit, 501(c)(3), educational, scientific, and research organization that seeks to build on the health insurance industry's dedication to innovation and advances in care delivery. The foundation strives to create, support, and enhance programs in health insurance plans which will improve quality, effectiveness, and value in health care through research, education, information sharing and other activities that recognize and strengthen exemplary practices by individuals and organizations.
Programs: The ahip foundation pursues research initiatives focused on improving quality of care for consumers. For example, the consumer guide to understanding health plan networks serves as a resource to help consumers understand their insurance plan's choice of providers. It describes what consumers should know about a plan's provider network before or as they select a health insurance plan. In addition, the foundation pursues research on use of quality measures by health plans to improve provider performance and selection of measures that drive improvement.
the foundation made contributions to american academy of family physicians foundation to advance the values of family medicine and improve the health of all americans through that foundation's various humanitarian, educational and scientific initiatives.
This organization's nonprofit status may have been revoked or it may have merged with another organization or ceased operations.