Affiliated Health Funds (AHF) was created in 1983 by a coalition of southern California and southern Nevada Health & Welfare Funds - Carpenters Health & Welfare for Southern California, Operating Engineers Health & Welfare Fund (Local 12), and Southern California Pipe Trades Health & Welfare Fund - to help control the escalating costs they had been witnessing in health care.
The successful consumer-based efforts of this AHF coalition, in conjunction with medical service providers who had a mutual interest in maintaining reasonable costs, grew throughout the years, enabling its Member Funds to preserve a high level of health benefits despite rising costs. Up through 2008, the coalition members (the employees and their health plans) saved in excess of $800,000,000 by utilizing AHF's large provider network.
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
AHF currently has contracts in southern California, southern Nevada and southern Arizona with:
![](images/bullet.gif) Hospitals (acute care and rehabilitation)
![](images/bullet.gif) Urgent care facilities
![](images/bullet.gif) Ambulatory surgery centers
![](images/bullet.gif) Physicians in all specialty categories
![](images/bullet.gif) Laboratory networks (nationwide)
![](images/bullet.gif) Diagnostic radiology networks (nationwide)
![](images/bullet.gif) Physical therapists
![](images/bullet.gif) Chiropractors
![](images/bullet.gif) Home health service providers
![](images/bullet.gif) Durable medical equipment providers
![](images/bullet.gif) Home infusion and respiratory service providers
![](images/bullet.gif) Hearing service providers
![](images/bullet.gif) Endoscopy centers
![](images/bullet.gif) Centers for treatment of sleep disorders
![](images/bullet.gif) Substance abuse treatment centers If you have an interest in joining AHF's coalition or if you are a healthcare service provider and want to contract with AHF, please visit our "Contact Us" page. |