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BIDMC and Other Links

BIDMC Patient & Visitor Information

BIDMC Maps and Directions

BIDMC Lodging List

Joslin Diabetes Center

Liver Center at BIDMC

Organ Banks

New England Organ Bank (NEOB)
www.neob.org

New England Program for Kidney Exchange (NEPKE)
www.nepke.org

The Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network
www.optn.org

Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients (SRTR)
www.ustransplant.org

United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS)
www.unos.org
www.transplantliving.org

Organizations Including Transplant Recipient and Donor Care Foundations

Alcoholics Anonymous
www.alcoholics-anonymous.org

American Association of Kidney Patients
www.aakp.org

American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases
www.aasld.org

American Cancer Society (ACS)
www.cancer.org

American Diabetes Association
www.diabetes.org

American Liver Foundation
www.liverfoundation.org

American Society of Transplant Surgeons
www.asts.org

American Society of Transplantation (AST)
www.a-s-t.org

American Transplant Association
www.americantransplant.org

AT-RISC Alliance (skin cancer awareness and education in transplant patients)
www.at-risc.org

Donate Life - US Department of Health and Human Services
www.organdonor.gov

Donate Life America
www.shareyourlife.org

ESRD Network of New England
www.networkofnewengland.org

Healthy Transplant
www.healthytransplant.com

International Association for Organ Donation
www.iaod.org

Kidney School
www.kidneyschool.com

Kidney Transplant/Dialysis Association
users.rcn.com/ktda1/

Living Donors Online!
www.livingdonorsonline.org

National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases/NIH
www.niddk.nih.gov

National Foundation for Transplants
www.transplants.org

National Kidney Foundation
www.livingdonors.org

National Pancreas Foundation
www.pancreasfoundation.org

Transplant Recipients International Organization
www.trioweb.org

TransWeb
www.transweb.org

Financial and Benefits Assistance

Anthony Picarello Foundation
www.ap-foundation.org

Employee Benefits Security Administration
www.dol.gov/ebsa/

HealthWell Foundation
www.healthwellfoundation.org

Industry-sponsored Assistance Programs
www.needymeds.com

Massachusetts Division of Insurance
http://www.mass.gov/?pageID=ocasubtopic&L=4&L0=Home&L1=Consumer&L2=Insurance&L3=Health+Insurance&sid=Eoca

Massachusetts Organ Transplant Fund
www.mass.gov/dph/dhcq/transplant/quesots.htm

Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission (MRC)
www.mass.gov/mrc/

National Association of Insurance Commissioners
http://www.naic.org/

National Foundation for Transplants
www.transplants.org

National Transplant Assistance Fund
www.transplantfund.org

SHINE (Serving the Health Information Needs of Elders)
www.800ageinfo.com

Social Security Administration (SSA)
www.ssa.gov

• SSI
  http://www.socialsecurity.gov/pubs/11130.html
• SSDI
  http://www.ssa.gov/dibplan/index.htm
• Medicare
  www.medicare.gov

VA Health Benefits Service Center
http://www1.va.gov/health/

Caregiver Foundations and Organizations

The Caregivers Marketplace
www.caregiversmarketplace.com

Caregiver Media Group
www.caregiver.com

Empowering Caregivers
www.care-givers.com

National Center on Caregiving
www.caregiver.org

National Family Caregivers Association
www.nfcacares.org

The Well Spouse Association
www.wellspouse.org

Health Insurance

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
www.cms.hhs.gov

Commonwealth Care
www.mass.gov/?pageID=hichomepage&L=1&L0=Home&sid=Qhic

Medicaid

• Massachusetts
  www.mass.gov/?pageID=eohhs2agencylanding&L=4&L0=Home&L1=Government&L2=Departments+and+Divisions&L3=MassHealth&sid=Eeohhs2
• Rhode Island
  http://www.dhs.ri.gov/Adults/HealthMedicalServices/tabid/807/Default.aspx
• New Hampshire
  www.dhhs.state.nh.us/DHHS/MEDICAIDPROGRAM/default.htm
• Maine
  www.maine.gov/bms/

Medicare
www.medicare.gov