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Top-ranked in the U.S. - Mayo Clinic has more No. 1 rankings than any other hospital in the nation according to U.S. News & World Report.

The American Academy of Family Physicians was founded in 1947 to promote and maintain high-quality standards for family medicine, an offshoot of the classical general practitioner.

Official website of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). NIH is one of the world's foremost medical research centers. 

Powered by professionals at the American Geriatrics Society, this website provides expert health information for older adults and caregivers about critical issues we all face as we age.

NIA leads a broad scientific effort to understand the nature of aging and to extend the healthy, active years of life. NIA is the primary federal agency supporting and conducting Alzheimer's disease research.

The Office of Minority Health is dedicated to improving the health of racial and ethnic minority populations through the development of health policies and programs that will help eliminate health disparities.

We pledge to put patients first in all of our programs – Medicaid, Medicare, and the Health Insurance Exchanges. To do this, we must empower patients to work with their doctors and make health care decisions that are best for them. This means giving them meaningful information about quality and costs to be active health care consumers. It also includes supporting innovative approaches to improving quality, accessibility, and affordability, while finding the best ways to use innovative technology to support patient-centered care.

Medicare is the federal health insurance program for: People who are 65 or older. Certain younger people with disabilities. People with End-Stage Renal Disease (permanent kidney failure requiring dialysis or a transplant, sometimes called ESRD)

AHRQ supports patients getting higher quality, safer, more efficient care, and health care delivery organizations becoming better places to work.

Check out important things to consider when choosing a provider. Learn more about this tool and what it can do for you.

The National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) exists to improve the quality of health care. We work for better health care, better choices and better health.

Health care is the maintenance or improvement of health via the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, recovery, or cure of disease, illness, injury, and other physical and mental impairments in people.

As the nation's health protection agency, CDC saves lives and protects people from health, safety, and security threats.

Kentucky Senior Citizen Resources