Acronym List
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| Acronym | Term | Audiences |
|---|
| A&AS |
Advisory & Assistance Service |
General |
| A&G |
Acquisitions & Grants |
General |
| A&G |
Administrative & General |
General |
| A&R |
Audit & Reimbursement |
General, IT Organization |
| A-PT |
ActionPhase Topic |
General |
| A/P |
Accounts Payable |
General, IT Organization |
| A/R |
Applicant and/or Recipient |
General |
| A109 |
OMB Circular "Major Systems Acquisitions (ADP)" |
General |
| A121 |
OMB Circular "Charge Back for ADP Services Provided to Multiple Users" |
General |
| A130 |
OMB Circular "Management of Federal Information Resources" |
General |
| A2HA |
American Association of Hospital Accountants |
General, Health Care |
| A76 |
OMB Circular "Policies for Acquiring Commercial or Industrial Products or Services |
General |
| AA |
Associate Administrator |
General |
| AAA |
Agricultural Adjustment Administration |
General |
| AAA |
American Automobile Association |
General, Health Care |
| AABB |
American Association of Blood Banks |
General, Health Care |
| AABH |
Association for Ambulatory Behavioral Healthcare |
General, Health Care |
| AACN |
American Association of Colleges of Nursing |
General, Health Care |
| AACR |
American Association for Cancer Research |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| AADA |
Abbreviated Antibiotic Drug Application |
General, Health Care |
| AAF |
Aplastic Anemia Foundation |
General, Health Care |
| AAFES |
Army & Air Force Exchange Services |
General, Health Care |
| AAFP |
American Academy of Family Physicians |
General, Health Care |
| AAGEG |
Administrative Analysis Grade Evaluation Guide |
General |
| AAHA |
American Association of Homes for the Aging |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| AAHP |
American Association of Health Plans |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| AAHSA |
American Association of Homes & Services for the Aging |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| AAI |
Applications Alarms Infrastructure (GTE/MTS) |
General, IT Organization |
| AAKP |
American Association of Kidney Patients |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| AAMC |
Association of American Medical Colleges |
General, Health Care |
| AAO |
American Academy of Ophthalmology |
General, Health Care |
| AAP |
American Academy of Pediatrics |
General, Health Care |
| AAPC |
American Association of Professional Coders |
General, Health Care |
| AAPCC |
Adjusted Average Per Capita Cost |
General, Health Care |
| AAPD |
American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry |
General, Health Care |
| AAPHR |
American Association of Physicians for Human Rights |
General, Health Care |
| AAPP |
Affirmative Action Program Planning |
General |
| AARG |
Average Annual Rate of Growth |
General |
| AARP |
American Association of Retired Persons |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| AARR |
Approval, Adjustment & Reject Response |
General |
| AB |
(BC/BSA's) Administrative Bulletin |
General |
| ABA |
American Banking Association |
General |
| ABA |
American Bar Association |
General |
| ABD |
Aged, Blind & Disabled |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| ABEND |
Abnormal Ending |
General |
| ABENDAID |
ABEND Analysis Software |
General, IT Organization |
| ABG |
Arterial Blood Gases |
General, Health Care |
| ABH |
Association of Behavioral Healthcare |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| ABN |
Advanced Beneficiary Notice |
General, Health Care |
| ABR |
American Board of Radiology |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| ABS |
Annual Beneficiary Summary |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| AC |
Actual Charge |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| AC |
Allowable Cost |
General |
| ACA |
Amputee Coalition of America |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| ACC |
American College of Cardiology |
General, Health Care |
| ACC |
Automated Change Control |
General |
| ACCT |
Action Plan by Electronic Claims Transaction Institute |
General, IT Organization |
| ACD |
Audit Clearance Document |
General |
| ACD |
Automatic Cancellation Date |
General |
| ACE |
(Carrier) Automated Claims Examination |
General |
| ACEI |
Angiotensin Converting Enzyme Inhibitors |
General, Health Care |
| ACEP |
American College of Emergency Physicians |
General, Health Care |
| ACERS |
Annual Contractor Evaluation Reporting System |
General |
| ACF |
Administration for Children & Families |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| ACGIH |
American Conference of Government Industrial Hygienists |
General, Health Care |
| ACH |
Automated Clearing House |
General |
| ACHE |
American College of Healthcare Executives |
General, Health Care |
| ACIP |
PHS Immunization Practice Advisory Committee |
General |
| ACL |
Access Control Lists |
General |
| ACLI |
American Council of Life Insurance |
General |
| ACLU |
American Civil Liberties Union |
General |
| ACM |
Association of Computing Machinery |
General, IT Organization |
| ACMP |
Audit/Civil Monetary Penalties |
General |
| ACMS |
Advanced Cost Management Systems |
General |
| ACO |
Administrative Contracting Officer |
General |
| ACOG |
American College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists |
General, Health Care |
| ACP |
American College of Physicians |
General, Health Care |
| ACPS |
Advanced Claims Processing System |
General, IT Organization |
| ACPV |
Average Cost per Visit |
General, Health Care |
| ACR |
Adjusted Community (Contract) Rate |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| ACR |
American College of Radiology |
General, Health Care |
| ACRG |
Annual Compound Rate of Growth |
General, IT Organization |
| ACRP |
Adjusted Community Rate Proposal |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| ACRS |
Accelerated Cost Recovery System |
General, IT Organization |
| ACS |
Accredited Standards Committee |
Health Care |
| ACS |
American Cancer Society |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| ACS |
American College of Surgeons |
General, Health Care |
| ACS |
Automated Cartridge System |
General, IT Organization |
| ACSC |
Ambulatory Care Sensitive Conditions |
Contractor, General |
| ACSI |
American Customer Satisfaction Index |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| ACSS |
Advisory Council on Social Security |
General |
| ACT |
Access Control Table |
General |
| ACTG |
AIDS Clinical Trials Group |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| ACTS |
Automated Case Tracking System |
General |
| ACU |
Automatic Calling Unit |
General |
| ACV |
Arithmetic Coefficient of Variation |
General, IT Organization |
| ACYF |
Administration on Children, Youth & Families |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| AD |
Admitting Diagnosis |
General, Health Care |
| ADA |
American Dental Association |
General, Health Care |
| ADA |
American Dietetic Association |
General, Health Care |
| ADA |
Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| ADAD |
After Date of Award Document |
General |
| ADAMHA |
Alcohol, Drug Abuse & Mental Health Administration |
General, Health Care |
| ADAP |
AIDS Drug Assistance Program |
Contractor, General, Health Care, HIPAA Administrative Simplification, IT Organization, Medicare Beneficiary, State |
| ADAPSO |
Association of Data Processing Services Organization |
General, IT Organization |
| ADARS |
Automated DASD Archival Restoration System |
General, IT Organization |
| ADC |
Adult Day Care |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| ADG |
Ambulatory Diagnostic Group |
General, Health Care |
| ADG-HOSDOM |
Ambulatory Diagnostic Group Hospital Dominant |
General, Health Care |
| ADHA |
American Dental & Hygienists Association |
General, Health Care |
| ADJ |
Adjusted Claim |
General, Health Care |
| ADL |
Activities of Daily Living |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| ADMC |
Advance Determination of Medicare Coverage |
General, Health Care |
| ADMS |
Administrative Message |
General |
| ADMS |
Alcohol, Drug Abuse & Mental Health Services |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| ADOBI |
Advanced DOB Information (System) (SSA) |
General |
| ADP |
(Medicaid) Alternative Disposition Plan |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| ADP |
Advance Planning Document |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| ADP |
Automated Data Processing |
General, IT Organization |
| ADR |
Alternative Dispute Resolution (EEO) |
General |
| ADR |
Automated Date Review |
General |
| ADR |
Automated Desk Review |
General, Health Care |
| ADS |
Alternative Delivery System |
General |
| ADS |
Amount, Duration & Scope |
General |
| ADS |
Automated Data System |
General, IT Organization |
| ADS |
Automated Development System |
General |
| ADSB |
Application Development System Batch |
General |
| ADSO |
Application Development System Online |
General |
| ADT |
Admission/Discharge Transfer |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| ADWOH |
Average Day's Work On Hand |
General |
| AE |
Administrative Enhancement |
General |
| AEP |
Annual Coordinated Election Period |
General, Medicare Beneficiary |
| AEP |
Annual Enrollment Period |
IT Organization |
| AEP |
Appropriateness Evaluation Period |
General |
| AERO |
Automatic Earnings Recomputation Operation (MBR) |
General, IT Organization |
| AF |
Administrative Function |
General |
| AFA |
Alternative Form of Annuity |
General |
| AFCEA |
Armed Forces Communications & Electronics Association |
General |
| AFDC |
Aid to Families with Dependant Children (Title IV of the SS Act) |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| AFDS |
Alternative Financing & Delivery System |
General |
| AFEHCT |
American Federation of Electronic Health Care Transactions |
General, Health Care |
| AFEHCT |
Association for Electronic Health Care Transactions |
Health Care |
| AFFIRM |
Association of Federal Information Resources Management |
General |
| AFHHA |
American Federation of Home Health Agencies |
General, Health Care |
| AFIPS |
American Federation of Information Resources Societies |
General |
| AFN |
Accumulation File Number |
General, IT Organization |
| AFPS |
Accounting for Pay System |
General, IT Organization |
| AFSCME |
American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees |
General |
| AG |
Affiliated Group |
General |
| AGA |
Association of Government Accounts |
General |
| AGNS |
AT&T Global Network Services |
IT Organization |
| AGPAM |
American Guild of Patient Account Managers |
General, Health Care |
| AHA |
American Heart Association |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| AHA |
American Hospital Association |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| AHCA |
American Health Care Association |
General, Health Care |
| AHES |
Average Hourly Earnings |
General |
| AHFSA |
Association of Health Facility Survey Agencies |
General, Health Care |
| AHIMA |
American Health Information Management Association |
General, Health Care |
| AHP |
Accountable Health Partnership |
General, Health Care |
| AHP |
Accountable Health Plan |
General, Health Care |
| AHP |
Alternative Health Plan |
General, Health Care |
| AHP |
Average Historical Payment |
General |
| AHPA |
American Health Planning Association |
General, Health Care |
| AHPB |
Adjusted Historical Payment Basis |
General |
| AHRQ |
Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| AHRQ |
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality |
General, Medicare Beneficiary |
| AHSEA |
Adjusted Hourly Salary Equivalency Amount |
General |
| AHSS |
Adhoc Sampling Survey |
General |
| AI |
Audit Intermediary |
General |
| AIC |
Amount In Controversy |
General, Medicare Beneficiary |
| AICC |
Anti-Inhibitor Coagulant Complex |
General, Health Care |
| AICPA |
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants |
General |
| AICR |
Alternative Internal Control Review |
General |
| AID |
Agency for Informational Development |
General, IT Organization |
| AID |
Agency for International Development |
General |
| AIF |
Applications Interface Facility |
General |
| AIIM |
Association for Information & Image Management (trade association) |
General, IT Organization |
| AIM |
Automated Insertion Machine |
General, IT Organization |
| AIMS |
Audit Information Management System |
General, IT Organization |
| AINS |
Advanced Information Network System |
General, IT Organization |
| AKF |
American Kidney Fund |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| ALBN |
Amount of Last Billing Notice |
General, Health Care |
| ALC |
Active License Counter |
General |
| ALC |
Active Location Counter |
General |
| ALC |
Alternate Level of Care |
General, Health Care |
| ALE |
Annual Loss Expectancy |
General |
| ALFA |
Assisted Living Federation of America |
General, Health Care |
| ALJ |
Administrative Law Judge |
General |
| ALNF |
Auto Liability NoFault |
General |
| ALOS |
Average Length of Stay |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| ALS |
Advanced Life Support |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| ALS |
Advanced Logistics System |
General, IT Organization |
| ALSO |
Automatic Lump Sum Operation (MBR) |
General, IT Organization |
| ALT |
Average Length of Treatment |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| AM |
Adjustment Module |
General |
| AM |
Amplitude Modulation |
General, IT Organization |
| AMA |
American Medical Association |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| AMASDS |
Asset Management & Automated Software Distribution System |
General |
| AMCP |
Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy |
General, Medicare Beneficiary |
| AMCRA |
American Medical Care & Review Association |
General, Health Care |
| AMCS |
Automated Medical Coding System |
General, Health Care |
| AMHPS |
Association of Minority Health Professional Schools |
General, Health Care |
| AMI |
acute myocardial infarction (heart attack) |
Health Care |
| AMIA |
American Medical Informatics Association |
Health Care |
| AMIS |
American Management Information System |
General |
| AML |
Arithmetic Mean of the Logarithm |
General, IT Organization |
| AMOC |
Automated Manual Ordering Cycle |
General |
| AMP |
Average Manufacturer's Price |
General |
| AMR |
Acquisition Management Review |
General |
| AMRA |
American Medical Records Association |
General, Health Care |
| AMS |
Activities Management System |
General |
| AMW |
Average Monthly Wage |
General |
| AN |
Account Number (also A/N) |
General, Health Care |
| ANA |
Administration for Native Americans |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| ANA |
American Nurses Association |
General, Health Care |
| ANCHR |
Access to the NCH Repository (online query to 5% sample) |
General, Health Care |
| ANCI |
American National Standards Institute |
General, Medicare Beneficiary |
| ANDA |
Abbreviated New Drug Applications |
General, Health Care |
| ANNA |
American Nephrology Nurses Association |
General, Health Care |
| ANSCII |
American National Standard Code for Information Interchange |
General, IT Organization |
| ANSI |
American National Standards Institute |
General |
| ANSI X12 837 |
American National Standards Institute Health Data Committee X12 file format 837 |
General, Health Care |
| AO |
Accreditation Organization |
General, Medicare Beneficiary |
| AOA |
Administration on Aging |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| AOA |
American Optometric Association |
General, Health Care |
| AOA |
American Osteopathic Association |
General, Health Care |
| AOLS |
All Other Local Screens |
General |
| AONE |
American Organization of Nurse Executives |
General, Health Care |
| AOPA |
American Orthotic & Prosthetic Association |
General, Health Care |
| AOR |
After Outliers Removed |
General |
| AOR |
Application Owning Region |
General |
| AP |
Award Processing |
General |
| APA |
American Pharmaceutical Association |
General, Health Care |
| APA |
American Psychiatric Association |
General, Health Care |
| APACHE |
Acute Physiology & Chronic Health Evaluation |
General, Health Care |
| APC |
Ambulatory Payment Class |
General, Health Care |
| APC |
Average Per Capita |
General |
| APC |
Average Projected Costs |
General |
| APCSS |
Automated Production Control & Scheduling System (at HDC) |
General |
| APD |
Advanced Planning Documents |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| APDA |
Accretion Premium Due Amount |
General |
| APDSR |
Average Per Diem State Rate |
General |
| APF |
Authorized Program Facility |
General |
| APG |
Ambulatory Patient Group |
General, Health Care |
| APG |
Ambulatory Payment Group |
General, Health Care |
| APHA |
American Public Health Association |
General, Health Care |
| APHP |
Acute Partial Hospitalization Program |
General, Health Care |
| APHP |
Applied as Hospital Insurance Premiums |
General, Health Care |
| APHSA |
American Public Human Services Association |
General, Health Care |
| API |
Application Programming Interface |
General |
| APM |
Admission Pattern Monitoring |
General, Health Care |
| APM |
Audit Priority Matrix |
General |
| APMA |
American Podiatric Medical Association |
General, Health Care |
| APME |
Advisory Panel on Medicare Education |
General, Health Care |
| APO |
Awards Processing Operation |
General |
| APP |
Application Portability Profile |
General |
| APPC |
Advanced ProgramtoProgram Communication |
General, IT Organization |
| APPS |
(GHP) Automated Plan Payment System |
General |
| APR |
Acquisition Procurement Request |
General |
| APR |
Agency Procurement Request |
General |
| APR |
Average Payment Rate |
General |
| APR - DRG |
all payer refined - diagnosis related groups |
Health Care |
| APS |
Acquisition Planning Schedule |
General |
| APS |
Acute Physiology Score |
General, Health Care |
| APS |
Adjudication Payment System |
General |
| APS |
Annual Person Summary System |
General |
| APS |
Application Productivity System |
General |
| APSA |
American Political Science Association |
General |
| APT |
Automated Production Turnover |
General |
| APTD |
Aid to the Permanently & Totally Disabled |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| APWA |
American Public Welfare Association (changed to APHSA) |
General |
| AQI |
Audit Quality Initiative |
General |
| AQL |
Acceptable Quality Level |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| AQRP |
Audit Quality Review Program |
General |
| AR |
Accounts Receivable |
General |
| AR |
Alpha Representation |
General |
| ARA |
Assistant Regional Administrator |
General |
| ARA |
Associate Regional Administrator |
General |
| ARC |
AIDS Related Complex |
General, Health Care |
| ARC |
American Red Cross |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| ARC |
Association for Retarded Citizens |
General |
| ARCS |
Accounts Receivable & Collection System |
General |
| ARF |
Actuarial Reduction Factor Program (MBR) |
General |
| ARF |
Area Resource File |
General |
| ARIMA |
Arithmetic Moving Average |
General |
| ARK |
Arkansas Part B System |
General |
| ARMIS |
Ad Hoc Reports Management Information System |
General |
| ARMS |
Adhoc Reports Management System |
General |
| ARMS |
Automated Resource Management System |
General |
| ARO |
Annualized Rate of Occurence |
General |
| ARP |
Admission Review Program |
General |
| ARS |
Active Record Status |
General |
| ARS |
Advanced Record System (GSA) |
General |
| ARS |
Advanced Retrieval System |
General |
| ARS |
Age/Race/Sex |
General |
| ARS |
Agricultural Research Service |
General |
| ARS |
Altanthus Response System |
General |
| ARSTOP |
ARS Telephone Communications Operating Procedures |
General |
| ARTEMIS |
(mainframe project management software testing tool) |
General |
| ARTS |
Automated Reporting & Tracking System |
General |
| ARU |
Audio Response Unit |
General |
| ARU |
Automated Response Unit (Phone system with automated routing) |
General |
| AS |
Administrative Simplification |
General |
| AS |
Advanced System (AJS) |
General |
| AS |
American Samoa |
General, Health Care |
| AS |
Application System |
General |
| ASAP |
American Society of Automation in Pharmacy |
General, Medicare Beneficiary |
| ASAP |
Automated Standard Application for Payments |
General |
| ASBCA |
Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals |
General |
| ASBCA |
Armed Services Board of Contract/State Assessments |
General |
| ASC |
Accredited Standards Committee (ANSI) |
General |
| ASC |
Ambulatory Surgical/Surgery Center |
General, Health Care |
| ASCA |
Administrative Simplification Compliance Act |
HIPAA Administrative Simplification |
| ASCII |
American Standard Code for Information Interchange (see ANSCII) |
General |
| ASCM |
Application Software Configuration Management |
General |
| ASCO |
American Society of Clinical Oncology |
General, Health Care |
| ASCP |
American Society of Consultant Pharmacists |
General, Health Care |
| ASCPT |
American Society of Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics |
General, Health Care |
| ASCT |
American Society of Cytotechnology |
General |
| ASCW |
Audit Selection Criteria Worksheet |
General |
| ASER/SA |
Annual State Evaluation Report/State Assessments |
General |
| ASF |
Automatic System Facility |
General |
| ASH |
Assistant Secretary for Health |
General, Health Care |
| ASHP |
American Society of Health Systems Pharmacists |
General, Medicare Beneficiary |
| ASHP |
American Society of Hospital Pharmacists |
General, Health Care |
| ASHRM |
American Society of Healthcare Risk Management |
General, Health Care |
| ASI |
Alert Screen Initiative |
General |
| ASIC |
Application Specific Integrated Circuit |
General |
| ASIM |
American Society of Internal Medicine |
General, Health Care |
| ASIS |
Association Society of Industrial Security |
General |
| ASM |
Annuity & Survivors Master (OPM file) |
General |
| ASMB |
Assistant Secretary for Management & Budget |
General |
| ASMH |
Assembler H Software |
General |
| ASMT |
American Society for Medical Technologists |
General, Health Care |
| ASO |
Administrative Services Only |
General, Health Care |
| ASO |
Application Services Organization |
IT Organization |
| ASP |
Acquisition Strategy Plan |
General |
| ASPA |
American Society of Public Administrators |
General |
| ASPE |
Assistant Secretary for Planning & Evaluation |
General |
| ASPEN |
Automated Survey Processing Environment |
General |
| ASPER |
Assistant Secretary for Personnel |
General |
| ASTER |
Automated System for Transaction Exception Resolution |
General |
| ASTHO |
Association of State & Territorial Health Offices |
General, Health Care |
| ASTM |
American Society for Testing & Materials |
General |
| ASTME31 |
ASTM Committee 31 |
General |
| ASTS |
American Society of Transplant Surgeons |
General, Health Care |
| ATARS |
Audits Tracking & Reporting System |
General |
| ATB |
All Trunks Busy |
General |
| ATBCB |
Architectural & Transportation Barriers Compliance Board |
General |
| ATLA |
Association of Trial Lawyers of America |
General |
| ATM |
Aschronous Transfer Mode |
General |
| ATP |
Advanced Technology Projects (GTE) |
General |
| ATRA |
American Therapeutic Recreation Association |
General, Health Care |
| ATSDR |
Agency for Toxic Substances & Disease Registry (EPA) |
General, Health Care |
| AUF |
Automatic Update Facility |
General |
| AUSA |
Assistant United States Attorney |
General |
| AUSCT |
Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation |
General, Health Care |
| AUSU |
Assistant U S Attorney |
General |
| AUTO3480 |
HDC LMS Robotic Processing software |
General |
| AVERT |
AntiVirus Emergency Response Team (McAfee) |
General, Health Care |
| AVGS |
Ambulatory Visit Groups |
General, Health Care |
| AVP |
Assistant Vice President |
General |
| AVT |
Automated Voice Technology |
General |
| AWAS |
Automated Work Administration System |
General |
| AWP |
Actual Wholesale Price |
General |
| AWP |
Average Wholesale Price |
General, Medicare Beneficiary |
| AWP |
Average Wholesale Price (Drugs) |
General |
| AZT |
Azidothymidine (AIDS drug therapy) |
General, Health Care |
| Acronym | Term | Audiences |
|---|
| B&P |
Bid & Proposal |
General |
| BA |
Basic Agreement |
General |
| BA |
Budget Administration |
General |
| BA |
Budget Authority |
General |
| BA |
Business Associate |
Health Care |
| BAAADS |
Budget Apportionment Allotment Allowance & Database System |
General |
| BAC |
Beneficiary Advisory Committee |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| BAC |
Billing Action Code |
General |
| BACOM |
Beneficiary Annotation & Communication Operation |
General, Health Care |
| BAR |
Beneficiary Adjustment Report |
General, Health Care |
| BARS |
Bid Analysis & Reporting System |
General |
| BATF |
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms |
General, Health Care |
| BBA |
Balanced Budget Act |
General, Medicare Beneficiary |
| BBA |
Balanced Budget Act of 1997 |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| BBRA |
Balanced Budget Refinement Act of 1999 (PL 106113) |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| BC/BS |
Blue Cross/Blue Shield |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| BCA |
Board of Contract Appeals |
General, Health Care |
| BCB |
Beneficiary Confidentiality Board |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| BCBSA |
Blue Cross/Blue Shield Association |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| BCC |
Billing Cycle Code |
General |
| BCC |
Block Check Character |
General |
| BCCE |
Baltimore Computer Conference & Exposition |
General |
| BCCP |
Business Continuity & Contingency Plan |
General |
| BCD |
Binary Coded Decimal |
General |
| BCF |
Benefit Correction Form |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| BCN |
Batch Clearance Notice |
General |
| BCSS |
Batch Completion Status Summary |
IT Organization |
| BD |
Budget Distribution |
General |
| BDAM |
Basic Data Access Method |
General |
| BDF |
Bulk Data Facility |
General |
| BDOD |
Beneficiary Date of Death |
General, Health Care |
| BDP |
Beneficiary Database Prototype |
General, Health Care |
| BDPC |
Breakthrough Drug Pricing Committee |
General, Health Care |
| BDPP |
Beneficiary Database Prototype Project |
General, Health Care |
| BDTS |
Batched Data Transmission System |
General |
| BEA |
Budget Expense Account |
General |
| BEA |
Bureau of Economic Affairs |
General |
| BEA |
Bureau of Economic Analysis |
General |
| BEA |
Business Enterprise Area |
General |
| BEAM |
Brain Electrical Activity Mapping |
General, Health Care |
| BEAU |
Budget Expense Account Unit |
General |
| BEER |
Beneficiary Earnings Exchange Record |
General, Health Care |
| BEI |
Budget Estimating Initiative |
General |
| BENDEX |
Beneficiary & Earnings Data Exchange System |
General, Health Care |
| BENDEX |
Beneficiary Data Exchange |
General, Health Care |
| BERT |
(EDB) Beneficiary Enrollment Retrieval System |
General, Health Care |
| BESS |
Part B Extract & Summary System (nee BMAD) |
General, Health Care |
| BEST |
Beneficiary Eligibility State Tape (EDB Bene Alpha File) |
General, Health Care |
| BEST |
Beneficiary State Totals (from SPACE System) |
General, Health Care |
| BETOS |
Berenson Eggers Type of Service |
General |
| BF |
Beneficiary File |
General, Health Care |
| BGN |
Beneficiary Given Name |
General, Health Care |
| BHO |
Behavioral Health Organization |
General, Health Care |
| BHS |
Business Health Services |
General |
| BI |
Background Investigation |
General |
| BI |
Benefits Integrity |
General, Health Care |
| BI |
Buy In |
General |
| BIA |
Business Impact Analysis |
General |
| BIC |
Beneficiary Identification Code |
General, Health Care |
| BICEQN |
BIC Equate Number |
General |
| BIEC |
BuyIn Eligibility Code |
General |
| BIER |
Billing Information Exchange Record |
General |
| BIF |
Beneficiary Insurance File |
General, Health Care |
| BIF |
Benefit Information Form |
General, Health Care |
| BIMF |
Beneficiary Inactive Master File |
General, Health Care |
| BIPA |
Benefits, Improvements & Protection Act of 2000 |
General, Health Care |
| BISC |
Benefit Integrity support Center |
General, Health Care |
| BISYNC |
Binary Synchronous Communication (IBM data communications protocol) |
General |
| BIT |
Beneficiary Inquiries Taskforce |
General, Health Care |
| BITF |
Beneficiary Implementation Task Force |
General, Health Care |
| BITS |
Beneficiary Information Tracking System |
General, Health Care |
| BITS |
Beneficiary Inquiry Tracking System |
General, Health Care |
| BITSMIS |
BITS Management Information System |
General |
| BIW |
Beneficiary Inquiries Workgroup |
General, Health Care |
| BL |
Black Lung |
General, Health Care |
| BLASER |
Black Lung Automated Search & Edit Routine |
General, Health Care |
| BLM |
Bureau of Land Management |
General |
| BLP |
Bypass Label Processing |
General |
| BLS |
Basic Life Support |
General, Health Care |
| BLS |
Bureau of Labor Statistics |
General, Medicare Beneficiary |
| BLS |
Bureau of Labor Statistics (DOL) |
General |
| BLUC |
Bottom Line Unit Cost |
General |
| BLUES |
Blue Cross/Blue Shield associations |
General, Health Care |
| BMA |
BioMedical Applications |
General, Health Care |
| BMACS |
Part B Medicare Automated Claims Systems |
General, Health Care |
| BMCHRD |
Bureau of Maternal & Child Health & Resources Development |
General, Health Care |
| BOA |
Basic Ordering Agreement |
General |
| BOAN |
Beneficiary's Own Account Number (SSN) |
General, Health Care |
| BOCMIS |
Beneficiary Overpayment Control & Management Information System |
General, Health Care |
| BOD |
Bid Opening Date |
General |
| BOIS |
Beneficiary Online Inquiry System (HI/SMI online in HCFA) |
General, Health Care |
| BOM |
Bill of Materials |
General |
| BOMA |
Building Owners & Managers Association |
General |
| BOME |
Bureau of Medical Examiners |
General, Health Care |
| BOR |
Before Outliers Removed |
General |
| BOSS |
Best on Open Systems Solutions |
General |
| BOSSN |
Beneficiary's Own SSN |
General, Health Care |
| BP |
Benefit Period |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| BP |
Best Price |
General |
| BP |
Business Partner |
Health Care |
| BPA |
Blanket Purchase Arrangement (or Agreement) |
General |
| BPC |
Base Period Charge |
General, Health Care |
| BPO |
Bargain Purchase Option |
General |
| BPR |
Budget & Performance Requirements |
General |
| BPR |
Business Process Reengineering |
General |
| BPS |
Budget Preparation System |
General |
| BPST |
Bill Processing System Test |
General |
| BQAS |
Part B Quality Assurance System |
General, Health Care |
| BR |
Budget Request |
General |
| BRA |
Business Resumption Assessment |
General |
| BRC |
Base Rate Calculation |
General |
| BRDPI |
Biomedical Research & Development Price Index |
General, Health Care |
| BRDS |
Bill Review Documentation Summary form |
General |
| BRI |
Basic Rate Interface |
General |
| BRI |
Benefit Rate Increase |
General, Health Care |
| BRRR |
Bills Received & Returned Report |
General |
| BRS |
Bibliographic Retrieval Service |
General |
| BRT |
Business Roundtable |
General |
| BSA |
Business Software Alliance |
General |
| BSC |
Binary Synchronous Communication |
General |
| BSF |
Benefit Stabilization Fund |
General |
| BSP |
Business Systems Planning |
General |
| BSR |
(Part B) Bill Summary Records |
General, Health Care |
| BSRS |
Benefit Savings Reporting System |
General, Health Care |
| BSS |
Beneficiary Satisfaction Survey |
General, Health Care |
| BSS |
Benefit Summary Statistics |
General, Health Care |
| BTW |
Bill Type Weight |
General |
| BUCS |
Budget Under Control System |
General |
| BUR |
Billing Update Record |
General |
| BUTE |
Beneficiary Database Update Transaction System (HDBUTE) |
General, Health Care |
| BVR |
Budget Variance Report |
General |
| BVS |
Bureau of Vital Statistics |
General |
| BY |
Budget Year |
General |
| Acronym | Term | Audiences |
|---|
| C&P |
Compensation & Pension (DVA) |
General |
| C/BR |
Cost/Benefit Ratio |
General |
| C/BR |
Cost/Burden Reduction |
General |
| C/O |
Center or Office |
General |
| C/S |
Client/Server |
General |
| C/SPS |
Cost/Scheduling Performance System |
General |
| C:D |
Connect:Direct |
IT Organization |
| C2IW |
CAFM II Implementation Workgroup |
General |
| CA |
Certification Authority |
General |
| CA |
Change Administration |
General |
| CA |
Claims Analyst |
General |
| CA |
Competitive Advocate |
General |
| CAAS |
Certificate for Advisory & Assistance Services |
General |
| CAAS |
Contracted Advisory & Assistance Services |
General |
| CABBS |
Carrier Bulletin Board System |
General, Health Care |
| CABG |
coronary artery bypass graft |
Health Care |
| CABLE |
Combined A/B Local Eligibility |
General, Health Care |
| CABS |
Carrier Access Billing System |
General, Health Care |
| CABS |
Contractor Administrative Budget & Cost Reporting System |
General |
| CABWF |
Combined A/B Working File (also see CWF) |
General, Health Care |
| CAC |
Carrier Advisory Committee |
General, Health Care |
| CAC |
Categorical Assistance Code |
General |
| CAC |
Contractor Advisory Committee |
General |
| CACO |
Corporate Administrative Contracting Officer |
General |
| CAFM |
Contractor Administrative, Budget & Financial Management |
General |
| CAGE |
Contractor & Government Entity Code (formerly FSCM) |
General |
| CAH |
Critical Access Hospital |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| CAHHS |
California Association of Hospitals & Health Systems |
General, Health Care |
| CAHP |
Consumer Assessment of Health Plan |
General, Medicare Beneficiary |
| CAHPS |
Consumer Assessments of Health Plans Survey |
General, Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| CAHSA |
California Association of Home Services for the Aged |
General, Health Care |
| CALPERS |
California Public Employees Retirement System |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| CALSO |
(Death Termination System (SSA)) |
General, Health Care |
| CAMP |
Carrier Accountability Monitoring Project |
General, Health Care |
| CAMS |
Customer Account Management System |
General |
| CAN |
Claim Account Number |
General, Health Care |
| CAN |
Common Accounting (or Account) Number |
General |
| CANDA |
Computer Assisted New Drug Applications |
General, Health Care |
| CAP |
Change Acceleration Process |
General |
| CAP |
community acquired pneumonia |
Health Care |
| CAP |
Corrective Action Plan |
General |
| CAP-REL |
Capital Related |
General |
| CAPI |
Computer Assisted Personal Interviewing (software) |
General |
| CAPS |
Capitated Ambulatory Plan |
General, Health Care |
| CAPS |
Claims Automated Processing System (SSA MBR) |
General, Health Care |
| CAR |
Corrective Action Review |
General, Health Care |
| CAR |
Cost Accounting Report |
General |
| CARE |
Center for Analytical Review & Education |
General, Health Care |
| CARES |
Contractors Analysis & Reporting System |
General |
| CARF |
Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities |
General, Health Care |
| CARRPR |
Carrier Payment Record |
General, Health Care |
| CAS |
Cost Accounting Standards |
General |
| CASB |
Cost Accounting Standards Board |
General |
| CASE |
Committee on Academic Science & Engineering Report |
General |
| CASE |
Computer Aided (or Assisted) Software Engineering |
General |
| CASE |
Computer Assisted Systems Engineering |
General, Health Care |
| CASF |
Carrier Alphabetic State File |
General, Health Care |
| CASL |
Competition Advocate Shopping List |
General |
| CASO |
(HI) Combine & Sort Operation |
General |
| CASPER |
Certification and Survey Provider Enhanced Reporting |
General, Medicare Beneficiary, State |
| CASPRO |
Clinical Area Support PRO |
General, Health Care |
| CASR |
Contractor Audit & Settlement Report (System) |
General |
| CAST |
Carrier Alpha State Microfilm/Microfiche System |
General, Health Care |
| CAST |
Carrier Alpha State Tape |
General, Health Care |
| CAST |
Contractor Assessment Security Tool |
General |
| CASU |
Cooperative Administrative Support Program |
General |
| CAT |
Computerized Axial Tomography |
General |
| CAWR |
Combined Annual Wage Reporting |
General |
| CB |
Consolidated Billing |
General, Health Care |
| CB |
Cost Benefit |
General, Health Care |
| CBA |
Cost/Benefit Analysis |
General, Health Care |
| CBC |
Center for Beneficiary Choices |
General, IT Organization |
| CBC |
Cipher Block Chaining |
General |
| CBI |
Confidential Business Information |
General, Medicare Beneficiary |
| CBO |
Congressional Budget Office |
General |
| CBR |
CASE Based Reasoning |
General |
| CBR |
Cost Based Reimbursement |
General, Health Care |
| CBS |
Current Beneficiary Survey (by OACT) |
General, Health Care |
| CBSR |
Cost Benefit Savings Report |
General, Health Care |
| CBSS |
Customer Billing Services System |
General, Health Care |
| CBT |
Computer Based Training |
General, IT Organization |
| CC |
Ceiling Cost |
General |
| CC |
Claims Control |
General, Health Care |
| CC |
Complication or Comorbidity |
General |
| CC |
Condition Code |
General, Health Care |
| CC |
Configuration Control |
General |
| CCA |
Catastrophic Coverage Act |
General, Health Care |
| CCA |
Child Care Association |
General, Health Care |
| CCB |
Change Control Board |
IT Organization |
| CCC |
Change Control Coordination |
General |
| CCC |
Civilian Conservation Corps |
General |
| CCC |
Comprehensive Care Center |
General |
| CCDR |
Contract Cost Data Report |
General |
| CCDRS |
Contract Cost Data Reporting System |
General |
| CCHCC |
Coordinating Center for Home & Community Care |
General, Health Care |
| CCI |
Correct Coding Initiative |
General |
| CCIP |
Chronic Care Improvement Programs |
General, Medicare Beneficiary |
| CCITT |
Consultative Committee on International Telephone & Telegraph |
General, IT Organization |
| CCLR |
Claims Collection Litigation Report |
General, Health Care |
| CCM |
Common Cap Module |
General |
| CCN |
Carrier Control Number |
General, Health Care |
| CCN |
Claim Control Number |
General, Health Care |
| CCN |
Correspondence Control Number |
General, Health Care |
| CCO |
Claims Collection Officer |
General, Health Care |
| CCP |
Change Control Planning |
General |
| CCP |
Comprehensive Care Provider |
General, Health Care |
| CCP |
Comprehensive Compliance Program |
General, Medicare Beneficiary |
| CCP |
Coordinated Care Plans |
General, Health Care |
| CCPR |
Coordinated Comprehensive Provider Review |
General |
| CCR |
Cost to Charge Ratio |
General |
| CCR |
Coverage Compliance Reviews |
General |
| CCRC |
Continuing Care Retirement Community |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| CCRC |
Continuum of Care Residential Center |
General, Health Care |
| CCS |
Community Care Setting |
General, Health Care |
| CCS |
Contract Control System |
General |
| CCU |
(Carrier) Cost Containment Unit |
General, Health Care |
| CCUITT |
Consultive Committee on International Telegraphy & Telephony |
General |
| CD |
Civil Defense |
General |
| CD-RISC |
Clinically Detailed Risk Information System for Costs |
General |
| CDB |
(Carrier) Correspondence Database System |
General, Health Care |
| CDC |
Center for Disease Control |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| CDC |
Corporate Data Center |
General |
| CDE |
Core Data Element |
General |
| CDF |
Children's Defense Fund |
General |
| CDI |
Catastrophic Drug Insurance (Trust Fund) |
General, Health Care |
| CDM |
(Hospital) Charge Description Master (Files) |
General, Health Care |
| CDOC |
Covered Days of Care |
General, Health Care |
| CDP |
Computerized Decision Procedures |
General |
| CDR |
Continuing Disability Review |
General, Health Care |
| CDR |
Critical Design Review |
General |
| CDRG |
Children's Diagnosis Related Groups |
General, Health Care |
| CDRL |
Contract Data Requirements List |
General |
| CDRTS |
COMDISCO Disaster Recovery Services |
General |
| CDS |
Central Distribution System |
General |
| CDS |
Chain Directory System |
General |
| CDT |
Current Dental Terminology |
Health Care |
| CDW |
Collision Damage Waiver |
General |
| CDWOH |
Calendar Days Work on Hand |
General |
| CE |
Covered Entity |
Health Care |
| CEA |
Cost Effectiveness Analysis |
General |
| CEA |
Council of Economic Advisors |
General |
| CEB |
Contractor Efficiency Benchmark |
General |
| CEB |
Cost Efficiency Benchmark |
General |
| CEBMA |
Computer & Business Equipment Manufacturers Association |
General |
| CED |
Committee for Employees with Disabilities |
General, Health Care |
| CELIP |
Claim Expansion & Line Item Processing |
General, Health Care |
| CEMS |
CostEffectiveness Measurement System |
General |
| CER |
Capital Expenditure Review |
General |
| CER |
Combined Exchange Record (from the MBR) (nee URIC) |
General |
| CER |
Comprehensive Evaluation Report |
General |
| CER |
Cost Estimating Relationship |
General |
| CERT |
Comprehensive Error Rate Testing |
General |
| CES |
Cost Estimating System |
General |
| CES |
Credential Evaluation Service |
General, Health Care |
| CF |
Case Folder Control System |
General |
| CF |
Conversion Factor |
General |
| CFB |
Cipher Feedback |
General |
| CFE |
Contractor Furnished Equipment |
General |
| CFO |
Chief Financial Officer |
General |
| CFOA |
Chief Financial Officer's Act of 1990 |
General |
| CFPP |
Contracting for Prepaid Plans |
General |
| CFR |
Code of Federal Regulations |
General |
| CFSR |
Contract Funds Status Report |
General |
| CGMP |
Current Good Manufacturing Practice |
General |
| CHA |
Catholic Health Association |
General, Health Care |
| CHA |
County Health Authorities |
General |
| CHAFF |
Change of Address System (MBR) |
General |
| CHAIN |
Chain Provider Director System |
General, Health Care |
| CHAMPUS |
Civilian Health & Medical Programs of the Uniformed Services (Now TRI-CARE) |
General, Health Care |
| CHAMPVA |
Civilian Health & Medical Program of the Veterans Administration |
General, Health Care |
| CHAP |
Child Health Assurance Program |
General, Health Care |
| CHAP |
Community Health Accreditation Program |
General, Health Care |
| CHAPS |
Consumer Assessment of Health Plans Survey |
General, Health Care |
| CHBI |
Commission on Health Benefits & Integration |
General, Health Care |
| CHC |
Community Health Center |
General, Health Care |
| CHC |
Comprehensive Health Center |
General, Health Care |
| CHC |
Continuous Home Care |
General, Health Care |
| CHCC |
Center for Hospital & Community Care |
General, Health Care |
| CHCL |
Center for Health Care Law |
General, Health Care |
| CHDR |
Center for Health Dispute Resolution |
General, Health Care |
| CHDS |
(National) Charge Distribution System |
General |
| CHER |
Center of Health Economics Research (aka HERI) |
General, Health Care |
| CHF |
Congestive Heart Failure |
General, IT Organization |
| CHHA |
Certified Home Health Agency |
General, Health Care |
| CHHC |
Continuous Home Health Care |
General, Health Care |
| CHI |
Catastrophic Health Insurance |
General, Health Care |
| CHICN |
HI Enrollment Cards Operation (HECHICN) |
General, Health Care |
| CHICO |
Combined Health Insurance & Checkwriting Operations |
General, Health Care |
| CHIM |
Center for Healthcare Information Management |
General, Health Care |
| CHIME |
College of Healthcare Information Management Executives |
Health Care |
| CHIP |
Catastrophic Health Care Program |
General, Health Care |
| CHIP |
Child Health Insurance Program |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| CHMSA |
Critical Health Manpower Shortage Area |
General, Health Care |
| CHN |
Community Health Network |
General, Health Care |
| CHO |
Community Health Organization |
General, Health Care |
| CHOW |
Change of Ownership |
General, Medicare Beneficiary |
| CI |
Catastrophic Indicator |
General, Health Care |
| CI |
Configuration Identification |
General |
| CI |
Configuration Item |
General |
| CI |
Control Interval |
General |
| CIA |
Commercial Industrial Activity (also GCIA) |
General |
| CIADV |
Carrier/Intermediary Advance Notice |
General, Health Care |
| CICA |
Competition in Contracting Act (1984) |
General |
| CICG |
Critical Infrastructure Coordination Group |
General |
| CICO |
Commercial Industrial Control Officer |
General |
| CICS |
Customer Information Control System (replaces SSADARS) |
General |
| CID |
Commercial Item Description |
General |
| CIEP |
Contractor Inspection & Evaluation Program |
General |
| CIM |
Corporate Information Management |
General |
| CIM |
Coverage Issues Manual |
General, Health Care |
| CIMS |
Case Investigation Management System |
General |
| CIN |
Common Identification Number |
General |
| CIO |
Chief Information Officer |
General |
| CIP |
Claims In Process |
General, Health Care |
| CIP |
Competitive Incentive Program |
General |
| CIP |
Continuous Improvement Process Program |
General |
| CIP |
Customer Initiated Payments |
General |
| CIPS |
(FRC) Center Information Processing System |
General |
| CISC |
Complex Instruction Set Computing |
General |
| CISTR |
Correspondence Image Storage, Transmission & Retrieval |
General |
| CITIC |
Consolidated Information Technology Infrastructure Contract |
General |
| CKD |
Count Key Data |
General |
| CKM |
Constructive Key Management |
General |
| CLAIM |
Community Leaders Assisting the ICA (Insurance Counseling Assistance) in Missouri |
General |
| CLCCP |
Comprehensive Limiting Charge Compliance Program |
General |
| CLFS |
Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule |
General, Health Care |
| CLIA |
Clinical Laboratory Improvement Act (of 1965) (Amendments 1988) |
General, Health Care |
| CLIA |
Clinical Laboratory Interstate Act (or Amendments) |
General, Health Care |
| CLM |
Current Logical Model |
General |
| CLMA |
Clinical Laboratory Management Association |
General, Health Care |
| CLOE |
(Carrier) Claims Only Entry System |
General, Health Care |
| CLT |
Certified Lab Technician |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| CLUW |
Coalition of Labor Union Women |
General |
| CM |
Complexity Metrics |
General |
| CM |
Configuration Management |
General |
| CM |
Configuration Manual |
General |
| CMA |
Contract Management Action |
General |
| CMA |
Current Month Accrual |
General |
| CMD |
Carrier Medical Director |
General, Health Care |
| CMD |
Contractor Medical Directors |
General, Health Care |
| CMFMRA |
Consolidated Master File of Military Retirees & Annuitants |
General |
| CMG |
Case Mix Group |
General |
| CMG |
Computer Measurement Group |
General |
| CMG |
Contractor Management Group |
General |
| CMHC |
Community Mental Health Center (or Clinic) |
General, Health Care |
| CMHS |
Continuous Medical (or Medicare) History Sample (or Study) |
General, Health Care |
| CMI |
Case Mix Index |
General |
| CMIS |
Communications Management Information System |
General |
| CMM |
Capability Maturity Model |
General, Health Care |
| CMN |
Certified Medical Necessity |
General, Health Care |
| CMP |
Capacity Management Program |
General |
| CMP |
Career Management Program |
General |
| CMP |
Change Management Process |
General |
| CMP |
Civil Monetary Penalty |
General |
| CMP |
Competitive Medical Plan |
General, Medicare Beneficiary |
| CMP |
Competitive Medical Plan (under TEFRA) |
General, Health Care |
| CMP |
Comprehensive Medical Plan |
General, Health Care |
| CMP |
Configuration Management Plan |
General |
| CMP-EIS |
CMP Executive Information System |
General |
| CMPL |
Civil Monetary Penalty Law |
General |
| CMPL |
Civil Monetary Penalty Liability |
General |
| CMPTS |
Civil Monitory Penalty Tracking System |
General |
| CMR |
Comprehensive Medical Review |
General, Health Care |
| CMRI |
California Medical Review, Inc. |
General, Health Care |
| CMS |
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services |
General, Medicare Beneficiary |
| CMS |
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (HCFA prior to July 1, 2001) |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| CMSA |
Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area |
General |
| CMSS |
Council of Medical Specialty Societies |
General, Health Care |
| CMTI |
Customized Claims System Identifier |
General |
| CN |
Claim Number (also C/N) |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| CNACO |
Community Nursing & Ambulatory Care Organization |
General, Health Care |
| CNBC |
Congress of National Black Churches |
General |
| CNH |
Community Nursing Home |
General, Health Care |
| CNPB |
Clean NonPIP Bills |
General, Health Care |
| CNV |
Conversion Phase |
General |
| CO |
Central Office |
General, Health Care |
| CO |
Change Order |
General |
| CO |
Coinsurance |
General, Health Care |
| CO |
Contract Officer |
General, Health Care |
| CO |
Control Officer |
General |
| COA |
Change of Address |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| COB |
Close of Business |
General, Health Care |
| COB |
Coordination of Benefit |
General, Medicare Beneficiary |
| COB |
Coordination of Benefits |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| COBA |
Coordination of Benefits Agreement |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| COBC |
Coordination of Benefits Contractor |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| COBRA |
Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (of 1985) |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| COC |
Certificate of Competency |
General |
| COCA |
Clearinghouse on Computer Accommodation |
General, IT Organization |
| COF |
Carrier Option File |
General, Health Care |
| COFFE |
Council of Former Federal Employees |
General |
| COG |
Continuity of Government |
General |
| COGME |
Council On Graduate Medical Education |
General |
| COI |
Certificate of Indebtedness |
General |
| COI |
Change of Intermediaries |
General, Health Care |
| COM |
Centralized Office Minicomputer |
General |
| COM |
Computer Output Microfilm |
General |
| COM |
Current Operating Month |
General |
| COMPAS |
COMDISCO Plan Automation System |
General |
| COMSEC |
Communication Security |
General |
| CON |
Certificate of Need |
General |
| CONOPS |
Concept of Operations |
General |
| CONUS |
Continual U.S. (48 Contiguous states & DC, aka: CONTERMINOUS U.S.) |
General |
| COO |
Chief of Operations |
General |
| COO |
Chief Operating Officer |
General |
| COOP |
Continuity of Operation Plan |
General |
| COP |
Concept of Operations Papers |
General |
| COP |
Conditions of Participation |
General, Health Care |
| COP |
Continuation of Pay |
General |
| COPC |
Community Oriented Primary Care |
General, Health Care |
| COPD |
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease |
General, Health Care |
| COPES |
Community Options Program Entry System |
General |
| CORC |
Carrier of Record Control |
General, Health Care |
| CORF |
Comprehensive Outpatient Rehabilitation Facility |
General, Health Care |
| CORTS |
Calculation of Overpayment Recovery Timeliness System |
General, Health Care |
| COT |
Chain of Trust |
Health Care |
| COTF |
Chain Organization Task Force |
General |
| COTR |
Contract Officer's Technical Representative |
General, Health Care |
| COWAPS |
Council on Wage & Price Stability |
General |
| CP |
Claims Processing |
General, Health Care |
| CP |
Contractor Profiles |
General |
| CP/M |
Control Program for Microprocessors |
General |
| CPA |
Cost Plus Award |
General, Health Care |
| CPAF |
Cost Plus Award Fee |
General, Health Care |
| CPAP |
Common Provider Audit Program |
General, Health Care |
| CPAP |
Continuous positive airway pressure |
General, Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| CPAS |
Claims Processing Assessment System |
General, Health Care |
| CPCM |
Certified Professional Contract Manager |
General |
| CPD |
Competitive Pricing Demonstration |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| CPD |
Cost Per Discharge |
General, Health Care |
| CPDA |
Current Premium Due Amount |
General, Health Care |
| CPDAH |
CPDA Hospital Insurance |
General, Health Care |
| CPE |
Certified Public Expenditures |
General |
| CPE |
Contractor Performance Evaluation |
General |
| CPEP |
Contractor Performance Evaluation Program (or Profile) |
General |
| CPFA |
Cost Plus Fee Award |
General, Health Care |
| CPFF |
Cost Plus Fixed Fee |
General, Health Care |
| CPHA |
Commission on Professional Hospital Activities |
General, Health Care |
| CPI |
Consumer Price Index |
General |
| CPI |
Coverage Period Indicator |
General |
| CPI-PD |
Consumer Price Index for Prescription Drugs and Medical Supplies |
General, Medicare Beneficiary |
| CPI-U |
Consumer Price Index for Urban Areas |
General |
| CPIC |
Certification Package for Internal Controls |
General |
| CPIF |
Cost Plus Incentive Fee |
General |
| CPM |
Claims Processing Manual |
General, Health Care |
| CPM |
Clinical Performance Measure |
General, Health Care |
| CPM |
Contractor Performance Management (Module) |
General, Health Care |
| CPM |
Critical Path Method |
General |
| CPM |
Current Payment Month |
IT Organization |
| CPM/EIS |
Contractor Performance Management / Enterprise Information System |
General, Health Care |
| CPMD |
Continuous Passive Motion Device |
General |
| CPO |
Care Plan Oversight |
General, Health Care |
| CPO |
Chief of Purchasing Office |
General |
| CPPC |
Cost Plus Percentage of Cost |
General, Health Care |
| CPQC |
Claims Processing Quality Control |
General, Health Care |
| CPR |
Comparative Performance Report |
General |
| CPR |
Computerized Patient Record |
General, Health Care |
| CPR |
Contractor Performance Report |
General |
| CPR |
Cost Performance Report |
General |
| CPR |
Customary, Prevailing & Reasonable (Charge) |
General |
| CPRI |
Computer-based Patient Record Institute |
Health Care |
| CPRS |
Contractor Performance Reporting System |
General |
| CPS |
Center for Policy Studies |
General |
| CPS |
Classified Position System |
General |
| CPS |
Critical Payment System |
General, Health Care |
| CPSC |
Consumer Products Safety Commission |
General, Health Care |
| CPSR |
Contractor Purchasing (or Procurement) System Review |
General |
| CPT |
Claims Processing Timeliness |
General, Health Care |
| CPT |
Common Procedural Terminology |
General, Health Care |
| CPT |
Cost Per Treatment |
General, Health Care |
| CPT |
Current Procedural Terminology |
General, Health Care |
| CPT-4 |
Current Procedural Terminology, Version 4 |
General, Health Care |
| CPU |
Central Processing Unit |
General |
| CPV |
Cost Per Visit |
General, Health Care |
| CQAS |
Carrier Quality Assurance System (now Part B QAS) |
General, Health Care |
| CQI |
Continuous Quality Improvement |
General, Health Care |
| CQMR |
Carrier Quarterly Medical Review |
General, Health Care |
| CR |
Change Request |
General |
| CR |
Continuing Resolution |
General, Health Care |
| CR |
Cost Report |
General |
| CR |
Cross Reference |
General |
| CRAG |
Contractor Risk Assessment Guide |
General |
| CRAH |
Change Request Approval History |
General |
| CRAM |
Cross Region Access Method |
General |
| CRB |
Change Review Board |
General, Health Care |
| CRC |
Capital Related Costs |
General |
| CRC |
Career Resource Center |
General |
| CRC |
Cyclic Redundancy Check |
General |
| CRCC |
Compensation Related Customary Charges |
General |
| CRD |
Chronic Renal Disease (aka: ESRD (preferred)) |
General, Health Care |
| CREP |
Cost Report Evaluation Program |
General |
| CRESUS |
Cost Report Evaluation System subsystem |
General |
| CRF |
Change Request Form |
General |
| CRG |
Carrier Representative Group |
General, Health Care |
| CRI |
Client Record Index |
General |
| CRI |
Controlled Rate of Increase |
General |
| CRIPA |
Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act |
General |
| CRLE |
Cost Reimbursement Level of Effort |
General, Health Care |
| CROWD |
Contractor Reporting of Operational & Workload Data |
General |
| CRP |
Common Rules Processor |
General |
| CRP |
Consolidated Review Program |
General |
| CRS |
Congressional Reporting System |
General |
| CRS |
Congressional Research Service |
General |
| CRSL |
Cost Report Settlement Log |
General |
| CRTS |
Cuff Records Tracking System |
General |
| CRVR |
Catastrophic Repeal Validation Review |
General |
| CRVS |
California Relative Value Study |
General |
| CRWH |
Change Request Work History |
General |
| CS |
Abbreviation for Customer Service |
General, Medicare Beneficiary |
| CS |
Claims Services |
General, Health Care |
| CS |
Covered Services |
General, Health Care |
| CSA |
Computer Security Act of 1987 |
General, IT Organization |
| CSA |
Cross Service Agreement |
General |
| CSAMS |
Customer Service Assessment & Management System |
General |
| CSAP |
Center for Substance Abuse Prevention |
General, Health Care |
| CSAT |
Computer Security Awareness Training |
General, IT Organization |
| CSC |
Customer Service Center |
General |
| CSCC |
Customer Service Call Center (nee SPOC, now CSC Customer Service Center) |
General |
| CSD |
Customer Service Desk |
General |
| CSF |
Critical Success Factor |
General |
| CSI |
Computer Security Institute |
General, IT Organization |
| CSIRC |
Computer Security Incident Response Capability |
General, IT Organization |
| CSMI |
Corporate Storage Management Initiative |
General |
| CSMM |
Customer Support for Medicare Modernization |
IT Organization |
| CSO |
Community Service Offices |
General |
| CSO |
Customer Service Order |
General |
| CSOT |
Customer Service Outstation Team (also OCST) |
General |
| CSP |
Certified Systems Professional |
General, IT Organization |
| CSP |
Customer Service Plan |
General |
| CSP |
Customer Service Program |
General |
| CSR |
Abbreviation for Customer Service Representative |
General, Medicare Beneficiary |
| CSR |
Core Security Requirements |
General, IT Organization |
| CSR |
Customer Service Record |
General |
| CSR |
Customer Service Representative |
General |
| CSR |
Customer Service Request |
General |
| CSRA |
Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 |
General |
| CSRS |
Civil Service Retirement System |
General |
| CSSP |
Computer Systems Security Plan |
General, IT Organization |
| CSSR |
Communications System Segment Replacement |
General, IT Organization |
| CSSR |
Cost Schedule Status Report |
General |
| CST |
Consumer Service Team |
General |
| CSTE |
Council of State & Territorial Epidemiologists |
General, Health Care |
| CSTP |
Carrier System Testing Project (or Program) |
General, Health Care |
| CTC |
Certified Transplant Center |
General, Health Care |
| CTMP |
Contractor Task Management Plan |
General |
| CTR |
Contingency Plan Report |
General |
| CTS |
Clear To Send |
General |
| CTS |
Contracts Tracking System |
General |
| CUI |
Customer User Interface |
General, IT Organization |
| CVA |
Current View Area |
General |
| CVE |
Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures |
General |
| CVF |
Current Value of Funds |
General |
| CWF |
Common Working File (see NCHS) |
General, Health Care |
| CWF/MSP |
Common Working File / Medicare Secondary Payer |
General, Health Care |
| CWFA |
Common Working File Part A |
General, Health Care |
| CWFB |
Common Working File Part B |
General, Health Care |
| CWFDOCO |
Common Working File Documentation File |
General, Health Care |
| CWFHPEP |
Common Working File Host Performance Evaluation Program |
General, Health Care |
| CWFINFOBASE |
Common Working File Information Database |
General, Health Care |
| CWFM |
Common Working File Maintenance |
General, Health Care |
| CWFM/IV&V |
Common Working File Maintenance / Independent Verification & Validation |
General, Health Care |
| CWFMC |
Common Working File Maintenance Contractor |
General, Health Care |
| CWFMQA |
CWF Medicare Quality Assurance System |
General, Health Care |
| CWFQAS |
Common Working File Quality Assurance System |
General, Health Care |
| CWRS |
Contractor Workload Reporting System |
General |
| CWS |
Compressed Work Schedule |
General |
| CWS |
Contractor Workload System |
General |
| CY |
Calendar Year |
General |
| CY |
Critical Year |
General |
| Acronym | Term | Audiences |
|---|
| D&F |
Determinations & Findings |
General |
| DA |
Data Acquisition |
General |
| DA |
Data Administration |
General |
| DA |
Data Administrator |
General |
| DA |
Data Analysis |
General |
| DA |
Data Architecture |
General |
| DA |
Direct Access |
General |
| DA |
Dynamic Allocation |
General |
| DA&A |
Drug Addiction & Alcoholism |
General, Health Care |
| DAB |
Departmental Appeals Board |
General |
| DAC |
Discretionary Access Control |
General |
| DACA |
Days After Contract Award |
General |
| DAD |
Data Access Diagram (aka: DSD) |
General |
| DAE |
Data Entity |
General |
| DAF |
Discretionary Adjustment Factor |
General |
| DAMA |
Data Administration Management Association |
General |
| DAP |
Data Administration Plan |
General |
| DAP |
DMERC Advisory Panel |
General, Health Care |
| DARC |
Delete Automatic Renewal Clause |
General |
| DARO |
Days After Receipt of Order |
General |
| DAS |
Distributed Application Services |
General |
| DASD |
Direct Access Storage Device (also Global DASD) |
General, IT Organization |
| DASM |
Data Administration Standards Manual |
General, IT Organization |
| DASMB |
(HHS) Deputy Assistant Secretary for Management & Budget |
General, Health Care |
| DAT |
Decision Analysis Team |
General |
| DAT |
Digital Audio Tape |
General, IT Organization |
| DATAMED |
Medicaid Quality Control System |
General |
| DAWN |
Drug Abuse Warning Network |
General, Health Care |
| DB |
Direct Billing |
General |
| DBA |
Data Base Administrator |
General, IT Organization |
| DBA |
Database Administration |
General, IT Organization |
| DBA |
Doing Business As |
General |
| DBC |
Drug Benefit Calculator |
IT Organization |
| DBDB |
Direct Billing Data Base |
General |
| DBE |
Data Base Environment |
General, IT Organization |
| DBF |
Data Base File (also DB/F) |
General, IT Organization |
| DBI |
Direct Billing Integration |
General |
| DBIS |
Direct Billing Integration System |
General |
| DBM |
Database Management |
General, IT Organization |
| DBMS |
Database Management System |
General, IT Organization |
| DBPC |
Direct Billing Premium Collection |
General |
| DBPS |
Drug Bill Processors |
General, Health Care |
| DBRP |
DB Rules Processors |
General, IT Organization |
| DBS |
Direct Billing System |
General |
| DC |
Data Communications |
General, IT Organization |
| DC |
Data Controls |
General, IT Organization |
| DC |
Deck Checks (also D/C) |
General, IT Organization |
| DC |
Diagnostic Code |
General, Health Care |
| DC |
Discharge |
General, Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| DCAA |
Defense Contract Audit Agency |
General |
| DCB |
Data Control Block |
General, IT Organization |
| DCC |
Debt Collection Center |
General |
| DCCA |
Data Computer Corporation of America |
General, IT Organization |
| DCD |
Data Carrier Direct |
General, IT Organization |
| DCF |
Dually Certified Facility |
General, Health Care |
| DCG |
Diagnostic Cost Group (Demonstration) |
General |
| DCIA |
Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1966 |
General |
| DCIS |
Debt Collection & Improvement Act |
General |
| DCIS |
Department Contract Information System |
General |
| DCN |
Document Control Number |
General |
| DCO |
Directed Change Order |
General |
| DCO |
Directed Charge Order |
General |
| DCP |
Data Conversion Plan |
General |
| DCP |
Department of Carrier Procedures |
General, Health Care |
| DCS |
Debt Collection System |
General |
| DD |
Data Dictionary |
General |
| DD |
day (i.e., mmddyyyy) |
General |
| DD |
Developmental Disabilities |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| DD/DBA |
Designation of Data / Database Administration |
General |
| DDDL |
Data Dictionary Definition Language |
General |
| DDE |
Direct Data Entry |
General, Health Care |
| DDE |
Dynamic Data Exchange |
General |
| DDI |
Data Distribution Initiative |
General |
| DDL |
Data Description Language |
General |
| DDP |
Direct Dealing Provider |
General |
| DDP |
Distributed Data Processing |
General |
| DDPS |
Drug Data Processing System |
IT Organization |
| DDR |
Discharge During Referral |
General, Health Care |
| DDS |
Data Dictionary System |
General |
| DDS |
Disability Determination Service |
General, Health Care |
| DDS |
Distributed Database System |
General |
| DEA |
Delegated Examining Authority |
General |
| DEA |
Drug Enforcement Administration (or Agency) |
General, Health Care |
| DEAR |
Department of Energy Acquisition Regulations |
General |
| DEBCO |
Debit & Benefit Conversion Operation (MBR) |
General |
| DEC |
Dual Entitlement Code |
General |
| DECC |
Dental Content Committee |
Health Care |
| DED |
Data Element Dictionary |
General |
| DEERS |
Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System (DOD, CHAMPUS) |
General |
| DEFRA |
Deficit Reduction Act of 1984 |
General |
| DEIS |
Draft Environmental Impact Statement |
General |
| DEL |
Delivery |
General |
| DEMOST |
Dual Entitlement Maintenance Operation System |
General |
| DEP |
Deputy |
General |
| DEPO |
Division of Enrollment and Payment Operations |
IT Organization |
| DEPPM |
Data Exchange & Participating Physician Monitoring |
General |
| DES |
Data Encryption Standard |
General, IT Organization |
| DES |
Dollar Equivalency System (FTE hrs. worked x $ paid to employee) |
General |
| DESI |
Drug Efficacy Study & Implementation Program |
General, Health Care |
| DESY |
Data Extract Software System |
General |
| DF/DSS |
Data Facility/Data Set Service (Utility Software) |
General |
| DFD |
Data Flow Diagram |
General |
| DFLSD |
Death File Limiting State Death (SSA DUMAS National Death Repository) |
General, Health Care |
| DFP |
Data Facility Product |
General |
| DFWA |
DrugFree Workplace Act of 1988 |
General |
| DHHS |
Department of Health & Human Services |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| DHHSAA |
DHHS Audit Agency |
General, Health Care |
| DHWHIM |
Daily Health Insurance Master Health Insurance Merge |
General, Health Care |
| DI |
Disability Insurance |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| DIA |
Defense Intelligence Agency |
General |
| DIB |
Data Integrity Board |
General |
| DIB |
Disability Insurance Beneficiary |
General, Health Care |
| DICOM |
Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine |
Health Care |
| DIDO |
Duplication In, Duplication Out |
General |
| DII |
Defense Information Infrastructure |
General |
| DIMES |
Departmental Information Management Exchange System |
General |
| DIP |
Dual InLine Package |
General |
| DIRT |
Distributed Index of Rejected Transactions |
General |
| DIS |
Disabled (beneficiary) |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| DISA |
Data Interchange Standards Association |
Health Care |
| DISA |
Direct Inward System Access |
General |
| DISC |
Departmental Independent Study Center |
General |
| DIU |
Defense Intelligence University |
General |
| DJ |
Department of Justice (DOJ) |
General |
| DL |
Data Language |
General |
| DLL |
Dynamic Linked Libraries |
General |
| DLRO |
Designated Lead Regional Office |
General |
| DM |
Data Manager |
General |
| DM |
Data Model |
General |
| DM&S |
(DVA) Department of Medicine & Surgery |
General, Health Care |
| DMCL |
Data Base Management Control Language |
General, IT Organization |
| DMD |
Data Model Diagram |
General, IT Organization |
| DME |
Distributed Management Environment |
General |
| DME |
Durable Medical Equipment |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| DMEFS |
Durable Medical Equipment Fee Schedule |
General, Health Care |
| DMEPOS |
Durable Medical Equipment Prosthetic, Orthotics & Supplies |
General, Health Care |
| DMERC |
Durable Medical Equipment Regional Carrier |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| DML |
Data Management Language |
General, IT Organization |
| DML |
Data Manipulation Language |
General, IT Organization |
| DMP |
Data Match Project |
General, IT Organization |
| DMS |
Data Mass Storage |
General, IT Organization |
| DMS |
Disk Management System |
General, IT Organization |
| DMS/OS |
DASD Management System |
General, IT Organization |
| DMSS |
Data Management SubSystem Capabilities |
General, IT Organization |
| DNA |
Data Normalization Analysis |
General, IT Organization |
| DNC |
Data Network Contractor |
General, IT Organization |
| DNMNTR |
Denominator System |
General, IT Organization |
| DO |
Data Owner |
General, IT Organization |
| DO |
District Office |
IT Organization |
| DOA |
Department of Agriculture |
General |
| DOB |
Date of Birth |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| DOC |
Days of Care |
General, Health Care |
| DOC |
Department of Commerce |
General |
| DOD |
Date of Death |
General, Health Care |
| DOD |
Department of Defense |
General, Medicare Beneficiary |
| DOD |
Department of Defense (DoD) |
General |
| DODCI |
Department of Defense Computer Institute |
General, IT Organization |
| DOE |
Date of Entitlement |
General, Health Care |
| DOE |
Department of Energy |
General |
| DOEH |
Date of Entitlement to Hospital Insurance (Medicare Part A) |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| DOES |
Date of Entitlement to Supplementary Medical Insurance (Medicare Part B) |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| DOG |
Day One Group |
General |
| DOI |
Department of Interior |
General |
| DOIAC |
District Office Intermediary Action Cases |
General |
| DOIAC |
District Office/Intermediary Aged Cases (OBSOLETE) |
General |
| DOJ |
Department of Justice |
General |
| DOL |
Department of Labor |
General |
| DOLA |
Delegation of Leasing Authority |
General |
| DOLBA |
Date of Last Billing Action |
General |
| DOM |
Developmental Office Minicomputer |
General, Health Care |
| DOME |
(Society of Health Systems) Directors of Management Engineering |
General |
| DOORS |
Dynamic Object Oriented Requirements System |
General, IT Organization |
| DOS |
Date of Service |
General, Health Care |
| DOST |
Date of Suspension or Termination |
General |
| DOT |
Department of Transportation |
General |
| DOTH |
Date of Termination of Hospital Insurance |
General, Health Care |
| DOTS |
Date of Termination of Supplementary Medical Insurance |
General, Health Care |
| DP |
Data Processing |
General, IT Organization |
| DP |
Disability Pension |
General, Health Care |
| DP |
Distinct Part |
General |
| DPA |
Delegation of Procurement Authority |
General |
| DPD |
Deferred Payment Date |
General |
| DPF |
Distinct Part Facility |
General |
| DPM |
Deputy Program Manager |
General |
| DPNA |
Denial of Payment New Admissions |
General |
| DPP |
Disproportionate Patient Percentage |
General |
| DQC |
Data Quality Committee |
General, Health Care |
| DQSC |
Data Quality Steering Committee |
General, Health Care |
| DR |
Desk Review |
General, Health Care |
| DRA |
Data Release Agreement |
General |
| DRA |
Deficit Reduction Act of 1984 |
General |
| DRA |
Disaster Recovery Assessment |
General |
| DRAFT |
Dictionary/Repository Access Facility & Tools System |
General |
| DRAIN |
Desk Review Artificial Intelligence Network |
General |
| DRAM |
Dynamic Random Access Memory |
General |
| DRG |
Diagnostic Related Group (patients with similar illness) |
General |
| DRI |
Drug Rebate Initiative |
General, Health Care |
| DRP |
Disaster Recovery Plan |
General |
| DRS |
Data Review System |
General |
| DRUG |
Data Release Users Guide |
General |
| DS |
Data Set |
General |
| DSAF |
Decision Support Access Facility |
General |
| DSCN |
Data Service Centers & Network |
General |
| DSD |
Data Structure Diagram (aka: DAD) |
General |
| DSD |
Detailed Systems Design |
General |
| DSH |
Disproportionate Share Hospital |
General |
| DSM |
Diagnostic & Statistical Manual |
General |
| DSM-IV |
Diagnostic & Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th Edition |
General |
| DSMD |
Discount Schedule & Marketing Data |
General |
| DSMO |
Designated Standards Maintenance Organizations |
General |
| DSMS |
Development & Support Management System |
General |
| DSN |
Data Set Name |
General |
| DSN W/W |
Defense Switched Network Worldwide |
General |
| DSP |
Design Specification Package |
General |
| DSP |
Disproportionate Share Payments |
General |
| DSR |
Data Set Ready |
General |
| DSR |
Design Manager |
General |
| DSS |
Decision Support System |
General |
| DSS |
Department of Social Services |
General |
| DSTU |
Draft Standard for Trial Use |
Health Care |
| DTC |
Design to Cost |
General |
| DTE |
Data Terminal Equipment |
General |
| DUA |
Data Use Agreement |
General, Health Care, IT Organization |
| DUCS |
Daily Update Control System (HDDUCS) |
General |
| DUDEX |
Daily Update Data Exchange System |
General |
| DUMAS |
Daily Update Master Accounting System (MBR) |
General |
| DUNS |
Data Universal Numbering System |
General |
| DUO |
Daily Update Operation |
General |
| DUR |
Drug Utilization Review |
General, Health Care |
| DVA |
Department of Veterans Affairs (nee VA) |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| DVAAP |
Disabled Veterans Affirmative Action Program |
General, Health Care |
| DVR |
Data Validation Review |
General |
| DWA |
Disabled Working Aged |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| DWARF |
Data Warehouse Access & Retrieval Facility |
General |
| DWB |
Disabled Widow's Benefits |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| DWI |
Data Warehouse Initiative |
General |
| DWI |
Disabled & Working Individual (see QDWI) |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| DWOH |
Days Work On Hand |
General |
| DX |
Diagnosis |
General, Health Care |
| DXGROUP |
Diagnosis Group |
General, Health Care |
| Acronym | Term | Audiences |
|---|
| E-PSA |
Electronic Public Service Announcement |
General |
| E/M |
Evaluation & Management |
General |
| EA |
Emergency Assistance |
General, Health Care |
| EA |
Exception Analyst |
General |
| EAB |
Enumeration at Birth (SSA) |
General, Health Care |
| EAC |
Estimate at Completion |
General |
| EAC |
Estimated Acquisition Cost |
General |
| EAC |
Executive Advisory Committee |
General |
| EACH |
Essential Access Community Hospital |
General, Health Care |
| EAJA |
Equal Access to Justice Act |
General |
| EAL |
Evaluation Assurance Level |
General, Health Care |
| EAQC |
Equal Access Quality Committee |
General |
| EAR |
Early Alert Report |
General |
| EB |
ESRD Bene |
General, Health Care |
| EBCDIC |
Extended BinaryCoded Decimal Interchange Code |
General |
| EBNE |
Eligible But Not Enrolled |
General |
| EBRI |
Employee Benefit Research Institute |
General |
| EC |
Enrollment Control |
General |
| EC |
Evaluation Criterion |
General |
| EC |
Event Cycle |
General |
| ECB |
Electronic Code Book |
General |
| ECD |
Executive Development Council |
General |
| ECF |
Extended Care Facility |
General, Health Care |
| ECFMG |
Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates |
General |
| ECI |
Employment Cost Index |
General |
| ECKD |
Extended Count Key Data |
General |
| ECM |
Electronic Counter Measures |
General |
| ECP |
External Counterpulsation |
General, Health Care |
| ECP |
Electronic Claims Processing System |
General, Health Care |
| ECP |
Engineering Change Proposal |
General |
| ECR |
Electronic Cost Report |
General |
| ECRD |
Early Complaint Resolution Process |
General, Health Care |
| ECRS |
Electronic Correspondence Referral System |
General |
| ECS |
Electronic Certification System |
General |
| ECS |
Extended Care Services |
General, Health Care |
| ECTI |
Electronic Claims Transaction Initiative |
General, Health Care |
| ED |
Electronic Commerce |
Health Care |
| ED |
Emergency Department |
General, Health Care |
| EDB |
Enrollment Database (CMS Medicare beneficiary entitlement record) |
General, Health Care |
| EDB |
Enterprise Database |
General |
| EDBCCB |
EDB Change Control Board |
General, Health Care |
| EDBCRP |
EDB Common Rules Processor |
General, Health Care |
| EDBFPS |
EDB Five Percent Sample |
General, Health Care |
| EDBO |
EDB Online |
General, Health Care |
| EDBOTP |
EDB OnLine Transaction Processing |
General, Health Care |
| EDBP |
Enrollment Database PRISM (Staff) |
General, Health Care |
| EDBS |
Enrollment & Direct Billing System |
General, Health Care |
| EDBTP |
EDB Transaction Processors |
General, Health Care |
| EDBUPT |
EDB Online Update Facility |
General, Health Care |
| EDBW |
EDB Workbench |
General, Health Care |
| EDEES |
ESRD Data Entry & Editing System |
General, Health Care |
| EDF |
Execution Diagnostic Facility |
General, Health Care |
| EDG |
Emergency Department Group |
General, Health Care |
| EDG |
Enterprise Database Group |
IT Organization |
| EDI |
Electronic Data Interchange |
General, Health Care |
| EDIFWG |
Electronic Data Exchange Federal Work Group |
General |
| EDIPAC |
Electronic Data Interchange / Payment & Collection |
General, Health Care |
| EDOH |
Executive Director, Office of Hearings |
General |
| EDP |
Electronic Data Processing |
General |
| EDPO |
EDB Printout |
General, Health Care |
| EDTA |
European Dialysis & Transplantation Association |
General |
| EDW |
Electronic Data Warehouse |
General |
| EEG |
Electroencephalograph |
General, Health Care |
| EEVS |
Enrollment Eligibility and Verification System |
IT Organization |
| EF |
Exposure Factor |
General |
| EFC |
Exclusions From Coverage |
General, Health Care |
| EFT |
Electronic Funds Transfer |
General |
| EFTS |
Electronic File Transfer System (GHP large volume transfer to HDC) |
General, Health Care |
| EFTS |
Electronic Funds Transfer System |
General |
| EGHP |
Employer Group Health Plan |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| EH |
Emergency Hospital |
General, Health Care |
| EHNAC |
Electronic Healthcare Network Accreditation Commission |
Health Care |
| EHS |
Abbreviation for Environmental Health & Safety |
General, Medicare Beneficiary |
| EIA |
Electronic Industries Association |
General |
| EIA 232-C |
EIA electrical interface standard 232C |
General |
| EIB |
Employer Insured Beneficiary |
General, Health Care |
| EIN |
Employee Identification Number (aka SUEI) |
General, Health Care |
| EIN |
Employer Identification Number |
General, Health Care |
| EIS |
Enterprise Information System |
General |
| EIS |
Environmental Impact Statement |
General |
| EIS |
Executive Information Systems |
General |
| EISA |
Extended Industry Standard Architecture |
General |
| EJR |
Expedited Judicial Review |
General |
| EKMS |
Electronic Key Management System |
General |
| ELAN |
Extended Local Area Network |
General, IT Organization |
| ELF |
Extremely Low Frequency |
General, IT Organization |
| EM |
Enrollment Module |
General, Health Care |
| EMATS |
Electronic Memo Acceptance Tracking System (TSO to NCC) |
General |
| EMB |
Eligible Medicare Beneficiary |
General, Health Care |
| EMBER |
Edit for Multiple Bene Entitlement Records |
General, Health Care |
| EMC |
Electronic Media Claim |
General |
| EMCP |
Electronic Media Claims Processing |
General |
| EMCSES |
Electronic Media Claims Standard Enforcement Software |
General |
| EMEVS |
Electronic Medicaid Eligibility Verification System |
General, Health Care |
| EMI/EMC |
Electromagnetic Interference/Electromagnetic Compatibility |
General, IT Organization |
| EMIA |
Educators Mutual Insurance Association |
General, Health Care |
| EMSS |
Emergency Medical Service System |
General, Health Care |
| EMT |
Emergency Medical Technician |
General, Health Care |
| EMTALA |
Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act |
General, Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| ENDOP |
End of Month Operation |
General |
| ENIAC |
Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer |
General |
| ENOA |
Elimination of Notice of Admission (also EONA) |
General |
| ENQ |
Enquiry Control Character |
General |
| ENROLL |
Enrollment |
General, Health Care |
| ENS |
Electronic Network Services |
General |
| ENTMRG |
Prior Entitlement Merge (HDENTMRG) |
General, Health Care |
| ENTRAP |
ENrollment TRAnsaction Processors |
General, Health Care |
| EO |
Executive Order |
General |
| EOB |
Explanation of Benefits |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| EOC |
Episode of Care |
General, Health Care |
| EOIS |
Enrollment Online Inquiry System (use EDBOIS) |
General, Health Care |
| EOM |
End of Month |
General |
| EOMB |
Executive Office of Management & Budget |
General |
| EOMB |
Explanation of Medical Benefits |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| EONA |
Elimination of Notice of Admission (also ENOA) |
General |
| EOP |
Executive Office of the President |
General |
| EOQ |
Economic Order Quantity |
General |
| EOS |
Economies of Scale |
General |
| EOT |
End of Transmission |
General |
| EOY |
End of Year |
General |
| EP |
Enrollment Period |
General, Health Care |
| EP STUDIES |
Electrophysiological Studies |
General, Health Care |
| EPA |
Environmental Protection Agency |
General |
| EPAAR |
EPA Acquisition Regulations |
General |
| EPC |
Emergency Protection Coordinators |
General, Health Care |
| EPESE |
Established Populations for Epidemic Logic Studies for the Elderly |
General, Health Care |
| EPICS |
Eligibility Programs Integrated Computer System |
General |
| EPM |
Electronic Post Mark |
General |
| EPOC |
External Point of Contact |
IT Organization |
| EPSDT |
Early & Periodic Screening, Diagnosis & Treatment Program (or Services) |
General, Health Care |
| ER |
EntityRelationship |
General |
| ERA |
Electronic Remittance Advice |
General |
| ERD |
EntityRelationship Diagram |
General |
| ERIC |
ERISA Industry Committee |
General |
| ERISA |
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 |
General |
| ERISA |
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) |
General, Medicare Beneficiary |
| ERMA |
Edit & Reformat Maintenance Operation (HMERMA) |
General |
| ERMA |
Edit & Reject Monthly Accumulation Report System |
General |
| ERN |
Electronic Remittance Notice |
General |
| ERNIE |
EDB Enrollment Retrieval New Interactive Edit System |
General, Health Care |
| ERP |
Enterprise Resource Planning |
General |
| ERQ |
Engineering Requirements |
General |
| ERS |
Experimental Reimbursement System |
General |
| ERV |
EntityRelationship Verification |
General |
| ES |
Emergency Service |
General, Health Care |
| ESA |
Enterprise System Architecture |
General |
| ESA |
Exceptional Service Award |
General |
| ESA |
Extended Structure Architecture |
General |
| ESA |
Extended Systems Architecture |
General |
| ESP |
External Services Providers |
General |
| ESQ |
Entitlement Status Query |
General |
| ESRD |
End Stage Renal Disease |
General, Medicare Beneficiary |
| ESRD |
EndStage Renal Disease |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| ESRD PMMIS |
ESRD Program Management & Medical Information System |
General, Health Care |
| ESRDBF |
EndStage Renal Disease Beneficiary File |
General, Health Care |
| ESS |
Estimating System Survey |
General |
| ESTS |
Enrollment Statistical Tabulation System |
General |
| ET |
Expenditure Target |
General |
| ETB |
End of Block |
General |
| ETC |
Estimate to Complete |
General |
| ETL |
Extraction Transformation & Loading |
General |
| ETM |
Extended Terminal Multiplexer |
General |
| ETV |
Estimated Test Volume |
General |
| EVAN |
Electronic Verification of Alleged Number |
General |
| EVPN |
Enhanced Virtual Private Network |
IT Organization |
| EVS |
Eligibility Verification System |
General, Health Care |
| EVS |
Enumeration Verification System |
General |
| EWU |
Equivalent Work Unit |
General |
| EXA |
EExtended Architecture |
General |
| Acronym | Term | Audiences |
|---|
| F&A |
Fraud & Abuse |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| F&D |
Findings & Determination |
General |
| FA |
Field Audit |
General, Health Care |
| FA |
Fiscal Agent |
General |
| FA |
Functional Area |
General |
| FAA |
Federal Aviation Administration |
General |
| FAC |
Federal Acquisition Circular |
General |
| FAC |
Freestanding Ambulatory Care |
General, Health Care |
| FAC |
Freestanding Ambulatory Center |
General, Health Care |
| FACA |
Federal Advisory Committee Act |
General |
| FACCT |
Foundation for Accountability |
General |
| FACP |
Final Administrative Cost Proposal |
General |
| FACS |
Final Administration Cost System |
General |
| FACS |
Financial Accounting System |
IT Organization |
| FACTS |
Federal agency Centralized Trial Balance System |
General |
| FADPUG |
Federal ADP Users Group |
General |
| FAFD |
Federal Assistance Financing Division |
General |
| FAH |
Federation of American Hospitals |
General, Health Care |
| FAHS |
Federation of American Health Systems |
General, Health Care |
| FAIR |
Fund for Assuring an Independent Retirement |
General |
| FAQ |
Frequently Asked Question |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| FAR |
Federal Acquisition Regulation |
General, Medicare Beneficiary |
| FAR |
Federal Acquisition Regulations (48 CFR, Ch. 1) |
General |
| FARA |
Federal Acquisition Regulation Automated System |
General |
| FARC |
Federal Archives Records Center |
General |
| FARS |
Financial Assistance Reporting System |
General |
| FASA |
Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act of 1994 |
General |
| FASA |
Federated Ambulatory Surgery Association |
General, Health Care |
| FASAB |
Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board |
General |
| FASB |
Federal Accounting Standards Board (or Bureau) |
General |
| FASC |
Freestanding Ambulatory Surgery Center |
General, Health Care |
| FASEB |
Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology |
General, Health Care |
| FAT |
First Article Testing |
General |
| FBI |
Federal Bureau of Investigation |
General |
| FBR |
Federal Benefit Rate |
General, Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| FC |
Final Claim |
General |
| FC |
Folder Control |
General |
| FCA |
Farm Credit Administration |
General |
| FCA |
Functional Configuration Audit |
General |
| FCC |
Federal Communications Commission |
General |
| FCCA |
Federal Claims Collection Act of 1966 (31USC3711 & 4CFR) |
General, Health Care |
| FCCA |
Federal Computer Crime Act of 1984 |
General |
| FCCBC |
Federal Coordinating Committee on Breast Cancer |
General, Health Care |
| FCD |
First Claims Development |
General, Health Care |
| FCM |
First Credit Month |
General |
| FCT |
File Control Table |
General |
| FCW |
Freedom of Choice Waiver |
General, Health Care |
| FDA |
Food & Drug Administration |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| FDA |
Food and Drug Administration |
General, Medicare Beneficiary |
| FDG |
Fluorodeoxyglucose |
General, Health Care |
| FDIC |
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation |
General |
| FDO |
Formula Driven Overpayment |
General |
| FDOEH |
First Date of Entitlement to Hospital Insurance (Part A) |
General, Health Care |
| FDOES |
First Date of Entitlement to Supplementary Medical Insurance (Part B) |
General, Health Care |
| FEC |
Federal Election Commission |
General |
| FEC |
Freestanding Emergency Center |
General, Health Care |
| FED-STD |
Federal Standard |
General |
| FEDSIM |
Federal Computer Performance Evaluation & Simulation Center |
General |
| FEDSIM |
Federal Systems Integration Management |
General |
| FEDSTRIP |
Federal Standard Requisitioning & Issue Procedures |
General |
| FEDWIRE |
Federal Wire Transmission System |
General |
| FEHBP |
Federal Employee Health Benefits Program |
General, Medicare Beneficiary |
| FEMA |
Federal Emergency Management Agency |
General |
| FEPCA |
Federal Employees Pay Comparability Act of 1990 |
General |
| FERAS |
Front-End Risk Adjustment System |
IT Organization |
| FERC |
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission |
General |
| FERCCA |
Federal Erroneous Retirement Coverage Corrections Act of 2000 |
General |
| FF |
Facility File |
General |
| FFB |
Federal Financing Bank |
General |
| FFMIA |
Federal Financial Management Improvement Act of 1996 |
General |
| FFP |
Federal Financial Participation |
General |
| FFP |
Federal Fixed Price (contract) |
General |
| FFRDC |
FederallyFunded Research & Development Centers |
General |
| FFS |
Fee for Service |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| FFUND |
Fixed Income Index Investment Fund |
General |
| FFWG |
Federal Finance Functional Workgroup |
General |
| FFY |
Federal Fiscal Year |
General |
| FGSTF |
Federal Government Service Task Force (Congressional caucus) |
General |
| FHA |
Federal Highway Administration |
General |
| FHA |
Federal Housing Administration |
General |
| FHIBA |
Federal Health Insurance Benefits Accounts |
General |
| FHP |
Family Health Plan |
General, Health Care |
| FI |
Fiscal Intermediary |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| FICA |
Federal Insurance Contributions Act |
General, Health Care |
| FICARR |
Fiscal Intermediary/Carrier |
General, Health Care |
| FID |
Fraud Investigation Database |
General, Health Care |
| FIFO |
First In/First Out |
General |
| FIG |
Fiscal Intermediary Group |
General, Health Care |
| FILS |
Federal Information Locator System |
General |
| FIM |
Facer Identification Mark |
General |
| FIPO |
Freedom of Information & Privacy Office |
General |
| FIPR |
Federal Information Processing Resources |
General |
| FIPS |
Federal Information Processing Standards |
General |
| FIPSPUB |
FIPS Publication |
General |
| FIQAS |
Fiscal Intermediary Quality Assurance System |
General, Health Care |
| FIRMPOC |
Federal Information Resources Management Policy Council |
General |
| FIRMR |
Federal Information Resources Management Regulations |
General |
| FIRS |
Federal Information Relay Service |
General |
| FIRS |
Federal Information Reporting System |
General |
| FIRS |
Financial Information Reporting System |
General |
| FIS |
Forms Information System |
General |
| FISCAM |
Federal Information System Controls Audit Manual |
General |
| FISS |
Fiscal Intermediary Standard (or Shared) System |
General, Health Care |
| FITA |
Federal Information Technical Architecture |
General |
| FLC |
Federal Liason Committee |
General |
| FLM |
Future Logical Model |
General |
| FLRA |
Federal Labor Relations Authority |
General |
| FLSA |
Fair Labor Standards Act |
General |
| FM |
Financial Management |
General |
| FM |
Frequency Modulation |
General |
| FM-TAG |
Financial Management Technical Advisory Group |
General |
| FMA |
Federal Managers Association |
General |
| FMAP |
Federal Medical Assistance Payments |
General |
| FMAP |
Federal Medical Assistance Percentage |
General |
| FMC |
Facility Management Contract (Contractor) |
General |
| FMC |
Federal Maritime Commission |
General |
| FMC |
Foundation for Medical Care |
General, Health Care |
| FMCS |
Federal Mediation & Conciliation Service |
General |
| FMFIA |
Federal Managers Financial Integrity Act |
General, Medicare Beneficiary |
| FMFIA |
Federal Managers' Financial Integrity Act of 1992 |
General |
| FMIS |
Field Management Information System |
General |
| FMM |
Financial Management Manual |
General, Medicare Beneficiary |
| FMR |
Focused Medical Review |
General |
| FMS |
Federal Monitoring Survey |
General |
| FMS |
Federal Monitoring System |
General |
| FMS |
Financial Management Service (Treasury Dept.) |
General |
| FMS |
Financial Management System |
General |
| FMSNET |
Financial Management System Network |
General |
| FMSS |
Financial Management System Software |
General |
| FMV |
Fair Market Value |
General |
| FNMA |
Federal National Mortgage Association |
General |
| FNS |
Food & Nutrition Service (DOA) |
General, Health Care |
| FO |
Field Operations |
General |
| FO |
Financial Operations |
General |
| FOB |
Freight On Board |
General |
| FOC |
Full Operating Capacity |
General |
| FOI |
Freedom of information |
General |
| FOIA |
Freedom of Information Act |
General, Medicare Beneficiary |
| FOIA |
Freedom of Information Act of 1966, etc. |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| FOP |
Financial Operating Plan |
General |
| FORTRAN |
Formula Translation |
General |
| FOSC |
Freestanding Outpatient Surgery Center |
General, Health Care |
| FOSE |
Federal Office Systems Exposition |
General |
| FOSE |
Field Office Systems Enhancement (Claims Modernization Project) |
General |
| FP |
Fixed Price |
General |
| FPAF |
Fixed Price Award Fee |
General |
| FPC |
Fiscal Policy Committee |
General |
| FPDC |
Federal Procurement Data Center |
General |
| FPDS |
Federal Procurement Data System |
General |
| FPEFA |
Fixed Price with Economic Price Adjustment |
General |
| FPI |
Fixed Price Incentive |
General |
| FPIST |
Fixed Price with Successive Targets |
General |
| FPL |
Federal Poverty Level |
General |
| FPLE |
Fixed Price Level of Effort |
General |
| FPMS |
Federal Productivity Measurement System |
General |
| FPMS |
Forms & Printing Management System |
General |
| FPOC |
Fixed Price Options Clause |
General |
| FPR |
Final Project Report |
General |
| FPR |
Fixed Price Redeterminable (contract) |
General |
| FPRA |
Forward Pricing Rate Adjustment |
General |
| FPS |
Five Percent Sample |
General |
| FPSC |
Federal Product & Services Codes |
General |
| FQA |
Functional Quality Assurance |
General |
| FQHC |
Federally Qualified Health Center |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| FQHC |
Federally Qualified Health Centers |
General, Medicare Beneficiary |
| FQI |
Federal Quality Institute |
General |
| FR |
Federal Register |
General |
| FR |
Final Rule |
General |
| FR (F/R) |
Formal Review |
General |
| FRA |
Federal Railway Administration |
General |
| FRCS |
Federal Reserve Communication System (Treasury Dept.) |
General |
| FRD |
Functional Requirements Document |
General |
| FRO |
Field Regional Office |
General |
| FRS |
Federal Reserve System |
General |
| FS |
Final Settlement |
General |
| FS |
Financial Statement |
General |
| FS |
Fixed Standard |
General |
| FSA |
Family Services Administration |
General, Health Care |
| FSA |
Family Support Administration |
General, Health Care |
| FSA |
Federal Service Area |
General |
| FSA |
Flexible Savings Account |
General, Medicare Beneficiary |
| FSCM |
Federal Supply Code for Manufacturers (OBSOLETE now called CAGE) |
General |
| FSE |
Federal Software Exchange |
General |
| FSIIS |
Field Staff Information & Instruction Series |
General |
| FSIL |
First State Issuing License |
General |
| FSP |
Federal Specific Portion |
General |
| FSPML |
First State Professional Medical License |
General |
| FSS |
Florida Shared System |
General |
| FSY |
Fee Screen Year |
General |
| FT |
FrontEnd Edit |
General |
| FT |
Full Time |
General |
| FTAPE |
Foreign Tape System |
General |
| FTC |
Federal Trade Commission |
General |
| FTCA |
Federal Tort Compensation Act of 1988 |
General |
| FTI |
Federal Tax Information |
General |
| FTP |
File Transfer Protocol |
General, IT Organization |
| FTR |
Failed Transaction Report |
IT Organization |
| FU |
Followup |
General |
| FULS |
Federal Upper Limits (of Medicaid drug pricing) System |
General, Health Care |
| FUSA |
Families USA |
General |
| FUTA |
Federal Unemployment Tax Act |
General |
| FWA |
Fraud, Waste & Abuse |
General, Health Care |
| FWS |
(U.S.) Fish & Wildlife Service |
General |
| FWS |
Federal Wage System |
General |
| FY |
Fiscal Year |
General |
| FY/CY |
Fiscal Year/Calendar Year |
General |
| FYE |
Fiscal Year End or Ending |
General |
| FYTD |
Fiscal Year To Date |
General |
| Acronym | Term | Audiences |
|---|
| G&A |
General & Administrative (costs) |
General |
| G-CPR |
Government ComputerBased Payment Related Project |
General |
| GAAP |
Generally Accepted Accounting Principles |
General |
| GAAS |
Generally Accepted Auditing Standards |
General |
| GAB |
Grant Appeals Board |
General |
| GAF |
Geographic Adjustment Factor |
General |
| GAGAS |
Generally Accepted Government Auditing Standards |
General |
| GAM |
General Administration Manual |
General |
| GAMSS |
General American Medicare Standard System |
General |
| GAO |
(U.S.) General Accounting Office |
General |
| GAO |
Government Accounting Office |
General, Medicare Beneficiary |
| GAS |
Government Auditing Standards |
General |
| GASB |
Government Auditing Standards Board |
General |
| GB |
Global Budget |
General |
| GBL |
Government Bill of Lading |
General |
| GCB |
Geographic Code Book |
General |
| GCIA |
Government Commercial Industrial Activity (also CIA) |
General |
| GCIP |
General Defense Intelligence Program |
General |
| GCPI |
Geographic Cost of Practice Index |
General |
| GDC |
Government Data Center |
General |
| GDG |
Generation Data Group |
General |
| GDP |
Gross Domestic Product |
General |
| GEB |
General Enrollment Beneficiaries |
General, Health Care |
| GED |
General Graphics Editor |
General |
| GEP |
General Enrollment Period |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| GFE |
Government Furnished Equipment |
General |
| GFI |
Government Furnished Information |
General |
| GFI |
Government Furnished Items |
General |
| GFM |
Government Furnished Materials |
General |
| GFP |
Government Furnished Property |
General |
| GFR |
Government Furnished Resources |
General |
| GFUND |
Government Securities Investment Fund (GSIF) |
General |
| GHP |
Group Health Plan |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| GHPPS |
Group Health Plan Payment System |
General, Health Care |
| GHPS |
Group Health Processing System |
General, Health Care |
| GI |
Geographic Index |
General |
| GIC |
General Inpatient Care |
General, Health Care |
| GIS |
Gentran Integration Suite |
IT Organization |
| GIS |
Geographic Information Systems |
General |
| GL |
General Ledger |
General |
| GMATS |
Grants Management & Tracking System |
General |
| GMIS |
Grants Management Information System |
General |
| GMRA |
Government Management & Reform Act of 1994 |
General |
| GNMA |
Government National Mortgage Administration |
General |
| GNP |
Gross National Product |
General |
| GOALS |
Government Online Accounting Link System |
General |
| GOCO |
Government Owned, Contractor Operated activity |
General |
| GOSIP |
Government Open Systems Interconnection Profile |
General |
| GOTS |
GovernmentOffTheShelf |
General |
| GP |
Generalized Claims Systems Procedures |
General, Health Care |
| GPCI |
Government Practice Cost Index |
General |
| GPCI |
Government Purpose License Rights |
General |
| GPI |
Group Practice Indicator |
General |
| GPNPI |
Group Practice National Provider Indicator |
General |
| GPO |
Government Printing Office |
General |
| GPO |
Government Project Officer |
General |
| GPO |
Group Purchasing Organization |
General |
| GPP |
Group Practice Plan |
General, Health Care |
| GPP |
Group Premium Payor |
General |
| GPPP |
Group Practice Prepayment Plan |
General, Health Care |
| GPRA |
Government Performance & Results Act of 1993 |
General |
| GPS |
Generic Performance Standards |
General, Health Care |
| GQS |
Generic Quality Screens |
General |
| GRC |
General Research Corporation |
General |
| GRECC |
Geriatric Research, Education & Clinical Center |
General, Health Care |
| GRH |
GrammRudmanHollings Act |
General |
| GROUCH |
GHP Report Output User Communications Help |
General |
| GRS |
General Records Schedule |
General |
| GS |
General Schedule |
General |
| GSA |
General Services Administration |
General |
| GSAR |
General Services Acquisition Regulation |
General |
| GSBCA |
General Services Administration Board of Contract Appeals |
General |
| GSD |
General Systems Design |
General |
| GSS |
General Support System |
General |
| GT |
Growth Target |
General |
| GTL |
Government Task Leader (contracts) |
General |
| GTM |
Government Task Monitor |
General |
| GTR |
Government Transportation Request |
General |
| GTR |
Guaranteed Test Region |
General |
| GWAC |
Government Wide Acquisition Contract |
General |
| Acronym | Term | Audiences |
|---|
| HA |
HI Reinstating Operation |
General |
| HAA |
Hispanic Agenda for Action |
General |
| HAASC |
Hospital Affiliated Ambulatory Surgical Center |
General, Health Care |
| HART |
HCFA Accounting Records Tracking System |
General, Health Care |
| HAS |
Health Savings Account |
General, Medicare Beneficiary |
| HAS |
Hospital Annual Survey |
General, Health Care |
| HASEALP |
HA Search Alpha Program (Beneficiary Alpha Match/Reinstate Operation) |
General, Health Care |
| HAVEN |
Home Assessment Validation & Entry System |
General, Health Care |
| HBP |
Hospital Based Physician |
General, Health Care |
| HBP |
HospitalBased Physician |
General, Health Care |
| HC |
Hardcopy Claims |
General |
| HC |
HI Control Operations |
General |
| HCA |
Hospital Corporation of America |
General, Health Care |
| HCBWP |
Home & Community Based Waiver Program |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| HCC |
Health Care Compare |
General, Health Care |
| HCC |
Hierarchical Coexisting Condition |
General |
| HCC |
Hierarchical Condition Category |
General, Health Care, IT Organization |
| HCCA |
Health Care Commuting Area |
General, Health Care |
| HCFA |
Health Care Financing Administration (renamed CMS effective July 1, 2001) |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| HCG |
Health Care Group |
General, Health Care |
| HCH |
Health Care for the Homeless |
General, Health Care |
| HCIRC |
Health Care Information Resource Center |
General, Health Care |
| HCIS |
HCFA Customer Information System |
General, Health Care |
| HCIS |
Health Care Information System |
General, Health Care |
| HCLEACON |
HC Report SSI Leads Activity Operation |
General |
| HCM |
Hardware Configuration Management |
General |
| HCPC |
HCFA Common Procedure Code |
General, Health Care |
| HCPCS |
Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System |
General, Health Care |
| HCPP |
Health Care Prepayment Plan |
General, Health Care |
| HCQII |
Health Care Quality Improvement Initiative |
General, Health Care |
| HCQIP |
Health Care Quality Improvement Program |
General, Health Care |
| HCR |
Health Care Reform |
General, Health Care |
| HCRIS |
Healthcare Provider (or Hospice) (or Hospital) Cost Report Information System |
General, Health Care |
| HCRS |
(Maintain) HCRIS Process |
General, Health Care |
| HCTP |
Health Consumer Training Program |
General, Health Care |
| HD |
Handicapped/Disabled (do not use Handicapped, use IWD or PWD) |
General, Health Care |
| HD |
Health Insurance Daily Operations |
General, Health Care |
| HDBUTE |
Health Insurance Database Update Program |
General, Health Care |
| HDDUCS |
Health Insurance Daily Update Control System |
General, Health Care |
| HDENTMRG |
Health Insurance Daily Prior Entitlement Merge |
General, Health Care |
| HDHIDAD |
HD Health Insurance Daily Actions Dispersion System |
General, Health Care |
| HDHIDUP |
HD Health Insurance Daily Update Program |
General, Health Care |
| HDHISS |
HD Health Insurance Segmented Sort System |
General, Health Care |
| HDI |
Health Data Institute |
General, Health Care |
| HDID |
HI Daily Identification (also see BOIS) |
General, Health Care |
| HDLC |
HighLevel Data Link Control |
General, Health Care |
| HDMEDMRG |
HD Medicaid Merge Program |
General, Health Care |
| HDMUPS |
HI Daily Master Update Processing System |
General, Health Care |
| HDPRENT |
HD Prior Entitlement Program |
General, Health Care |
| HDRIM |
Health Insurance Retrieve Inactive Master System |
General, Health Care |
| HDSEX |
HD Sorted Exceptions Program |
General |
| HDSQRD |
HD Monthly Sequential Read Program |
General |
| HDSS |
Hospital Data Support System |
General, Health Care |
| HE |
HI Enrollment Operations |
General |
| HECHICN |
HE Health Insurance Enrollment Cards Operation |
General, Health Care |
| HEDIS |
Health Plan Employer Data and Information Set |
General, Medicare Beneficiary |
| HEDIS |
Healthplan Employer Data Information Sets |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| HEO |
Hispanic Employee Organization |
General |
| HEP |
Hispanic Employment Program |
General |
| HEPA |
High Efficiency Particulate Attraction |
General |
| HEZ |
Health Economic Zone |
General, Health Care |
| HF |
HI Database Specifications Format |
General |
| HFMA |
Healthcare Financial Management Association |
General, Health Care |
| HG |
HI General Documentation |
General |
| HH |
Hold Harmless |
General |
| HH |
Home Health |
General, Health Care |
| HHA |
Home Health Agency |
General, Health Care |
| HHABN |
Home Health Advanced Beneficiary Notice |
General, Health Care |
| HHC |
Home Health Care |
General, Health Care |
| HHCOV |
Home Health Coverage |
General, Health Care |
| HHI |
Home Health Intermediary |
General, Health Care |
| HHL |
Home Health Line |
General, Health Care |
| HHPPS |
Home Health Prospective Payment System |
General, Health Care |
| HHQI |
Home Health Quality Initiative |
General, Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| HHQIS |
Home Health Quality Indicator System |
General, Health Care |
| HHRG |
Home Health Resource Group |
General, Health Care |
| HHS |
(Department of) Health & Human Services (also DHHS) |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| HHS |
Department of Health and Human Services |
General, Medicare Beneficiary |
| HHS |
Home Health Services |
General, Health Care |
| HHSAR |
Health & Human Services Acquisition Regulation (48 CFR, Ch.3) |
General, Health Care |
| HHSSA |
Home Health Services & Staffing Association |
General, Health Care |
| HI |
Health Insurance (Medicare) |
General, Health Care |
| HIAA |
Health Insurance Association of America |
General, Health Care |
| HIAM |
Health Insurance Alpha Microfilm |
General, Health Care |
| HIB |
Health Insurance Benefits (Medicare) |
General, Health Care |
| HIB |
Hospital Insurance Benefits (Part A) |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| HIBRR |
Health Insurance Benefits Rights & Responsibilities |
General, Health Care |
| HIC |
Health Information Center |
General, Health Care |
| HIC |
Health Insurance Claim |
General, Health Care |
| HIC |
Health Insurance Claim number used by CMS |
General, Medicare Beneficiary |
| HIC |
Health Insurance Company |
General, Health Care |
| HIC |
Home Intensive Care |
General, Health Care |
| HICAN |
Health Insurance Claim Account Number (Medicare Number) |
General, Health Care |
| HICDA |
Hospital International Classification of Diseases Adapted |
General, Health Care |
| HICN |
Health Insurance Claim Number (Medicare Number) |
General, Health Care |
| HICR |
Health Insurance Correction Request |
General, Health Care |
| HIDA |
Health Insurance Distributor's Association |
General, Health Care |
| HIDAD |
HI Daily Actions Dispersion System |
General, Health Care |
| HIDUP |
HI Duplicate Payments Systems |
General, Health Care |
| HIFA |
Health Insurance Flexibility and Accountability |
General, Health Care |
| HIICAP |
Health Insurance Information, Counseling & Assistance Program |
General, Health Care |
| HIIM |
Health Insurance Inquiries Manual |
General, Health Care |
| HIM |
Health Insurance Manual |
General, Health Care |
| HIMA |
Health Industry Manufacturers Association |
General, Health Care |
| HIMA |
Health Insurance Master |
General, Health Care |
| HIMBEX |
Health Insurance Master Billing Exception Process |
General, Health Care |
| HIMF |
Health Insurance Master File |
General, Health Care |
| HIMICS |
(OHPS) Management Information Control System |
General |
| HIMR |
HI Master Record |
General |
| HIMSS |
(AHA's) Healthcare Information & Management Systems Society |
General, Health Care |
| HIN |
Health Industry Number |
General, Health Care |
| HIN |
Health Insurance Networks |
General, Health Care |
| HIN |
HI Number (see HICN) |
General, Health Care |
| HINN |
HospitalIssued Notice of Noncoverage |
General, Health Care |
| HIO |
Health Insurance Organization |
General, Health Care |
| HIP |
Health Insurance Pamphlet |
General, Health Care |
| HIP |
Health Insurance Plan |
General, Health Care |
| HIPAA |
Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act of 1996 |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| HIPDB |
Healthcare Integrity & Protection Data Bank |
General, Health Care |
| HIPO |
Hierarchical Input Processing & Output |
General |
| HIPPS |
Health Insurance Prospective Payment System |
General, Health Care |
| HIPPS |
Health Insurance Prospective Payment System, a CMS payment code system |
General, Medicare Beneficiary |
| HIQA |
Health Insurance Query A (Part A inquiry data) |
General, Health Care |
| HIQR |
Health Insurance Online Query Response |
General, Health Care |
| HIRAM |
Health Insurance Reinstating Alphabetic Master |
General, Health Care |
| HIRD |
HI Reduction Data (30 QC field on MBR) |
General |
| HIRO |
Health Insurance Regional Office |
General, Health Care |
| HIRTF |
Health Insurance Reform Task Force |
General, Health Care |
| HIS |
Health Information Systems (3M Inc.) |
General, Health Care |
| HIS |
Health Interview Survey |
General, Health Care |
| HIS |
Indian Health Service |
General, Medicare Beneficiary |
| HISAC |
Health Insurance Screening & CrossReferencing (HMHISAC) |
General, Health Care |
| HISB |
Health Informatics Standards Board |
Health Care |
| HISB |
Healthcare Informatics Standards Board |
General, Health Care |
| HISDG |
HCFA Information Systems Development Guide |
General, Health Care |
| HISKEW |
Health Insurance Skeleton Eligibility Writeoff |
General, Health Care |
| HISM |
Handbook of Information Security Management |
General |
| HISPP |
Healthcare Informatics Standards Planning Panel |
General, Health Care |
| HISS |
Health Insurance Segmented Sort System (HDHISS) |
General, Health Care |
| HISTM |
Health Insurance System Test Module |
General, Health Care |
| HIUM |
Health Insurance Utilization Master (or Microfilm) |
General, Health Care |
| HIURPS |
Health Insurance Utilization Records Processing System |
General, Health Care |
| HJ |
HI Direct Billing Operations (SOBER) |
General |
| HJCOIN |
Health Insurance Central Office Inquiries |
General, Health Care |
| HL7 |
Health Level Seven |
Health Care |
| HLM |
HCFA Logical Model |
General, Health Care |
| HLQ |
High Level Qualifier |
General |
| HM |
HI Maintenance Operations |
General |
| HMA |
Higher Monitoring Authority |
General |
| HMB |
Hospital Market Basket |
General, Health Care |
| HME |
Home Medical Equipment |
General, Health Care |
| HMERMA |
HM Edit & Reformat Maintenance Operation |
General |
| HMHISAC |
HM Health Insurance Screening & CrossReferencing Operation |
General, Health Care |
| HMNCI |
HM NCI Program |
General |
| HMO |
Health Maintenance Organization |
General, IT Organization |
| HMO/CMP |
HMO Competitive Medical Plan |
General, Health Care |
| HMODR |
CMS Medicare Outpatient Data Review |
General, Health Care |
| HMPSA |
Health Manpower Shortage Area |
General, Health Care |
| HMQ |
HI/MBR Query |
General |
| HMS |
Housekeeping Monitoring System |
General |
| HMSA |
Health Manpower Shortage Areas |
General, Health Care |
| HMUPHMO |
HI Master Update HMO |
General, Health Care |
| HMWHIM |
Health Insurance Master Weekly Health Insurance Merge |
General, Health Care |
| HO |
Hearing Officer |
General |
| HOL |
HCFA OnLine |
General, Health Care |
| HOP |
Hospital Orientation Program |
General, Health Care |
| HOS |
Health Outcomes Survey |
General, Health Care |
| HOST |
Healthcare Open Systems & Trials |
General, Health Care |
| HP |
HI Payment Records Operations |
General, Health Care |
| HPA |
Health Policy Agenda |
General, Health Care |
| HPAC |
HI Premium Amount Collectable (MBR / BCM) |
General, Health Care |
| HPB |
Historical Payment Basis |
General |
| HPBSS |
HCFA Part B Standard System |
General, Health Care |
| HPEP |
Host Performance Evaluation Program\ |
General |
| HPG |
Homogeneous Patient Groups |
General |
| HPMS |
Health Plan Management System |
General, Health Care |
| HPPC |
Health Plan Purchasing Cooperative |
General, Health Care |
| HPSA |
Health Professional (or Personnel) Shortage Area |
General, Health Care |
| HQ |
HI Query Operations |
General, Health Care |
| HR |
Human Resources |
General |
| HRA |
Health Reimbursement Account |
General, Medicare Beneficiary |
| HRCI |
Human Resources Certification Institute |
General |
| HRET |
(AHAs) Hospital Research & Educational Trust |
General, Health Care |
| HRG |
Health Research Group |
General, Health Care |
| HRGA |
High Rate Geographical Area |
General |
| HRSA |
Health Resources & Services Administration (formerly HRA, formerly PHS) |
General, Health Care |
| HRSA |
Health Resources and Services Administration |
General, Medicare Beneficiary |
| HS |
HI Updating Provider Files Operations |
General |
| HSA |
Health Service Area |
General, Health Care |
| HSA |
Health Services Administration |
General, Health Care |
| HSA |
Health Systems Agencies |
General, Health Care |
| HSA |
Historical SPAC Amount |
General |
| HSC |
(Army) Health Services Command |
General, Health Care |
| HSI |
Health Systems International |
General, Health Care |
| HSP |
Hospital Specific Portion |
General, Health Care |
| HSR |
Hospital Specific Rate |
General, Health Care |
| HSRA |
Health Resources & Services Administration |
General, Health Care |
| HTML |
Hypertext Markup Language |
IT Organization |
| HTR |
HowToRead |
General |
| HTTPS |
Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure |
IT Organization |
| HUD |
(Department of ) Housing & Urban Development |
General |
| HUQA |
(Part A inquiry data) |
General, Health Care |
| HURA |
Health Underserved Rural Area |
General, Health Care |
| HWI |
Hospital Wage Index |
General, Health Care |
| HYBC |
Hypothetical Base Year Calculations |
General, Health Care |
| Acronym | Term | Audiences |
|---|
| I-CASE |
Integrated Computer Aided Software Engineering |
General, IT Organization |
| IA |
Information Access |
General |
| IA |
Information Assurance |
General |
| IA |
Inter/IntraAgency Agreement |
General, Health Care |
| IAC |
Industry Advisory Council |
General |
| IAC |
InterAgency Committee |
General |
| IACS |
Individuals Authorized Access to CMS Computer Services |
IT Organization |
| IADL |
Instrumental Activities of Daily Living |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| IAG |
Interagency Advisory Group |
General |
| IAM |
Innovative Access Method |
General |
| IAPD |
Implementation Advance Planning Document |
General |
| IAR |
Inventory & Assessment Report |
General |
| IBD |
Initial Billing Date |
General |
| IBIS |
Industrial Base Information System |
General |
| IBN |
Incorrect Bill Notice |
General, Health Care |
| IBNR |
Incurred But Not Reported |
General |
| IBPO |
Initial Bill Processing Option |
General |
| IBPR |
Intermediary Benefit Payment Report |
General, Health Care |
| IBPR |
Intermediary Benefits Payment Report |
General, Health Care |
| IBR |
Intermediary Benefit Payment |
General, Health Care |
| IC |
Individual Consideration |
General |
| IC |
Initial Claims Operations |
General, Health Care |
| IC |
Integrated Circuit |
General, IT Organization |
| IC |
Internal Controls |
General |
| ICA |
Information Control Area |
General |
| ICA |
Information, Counseling & Assistance |
General |
| ICA |
Insurance Counseling Assistance (Program) |
General, Health Care |
| ICA |
Internal Control Area |
General |
| ICAM |
Integrated Computer Aided Manufacturing |
General, IT Organization |
| ICB |
Information Collection Budget |
General |
| ICB |
Inner Company Billing (Code) |
General |
| ICC |
Interstate Commerce Commission |
General |
| ICCB |
Infrastructure Change Control Board |
General |
| ICCP |
Individual Community Care Plan |
General, Health Care |
| ICCSHE |
Interagency Committee on Computer Support of Handicapped Employees |
General, IT Organization |
| ICD |
Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator |
General, Health Care |
| ICD |
Interface Control Document |
General |
| ICD |
International Classification of Diseases |
General, Health Care |
| ICD-9-CM |
International Classification of Diseases 9th Edition Clinical Modification |
General, Health Care |
| ICDA |
International Classification of Diseases Adapted for the U.S. |
General, Health Care |
| ICEP |
Initial Coverage Election Period |
IT Organization |
| ICF |
Intermediate Care Facility |
General, Health Care |
| ICF/MR |
Intermediate Care Facility for Mental Retardation |
General, Health Care |
| ICFS/MR |
Intermediate care facilities for the mentally retarded |
General, Medicare Beneficiary |
| ICMA |
Individual Case Management Association |
General |
| ICMS |
Information Center Management System (Cullinet) |
General |
| ICN |
Inhouse Claim Number |
General |
| ICN |
Inquiry Control Number |
General |
| ICN |
Intercontractor Notices |
General |
| ICN |
Intermediary Control Number |
General, Health Care |
| ICN |
Internal Control Number |
General |
| ICN |
Inventory Control Number |
General |
| ICP |
Internal Control Program |
General |
| ICPR |
Informal Dispute Resolution |
General |
| ICQ |
Internal Control Questionnaire |
General |
| ICR |
Image Copy Recognition |
General |
| ICR |
Incomplete Claims Reject |
General, Health Care |
| ICR |
Information Collection Requirement |
General |
| ICR |
Intelligent Character Recognition |
General, IT Organization |
| ICR |
Internal Control Review |
General |
| ICR |
Investigative Claims Report |
General |
| ICST |
Institute for Computer Sciences & Technology |
General, IT Organization |
| ICSTP |
Intermediary/Carrier System Testing Project |
General, Health Care |
| ID |
Identification (Number) |
General |
| ID |
Identifying Data |
General, IT Organization |
| ID |
Implementation Date |
General |
| IDB |
Information Data Base |
General, IT Organization |
| IDD |
Integrated Data Dictionary |
General |
| IDE |
Investigational Device Exemptions |
General |
| IDEF |
Integrated Data Engineering Facility |
General, IT Organization |
| IDIQ |
Indefinite Delivery / Indefinite Quantity |
General |
| IDIQ |
Indefinite Duration, Indefinite Quantity |
General, Medicare Beneficiary |
| IDMS |
Information Data Management System |
General, IT Organization |
| IDMS |
Integrated Database Management System |
General, IT Organization |
| IDMS/R |
Integrated Database Management System/Relational |
General, IT Organization |
| IDRC |
Improved Data Recording Capability |
General, IT Organization |
| IDS |
Integrated Delivery System |
General |
| IDS |
Intrusion Detection Software (or System) |
General, IT Organization |
| IDTF |
Independent Diagnostic Testing Facility |
General |
| IE |
Industrial Engineering |
General, IT Organization |
| IEC |
International Electrotechnical Task Force |
General, IT Organization |
| IEF |
Information Engineering Facility |
General, IT Organization |
| IEP |
Initial Enrollment Period |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| IEQ |
Initial Enrollment Questionnaire |
General, Health Care |
| IER |
Interim Expenditure Report |
General |
| IER |
Intermediary Expenditure Report |
General, Health Care |
| IETF |
Internet Engineering Task Force |
General, IT Organization |
| IEVS |
Income & Eligibility Verification System |
General |
| IFB |
Invitation for Bids |
General |
| IFC |
Interim Final Rule with Comment |
General |
| IFQ |
Invitation for Quote |
General |
| IG |
Implementation Guide |
Health Care |
| IG |
Inspector General |
General |
| IGA |
Interim Geographic Adjustment |
General |
| IGAA |
Inspector General Act Amendments of 1988 |
General |
| IGCE |
Independent Government Cost Estimate |
General |
| IGLAS |
Integrated General Ledger Accounting System |
General |
| IHPP |
Intergovernmental Health Policy Project |
General |
| IHS |
Indian Health Service |
General, Health Care |
| IIA |
Information Industry Association |
General |
| IIA |
Institute of Internal Auditors |
General |
| IIB |
Impact & Implementation Bargaining |
General |
| IIC |
Inflation Index Charge |
General |
| IIHI |
Individually Identifiable Health Information |
General, Health Care |
| IJST |
Internal Job Stream Action (MBR) |
General |
| IL |
Intermediary Letter |
General, Health Care |
| ILDJ |
Interactive Language Dependent Job |
General |
| IM |
Information Memorandum |
General |
| IM |
Intermediary Manual |
General, Health Care |
| IMA |
Individual Medical Account |
General, Health Care |
| IMC |
International Medical Center |
General, Health Care |
| IMCAS |
Intervening Medical Care Analysis System |
General, Health Care |
| IMD |
Institution for Mental Disease |
General, Health Care |
| IME |
Indirect Medical Education |
General, Health Care |
| IMF |
Individual Master File (ICR) |
General |
| IMI |
Infant Mortality Initiative |
General, Health Care |
| IMI |
Interim Manual Instructions |
General |
| IMN |
Internal Machine Number |
General |
| IMP |
Implementation Phase |
General |
| IMPACC |
Immediate Payment Critical Case Process (MBR) |
General |
| IMPACT |
Integrated (or Improved) Management of Personnel Administration thru Computer Technology |
General, IT Organization |
| IMRP |
Instruction Manual for Renal Providers |
General, Health Care |
| INFOMAN |
Information Management |
General, IT Organization |
| INFOSEC |
Information (System) Security |
General, IT Organization |
| INRA |
Immigration Nursing Relief Act of 1989 |
General, Health Care |
| INS |
Immigration & Naturalization Service |
General |
| INS SAVE |
Immigration & Naturalization Service's Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements |
General |
| IOC |
Inspection of Care |
General, Health Care |
| IOF |
Input Output Facility |
General |
| IOF |
Interactive Output Facility |
General |
| IOL |
Intraocular Lens |
General, Health Care |
| IOM |
Institute of Medicine |
General, Health Care |
| IOR |
Individual Operating Report |
General |
| IORM |
Intermetrics Oversight & Risk Management |
General |
| IOU |
(CWF) Identify Ownership Utility |
General |
| IP/SNF |
Inpatient SNF |
General, Health Care |
| IPA |
Independent Practice Association |
General |
| IPA |
Individual Practice Association |
General |
| IPAC |
Immunization Practice Advisory Committee |
General, Health Care |
| IPAP |
Interagency Placement Assistance Program |
General |
| IPC |
Information Processing Center |
General |
| IPL |
Independent Physiological Lab |
General, Health Care |
| IPL |
Initial Program Load |
General |
| IPMG |
Investment Planning & Management Group |
General |
| IPO |
Initial Program Offering |
General |
| IPOA |
InterPlan Operating Agreement |
General |
| IPP |
Individual Practice Plan |
General |
| IPP |
Individual Program Plan |
General |
| IPP |
Integrated Planning Process |
General |
| IPP |
Integrated Project Planning |
General |
| IPPB |
Intermittent Positive Pressure Breathing |
General, Health Care |
| IPR |
Independent Professional Review |
General |
| IPRP |
Interim Payment Review Program |
General, Health Care |
| IPS |
Institutional Provider of Service |
General, Health Care |
| IPS |
Interim Payment System |
General |
| IQC |
Integrated Quality Control (System) |
General |
| IQC |
Internal Quality Control |
General |
| IQUE |
Inplant Quality Evaluation |
General |
| IR |
Incident Report |
General |
| IR |
Information Requirement |
General |
| IR&D |
Independent Research & Development |
General |
| IRA |
Initial Review Analysis |
General |
| IRAC |
Information Resources Administration Councils |
General |
| IRB |
Institutional Review Board |
General, IT Organization |
| IRB |
Intern & Resident to Bed (ratio) |
General, Health Care |
| IRC |
Informal Resolution Conference |
General |
| IRC |
Information Resource Center |
General, IT Organization |
| IRC |
Inpatient Respite Care |
General, Health Care |
| IRC |
Internal Revenue Code |
General |
| IRCA |
Immigration Reform & Control Act of 1986 |
General |
| IRD |
Intercomponent Review Draft |
General |
| IRD |
Internal Research & Development |
General |
| IRDS |
Information Resource Depository System |
General, IT Organization |
| IRDS |
Information Resource Dictionary System |
General, IT Organization |
| IRE |
Independent Review Entity |
General, Medicare Beneficiary |
| IRF |
Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility |
General, Health Care |
| IRIS |
Interim & Resident Information System |
General, Health Care |
| IRIS |
Interns & Residents Information System |
General, Health Care |
| IRM |
Information Resources Management |
General, IT Organization |
| IRMP |
Information Resource Management Program (or Plan) |
General, IT Organization |
| IRMS |
Information Resource Management Service |
General, IT Organization |
| IRP |
Incentive Reward Program |
General |
| IRP |
Insurance Reimbursement Program |
General, Health Care |
| IRP |
Interim Review Package |
General |
| IRR |
Implementation Readiness Review |
General |
| IRS |
Identical, Related & Similar (drugs) |
General, Health Care |
| IRSAP |
Internal Revenue Service Acquisition Procedure |
General |
| IRU |
Initial Review Unit |
General |
| IS |
Information Sharing (QC) |
General, IT Organization |
| IS |
Information System |
General, IT Organization |
| IS/T |
Information Systems/Technology |
General, IT Organization |
| ISA |
In Service Area |
General, Health Care |
| ISA |
Internet Security Assessment |
General, IT Organization |
| ISBN |
International Standard Book Number |
General |
| ISC |
Information Strategy Council (senior management team) |
General |
| ISC |
Intersystem Communication |
General, IT Organization |
| ISCLT |
International Society for Clinical Laboratory Technology |
General, Health Care |
| ISES |
Information System Empowerment Strategy |
General, IT Organization |
| ISFUG |
Integrated Software Federal Users Group |
General, IT Organization |
| ISM |
Information Systems Management |
General, IT Organization |
| ISO |
Interconnection System Operation (OSI Model) |
General, IT Organization |
| ISO |
International Standards Organization |
General |
| ISR |
Intelligence, Surveillance & Reconnaissance |
General, IT Organization |
| ISSO |
Information Systems Security Officer |
General, IT Organization |
| ISSP |
Information Systems Security Plan |
General, IT Organization |
| ISTP |
Intermediary System Testing Program |
General, Health Care |
| ISW |
Information Systems Workgroup (also ISWG) |
General, IT Organization |
| IT |
Information Technology |
General, IT Organization |
| IT |
Integration Team |
General, IT Organization |
| IT-IRB |
Information Technology Investment Review Board |
General, IT Organization |
| ITA |
Information Technology Architecture |
General, IT Organization |
| ITA |
International Trade Association |
General |
| ITAG |
Information Technology Architecture Group |
General, IT Organization |
| ITAR |
International Trafficking Acquisition Regulations |
General |
| ITC |
Information Technology Council |
General, IT Organization |
| ITC |
International Trade Commission |
General |
| ITMRA |
Information Technology Management Reform Act of 1996 |
General, IT Organization |
| ITPIL |
Initial Three Percent Investigation List |
General |
| ITS |
Information Technology Systems |
General, IT Organization |
| ITS |
Inspection Tracking System |
General |
| ITV |
InterAgency Transfer Voucher |
General |
| IU |
International Unit |
General |
| IUC |
Incurred But Unreported Claims Reserve |
General |
| IV&V |
Independent Validation & Verification |
General |
| IVR |
Interactive Voice Response |
General, IT Organization |
| IWD |
Individuals With Disabilities |
General, Health Care |
| Acronym | Term | Audiences |
|---|
| JAD |
Joint Applications Design (or Development) |
General |
| JAMA |
Journal of the American Medical Association |
General, Health Care |
| JAS |
Job Accounting System |
General |
| JAS |
Joint Agreement Statement |
General |
| JCA |
Jewish Council for Aging |
General, Health Care |
| JCAHCO |
Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organizations |
General, Health Care |
| JCAHO |
Joint Commission for Accreditation of Health Organizations |
General, Medicare Beneficiary |
| JCHACO |
Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organizations (JCHACO) |
General, Medicare Beneficiary |
| JCL |
Job Control Language |
General, IT Organization |
| JCP |
Joint Committee on Printing |
General |
| JCS |
Joint Chiefs of Staff |
General |
| JES |
Job Entry Subsystem |
General |
| JES2 |
Job Entry System MVS/XA |
General |
| JFMIP |
Joint Financial Management Improvement Program |
General |
| JOA |
Joint Operating Agreement |
General |
| JOFOC |
Justification for Other than Full & Open Competition |
General |
| JRC |
Job Rehabilitation Contact |
General |
| JRC |
Joint Review Committee |
General |
| JTR |
Joint Travel Regulation |
General |
| JUA |
Joint Underwriting Association |
General |
| JURIS |
Justice Retrieval & Inquiry System |
General |
| JURIS |
RRB Jurisdiction Change Operation |
General, Health Care |
| JV |
Journal Voucher |
General |
| Acronym | Term | Audiences |
|---|
| KAL |
Key asset List |
General |
| KBIT |
KnowledgeBased Intelligence Tracking |
General, IT Organization |
| KBMS |
Knowledge Base Management System |
General, IT Organization |
| KBSA |
KnowledgeBased Software Assistant |
General, IT Organization |
| KD |
Knocked Down |
General |
| KE |
Knowledge Engineering |
General, IT Organization |
| KFL |
Key Facilities List |
General |
| KIDS |
KnowledgeBased Integrated Design System |
General, IT Organization |
| KIP |
Key Intelligence Position |
General, IT Organization |
| KIQ |
Key Intelligence Question |
General, IT Organization |
| KMC |
Key Management Center |
General |
| KMID |
Key Material Identification Number |
General, IT Organization |
| KRA |
Key Result Areas |
General |
| Acronym | Term | Audiences |
|---|
| L-H |
Labor Hour |
General |
| LAC |
Library Advisory Committee |
General |
| LAE |
Limitation on Administrative Expenses |
General |
| LAF |
Ledger Account File (code) |
General |
| LAG |
Local Application Group |
General |
| LAG |
Logical Application Group |
General |
| LAN |
Local Area Network |
General, IT Organization |
| LAP |
Last Action Processed |
General |
| LARPA |
Locality Adjusted Reduced Prevailing Amount |
General, Health Care |
| LARPA |
Locality Area Reduced Prevailing Allowance |
General, Health Care |
| LBRS |
LockBox Bank Remittance System (DB) |
General |
| LCC |
Lesser Cost or Charges |
General |
| LCC |
Life Cycle Cost |
General, Health Care |
| LCD |
Local Coverage Determination |
General, Health Care |
| LCDM |
Life Cycle Development Methodology |
General, Health Care |
| LCER |
Limiting Charge Exception Report |
General, Health Care |
| LCL |
Lowest Charge Levels |
General, Health Care |
| LCP |
Letter Charge Proposal |
General |
| LDAP |
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol |
General |
| LDBM |
Local Database Manager |
General, IT Organization |
| LDD |
Logical Database Design |
General, IT Organization |
| LDDI |
LDD Implemented |
General |
| LDM |
Logical Data Model |
General, IT Organization |
| LDO |
Legally Defined Overpayment |
General |
| LEACON |
Report SSI Leads Activity Operation (HCLEACON) |
General |
| LEIE |
List of Excluded Individuals & Entities |
General |
| LEP |
Late Enrollment Penalty |
IT Organization |
| LET |
Liaison Education Team |
General |
| LGHP |
Large GHP |
General, Health Care |
| LIA |
Litigation Information Action |
General |
| LIHEA |
Low Income Home Energy Assistance |
General |
| LIL |
Limitation of Liability |
General, Health Care |
| LIS |
Low-Income Subsidy |
General, Medicare Beneficiary |
| LISP |
List Processor |
General |
| LM |
Line Manager |
General |
| LMRP |
Local Medical Review Policy |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| LOB |
Line of Business |
General |
| LOC |
Letter of Credit |
General |
| LOC |
Level of Care |
General, Health Care |
| LOC |
Lines of Code |
General, IT Organization |
| LOE |
Level of Effect |
General |
| LOE |
Level of Effort |
General, Health Care |
| LOI |
Letter of Intent |
General, Health Care |
| LOINC™ |
Logical Observation Identifiers, Names and Codes ™ |
Health Care |
| LOS |
Length of Stay |
General, Health Care |
| LP |
Legislative Projects |
General |
| LPC |
Locality (or Locally) Prevailing Charge |
General, Health Care |
| LQC |
Local Quality Control |
General |
| LRD |
Lifetime Reserve Days |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| LRF |
Logical Record Facility |
General |
| LRI |
Laboratory Roll In |
General |
| LRO |
Lead Regional Office |
General |
| LRS |
Labor Relations Staff |
General |
| LSA |
Local Systems Administrator |
IT Organization |
| LSC |
Life Safety Code |
General |
| LSI |
Large Scale Integration |
General |
| LSR |
Limited Service Rural (Hospital) |
General |
| LSR |
Local Shared Resource |
General |
| LSS |
Litigation Support System |
General |
| LSU |
Last Summary Update |
General |
| LT |
Location Type |
General |
| LTC |
Long Term Care |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| LTCF |
Long Term Care Facility |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| LTCIAC |
Long Term Care Insurance Advisory Council |
General, Health Care |
| LTCM |
Long Term Care Management |
General, Health Care |
| LTCP |
Long Term Care Program |
General, Health Care |
| LTCU |
Long Term Care Unit |
General, Health Care |
| LTD |
Live Test Demonstration |
General, Health Care |
| LTE |
Less Than Effective (drug) |
General, Health Care |
| LTP |
Lifetime Psychiatric Days |
General, Health Care |
| LU |
Logical Unit (data connection) |
General |
| LUMI |
Last Update Month Indicator |
General |
| LUPA |
Low Utilization Payment Adjustment |
General, Health Care |
| LVAD |
Left Ventricular Assist Device |
General, Health Care |
| LVE |
Low Volume Exemption |
General |
| LVRS |
Lung Volume Reduction Surgery |
General, Health Care |
| LW |
Living With |
General, Health Care |
| Acronym | Term | Audiences |
|---|
| M&M |
Medicare & Medicaid |
General, Health Care |
| M+C |
Medicare + Choice |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| M+C NSF |
Medicare + Choice National Standard Format |
General, Health Care |
| M+CO |
Medicare + Choice Organization |
General, Health Care |
| MA |
Major Action |
General |
| MA |
Medicaid Agency |
General, Health Care |
| MA |
Medical Assistance |
General, Health Care |
| MA |
Medicare Advantage (formerly Medicare+Choice) |
General, Medicare Beneficiary |
| MA BSF |
Medicare Advantage Benefit Stabilization Fund |
IT Organization |
| MA-PD |
Medicare Advantage Prescription Drug Plans |
General, Medicare Beneficiary |
| MAA |
Medical Assistance Agency |
General, Health Care |
| MAA |
Memorandum of Advance Agreement |
General, Health Care |
| MAABD |
Medical Assistance to Aged, Blind & Disabled |
General, Health Care |
| MAAC |
Maximum Allowable Actual Charge |
General, Health Care |
| MAAR |
Mandatory Annual Audit Requirement |
General |
| MAC |
Major Ambulatory Category |
General, Health Care |
| MAC |
Maximum Allowable Cost (or Charge) |
General, Health Care |
| MAC |
Medicare Appeals Council |
General, Medicare Beneficiary |
| MACE |
Medicare Alternate Claim Entry System |
General, Health Care |
| MADC |
Major Ambulatory Diagnostic Categories |
General, Health Care |
| MADCAP |
Manual Adjustments Credits & Awards Program (MBR) |
General |
| MADRS |
Medicare Automated Data Retrieval System |
General, Health Care |
| MADS |
Mass Adjusted System |
General |
| MADS |
Medicare Actuarial Data System |
General, Health Care |
| MAF |
Medical Assistance Facility |
General, Health Care |
| MAFDUDE |
MBR Master File Duplication Detection Operation |
General |
| MAFDUP |
Abbreviated MBR File in MAFDUDE Operation |
General |
| MAH |
Most Accessible Hospital |
General, Health Care |
| MAISARC |
Major Automated Information Systems Acquisition Review Committee |
General |
| MAN |
Medicare Automated Network |
General, Health Care |
| MANRLINE |
Menu-driven Access to 100% Near-Line Claims Files System (NCH) |
General |
| MANRLITE |
Access to MANERLINE |
General |
| MAO |
Medical Assistance Only |
General, Health Care |
| MAO |
Medicare Advantage Organization |
General, IT Organization |
| MAP |
Manufacturing Automated Protocol |
General |
| MAP |
Maturity Actions Program (MBR) |
General |
| MAP |
Medical Assistance Payments |
General, Health Care |
| MAP |
Medical Assistance Program |
General, Health Care |
| MAPC |
Maximum Allowable Prevailing Charge |
General, Health Care |
| MAPD |
Medicare Advantage Prescription Drug |
General |
| MAPSA |
Medicare A Provider Services Assistants |
General, Health Care |
| MARI |
Medicare Administrative Reform Initiatives |
General, Health Care |
| MARK |
Mechanized Assignment & Record Keeping (System) |
General |
| MARS |
Management & Administrative Reporting System |
General |
| MARS |
Management Administration Reporting Subsystem |
General |
| MARS |
Medicare Accounts Receivable System |
General, Health Care |
| MARX |
Medicare Advantage and Prescription Drug System |
IT Organization |
| MAS |
(GSA) Multiple Award System |
General |
| MAS |
Medicare Appeals System |
IT Organization |
| MAT |
Master Account Title |
General |
| MAU |
Memorandum of Advance Understanding |
General |
| MAU |
Multistation Access Unit |
General |
| MAX |
Medicaid Analytic Extract |
General, Medicare Beneficiary |
| MB |
Market Basket |
General |
| MBA |
Monthly Benefit Amount (SSA) |
General, Health Care |
| MBAS |
Medicare Benefit Accounting System |
General, Health Care |
| MBCIS |
Medicare Compliance Issues System |
General, Health Care |
| MBCS |
Medicare Budget & Cost System |
General, Health Care |
| MBCSP |
Medicare Beneficiary Customer Service Program |
General, Health Care |
| MBD |
Medicaid Beneficiary Database |
General, Medicare Beneficiary |
| MBD |
Medicare Beneficiary Database |
General, Health Care |
| MBDA |
Minority Business Development Agency |
General |
| MBE |
Medicaid Budget & Expenditures |
General, Health Care |
| MBES |
Medicaid Budget & Expenditures System |
General, Health Care |
| MBHCW |
(Medicare or Medicaid) Home & Community Based Services Waivers System |
General, Health Care |
| MBI |
Minimum Background Investigation |
General |
| MBN |
Medicare Benefit Notice |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| MBO |
Management by Objectives |
General |
| MBPRP |
Monthly Bill & Payment Records Processing System |
General |
| MBR |
Master Beneficiary Record (SSA) |
General |
| MBSCAN |
Maximum Direct Record Scans (searches) |
General |
| MBSPAS |
State Plan Amendments System |
General |
| MC |
Maintenance Contractor |
General |
| MCA |
Management Control Area |
General |
| MCA |
Maternity Center Association |
General, Health Care |
| MCAB |
Medicare Contractor Administrative Budget |
General, Health Care |
| MCAC |
Medical Coverage Advisory Committee |
General, Health Care |
| MCBFMR |
BESS Focused Medical Review |
General, Health Care |
| MCBS |
Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey |
General, Health Care |
| MCCA |
Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act of 1988 (PL 100360) |
General, Health Care |
| MCCB |
Medicare Change Control Board |
General, Health Care |
| MCCOY |
Managed Care Online Information System (GHP) |
General, Health Care |
| MCCRA |
Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Repeal Act of 1989 (PL 101234) |
General, Health Care |
| MCDATA |
MedicareMedicaid Common Data Initiative |
General, Health Care |
| MCDC |
Medicare Contractor Data Center |
General, Health Care |
| MCE |
Medicare Code Editor |
General, Health Care |
| MCE(S) |
Medical Care Evaluation (Studies) |
General, Health Care |
| MCF |
Master Control File |
General |
| MCH |
Maternal & Child Health Services |
General, Health Care |
| MCI |
Medicare Claims Inquiry |
General, Health Care |
| MCIGLAS |
Medicare Contractor Integrated General Ledger Accounting System |
General, Health Care |
| MCM |
Medicare Carrier Manual |
General, Health Care |
| MCO |
Managed Care Operation |
General, Health Care |
| MCO |
Managed Care Organization |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| MCOB |
Medicare Contractor Oversight Board |
General, Health Care |
| MCP |
Management Control Plan |
General |
| MCP |
Monthly Capitation Payment |
General |
| MCPI |
Medical Care Component of the Consumer Price Index |
General, Health Care |
| MCPI |
Medicare Contractor Productivity Improvement |
General, Health Care |
| MCPS |
Medicare (Part A) Claims Processing System (Veritus) |
General, Health Care |
| MCR |
Management Control Review |
General |
| MCS |
Mandatory Claim Submission System |
General, Health Care |
| MCS |
MultiCarrier System |
General |
| MCSC |
Medicare Customer Service Center |
General, Health Care |
| MCSID |
Medicare Contractor Systems Information Database |
General, Health Care |
| MCSS |
Medicare Contractor Standard System |
General, Health Care |
| MCSSMR |
Medicare Contractor Standard Systems Medical Review |
General, Health Care |
| MCWRS |
Medicare Contractor Workload Reporting (System) |
General, Health Care |
| MCWS |
Medicare Contractor Workload System |
General, Health Care |
| MD |
Medical Director |
General, Health Care |
| MDAS |
Medicaid Override Application System |
General, Health Care |
| MDC |
Major Diagnosis Category |
General |
| MDC |
Medicare Data Center |
General, Health Care |
| MDCN |
Medicare Data Communications Network |
General, Health Care |
| MDH |
Medicare Dependent Hospital |
General, Health Care |
| MDRI |
Medicaid Drug Rebate Initiative |
General, Health Care |
| MDS |
Medicare Decision Support |
General, Health Care |
| MDS |
Minimum Data Set |
General, IT Organization |
| MDS |
Mortality Data System |
General, Health Care |
| MDSRH |
Medicare Dependent Small Rural Hospital |
General, Health Care |
| MDSS |
Medicare Decision Support System |
General, Health Care |
| MDTA |
Manpower Development & Training Act |
General |
| MDW |
Modernized Development Worksheet |
General |
| ME |
Medical Effectiveness |
General, Health Care |
| ME |
Medical Endurance |
General, Health Care |
| MEASURES |
Medicare/Medicaid Automated Survey Reporting System |
General, Health Care |
| MECA |
Medicare Expanded Choice Act of 1987 |
General, Health Care |
| MECCA |
Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act of 1988 (also MCCA) |
General, Health Care |
| MECT |
Multiple Electroconvulsive Therapy |
General, Health Care |
| MED |
Medicare Enrollment Data (System) |
General, Health Care |
| MED |
Medicare Exclusion Database |
General, Health Care |
| MED-ED |
Medical Education |
General, Health Care |
| MEDAL |
Medicare/Medicaid Eligibility Data Linkage |
General, Health Care |
| MEDB |
Manage the EDB System |
General, Health Care |
| MEDB |
Medicare Part B |
General, Health Care |
| MEDIBAPS |
Medicare Budget Allocation Process System |
General, Health Care |
| MEDICAID |
Medical Aid (State administered health insurance program) |
General, Health Care |
| MEDIGAP |
Medicare Gap (Medicare complementary insurance program) |
General, Health Care |
| MEDIRS |
Medicaid Eligibility Determination & Information Retrieval System |
General, Health Care |
| MEDMRG |
Medicaid Merge Program (HDMEDMRG) |
General, Health Care |
| MEDPAC |
Medicare Payment Advisory Commission |
General, Health Care |
| MEDPAR |
Medicare Provider Analysis & Review |
General, Health Care |
| MEDPARD |
Medicare Participating Physician/Supplier Directory |
General, Health Care |
| MEDSTAT |
Medicaid Statistical Information (Reporting) System (now MSIS) |
General, Health Care |
| MEDTEP |
Medical Treatment Effectiveness Program |
General, Health Care |
| MEF |
Master Earnings File (SSA) |
General, Health Care |
| MEI |
Medical Economic Index |
General, Health Care |
| MEI |
Medicare Economic Index |
General, Health Care |
| MEQC |
Medicaid Eligibility Quality Control (System) |
General, Health Care |
| MES |
Medicare Entitlement System |
General, Health Care |
| MET |
Medicaid Eligibility Terminal |
General, Health Care |
| MEWA |
Medicare & Multiple Employer Welfare Associations |
General, Health Care |
| MEWA |
Multiple Employer Welfare Arrangement |
General |
| MFAIC |
Medicare Fraud & Abuse Information Coordinator |
General, Health Care |
| MFCU |
Medicaid Fraud Control Unit |
General, Health Care |
| MFIS |
Medicare Fraud Information Specialist |
General, Health Care |
| MFS |
Medicare Fee Schedule |
General, Health Care |
| MFSDB |
Medicare Fee Schedule Database |
General, Health Care |
| MFSR |
Medicare Focused Medical Review Status Report |
General, Health Care |
| MGA |
Medicaid Grant Awards |
General, Health Care |
| MGCRB |
Medical Geographical Classification Review Board |
General, Health Care |
| MGCRB |
Medicare Geographic Classification Review Board |
Contractor, General, Health Care |
| MHB |
Maximum Hospital Benefit |
General, Health Care |
| MHCRS |
Maintain HCRIS Process |
General |
| MHOS |
Medicare Health Outcomes Survey |
General, Health Care |
| MHS |
Medical History Sample |
General, Health Care |
| MI |
Manual Issuance |
General, Health Care |
| MI |
Medical Insurance (Part B or SMI) |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| MIA |
Mark Interface Application |
General |
| MIB |
Medical Information Bureau |
General, Health Care |
| MIB |
Medical Insurance Bureau |
General, Health Care |
| MICH |
Maternal, Infant & Child Health |
General, Health Care |
| MICO |
Midwestern Consortium (Chicago & Kansas City HIROs) |
General, Health Care |
| MIDES |
(Intermediary) Medicare Internal Data Entry System |
General, Health Care |
| MIG |
Medicare Insured Group |
General, Health Care |
| MIH |
Maternal & Infant Health Initiative |
General, Health Care |
| MIIR |
Management Information Integrated Repository |
IT Organization |
| MIM |
Medicare Intermediary Manual |
General, Health Care |
| MIMS |
Medicare Information Management System |
General, Health Care |
| MIP |
Medicare Integrity Program |
General, Health Care |
| MIR |
Medicare Information Request |
General, Health Care |
| MIRPS |
Miscellaneous Information Reference PostEntitlement System (SSA MBR) |
General, Health Care |
| MIS |
Major Information Systems |
General |
| MIS |
Management Information System |
General, IT Organization |
| MIS |
Manual Issuance System |
General |
| MISCOR |
Miscellaneous MBR Correction Operation |
General |
| MISF |
Management Information System Facility |
General |
| MLS |
MultiLevel Security |
General, IT Organization |
| MLT |
Multiple Logical Tasking |
General |
| MM |
Media Management |
General |
| MM |
Month or Minutes (i.e., mmddyyyy) |
General |
| MMA |
Medicare Modernization Act (of 1999) |
General, Health Care |
| MMACS |
Medicare/Medicaid Automated Certification System |
General, Health Care |
| MMAP |
(AARP) Medicare/Medicaid Assistance Program |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| MMCITS |
Medicaid Managed Care Information Tracking System |
General, Health Care |
| MMCQI |
Medicare Managed Care Quality Improvement |
General, Health Care |
| MMCS |
Medicare Managed Care System |
General, Health Care |
| MMDDCCYY |
Month-Month/Day-Day/Century-Century/Year-Year (i.e., 02/26/2001) (also MMDDYYYY) |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| MMDDYY |
MonthMonth/DayDay/YearYear |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| MMIS |
Medicaid Management Information System |
General, Health Care |
| MMORP |
Medicare Management & Open Review Program |
General, Health Care |
| MMP |
Mixed Model Plan (GPP/IPP combination) |
General, Health Care |
| MMPS |
Medicare Mortality Predictor System |
General, Health Care |
| MMR |
Monthly Membership Report |
IT Organization |
| MMS |
(U.S.) Minerals Management Service |
General |
| MMS |
Manpower Management System |
General |
| MMS |
Metropolitan Medicare System |
General |
| MMWR |
Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report |
General, Health Care |
| MN |
Medical Necessity |
General, Health Care |
| MN |
Medically Needy |
General, Health Care |
| MNIL |
Medically Needy Income Levels |
General, Health Care |
| MO |
Management Office |
General |
| MO |
Multiply Occurring |
General |
| MOC |
Management Oversight Council |
General |
| MODEM |
ModulatorDemodulator |
General, IT Organization |
| MOE |
Method of Evaluation |
General |
| MOL |
Maximum Order Limitation |
General |
| MOLI |
Mirtel OnLine Inquiry System (HCFA access to RRB Database) |
General, Health Care |
| MOPD |
Maintenance Operations Protocol Loader Daemon |
General |
| MOR |
Medicaid Overpayment Report |
General, Health Care |
| MOSS |
Mandatory Offsite Storage System |
General |
| MOU |
Memorandum of Understanding |
General |
| MOUT |
Maximum Output |
General |
| MP |
Master Processor |
General |
| MPA |
Master Pending Accretion |
General |
| MPARTS |
Mistaken Payment Recovery Tracking System |
General, Health Care |
| MPC |
Medical Patterns of Care |
General, Health Care |
| MPCC |
Medicare Premium Collection Center |
General, Health Care |
| MPCS |
Medicare Premium Collection System |
General, Health Care |
| MPD |
Medicare Provider Database |
General, Health Care |
| MPDB |
Medicare Prescription Drug Beneficiaries |
General, Health Care |
| MPF |
Master Provider File |
General, Health Care |
| MPFS |
Medicare Physician Fee Schedule |
General, Health Care |
| MPFSDB |
Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Data Base |
General, Health Care |
| MPI |
Medicare Provider Inventory |
General, Health Care |
| MPIER |
Medicare Physician Identification & Eligibility Registry (or Record) |
General, Health Care |
| MPIES |
Medicare Physician Identification & Eligibility System |
General, Health Care |
| MPLS |
Multiprotocol Label Switching |
IT Organization |
| MPP |
Massive Parallel Processing |
General |
| MPR |
(carrier) Master Procedure Record |
General, Health Care |
| MPR |
Mathematical Policy Research |
General, IT Organization |
| MPRS |
Medical Policy Retrieval System |
General, Health Care |
| MPS |
Market Penetration Survey |
General, Health Care |
| MQA |
Medicare Quality Assurance (CWF data validation) |
General, Health Care |
| MQAG |
Medicare Quality Advisory Group |
General, Health Care |
| MQC |
Medicaid Quality Control |
General, Health Care |
| MQFE |
Medicare Qualified Federal Employment |
IT Organization |
| MQGE |
Medicare Qualified Government Employee |
General, Health Care |
| MQIS |
Medicare Quality Indicator System |
General, Health Care |
| MQM |
Medicare Quality Monitor |
General, Health Care |
| MQSA |
Mammography Quality Standards Act of 1992 |
General, Health Care |
| MR |
Management Review |
General |
| MR |
Master Record |
General |
| MR |
Medical Review |
General, Health Care |
| MR |
Mortality Ratio |
General, Health Care |
| MR/DD |
Mentally Retarded / Developmentally Disabled |
General, Health Care |
| MR/UR |
Medical Review / Utilization Review |
General, Health Care |
| MRA |
Minimum Retirement Age |
General, Health Care |
| MRAR |
Medical Review Annual Report |
General, Health Care |
| MRB |
Medical Review Board |
General, Health Care |
| MRCRA |
Medicare Regulatory & Contractor Reform Act of 2001 |
General, Health Care |
| MRI |
Medical Records Institute |
Health Care |
| MRO |
Multiple Region Option |
General |
| MRO |
MultiRegion Operation |
General |
| MRP |
Material Requirements Planning |
General |
| MRP |
Maximum Reimbursement Point |
General |
| MRRS |
Medicaid Retrospective Reimbursement System |
General, Health Care |
| MRS-1 |
Medical Review System Version 1 (aka: Part B Medical Review Savings Reporting System) |
General, Health Care |
| MRT |
Medical Review Team |
General, Health Care |
| MRTAG |
Mortality Review Technical Advisory Group |
General, Health Care |
| MS/R |
MultiState/Regional (Contractor) |
General |
| MSA |
Major Service Area |
General |
| MSA |
Medical Savings Accounts |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| MSA |
Medical Statistical Area |
General, Health Care |
| MSA |
Medicare Savings Account |
General, Medicare Beneficiary |
| MSA |
Metropolitan Statistical Area (for PPS) |
General |
| MSA |
Monthly Statement of Accounts |
General |
| MSAT |
Medicaid Strategic Analysis Team |
General, Health Care |
| MSC |
Medicare Status Code |
General, Health Care |
| MSC |
Message Switching Centers (SSA ARS/SSADARS) |
General, Health Care |
| MSHIP |
Medicare Supplemental Health Insurance Programs |
General, Health Care |
| MSIS |
Medicaid Statistical Information System |
General, Medicare Beneficiary |
| MSIS |
Medicaid Statistical Information System (formerly MedStat) |
General, Health Care |
| MSN |
Medicare Summary Notice |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| MSOM |
Modernized Systems Operations Manual (SSA) |
General, Health Care |
| MSP |
Manager Software Products |
General, IT Organization |
| MSP |
Medicare Secondary Payor |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| MSP |
Message Security Protocol |
General, IT Organization |
| MSPFQA |
Medicare Secondary Payer Functional Quality Assurance (Steering Committee) |
General, Health Care |
| MSPLS |
Medicare Secondary Payer Litigation Support |
General, Health Care |
| MSPPAY |
Medicare Secondary Payor Payment Module |
General, Health Care |
| MSPQA |
Medicare Secondary Payer Quality Assurance |
General, Health Care |
| MSR |
MidSession Review |
General |
| MSS |
Medical Social Sevices |
General, Health Care |
| MSS |
Medicare Statistical System |
General, Health Care |
| MSSC |
Medicare Systems / State & County (Reimbursement) |
General, Health Care |
| MTAG |
Medicare Technical Advisory Group |
General, Health Care |
| MTD |
Month to Date |
General |
| MTEA |
Medical Treatment Effectiveness Agenda |
General, Health Care |
| MTI |
Medicare Telephone Inquiry |
General, Health Care |
| MTM |
Methods Time Measurement |
General |
| MTMC |
Military Traffic Management Command |
General |
| MTMP |
Medication Therapy Management Program |
General, Medicare Beneficiary |
| MTOP |
Multiple Type of Provider |
General |
| MTS |
Medicare Target Scenario |
General, Health Care |
| MTSO |
Medical Transcription Service Organization |
General, Health Care |
| MTUS |
Miles/Times/Units/Service |
General |
| MUA |
Medically Undeserved Area |
General, Health Care |
| MUDD |
Maximum Direct Output |
General |
| MUDS |
Medicare Utilization Data System |
General, Health Care |
| MUP |
Master Update Processor |
General |
| MUPPET |
Medicare UPdate Processors for Enrollment Transactions (nee NEWDUP) |
General, Health Care |
| MUPS |
(HI) Maintenance Update Processing System |
General |
| MUR |
Minimum Utilization Rate |
General |
| MVPS |
Medicare Volume Performance Standard |
General, Health Care |
| MVS/ESA |
MVS/Enterprise System Architecture |
General |
| MWRS |
Medicare Workload Report System |
General, Health Care |
| Acronym | Term | Audiences |
|---|
| N&R |
Needs & Requirements |
General, Health Care |
| NAAP |
National Association of Activity Professionals |
General |
| NAATP |
National Association of Addiction Treatment Providers |
General, Health Care |
| NAAV |
National Average Actuarial Value |
General |
| NABP |
National Association of Boards of Pharmacy |
General, Health Care |
| NAC |
National Association of Counties |
General |
| NACDS |
National Association of Chain Drug Stores |
General, Health Care |
| NACHA |
National Automated Clearing House Association |
General |
| NACHC |
National Association of Community Health Centers |
General, Health Care |
| NACHRI |
National Association of Children's Hospitals & Related Institutions |
General, Health Care |
| NACI |
National Agency Check & Inquiry |
General |
| NACRH |
National Advisory Committee on Rural Health |
General, Health Care |
| NADSA |
National Adult Day Services Association |
General, Health Care |
| NAEYC |
National Association of Education for Young Children |
General |
| NAF |
NonAppropriated Fund |
General |
| NAHC |
National Association for Home Care |
General, Health Care |
| NAHDO |
National Association of Health Data Organizations |
General, Health Care |
| NAHFE |
National Association of Hispanic Federal Executives |
General |
| NAIC |
National Association of Insurance Commissioners |
General, Health Care |
| NAIT |
National Alliance for Infusion Therapy |
General, Health Care |
| NAM |
National Association of Manufacturers |
General |
| NAMDRC |
National Association for Medical Directors of Respiratory Care |
General, Health Care |
| NAMES |
National Association of Medical Equipment Suppliers |
General, Health Care |
| NAMI |
National Alliance for the Mentally Ill |
General, Health Care |
| NAP |
National Advisory Council |
General, Health Care |
| NAPA |
National Academy of Public Administration |
General |
| NAPH |
National Association of Public Hospitals |
General, Health Care |
| NAPHS |
National Association of Psychiatric Health Systems |
General, Health Care |
| NARA |
National Archives & Records Administration |
General |
| NARA |
National Association of Rehabilitation Agencies |
General, Health Care |
| NARD |
National Association of Retail Druggists |
General, Health Care |
| NARF |
National Association of Rehabilitation Facilities |
General, Health Care |
| NARFE |
National Association of Retired Federal Employees |
General |
| NAS |
National Academy of Sciences |
General |
| NASA |
National Aeronautic & Space Administration |
General |
| NASBO |
National Association of State Budget Officers |
General |
| NASIRE |
National Association of State Information Resource Executives |
General |
| NASIS |
National Association of State Information Systems |
General |
| NASLTCOP |
National Association of Long Term Care Ombudsman Program |
General, Health Care |
| NASMD |
National Association of State Medicaid Directors |
General, Health Care |
| NASOP |
National Association of State Ombudsman Programs |
General, Health Care |
| NAUGH |
Network Administrator's Users Group |
General |
| NAV |
(Carrier) Name & Address Verification |
General, Health Care |
| NAWRS |
National Association for Welfare Research & Statistics |
General |
| NBME |
National Board of Medical Examiners |
General, Health Care |
| NBS |
National Bureau of Standards |
General |
| NC |
Network Council |
General |
| NCA |
National Coverage Analysis |
General, Health Care |
| NCAI |
National Coalition for Adult Immunization |
General, Health Care |
| NCAL |
National Coalition for Assisted Living |
General, Health Care |
| NCC |
Network Coordinating Counsel |
General |
| NCCAP |
National Certification Council for Activity Professionals |
General |
| NCCLS |
National Council of Clinical Laboratory Services |
General, Health Care |
| NCCNHR |
National Citizen's Coalition for Nursing Home Reform |
General, Health Care |
| NCCR |
National Colorectal Cancer Roundtable |
General, Health Care |
| NCD |
National Coverage Determination |
General, Health Care |
| NCGME |
National Council on Graduate Medical Education |
General, Health Care |
| NCH |
National Claims History |
General |
| NCH |
National Clinical History |
General |
| NCHA |
National Clearing House Association |
General |
| NCHBPL |
National Claims History Beneficiary Program Liability |
General, Health Care |
| NCHDB |
National Claims History Database |
General |
| NCHICA |
North Carolina Healthcare Information and Communications Alliance |
Health Care |
| NCHLS |
National Council on Health Laboratory Services |
General, Health Care |
| NCHPR |
National Claims History Processing Reports |
General |
| NCHQA |
National Claims History Quality Assurance |
General |
| NCHS |
National Center for Health Statistics |
Health Care |
| NCHS |
National Center for Health Statistics (or Studies) |
General, Health Care |
| NCHS |
National Claims History System (CWF) |
General |
| NCHSR |
National Center for Health Services & Research |
General, Health Care |
| NCHSTS |
National Claims History Statistical Tabulation System |
General |
| NCHSUM |
National Claims History Summary |
General |
| NCI |
National Cancer Institute |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| NCIP |
National Inventory Control Point |
General |
| NCITS |
National Committee for Information Technical Standards |
General, IT Organization |
| NCMA |
National Contract Management Association |
General |
| NCNHR |
National Coalition on Nursing Home Reform |
General, Health Care |
| NCOA |
National Change of Address (SSA & USPS) |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| NCOA |
National Council on the Aging |
General, Health Care |
| NCOCIC |
National Coordination Office for Computing, Information & Communications |
General, IT Organization |
| NCP |
National Coverage Policy |
General, Health Care |
| NCPDP |
National Council for Prescription Drug Programs |
General, Medicare Beneficiary |
| NCPDP |
National Council of Prescription Drug Programs |
General, Health Care |
| NCPSSM |
National Committee to Preserve Social Security & Medicare |
General, Health Care |
| NCQA |
National Committee for Quality Assurance |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| NCQHC |
National Committee for Quality Health Care |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| NCR |
National Cash Register Corp. |
General |
| NCS |
National Communications System |
General, IT Organization |
| NCSA |
National Computer Security Association |
General, IT Organization |
| NCSB |
Neurological, Cognitive, Sensory & Behavorial (Variables) |
General, Health Care |
| NCSC |
National Computer Security Center |
General, IT Organization |
| NCSC |
National Council of Senior Citizens |
General, Health Care |
| NCSI |
National Capitol Systems Inc. |
General |
| NCSL |
National Conference of State Legislatures |
General |
| NCTL |
National Computer & Telecommunications Laboratory |
General, IT Organization |
| NCVHS |
(PHS) National Center for Vital & Health Statistics |
General, Health Care |
| NCVHS |
National Center for Vital and Health Statistics |
General, Medicare Beneficiary |
| NDAA |
National Defense Authorization Act of 1991 |
General |
| NDC |
National Drug Code |
General, Health Care |
| NDEP |
National Diabetes Education Program |
General, Health Care |
| NDG |
Network Design Group |
General |
| NDI |
National Death Index |
General, Health Care |
| NDM |
Network Data Mover |
General |
| NDMS |
National Disaster Medical System |
General, Health Care |
| NDPS |
National Drug Pricing System |
General, Health Care |
| NDR |
National Death Repository (SSA) |
General, Health Care |
| NDRR |
National Data Reporting Requirements (System) |
General |
| NDS |
Netware Directory Services |
General |
| NEA |
National Endowment for the Arts |
General |
| NEARLINE |
NCH Nearline update and maintenance System |
General |
| NECMA |
New England County Metropolitan Area |
General |
| NEHA |
New England Health Assembly |
General, Health Care |
| NEIC |
National Electronic Information Clearinghouse |
General, IT Organization |
| NEJM |
New England Journal of Medicine |
General, Health Care |
| NEPA |
National Environmental Policy Act |
General |
| NEPSC |
Northeast Program Service Center, SSA |
General |
| NESRD |
NonEnd Stage Renal Disease |
General, Health Care |
| NETT |
National Emphysema Treatment Trial |
General, Health Care |
| NF |
Nursing Facility |
General, Health Care |
| NFA |
Net Fixed Assets |
General |
| NFC |
National Finance Center |
General |
| NFID |
National Foundation for Infectious Diseases |
General, Health Care |
| NFPA |
National Fire Protection Association |
General |
| NGA |
National Governor's Association |
General |
| NGFR |
NonGovernment Furnished Resources |
General |
| NGFSFHP |
National Guaranty Fund for SelfFunded Health Plans |
General, Health Care |
| NH |
Nursing Home |
General, Health Care |
| NHA |
Nursing Home Administrator |
General, Health Care |
| NHAC |
National Health Advisory Committee |
General, Health Care |
| NHB |
National Health Board |
General, Health Care |
| NHC |
Nursing Home Certifiable |
IT Organization |
| NHCAA |
National Health Care Anti-Fraud Association |
General, Medicare Beneficiary |
| NHCAA |
National Health Care AntiFraud Association |
General, Health Care |
| NHCMQ |
Nursing Home Case Mix & Quality Demonstration |
General, Health Care |
| NHDAC |
National Health Data Advisory Council |
General, Health Care |
| NHE |
Nation's Health Expenditures |
General, Health Care |
| NHE |
National Health Expenditure |
General, Medicare Beneficiary |
| NHELP |
National Health Law Program |
General, Health Care |
| NHI |
National Health Insurance |
General, Health Care |
| NHI |
Nursing Home Information |
General, Health Care |
| NHII |
National Health Information Infrastructure |
Health Care |
| NHIS |
National Health Interview Survey |
General, Health Care |
| NHO |
National Hospice Organization |
General, Health Care |
| NHSC |
National Health Service Corps |
General, Health Care |
| NHTSA |
National Highway & Transportation Safety Administration |
General |
| NIA |
National Institute on Aging |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| NIAID |
National Institute of Allergies & Infectious Diseases |
General, Health Care |
| NIAMSD |
National Institute of Arthritis & Musculoskeletal & Skin Diseases |
General, Health Care |
| NIAP |
National Information Assurance Partnership |
General |
| NICOA |
National Indian Council on Aging |
General, Health Care |
| NIDA |
National Institute on Drug Abuse |
General, Health Care |
| NIDDKD |
National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive & Kidney Diseases |
General, Health Care |
| NIDR |
National Institute of Dental Research |
General, Health Care |
| NIE |
Net Impact Estimate |
General |
| NIF |
National Insurance File |
General, Health Care |
| NIF |
Not In File |
General |
| NIH |
National Institutes of Health |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| NII |
National Information Infrastructure |
General |
| NIMA |
National Imagery & Mapping Agency |
General |
| NIMBE |
Not Including Medicare Benefits Exhausted |
General, Health Care |
| NIMH |
National Institute of Mental Health |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| NIMMS |
National Integrated Medicaid Management System |
General, Health Care |
| NINDS |
National Institute of Neurological Disorders & Stroke |
General, Health Care |
| NIOSH |
National Institute for Occupational Safety & Health |
General, Health Care |
| NIP |
National Improvement Project |
General |
| NIPC |
National Infrastructure Protection Center, FBI |
General |
| NIRA |
National Industrial Recovery Act (New Deal) |
General |
| NISC |
(OPM) National Independent Study Center |
General |
| NIST |
National Institute of Standards & Technology |
General |
| NIT |
National Internal Telecommunications (MTS) |
General, IT Organization |
| NIT |
Network Information & Technology |
General, IT Organization |
| NKF |
National Kidney Foundation |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| NLA |
National Limitation Amount |
General |
| NLM |
National Library of Medicine |
General, Health Care |
| NLN |
National League of Nursing |
General, Health Care |
| NLRB |
National Labor Relations Board |
General |
| NMAO |
NonMedical Assistance Only (Cash/Deemed Cash) |
General, Health Care |
| NMC |
National Maintenance Contractor |
General |
| NME |
National Medical Enterprises |
General, Health Care |
| NMEP |
National Medicare Education Program |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| NMES |
National Medical Expenditure Survey |
General, Health Care |
| NMES |
Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation |
General, Health Care |
| NMFA |
National Medicare Fraud Alert |
General, Health Care |
| NMFAI |
National Medicaid Fraud & Abuse Institute |
General, Health Care |
| NMS |
Network Monitoring System (MTS) |
General |
| NMUD |
National Medicare Utilization Database |
General, Health Care |
| NNWP |
Noncontact Normothermic Wound Therapy |
General, Health Care |
| NOA |
Nature of Action |
General |
| NOA |
Notice of Admission |
General, Health Care |
| NOA |
Notice of Award |
General |
| NOAA |
National Oceanographic & Atmospheric Administration |
General |
| NOBA |
Notice of Budget Approval |
General |
| NOC |
Network Operation Center |
General |
| NOC |
Not Otherwise Classified |
General |
| NOCHD |
Notice of Correction Hearing Decision |
General, Health Care |
| NOCO |
Northeastern Consortium (Boston, New York & Philadelphia HIROs) |
General, Health Care |
| NODMAR |
Notice of Discharge & Medicare Appeal Rights |
General, Health Care |
| NOEU |
National Obscenity Enforcement Unit |
General |
| NOF |
Not On File |
General |
| NOI |
Notice of Intent |
Health Care |
| NOMCI |
Notice of Medigap Claim Information |
General, Health Care |
| NOOH |
Notice of Opportunity for Hearing |
General |
| NOPA |
National Office Products Association |
General |
| NOPA |
Northwest Organ Procurement Agency |
General, Health Care |
| NOPR |
Notice of Program Reimbursement |
General |
| NORA |
National Operational Research Agenda |
General |
| NORQS |
Number of Temporary Procedures |
General |
| NOS |
National Operating Services (GTE) |
General |
| NOSIP |
Network Operations System Implementation Project |
General |
| NOU |
Notice of Utilization |
General |
| NP |
Nurse Practitioner |
General, Health Care |
| NP/PA |
Nurse Practitioners / Physician Assistants |
General, Health Care |
| NPA |
National PACE Association |
General, Medicare Beneficiary |
| NPA |
Network Performance Analyzer |
General, IT Organization |
| NPC |
NetPost Certified |
General |
| NPDB |
National Practitioner Data Bank |
General, Health Care |
| NPF |
National Provider File |
General, Health Care |
| NPI |
National Provider Identifier |
General, Health Care |
| NPII |
NPI Initiative |
General |
| NPIP |
Non Periodic Interim Payment |
General, Health Care |
| NPP |
Narrative Project Plan |
General |
| NPP |
National Privacy Panel |
General |
| NPR |
National Performance Review |
General |
| NPRG |
National Partnership for Reinventing Government |
General |
| NPRM |
National Provider Reimbursement Manual |
General, Health Care |
| NPRM |
Notice of Proposed Rule Making |
General, Health Care |
| NPRM |
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking |
Health Care |
| NPS |
National Provider System |
General |
| NQF |
National Quality Forum |
General |
| NQLC |
National Quality Leadership Conference |
General |
| NQMP |
National Quality Management Program |
General |
| NRA |
National Recovery Administration |
General |
| NRA |
National Rifle Association |
General, Health Care |
| NRAA |
National Renal Administrators Association |
General |
| NRC |
National Research Council |
General, Health Care |
| NRC |
Nuclear Regulatory Commission |
General |
| NRHA |
National Rural Health Association |
General |
| NRM |
Notice of Rule Making |
General, Health Care |
| NRODC |
Northwest Regional Organ Donation Center |
General |
| NRP |
Network Resource Planning (tool) |
General, Health Care |
| NRU |
Nurse Review Unit |
General |
| NSA |
National Security Agency |
General |
| NSA |
National Standardized Amount |
General |
| NSA |
Network Security Assessment |
General |
| NSC |
National Security Council |
General |
| NSC |
National Supplier Clearinghouse |
General, Health Care |
| NSCLC |
National Senior Citizens Law Center |
General |
| NSDD |
National Security Decision Directive |
General, IT Organization |
| NSEF |
National Standard Electronic (Media) Format |
General, IT Organization |
| NSEMC |
National Standard Electronic Media Claims |
General, IT Organization |
| NSF |
National Science Foundation |
General |
| NSF |
National Standard Format |
General |
| NSF |
NonStandard Format |
General |
| NSF |
Not Sufficient Funds |
General |
| NSN |
National Stock Number |
General |
| NSNA |
No Stock Number Assigned |
General |
| NSR |
NonShared Resource |
General |
| NSS |
National Systems Support |
General, IT Organization |
| NSTISSI |
National Security Telecommunications & Information Systems Security Institute |
General, IT Organization |
| NT |
New Technology |
General, IT Organization |
| NTAG |
National Technical Advisory Group |
General, IT Organization |
| NTE |
Not to Exceed |
General |
| NTEU |
National Treasury Employees Union |
General |
| NTH |
NonTransplant Hospital |
General, Health Care |
| NTI |
National Technical Information |
General, IT Organization |
| NTIA |
National Telecommunications & Information Administration |
General, IT Organization |
| NTIOLS |
New Technology IntraOcular Lenses |
General, IT Organization |
| NTIS |
National Technical Information Service (NBS, DOC) |
General, IT Organization |
| NTRS |
National Therapeutic Recreation Society |
General, Health Care |
| NTSB |
National Transportation Safety Board |
General |
| NUBC |
National Uniform Billing Committee (AHA) |
General |
| NUCC |
National Uniform Claim Committee (AMA) |
General |
| NUL |
National Urban League |
General |
| NVA |
NonVeterans Administration |
General, Health Care |
| NVAC |
National Vaccine Advisory Committee |
General, Health Care |
| NVP |
National Vaccine Program |
General, Health Care |
| NWI |
National Wage Index |
General |
| Acronym | Term | Audiences |
|---|
| O&M |
Operations & Maintenance |
General |
| O&M |
Organization & Management |
General |
| O/H |
Overhead |
General |
| OA |
Office Automation |
General |
| OA |
Office of the Administrator, CMS |
General |
| OAA |
Old Age Assistance |
General, Health Care |
| OAA |
Older Americans Act |
General, Health Care |
| OAC |
OASIS Automation Coordinator |
General, Medicare Beneficiary |
| OACT |
Office of the Actuary |
General, Medicare Beneficiary |
| OASB |
Old Age & Survivors Benefits |
General, Health Care |
| OASDHI |
Old Age, Survivors, Disability & Health Insurance |
General, Health Care |
| OASDI |
Old Age, Survivors & Disability Insurance |
General, Health Care |
| OASH |
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health |
General, Health Care |
| OASI |
Old Age & Survivors Insurance |
General, Health Care |
| OASIS |
Outcome & Assessment Information Set |
General |
| OATS |
Operation Assignments Tracking System |
General |
| OBQI |
Outcome Based Quality Improvement |
General |
| OBQIM |
Outcome Based Quality Improvement Management |
General |
| OBQM |
Outcome Based Quality Monitoring |
General, Medicare Beneficiary |
| OBRA |
Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act |
General, Medicare Beneficiary |
| OBRA |
Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981/1987/1989/1990 |
General |
| OCD |
OIG Clearance Document |
General |
| OCD |
Operational Capability Demonstration |
General, Health Care |
| OCE |
Outpatient Code Editor (System) |
General |
| OCESAA |
Omnibus Consolidated & Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for FY 1999 |
General |
| OCFAA |
Office of Civil Fraud & Administrative Adjudication |
General, Health Care |
| OCHAMPUS |
Office of Civilian Health & Medical Program of the Uniformed Services |
General |
| OCI |
Organizational Conflict of Interest |
General |
| OCR |
Office for Civil Rights |
General, Medicare Beneficiary |
| OCR |
Office of Civil Rights |
General, Health Care |
| OCR |
Optical Character Recognition |
General, Health Care |
| OCSE |
Office of Child Support Enforcement |
General |
| OCST |
Outstation Customer Service Team (also CSOT) |
General |
| ODA |
Occupancy Depreciation & Amortization |
General |
| ODIE |
Online Data Input & Edit (Subsystem) (OSCAR frontend system) |
General |
| ODL |
Outpatient Diagnostic Laboratory |
General, Health Care |
| ODSN |
Organization Development Services Network |
General |
| OEC |
OASIS Educational Coordinator |
General, Medicare Beneficiary |
| OEM |
Original Equipment Manufacturer |
General |
| OEO |
Occupant Emergency Organization |
General |
| OEP |
Open Enrollment Period |
IT Organization |
| OEPI |
Open enrollment period for institutionalized individuals |
General, Medicare Beneficiary |
| OEPNEW |
Open Enrollment Period for Newly Eligible Individuals |
IT Organization |
| OES |
Occupational Employment Survey |
General |
| OF |
Optional Form |
General |
| OFA |
(FSA) Office of Family Assistance |
General |
| OFB |
Outpatient Feedback |
General, Health Care |
| OFCCP |
Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs |
General |
| OFPP |
Office of Federal Procurement Policy |
General |
| OGC |
(HHS) Office of the General Council |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| OGE |
Office of Government Ethics |
General |
| OHCDS |
Organized Health Care Delivery System |
General, Health Care |
| OHDS |
Office of Human Development Services |
General, Health Care |
| OHTA |
(PHS) Office of Health Technology Assessment |
General, Health Care |
| OI |
Office of Inspections |
General |
| OI |
Office of Investigations, OIG |
General |
| OIA |
Office of Intergovernmental Affairs |
General |
| OIC |
Opportunity to Improve Care |
General, Health Care |
| OICS |
Office of Internal Customer Support, CMS |
General |
| OIFO |
Office of Investigations Field Office |
General |
| OIG |
Office of the Inspector General |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| OIRA |
Office of Information & Regulatory Affairs |
General |
| OIS |
Office of Information Services, CMS |
General |
| OIS |
Office of Information Systems |
General, Medicare Beneficiary |
| OJT |
OnTheJob Training |
General |
| OL |
Office of Legislation, CMS |
General |
| OLAP |
OnLine Analytic Processing |
General, IT Organization |
| OLM |
Online Mapping |
General, IT Organization |
| OLMR |
Office of Labor Management Relations |
General |
| OLQ |
Online Query |
General |
| OLTC |
Other Long Term Care |
General, Health Care |
| OLTP |
OnLine Transaction Processing |
General |
| OMB |
(HHS) Office of Management & Budget |
General |
| OMB |
Office of Management and the Budget |
General, Medicare Beneficiary |
| OMCH |
Office of Maternal & Child Health |
General, Health Care |
| OMESP |
Omnibus Medicare Enrollment System Processor |
General, Health Care |
| OMM |
Office of Medicaid Management, MB |
General, Health Care |
| OMP |
Operational Management Plan |
General |
| OMR |
Office of Medical Review |
General |
| OMR |
Optical Mark Reading |
General, Health Care |
| OMRA |
Other Medicare Required Assessment |
General, Health Care |
| OMS |
Oversight and Management System |
IT Organization |
| OOP |
Object Oriented Programming |
General, IT Organization |
| OOSA |
Out of Service Area (use OSA) |
General, Health Care |
| OP |
Organization Purpose |
General |
| OP |
Outpatient |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| OP |
Overpayment |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| OPA |
Organ Procurement Agency |
General, Health Care |
| OPAC |
Online Payment & Accounting Collection (System) (Treasury) |
General |
| OPD |
OutPatient Department |
General, Health Care |
| OPDIV |
OPerating DIVision |
General |
| OPI |
Office of Primary Interest |
General |
| OPI |
Other Processing Information |
General |
| OPIC |
Overseas Private Investment Corporation |
General |
| OPL |
Operation Policy Letter |
General |
| OPM |
Office of Personnel Management |
General, Medicare Beneficiary |
| OPM |
Office of Personnel Management (formerly CSC) |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| OPO |
Organ Procurement Organization |
General, Health Care |
| OPPS |
Outpatient Prospective Payment System |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| OPR |
Office of Public Relations, CMS |
General |
| OPS |
Output Performance Standards |
General |
| OPSA |
Office of Professional & Scientific Affairs |
General |
| OPTN |
Organ Procurement & Transplantation Network |
General, Health Care |
| OQ |
Office of Qualification |
General |
| OQC |
Operations Quality Council |
General |
| ORA |
(see OBRA) |
General |
| ORBTUP |
Orbit Update (MBR) |
General |
| ORDI |
Office of Research, Development, and Information, CMS |
General |
| ORF |
Outpatient Rehabilitation Facility |
General, Health Care |
| ORHP |
(HRSA) Office of Rural Health Policy |
General, Health Care |
| ORR |
Office of Refugee Resettlement |
General |
| ORSI |
Office of Retirement & Survivors Insurance |
General, Health Care |
| ORT |
Operation Restore Trust |
General |
| ORTIS |
Operation Restore Trust Information System |
General |
| ORUS |
Operations Resources Utilization System |
General |
| OS |
Office of the Secretary |
General |
| OS |
Organization Structure |
General |
| OS/ES |
Office of the Secretary / Executive Secretariat |
General |
| OSA |
Out of Service Area (also OOSA) |
General |
| OSC |
Office of Standards & Certification |
General |
| OSC |
Office Systems Coordinator |
General |
| OSCAR |
Office of Standards & Certification Automated Retrieval System |
General |
| OSCAR |
Online Survey Certification & Reporting (System) |
General |
| OSDIT |
Office of Software Development & Information Technology |
General, IT Organization |
| OSE |
Office Systems Equipment |
General |
| OSE |
Open Software Evaluation |
General, IT Organization |
| OSE |
Open Systems Environment |
General |
| OSERS |
Office of Special Education Rehabilitation Services |
General |
| OSH ACT |
Occupational Safety & Health Act |
General, Health Care |
| OSHA |
Occupational Safety & Health Administration |
General, Health Care |
| OSI |
Open System Interconnection |
General |
| OSI/SAS |
Optimum System Incorporated/Shared Arkansas System |
General |
| OSP |
Outpatient Speech Pathology |
General, Health Care |
| OSPATS |
OnSite Surveyor Performance Assessment & Training Survey |
General |
| OSTP |
Office of Science & Technology Policy |
General |
| OTA |
(Congressional) Office of Technology Assessment |
General |
| OTA |
Office of Technical Assistance |
General |
| OTC |
OneTimeCost |
General |
| OTC |
Over the Counter |
General |
| OTIS |
Office of Telecommunications & Information Systems |
General, IT Organization |
| OTIS |
Online Telecommunications Information System |
General, IT Organization |
| OTP |
OneTime Payment |
General |
| OTR |
Off theRecord |
General |
| OTR |
On theRecord |
General |
| OTS |
OneTime Source |
General |
| OWCP |
Office of Worker's Compensation Programs |
General |
| OWL |
Older Women's League |
General, Health Care |
| OWTDS |
Office of Washington Training & Development Services |
General |
| Acronym | Term | Audiences |
|---|
| P |
Process |
General |
| P&E |
Parenteral & Enteral |
General |
| P&T |
Pharmaceutical and Therapeutic |
General, Medicare Beneficiary |
| P/B |
Provider / Beneficiary |
General, Health Care |
| P/N |
Part Number |
General |
| PA |
Privacy Act of 1974 |
General |
| PA |
Project Assessment |
General |
| PAC |
Patient Assessment Computerized (System) |
General, Health Care |
| PAC |
Personal Access Code |
General |
| PAC |
Political Action Committee |
General |
| PAC |
PreAdmission Certification |
General, Health Care |
| PAC |
Premium Amount Collectible |
General |
| PAC |
Products of Ambulatory Care |
General, Health Care |
| PAC |
Professional & Administrative Careers |
General |
| PAC |
Professional, Administrative, Clerical |
General |
| PAC |
Project Account Code |
General |
| PACE |
Pharmaceutical Assistance Program |
General |
| PACE |
Planning, Assigning, Controlling & Evaluating System |
General, Health Care |
| PACE |
Professional & Administrative Career Examination |
General |
| PACE |
Program for All Inclusive Care for the Elderly |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| PACEMKR |
Pacemaker System |
General, Health Care |
| PACO |
Principal Administrative Contracting Officer |
General |
| PACS |
Patient Care & Services |
General, Health Care |
| PAG |
Policy Advisory Group |
Health Care |
| PAHP |
Prepaid Ambulatory Health Plan |
General, Health Care |
| PAL |
Patient Accounting Language (IBM software) |
General, Health Care |
| PAL |
Provider Audit List |
General, Health Care |
| PAM |
Priority Audit Memorandum |
General |
| PAM |
Project Administration Manual |
General |
| PANAPT |
(APCSS Automated Production Turnover software) |
General |
| PANVALET |
(APCSS source code management software) |
General |
| PAO |
Procurement Assistance Office |
General |
| PAO |
Property Accountable Officer |
General |
| PARD |
Provider Audit & Reimbursement Department |
General, Health Care |
| PARL |
Physician/Supplier Assignment Rate List |
General, Health Care |
| PART A |
Medicare Hospital Insurance |
General, Health Care |
| PART B |
Medicare Supplementary Medical Insurance |
General, Health Care |
| PAS |
PreAward Survey |
General |
| PAS |
Premium Accrual Stop |
General, Health Care |
| PAS |
Professional Activity Study |
General |
| PAS |
Public Appearances Staff, OPA |
General |
| PASARR |
Preadmission Screening & Annual Resident Review |
General, Health Care |
| PASS |
Policy Access Support System |
General |
| PASS |
Procurement Automatic Source System |
General |
| PAT |
Planning Action Team |
General |
| PATCO |
Professional, Administrative, Technical, Clerical Other |
General |
| PATHVU |
Path View |
General |
| PAYERID |
Payer Identification (national provider identifier initiative) |
General, Health Care |
| PBA |
Part B Advisory |
General, Health Care |
| PBA |
Pharmacy Benefit Administrator |
General, Medicare Beneficiary |
| PBC |
Premium Billing Code |
General, Health Care |
| PBGC |
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. |
General |
| PBIS |
PerformanceBased Incentive System |
General |
| PBMS |
Pharmacy Benefit Managers |
General, Medicare Beneficiary |
| PBO |
Payment Bill Option |
IT Organization |
| PBP |
Plan Benefit Package |
General, Medicare Beneficiary |
| PBP |
Provider Based Physician |
General, Health Care |
| PBR |
Process Bill Register |
General |
| PBX |
Private Branch Exchange |
General |
| PC |
Partnership Council |
General |
| PC |
Procurement Cycle |
General |
| PC |
Professional Component |
General |
| PC |
Project Coordinator |
General |
| PCA |
Physical Configuration Audit |
General |
| PCA |
Physicians Comparability Allowance |
General, Health Care |
| PCA |
Principle Certification Authority |
General |
| PCA |
Private Collection Agency |
General |
| PCA |
Progressive Corrective Action |
General |
| PCAM |
Punch Card Accounting Machines |
General |
| PCAS |
Patient Care Algorithm |
General, Health Care |
| PCC |
Per Capita Cost (System) |
General |
| PCCM |
Primary Care Case Management |
General, Health Care |
| PCCMP |
Primary Care Case Management Provider |
General, Health Care |
| PCD |
Premium Conversion Date |
General, Health Care |
| PCDB |
Provider/Contractor Data Base |
General, Health Care |
| PCE |
Personal Care Expenditures |
General, Health Care |
| PCH |
Primary Care Hospital |
General, Health Care |
| PCIE |
President's Council on Integrity & Efficiency |
General |
| PCMI |
President's Council on Management Improvement |
General |
| PCO |
Procurement Contracting Officer |
General |
| PCP |
Primary Care Physician (or Provider) |
General, Health Care |
| PCPR |
Provider Claims Processing Requirements |
General, Health Care |
| PCR |
Private Consumer Rate |
General |
| PCR |
Procurement Center Representative |
General |
| PCR |
Prospective Composite Rate |
General |
| PCRP |
Per Capita Rate Payment |
General |
| PCRS |
(Carrier) Performance Control Reporting System |
General, Health Care |
| PCS |
Permanent Change of Station |
General |
| PCS |
Position Classification Standard |
General |
| PCT |
Project Coordination Team |
General |
| PCYA |
Presidential Classroom for Young Americans |
General, Health Care |
| PD |
Physical Database |
General, Health Care |
| PD |
Position Description |
General |
| PD |
Premium Deducted |
General |
| PD |
Process Description |
General |
| PD |
Program Development |
General |
| PDA |
Premium Due Amount |
General, Health Care |
| PDBO |
Public Disability Benefit Offset |
General, Health Care |
| PDD |
Physical Database Design |
General |
| PDD |
Preliminary Design Document |
General |
| PDD |
Presidential Decision Directive |
General |
| PDD63 |
Presidential Decision Directive #63 |
General |
| PDE |
Prescription Drug Event |
IT Organization |
| PDED |
(same as PDD directly above) |
General |
| PDF |
Program Development Facility |
General |
| PDFS |
Prescription Drug Front-End System |
IT Organization |
| PDLO |
Printing & Distribution Liaison Officer |
General |
| PDM |
Parallel Development Manager |
General |
| PDM |
Personalized Documentation Manager |
General |
| PDM |
Program Decision Memorandum |
General |
| PDMA |
Prescription Drug Marketing Act of 1988 |
General, Health Care |
| PDOTH |
Prior Date of Termination of Hospital Insurance |
General, Health Care |
| PDP |
Prescription Drug Plan |
General, IT Organization |
| PDP |
Private Prescription Drug Plan |
General, Medicare Beneficiary |
| PDP |
Program Decision Package |
General |
| PDR |
Physician's Desk Reference |
General, Health Care |
| PDS |
Partitioned Data Set |
General |
| PDS |
Peer (Review Organization) Data System |
General, Health Care |
| PDSC |
Phased-Down State Contribution |
General, Medicare Beneficiary |
| PDT |
Physical Design Team |
General, Health Care |
| PDV |
Program Data Vector |
General, IT Organization |
| PE |
Performance Evaluation |
General |
| PE |
Post Entitlement |
General |
| PE |
Program Evaluation |
General |
| PEB |
Performance Evaluation Board (contracts) |
General, Health Care |
| PEBES |
(SSA) Personal Earnings & Benefit Estimate Statement |
General, Health Care |
| PEBS |
Personal Earnings & Benefit Statement |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| PEBTAG |
Provider Electronic Billing Technical Advisory Group |
General, Health Care |
| PEC |
Performance Engineering Corp. (SAIC subcontractor) |
General |
| PECOS |
Provider Enrollment, Chain & Ownership System |
General, Health Care |
| PED |
Project Engineering Development |
General |
| PEI |
Postentitlement Internet (MBR Query) |
General |
| PEL |
(OSHA) Permissible Exposure Limits |
General |
| PENVAL |
Post Entitlement Notices Validations (SSA) |
General |
| PEO |
Program Executive Officer |
General |
| PEP |
Partial Episode Payment |
General, Health Care |
| PEP |
Partnerships in Education Program |
General |
| PEP |
Performance Evaluation Program |
General |
| PEP |
Proposal Evaluation Plan |
General |
| PEPP |
Payment Error Prevention Program |
General, Health Care |
| PEPPER |
Post Entitlement Premium Payment & Enrollment Program (SSA) |
General, Health Care |
| PERT |
Program Evaluation & Review Technique |
General |
| PERVU |
Practice Expense Relative Value Units |
General |
| PESO |
Post Entitlement Scheduling Operation (SSA) |
General |
| PESO |
Post Entitlement System Operation (SSA) |
General |
| PET |
Positron Emission Tomography |
General |
| PET |
Provider Education & Training |
General |
| PET |
Provider Evaluation & Training |
General |
| PETS |
Problem & Enhancement Tracking System (GHP) |
General |
| PETT |
Position Emission Transverse Tomography |
General |
| PEW |
PRO Efficiency Workgroup |
General, Health Care |
| PFCRA |
Program Fraud Civil Remedies Act |
General, Health Care |
| PFF |
Physician Fee Freeze |
General, Health Care |
| PFFS |
Private Fee-For-Service Plan |
General, Medicare Beneficiary |
| PFFS |
Private FeeForService Plan |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| PH |
Partial Hospitalization |
General, Health Care |
| PHCE |
Personal Health Care Expenditures |
General, Health Care |
| PHCP |
Prepaid Health Care Plan |
General, Health Care |
| PHDDS |
PRO Hospital Discharge Data Set |
General, Health Care |
| PHEC |
PostHospital Extended Care |
General, Health Care |
| PHHH |
PostHospital Home Health |
General, Health Care |
| PHI |
Personal Health Information |
General, Health Care |
| PHI |
Premium Hospital Insurance |
General, Health Care |
| PHI |
Protected Health Information |
Health Care |
| PHIC |
Partnership for Health Insurance Counseling |
General, Health Care |
| PHIP |
Pharmacist's Incentive Program |
General, Health Care |
| PHOS |
Post Hospital Outcome Study |
General, Health Care |
| PHP |
Partial Hospitalization Program |
General, Health Care |
| PHP |
Prepaid Health Plan |
General, Health Care |
| PHPO |
Prepaid Health Plan Option |
General, Health Care |
| PHPO |
Private Health Plan Option |
General, Health Care |
| PHR |
Professional in Human Resources |
General |
| PHRMA |
Pharmaceutical Manufacturers and Researchers of America |
General, Medicare Beneficiary |
| PHTP |
Priority Health Training Programs |
General, Health Care |
| PHUS |
Payment History Update System |
General |
| PHY/SUP |
Physician/Supplier |
General, Health Care |
| PI |
Penalty Indicator |
General |
| PI |
Performance Indicator |
General |
| PI |
Productivity Investment |
General |
| PI |
Program Integrity |
General |
| PI |
Project Initiation |
General |
| PIA |
Primary Insured Amount (MBR) |
General, Health Care |
| PIC |
Policy Information Center (DHHS) |
General |
| PIC |
PRO Intermediary Carrier |
General, Health Care |
| PIC |
Program Information Coordinator |
General |
| PICC |
Peripherally-inserted central catheter |
General, Health Care |
| PICS |
Plan Information Control System |
General |
| PICS |
Program Information Control System |
General |
| PID |
Payer Identification System |
General, Health Care |
| PID |
Program Inspections Division, OIG |
General |
| PID |
Project Idea Document |
General |
| PIDS |
People or Individual with Disabilities (aka POIWD) |
General, Health Care |
| PIE |
Post Implementation Evaluation |
General |
| PIG |
Program Integrity Group, OFM, CMS |
General, Health Care |
| PIHP |
Prepaid Inpatient Health Plan |
General, Health Care |
| PIIS |
Program Instructions Issuance System |
General |
| PIM |
Personal Information Manager |
General |
| PIMR |
Program Integrity Management Reporting |
General, Health Care |
| PIN |
Personal Identification Number |
General |
| PIN |
Physician Identification Number |
General, Health Care |
| PIN |
PreInvitation Notice |
General |
| PIN |
Primary Insured Number (MBR) |
General, Health Care |
| PIN |
Provider Identification Number |
General, Health Care |
| PINQ |
Premium Inquiry |
General |
| PIP |
Performance Improvement Plan |
General |
| PIP |
Periodic Interim Payment |
General |
| PIP |
Physician Incentive Plan |
General, Health Care |
| PIP |
Productivity Improvement Program |
General |
| PIP |
Projects in Progress |
General |
| PIPC |
Public Information Program Circular |
General, Health Care |
| PIPDCG |
Principal Inpatient Diagnostic Cost Group |
General, Health Care |
| PIR |
Periodic Interim Reimbursement |
General, Health Care |
| PIR |
Post Implementation Review |
General |
| PIT |
Process Improvement Team (ALJ) |
General |
| PITS |
PRO Information Tracking System |
General, Health Care |
| PJS |
Personal Job Scheduler |
General |
| PL |
Performance Level |
General |
| PL |
Proposed Legislation |
General |
| PL |
Public Law |
General |
| PL99-474 |
Computer Fraud & Abuse Act of 1986 |
General, IT Organization |
| PLAN |
Plain Language Action Network |
General |
| PLAN |
Protection for Long Term Assistance Needs |
General, Health Care |
| PLANNET |
Plan Network |
General |
| PLT |
Production Lead Time |
General |
| PM |
post meridiem |
General |
| PM |
Procedure Manual |
General |
| PM |
Program Management |
General |
| PM |
Program Memoranda |
General |
| PM |
Project Manager |
General |
| PM-PET |
Program ManagementProvider Education & Training |
General |
| PM/PM |
Per Member/Per Month |
General |
| PMA |
PreMarket Approval |
General |
| PMA |
Prior Month Accrual |
General |
| PMBOK |
Project Management Body of Knowledge |
General |
| PMC |
Patient Management Categories |
General, Health Care |
| PMCS |
Program Management Control System |
General |
| PMCS |
Project Management Collection System |
General |
| PME |
Partial Month Eligible (Medicaid) |
General, Health Care |
| PME |
Prior Month Ending |
General |
| PMI |
Project Management Institute |
General |
| PMIS |
Program Management Information System |
General |
| PMIS |
PSRO Management Information System |
General |
| PMMIS |
Program Management & Medical Information System |
General, Health Care |
| PMO |
Project Management Office |
General |
| PMO |
Property Management Officer |
General |
| PMP |
Preventive Maintenance Program |
General |
| PMP |
Project Management Plan |
General |
| PMRS |
Performance Management & Recognition System |
General |
| PMRS |
Performance Management Rating System |
General |
| PMS |
Payment Management System |
General |
| PMS |
Personnel Manual for Supervisors (SSA) |
General |
| PMS |
Program Management System |
General |
| PMS |
Property Management System |
General |
| PMSA |
(BLSC) Primary Metropolitan Statistical Area |
General |
| PMTT |
Programmable Magnetic Tape Terminal (or Transmission) |
General |
| PNM |
Price Negotiation Memorandum |
General |
| PO |
Post Office |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| PO |
Privacy Officer |
General |
| PO |
Procurement Office |
General |
| PO |
Project Officer |
General |
| PO |
Purchase Order |
General |
| POAM |
Plan of Action & Milestones |
General |
| POC |
Patterns of Care |
General, Health Care |
| POC |
Plan of Care |
General, Health Care |
| POC |
Plan of Correction |
General |
| POC |
Point of Contact |
General |
| POC |
Principal Operating Component |
General |
| POCI |
Physician Ownership/Compensation Interest |
General, Health Care |
| POE |
Plan of Expenditures |
General |
| POIWD |
People or Individuals with Disabilities (aka PIDS) |
General, Health Care |
| POL |
Physician Office Laboratories |
General, Health Care |
| POMS |
Program Operations Manual System (SSA) (formerly Claims Manual CM)) |
General |
| POR |
Print/Utility Owning Region |
General |
| POR |
Provider Overpayment Recovery |
General, Health Care |
| POR |
Provider Overpayment Report |
General, Health Care |
| PORA |
Principal Official Responsible for Acquisition |
General |
| PORS |
Provider Overpayment Recovery System |
General, Health Care |
| PORS |
Provider Overpayment Reporting System |
General, Health Care |
| PORT |
Patient Outcome Research Team (or Treatment) |
General, Health Care |
| PORTS |
Patient Outcome Research Teams |
General, Health Care |
| POS |
Place of Service |
General |
| POS |
Point of Sale |
General |
| POS |
Point of Service |
General, Health Care |
| POS |
Provider of Service(s) (System) |
General, Health Care |
| POSIX |
Portable Operating System Interface Exchange |
General |
| POT |
Plan of Treatment |
General, Health Care |
| PP |
Project Plan |
General |
| PP |
Prospective Payment |
General, Health Care |
| PP&A |
Plan Performance & Assistance |
General |
| PPA |
Premium Paid Amount |
General, Health Care |
| PPAC |
Practicing Provider Advisory Council |
General, Health Care |
| PPAC |
Prospective Payment Assessment Commission |
General, Health Care |
| PPB |
Planning, Programming, Budgeting |
General |
| PPC |
Processing Payment Cycle |
General, Health Care |
| PPG |
Primary Care Physician Groups |
General, Health Care |
| PPI |
Producer Price Index |
General |
| PPL |
Potentially Penalty Liable |
General |
| PPLS |
Policy Planning Liaison Staff |
General, Health Care |
| PPM |
Parts Per Million |
General |
| PPNA |
Program Planning & Needs Analysis |
General |
| PPO |
Preferred Provider Organization |
General, Health Care |
| PPP |
Preference Procurement Program |
General |
| PPP |
Production Program Profile |
General |
| PPR |
Physician Payment Reform |
General, Health Care |
| PPR |
Prospective Payment Review |
General, Health Care |
| PPR IMI |
Physician Payment Reform Impact Monitoring Initiative |
General, Health Care |
| PPRC |
Physician Payment Review Commission |
General, Health Care |
| PPRMS |
Physician Payment Review Monitoring System |
General, Health Care |
| PPRTF |
Physician Payment Reform Task Force |
General, Health Care |
| PPS |
Prepayment Screen |
General, Health Care |
| PPS |
Primitive Process Specification |
General |
| PPS |
Proposed Price Setting |
General, Health Care |
| PPS |
Prospective Payment System |
General |
| PPS |
Prospective Payment System (Medicare Part A) |
General, Health Care |
| PPS |
Prospective Pricing System |
General, Health Care |
| PPSMS |
Printing & Paper Stock Management System |
General |
| PPSP |
Physician's Primary Sponsor Plan |
General, Health Care |
| PPSSCC |
President's Private Sector Survey on Cost Control |
General |
| PPV |
Pharmaceutical Prime Vendor |
General, Medicare Beneficiary |
| PPWY |
Productivity Per Work Year |
General |
| PQE |
Prior Quarter Ending |
General |
| PR |
Peer Review |
General, Health Care |
| PR |
Program Requirement |
General |
| PR |
Purchase (or Procurement) Request |
General |
| PRA |
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980 |
General |
| PRA |
Per Resident Amount |
General, Health Care |
| PRA |
Percent Reactive Antibody |
General, Health Care |
| PRACP |
Project Review and Coordination Panel |
General |
| PRAF |
Physician Reviewer Assignment Format |
General, Health Care |
| PRB |
Payment Record Batch |
General |
| PRB |
Performance Review Board |
General |
| PRCP |
Project Review & Coordination Panel |
General |
| PRENT |
Prior Entitlement Program (HDPRENT) |
General |
| PRES |
Policy Review & Evaluation Staff |
General, Health Care |
| PRG |
Performance Recognition Group |
General |
| PRI |
Procurement Request Information |
General |
| PRICER |
(PPS pricing software for inpatient stays system) |
General, Health Care |
| PRISM |
Project to Redesign Information Systems Management (begun in 1984, ended in 1991 when funding expired) |
General |
| PRM |
Provider Reimbursement Manual |
General, Health Care |
| PRMDS |
Provider Minimum Data Set |
General, Health Care |
| PRO |
Peer Review Organization (renamed to QIO) |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| PRO |
Principal Regional Official |
General, Health Care |
| PRO |
Professional Review Organization |
General, Health Care |
| PRO/FI |
Professional Review Organization / Fiscal Intermediary |
General, Health Care |
| PROM |
Protocol for Regional Office Monitoring |
General, Health Care |
| PROMPTS |
Peer Review Organization Monitoring Protocol & Tracking System |
General, Health Care |
| PROPAC |
Prospective Payment Assessment Commission (Task Force) |
General, Health Care |
| PRP |
Prospective Reimbursement Plan |
General, Health Care |
| PRP |
Provider Reimbursement Profile |
General, Health Care |
| PRPD |
Payment Reform Policy Development |
General, Health Care |
| PRRA |
Paperwork Reduction Reauthorization Act |
General |
| PRRB |
Provider Reimbursement Review Board |
Contractor, General, Health Care |
| PRS |
Parameter Release Study |
General |
| PRS |
Payment Reconciliation System |
IT Organization |
| PRS |
Prepayment Review System |
General, Health Care |
| PRUCOL |
Permanently Residing Under Color of Law |
General |
| PRVSF |
Provider Summary File |
General, Health Care |
| PS |
Physician Sequential |
General, Health Care |
| PS&E |
Performance Standards & Evaluation |
General |
| PS&E TAG |
Performance Standards & Evaluation Technical Advisory Group |
General |
| PS&RR |
Provider Statistical & Reimbursement Report |
General, Health Care |
| PSA |
PreSolicitation Announcement |
General |
| PSA |
Problem Statement Analysis |
General |
| PSA |
Public Service Announcement |
General |
| PSAF |
Physician/Supplier Action File |
General, Health Care |
| PSC |
Product & Service Code |
General |
| PSC |
Program Safeguard (or Safety) Contractor |
General |
| PSC |
Program Service Center (SSA) (formerly Payment Center (PC)) |
General, Health Care |
| PSC |
Program Support Center (DHHS) |
General |
| PSC |
Public Service Commission |
General |
| PSF |
Provider Specific File |
General, Health Care |
| PSGH |
Policy Standards & Guidelines Handbook |
General, Health Care |
| PSI |
Problem Source Identification |
General |
| PSL |
Problem Statement Language |
General |
| PSM |
Physician Summary Master |
General, Health Care |
| PSO |
Physician Security Officer |
General, Health Care |
| PSO |
Provider Sponsored Organization |
General |
| PSO |
Provider-Sponsored Organization |
General, Medicare Beneficiary |
| PSOR |
Physician & Supplier Overpayment Report |
General, Health Care |
| PSOR |
Physician Supplier Overpayment Recovery |
General, Health Care |
| PSOR |
Provider Statistical & Overpayment Report |
General, Health Care |
| PSP |
Provider/Supplier Service Plan |
General, Health Care |
| PSPRICE |
Physician Fee Schedule System |
General, Health Care |
| PSR |
Proposal Submission Requirements |
General |
| PSR |
Provider Statistics & Reimbursement Report (aka PS&R) |
General, Health Care |
| PSR |
Provider Summary Report |
General, Health Care |
| PSRB |
Performance Standards Review Board |
General, Health Care |
| PSRO |
Performance Standards Review Organization |
General, Health Care |
| PSRO |
Physician Service Review Organization |
General, Health Care |
| PSRS |
Provider Statistical & Reimbursement System |
General, Health Care |
| PSS |
Packet Switch Service (FTS2000) |
General |
| PSS |
Programed Symbol Set (board) |
General |
| PT |
Processing Time |
General |
| PT |
Proficiency Testing |
General |
| PTA |
Part A (of Medicare) |
General, Health Care |
| PTA |
Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty |
General, Health Care |
| PTA |
Point of Total Assumption |
General |
| PTA |
Prior To Admission |
General, Health Care |
| PTAC |
Premium Target Advisory Commission |
General, Health Care |
| PTAG |
Program Training Advisory Group |
General |
| PTAMUS |
Part A Medicare Utilization System |
General, Health Care |
| PTAPTT |
Part A Processing Times Tabulation |
General, Health Care |
| PTB |
Part B (of Medicare) |
General, Health Care |
| PTO |
(U.S.) Patent &Trademark Office |
General |
| PTP |
Performance Test Platform (PRISM) |
General |
| PTP |
Portable Training Package |
General |
| PTP |
Proficiency Testing Program |
General |
| PTS |
Provider Terminal System |
General, Health Care |
| PU/ME/DE |
Public Use / Medical Effectiveness / Demonstration & Evaluation |
General, Health Care |
| PUC |
Public Utilities Commission |
General |
| PUDI |
Prior Unqualifing Disabled Indicator (also RISI) |
General, Health Care |
| PUF |
Public Use Files |
General |
| PUFF |
Proposed Uses of Federal Funds |
General |
| PUFS |
Public Use Files System |
General |
| PUP |
Provider Update Operation |
General, Health Care |
| PUT |
Payment Update Transaction (MBR) |
General |
| PV |
Performance Value |
General |
| PV |
Present Value |
General |
| PVA |
Priority Value Assessment |
General |
| PVA |
Project Valuation Assessment |
General |
| PVB |
Provider Bills |
General, Health Care |
| PVC |
Permanent Virtual Circuit |
IT Organization |
| PW |
Project Workbench |
General |
| PW |
Public Welfare |
General |
| PWBA |
Pension Welfare & Benefits Administration |
General |
| PWD |
Persons With Disabilities |
General, Health Care |
| PWS |
Payment Withhold System |
IT Organization |
| PWS |
Performance Work Standard |
General |
| PX |
Post Exchange |
General |
| PY |
Prior Year |
General |
| PYE |
Prior Year Ending |
General |
| Acronym | Term | Audiences |
|---|
| Q&A |
Questions & Answers |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| QA |
Quality Assessment |
General |
| QA |
Quality Assurance |
General |
| QAE |
Quality Assurance Evaluator |
General |
| QAHB |
(Carrier) Quality Assurance Program Handbook |
General, Health Care |
| QAI |
Quality Assessment Index |
General |
| QALY |
Quality Adjusted Life Year |
General |
| QAM |
Quadrature Amplitude Modulation |
General |
| QAM |
Quality Assurance Monitoring |
General |
| QAP |
Quality Assurance Program |
General |
| QAR |
Quality Assurance Representative |
General |
| QAS |
Quality Assurance Standards |
General |
| QAS |
Quality Assurance System |
General |
| QATAP |
Quality Assurance Through Attributes Program |
General |
| QBE |
Query By Example |
General |
| QBL |
Qualified Bidders List |
General |
| QC |
Quality Control |
General |
| QC |
Quality Council |
General |
| QC |
Quarters of Coverage (SSA) |
General |
| QCEM |
Quality Control Enforcement Mechanism |
General |
| QCM |
Quality Call Monitoring |
General |
| QCM |
Quality Care Monitoring |
General |
| QCP |
Quality Control Program |
General, Medicare Beneficiary |
| QDN |
Quality Deficiency Notice |
General |
| QDR |
Quality Deficiency Report |
General |
| QDWI |
Qualified Disabled & Working Individual (aka QWDI) |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| QDWIS |
Qualified Disabled and Working Individuals |
General, Medicare Beneficiary |
| QI |
Quality Indicator |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| QIES |
Quality Improvement Evaluation System |
General, Medicare Beneficiary |
| QIO |
Quality Improvement Organization |
General, Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| QIP |
Quality Improvement Process |
General |
| QIP |
Quality Intervention Plan |
General |
| QIPRO |
Quality Improvement Professional Research Organization |
General |
| QIS |
Qualifications Information Statement |
General |
| QIS |
Qualified Individuals |
General, Medicare Beneficiary |
| QISMC |
Quality Improvement System for Managed Care |
General |
| QIT |
Quality Improvement Team |
General |
| QM |
Quality Management |
General |
| QMB |
Qualified Medicare Beneficiaries |
General, Medicare Beneficiary |
| QMB |
Qualified Medicare Beneficiary (OBRA 1989 PL101239,Sect.6013) |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| QMCE |
Qualified Management Care Facility |
General |
| QML |
Qualified Manufacturers List |
General |
| QMMP |
Quality Measurement & Management Project |
General |
| QMRP |
Qualified Mental Retardation Professional |
General, Health Care |
| QMS |
Quality Measurement System |
General |
| QO |
Qualification Officer |
General |
| QOC |
Quarterly Operational Cost |
General |
| QPDA |
Questionable Premium Due Amount |
General |
| QPL |
Qualified Products List |
General |
| QR |
Quarterly Refund |
General |
| QR |
Quarterly Report |
General |
| QRO |
Quality Review Organization |
General |
| QRS |
Quality Review Studies |
General |
| QSS |
Quality Systems & Software |
General |
| QST |
Quality Support Team |
General |
| QUEST |
Quality Assurance Expert System Testbed |
General |
| QUEST |
Quality Evaluation of Settlement |
General |
| QUGS |
Quality Utilization Generic Screens |
General |
| QW |
Quick Reference |
General |
| QWDI |
Qualified Working Disabled Individual (aka QDWI) |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| Acronym | Term | Audiences |
|---|
| R&A |
Repair & Alteration (contract) |
General |
| R&C |
Reasonable & Customary |
General |
| R&D |
Research & Development |
General |
| R/C |
Report of Contact |
General |
| RA |
Regional Administrator |
General, Health Care |
| RA |
Remittance Advice |
General |
| RA |
Risk Assessment |
General, Health Care |
| RAAC |
Risk Adjustment Advisory Committee |
General |
| RAB |
Register Accreditation Board |
General |
| RAC |
Reimbursement Advisory Committee |
General, Health Care |
| RACF |
Resource Access Control Facility (software) |
General, IT Organization |
| RAD |
Rapid Application Development |
General |
| RAD |
Requirements Analysis Document |
General |
| RAD |
Respiratory Assist Device |
General, Health Care |
| RADAR |
Radio Detection & Ranging |
General |
| RADAR |
RSDI Account Data Record |
General |
| RADARS |
(HCFA) Ranking & Data Analysis Reporting System |
General, Health Care |
| RADARS |
Rapid Data Retrieval System |
General |
| RAFO |
Research & Find Out |
General |
| RAI |
Resident Assessment Instrument |
General |
| RAID |
Redundant Array of Independent Disk |
General |
| RAP |
Ready Assessment Packages (Y2k) |
General |
| RAP |
Request for Accelerated Payment |
General, Health Care |
| RAP |
Request for Anticipated Payment |
General, Health Care |
| RAP |
Resource Allocation Plan |
General |
| RAPS |
Resident Assessment Protocol System |
General, Health Care |
| RAPS |
Risk Adjustment Processing System |
IT Organization |
| RAPS |
Risk Adjustment Processing System |
IT Organization |
| RAS |
Risk Adjustment System |
IT Organization |
| RASC |
Regional Administrative Support Center, HHS |
General, Health Care |
| RAT |
Remote Access Trojan |
General |
| RBAC |
RoleBased Access Control |
General |
| RBBS |
Remote Bulletin Board System |
General |
| RBRVS |
ResourceBased Relative Value Scale |
General |
| RBRVU |
ResourceBased Relative Value Use |
General |
| RBS |
Report of Benefit Savings |
General |
| RC |
Reasonable Charge (or Cost) |
General, Health Care |
| RC |
Regional Carrier |
General, Health Care |
| RCA |
Refugee Cash Assistance |
General |
| RCAS |
Reconsideration Control & Appeals System |
General |
| RCC |
Ratio of Cost to Charges |
General, Health Care |
| RCCAC |
Ratio of Charges to Charges Applied to Costs |
General, Health Care |
| RCCS |
Revenue Center Code System |
General |
| RCE |
Reasonable Compensation Equivalent |
General |
| RCICS |
Registry Customer Information Control System |
General |
| RCL |
Report Card Listing (SSA) |
General |
| RCL |
Routine Cost Limit |
General |
| RCP |
Reasonable Charge Pricing |
General |
| RCP |
Report of Contractor Performance (ACER replacement) |
General |
| RCSRS |
Resource Cost Reporting System |
General |
| RCT |
Randomized Clinical Trials |
General, Health Care |
| RCT |
Registered Care Technologist |
General, Health Care |
| RCT |
Religious Compensatory Time |
General |
| RD&E |
Research, Demonstration & Evaluation |
General |
| RDBMS |
Relational DBMS |
General |
| RDEM |
Regional Office Data Exchange Manager |
General |
| RDES |
Regional Data Exchange System |
General |
| RDF |
Renal Dialysis Facility |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| RDO |
Resource Definition Online |
General |
| RDS |
The Retiree Drug Subsidy Program |
General, Medicare Beneficiary |
| RDS NUMBER |
see Plan Sponsor number |
General, Medicare Beneficiary |
| RDT&E |
Research, Development, Test & Evaluation |
General |
| RE |
(Carrier) Reasonable Expectancies (or Expectations) |
General, Health Care |
| REA |
(U.S.) Rural Electrification Administration |
General |
| REACH |
Regional Education About Choices in Health |
General, Medicare Beneficiary |
| REACT |
Return Check Action (MBR) |
General |
| REBUS |
Renal Beneficiary & Utilization System |
General, Health Care |
| RECONS |
(Online) Reconsideration Information System |
General |
| RECOUP |
Recovery of Unpaid Premiums (MBR) |
General, Health Care |
| REGO |
Reinventing Government |
General |
| REGTRK |
Regulations Tracking System |
General |
| REINS |
Reduced Expenditure Initiatives |
General |
| REIT |
Real Estate Investment Trust |
General |
| REL |
Recommended Exposure Limits |
General |
| REM |
Remark Line |
General |
| REMAS |
Recovery Management & Accounting System |
General |
| REMAS |
Report on Medicare as Secondary Payor System |
General, Health Care |
| REMIS |
Renal Management Information System |
General, Health Care |
| REPORE |
Report Output Retrieval System |
General |
| RESDAC |
Research Data Assistance Center |
General |
| RETAP |
Regular Transcript Selection & Attainment Pass (SSA) |
General |
| REVS |
Recipient Eligibility Verification System (Mass. DPW) |
General |
| REXX |
Restructured Extended Executor Language |
General |
| RFA |
Reason for Assessment |
General, Medicare Beneficiary |
| RFA |
Regulatory Flexibility Act (5USC 601612) |
General |
| RFA |
Request for Applications |
General |
| RFC |
(Treasury) Regional Financial Center |
General |
| RFC |
Request for Comment |
General |
| RFC |
Request for Contract |
General |
| RFI |
Request for Information |
General |
| RFP |
Request for Proposal |
General |
| RFQ |
Request for Quotation |
General |
| RGT |
Requirements Gathering Techniques |
General |
| RH |
Rural Hospital |
General, Health Care |
| RHC |
Rural Health Center |
General, Health Care |
| RHC |
Rural Health Claim |
General, Health Care |
| RHC |
Rural Health Clinic |
General, Health Care |
| RHHI |
Regional Home Health Intermediary |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| RHHIPEP |
Regional Home Health Intermediary Performance Evaluation Program |
General, Health Care |
| RHIR |
Resident Health Insurance Representative |
General, Health Care |
| RHP |
Rebundling of Hospital Payment |
General, Health Care |
| RI |
Regional Intermediary |
General, Health Care |
| RI |
Routing Indicator |
General |
| RIA |
Regulatory Impact Analysis |
General |
| RIC |
Record Identification Code |
General |
| RIL |
Regional Informational Letter |
General |
| RIM |
Retrieve Inactive Master System |
General |
| RIMS |
Reconsideration Information Management System |
General |
| RISC |
Reduced Instruction Set Computing |
General |
| RISC |
Regulatory Information Service Center |
General |
| RISI |
Renal Insured Status Indicator (also PUDI) |
General, Health Care |
| RIT |
Reorganization Implementation Team |
General |
| RJE |
Remote Job Entry |
General |
| RM |
Release Management |
General |
| RMA |
Referral & Monitoring Agency |
General |
| RMA |
Refugee Medical Assistance |
General, Health Care |
| RMAPS |
Rocky Mountain Part A Processing System |
General, Health Care |
| RMF |
Resource Measurement Facility (software) |
General |
| RMFA |
Restricted Medicare Fraud Alert |
General, Health Care |
| RMP |
Resource Management Plan |
General |
| RMRP |
Regional Medical Review Policy |
General, Health Care |
| RMS |
Record Management System |
General |
| RMS |
Regional Management System |
General |
| RMS |
Requirements Management System |
General |
| RMS |
Retention Management System |
General |
| RMT |
Requirements Management Team |
General |
| RMU |
Resource Management Unit |
General |
| RN |
Recruitment Notices |
General |
| RN |
Registered Nurse |
General, Health Care |
| RNHCI |
Religious NonMedical Health Care Institution |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| RNO |
Race & National Origin |
General |
| RO |
Abbreviation for Regional Office. |
General, Medicare Beneficiary |
| RO |
Regional Office |
General, Health Care |
| ROADV |
Regional Office Advance Copy Note |
General |
| ROAM |
ROAR Master (SSA) |
General, Health Care |
| ROAMS |
Regional Office Appeals Management System |
General, Health Care |
| ROAR |
Recovery of Overpayments Accounting & Reporting System (SSA) |
General, Health Care |
| ROAR |
Regional Office Automating Representatives for Managed Care Operations (ROAR for MCO) |
General, Health Care |
| ROC |
Report of Contact |
General, Medicare Beneficiary |
| ROC |
Report of Contact (also R/C) |
General |
| ROC |
Resumption of Care |
General, Medicare Beneficiary |
| ROCL |
Regional Office Contractor Letter |
General, Health Care |
| ROE |
Report of Eligibility |
General |
| ROE |
Return on Equity |
General |
| ROF |
Regional Office Flag |
General, Health Care |
| ROI |
Return on Investment |
General |
| ROM |
Regional Office Manual |
General, Health Care |
| ROMGRS |
Regional Office Managers |
General, Health Care |
| ROPES |
Regional Office Performance Evaluation System |
General, Health Care |
| ROPO |
Regional Office Project Officer |
General, Health Care |
| ROSTAR |
Regional Office System Tracking for Audit Reimbursement |
General, Health Care |
| ROUG |
Regional Office Users Group |
General, Health Care |
| RPA |
Renal Physicians Association |
General, Health Care |
| RPBC |
Rejected Provider Bill Control (Process) |
General, Health Care |
| RPC |
Remote Procedure Call |
General |
| RPCH |
Regional Primary Care Hospital |
General, Health Care |
| RPCH |
Rural Primary Care Hospital |
General, Health Care |
| RPD |
Run Processing Date |
General |
| RPG |
Report Program Generator |
General |
| RPL |
Reasonable Performance Level |
General |
| RPL |
Reemployment Priority List |
General |
| RPM |
Revolutions Per Minute |
General |
| RPO |
Regional Personnel Officer |
General, Health Care |
| RQC |
Regional Quality Council |
General |
| RR |
Rate Review |
General |
| RRB |
Railroad Retirement Board |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| RRC |
Rural Referral Center |
General, Health Care |
| RRIA |
Resource Requirements for Impact Analysis |
General |
| RRP |
Reimbursement Review Program |
General |
| RS |
Random Search |
General |
| RSC |
Record Status Code |
General |
| RSC |
Reimbursement Statistics by State & County System |
General |
| RSDHI |
Retirement, Survivors, Disability, & Health Insurance |
General, Health Care |
| RSDI |
Retirement, Survivors, & Disability Insurance |
General, Health Care |
| RSF |
Renal Services Facility |
General, Health Care |
| RSI |
Retirement & Survivors Insurance |
General, Health Care |
| RSVP |
Retired Senior Volunteer Project |
General, Health Care |
| RT |
Record Type |
General |
| RT |
Recovery Team |
General |
| RT |
Respiratory Therapy |
General, Health Care |
| RTC |
Reports to Congress |
General |
| RTC |
Resolution Trust Corporation |
General |
| RTG |
Return to Government |
General |
| RTI |
Return to Intermediary |
General, Health Care |
| RTN |
Routing & Transit Number |
General |
| RTP |
Request for Technical Proposal |
General |
| RTP |
Return To Provider (or Plan) |
General, Health Care |
| RTS |
Recovery Tracking System |
General |
| RTS |
Request to Send |
General |
| RTS |
Return (tapes) to Stock |
General |
| RUG |
Resource Utilization Group |
General |
| RUNT |
RRB Universal RIC |
General, Health Care |
| RUR |
Recurring Utilization Report |
General |
| RV |
Residual Value |
General |
| RVS |
Relative Value Scale (or Schedule) |
General |
| RVU |
Relative Value Unit |
General |
| RWJF |
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation |
General |
| RZIP |
Residence ZIP (Code) |
General |
| Acronym | Term | Audiences |
|---|
| S&C |
Survey and Certification |
General, Medicare Beneficiary |
| S&E |
Staff & Equipment |
General |
| S&I |
Supervision & Interpretation |
General |
| S-MIME |
Secure Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions |
General, IT Organization |
| S/HMO |
Social Health Maintenance Organization |
General, Health Care |
| S/W |
Software |
General, IT Organization |
| SA |
Scheduled Allowance |
General, Health Care |
| SA |
Security Administrator |
General |
| SA |
Settlement Agreement |
General |
| SA |
State Agency |
General, Health Care |
| SA |
State Assessment |
General |
| SA |
Supplemental Agreement |
General |
| SA |
Systems Administrator |
General, IT Organization |
| SA |
Systems Analyst |
General, IT Organization |
| SA-CMM |
Software Acquisition Capability Maturity Model |
General, IT Organization |
| SAC |
Special Action Code |
General |
| SAC |
Statistical Analysis Contractor |
General |
| SACP |
(AHA) Society for Ambulatory Care Professionals |
General, Health Care |
| SAD |
Service Area Directory (SSA) |
General, Health Care |
| SAD |
Simultaneous Accretion/Deletion |
General |
| SADBUS |
Small And Disadvantaged Business Utilization Specialist |
General |
| SADMERC |
Statistical Analysis Durable Medical Equipment Regional Carrier |
General, Health Care |
| SAEP |
State Agency Evaluation Plan |
General, Health Care |
| SAF |
Standard Analytic File |
General |
| SAGE-204 |
SAS interface to M204 databases |
General, IT Organization |
| SAHD |
Staff Assisted Home Dialysis |
General, Health Care |
| SAI |
Special Audit Initiative |
General |
| SAIC |
Science Applications International Corp. (PRISM software contractor) |
General |
| SALT |
Suspensions & Life Terminations System (MBR) |
General, Health Care |
| SAM |
Software Asset Management |
General |
| SAMHSA |
Supstance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration |
General, Health Care |
| SAR |
(microfilm) Storage & Retrieval unit |
General |
| SAR |
Safeguard Activity Report |
General |
| SAR |
Service Area Report |
General |
| SAS |
Single Award Schedules |
General |
| SAS |
Statement of Auditing Standards |
General |
| SAS |
Statistical Analysis Software |
General, IT Organization |
| SAS |
Statistical Analysis System |
General, IT Organization |
| SAS/C |
SAS Compiler |
General |
| SAVE |
Systematic Alien Verification of Eligibility |
General |
| SB |
Standards Board |
General |
| SBA |
Small Business Administration |
General |
| SBC |
School Based Clinics |
General, Health Care |
| SBI |
Single Scope Background Investigation |
General |
| SBI |
State Buy In |
General, Health Care |
| SBIGPPP |
State BuyIn Group Practice Prepayment Plan |
General, Health Care |
| SBIR |
Small Business Innovation Research (Program) |
General |
| SBR |
Supplemental Budget Request |
General |
| SBRS |
Senior Biomedical Research Service |
General, Health Care |
| SBSA |
Small Business SetAside |
General |
| SBU |
Sensitive But Unclassified |
General |
| SBU |
Strategic Business Unit |
General |
| SC |
State & County |
General |
| SC |
Sub Contractor |
General |
| SCACA |
Seniors Coalition Against Catastrophic Act |
General, Health Care |
| SCAR |
Significant Correspondence Assignment Report |
General |
| SCC |
(Service Area) State/County Code |
General |
| SCC |
Security Control Center |
General |
| SCD |
Service Computation Date |
General |
| SCE |
Separate Cost Entity |
General |
| SCH |
Sole Community Hospital |
General, Health Care |
| SCHIP |
State Child Health Insurance Program |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| SCHIP |
State Children’s Health Insurance Program |
General, Medicare Beneficiary |
| SCIC |
Significant Change In Condition |
General, Health Care |
| SCIF |
Sensitive Compartmentalized Information Facility |
General |
| SCIP |
Survey & Certification Improvement Project |
General |
| SCLM |
Source Code Librarian Manager |
General |
| SCM |
Software Configuration Management |
General |
| SCN |
Strategic Communication Network |
General, IT Organization |
| SCOPE |
Share Cost Options for Private Employees |
General |
| SCORE |
Service Corps of Retired Executives |
General, Health Care |
| SCP |
Sole Community Provider |
General |
| SCSA |
Significant Change in Status Assessment |
General |
| SCT |
Specialty Care Transport |
General |
| SDA |
Software Design Activity |
General, IT Organization |
| SDA |
System Design Alternatives |
General |
| SDB |
Small &Disadvantaged Business |
General |
| SDBU |
Small &Disadvantaged Business Utilization |
General |
| SDC |
Secondary Diagnostic Category |
General |
| SDD |
Software Design & Development |
General, IT Organization |
| SDF |
Standard Deviation Factor |
General |
| SDLC |
System Development Life Cycle |
General |
| SDM |
Structured Development (or Design) Methodology |
General |
| SDM/S |
Systems Development Methodology / Structured |
General |
| SDO |
Servicing District Office (SSA) |
General, Health Care |
| SDO |
Standards Development Organization |
General |
| SDO |
System Design Overview |
General |
| SDP |
Service Delivery Point |
General |
| SDP |
Single Drug Pricer |
General, Health Care |
| SDPS |
(PRO) Standard Data Processing System |
General |
| SDR |
System Design Review |
General |
| SDX |
State Data Exchange |
General |
| SEALP |
Search Alpha Program (Beneficiary Alpha Match/Reinstate) (HASEALP) |
General |
| SEALP |
State Agency Evaluation Program |
General |
| SEC |
(U.S.) Securities & Exchange Commission |
General |
| SEER |
Surveillance, Epidemiology & End Results (Program) |
General, Health Care |
| SEF |
Separated Employee File |
General |
| SEF |
Software Engineering Facility |
General, IT Organization |
| SEI |
Software Engineering Institute |
General, IT Organization |
| SEI-CMM |
Software Engineering Institute Capability Maturity Model |
General, IT Organization |
| SEIU |
Software Engineering Institute Union |
General, IT Organization |
| SELF |
(HHS) Secretary's Executive Leadership Forum |
General, Health Care |
| SEMS |
Security Management System |
General |
| SEP |
Special Election Period |
IT Organization |
| SEP |
Special Enrollment Period |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| SEPG |
Software Engineering Process Group |
General, IT Organization |
| SEPSC |
Southeastern Program Service Center, SSA |
General, Health Care |
| SER |
Scientific, Engineering & Research |
General, IT Organization |
| SER |
Summary Earnings Record |
General |
| SES |
Standards Enforcement Software |
General, IT Organization |
| SES |
System External Specifications |
General, IT Organization |
| SET |
Secure Electronic Transaction |
General, IT Organization |
| SET |
Software Engineering Technology |
General |
| SEX |
Sorted Exceptions (HDSEX) |
General |
| SF |
Standard Form |
General |
| SF-36 |
Medical Outcomes Study 36 Item Short Form Health Survey |
General, Health Care |
| SFI |
Statement of Financial Information |
General |
| SFO |
Solicitation for Offers (contract) |
General |
| SFRO |
SanFrancisco Regional Office |
General, Health Care |
| SFTP |
Secure File Transfer Protocol |
IT Organization |
| SG |
Surgeon General |
General, Health Care |
| SGA |
Substantial Gainful Activity |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| SGF |
State Guaranty Funds |
General |
| SGL |
Standard General Ledger |
General |
| SH |
Systems Handbook |
General |
| SHA |
Secure Hash Standard |
General |
| SHC |
Select Health Care |
General, Health Care |
| SHCC |
State Health Coordinating Council |
General, Health Care |
| SHI |
Supplemental Health Insurance |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| SHINE |
Serving Health Information Needs of Elders |
General, Health Care |
| SHIP |
(AFGE) Supplemental Health Insurance Plan |
General, Health Care |
| SHIP |
(Medicare) Supplemental Health Insurance Programs |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| SHIP |
Senior Health Insurance Program |
General, Health Care |
| SHIP |
State Health Insurance Assistance Program |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| SHMO |
Social Health Maintenance Organization |
General, IT Organization |
| SHN |
State Health Notes |
General, Health Care |
| SHPDA |
State Health Planning & Development Agency |
General, Health Care |
| SHRM |
Society for Human Resource Management |
General |
| SHS |
Society for Health Systems |
General, Health Care |
| SHTIP |
Secure Hyper Text Transfer Protocol |
General |
| SI |
Single Intermediary |
General, Health Care |
| SI |
System Integrator |
General |
| SI |
Systems Inventory |
General |
| SIC |
(DOL, BLS) Standard Industrial Classification |
General |
| SIC |
Special Indicator Code |
General |
| SIC |
State Insurance Commission |
General, Health Care |
| SICE |
Social Insurance Claims Examiner |
General, Health Care |
| SID |
(Supplemental) Security Income Data |
General |
| SID |
Special Income Deduction |
General |
| SIED |
(Supplemental) Security Income Entitlement Date |
General |
| SIFT |
Security Income file Type |
General |
| SIG |
Special Interest Group |
General |
| SIGCAT |
Special Interest Group CDROM Applications & Technology |
General |
| SIGOMET |
Special Interest Group on Optical Media in Education & Training |
General |
| SII |
Security/Suitability Investigation Index |
General |
| SIM |
Society for Information Management |
General, IT Organization |
| SIMS |
Standard Information Management System |
General |
| SIN |
Special Item Number |
General |
| SIPP |
Systems Issues, Policies & Procedures (nee HIPP, BIPP) |
General |
| SIR |
(Carrier) System Improvement Request |
General, Health Care |
| SIR |
System Implementation Roadmap |
General |
| SIRLIB |
(change control for M204 user language programs software) |
General |
| SIRMON |
(M204 performance monitoring & operational control tool software) |
General |
| SIRT |
Security Incident Response Team |
General |
| SIS |
Strategic Information Strategy |
General |
| SIS |
System Internal Specifications |
General |
| SISC |
(Supplemental) Security Income Status Code |
General |
| SISSO |
Senior Information Systems Security Officer |
General |
| SLA |
Service Level Agreements |
General |
| SLAE |
State & Local Administration Expenditure |
General |
| SLAMS |
Second Level Appeals Management System |
General |
| SLE |
Single Loss Expectancy |
General |
| SLIAG |
State Legislation Impact Assistance Grants |
General |
| SLIM |
Software Life Cycle Maintenance |
General, IT Organization |
| SLIMB |
Specified LowIncome Medicare Beneficiary |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| SLIP-A |
Supplemental Low Income Patient Adjustment |
General, Health Care |
| SLM |
Service Level Metrics |
General |
| SLMB |
(see SLIMB) |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| SLMB |
Special Low-Income Beneficiaries |
General, Medicare Beneficiary |
| SLMB |
Specified Low-income Medicare Beneficiary |
General, Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| SM |
System Manager |
General |
| SMART |
System for MSP Automated Recovery & Tracking |
General, Health Care |
| SMDA |
State Medicaid Directors Association |
General, Health Care |
| SME |
Subject Matter Expert |
General, IT Organization |
| SMF |
System Measurement Facility |
General |
| SMF |
Systems Management Facility |
General |
| SMG |
State Medicaid Group |
General, Health Care |
| SMI |
Standardized Medreview Instrument |
General, Health Care |
| SMI |
Supplementary Medical Insurance (Part B of Medicare) |
General, Health Care |
| SMIB |
Supplementary Medical Insurance (also Part B) |
General, Health Care |
| SMIRK |
SOBER Miscellaneous Input Record |
General |
| SMIS |
Safety Management Information System |
General |
| SML |
Solicitation Mailing List |
General |
| SMM |
State Medicaid Manual |
General, Health Care |
| SMP |
Special Needs Plan |
General, IT Organization |
| SMP |
System Modernization Program |
General |
| SMQC |
System for Monitoring Quality of Care |
General, Health Care |
| SMRF |
State Medicaid Research Files (aka SMURF) |
General, Health Care |
| SMS |
Shared Maintenance System |
General |
| SMS |
Storage Management System |
General |
| SMS |
System Managed Software |
General |
| SMS |
System Managed Storage |
General |
| SMS |
Systems Management Specialist |
IT Organization |
| SMS/SPS |
Shared Maintenance System / Shared Processing System |
General |
| SMSA |
Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area |
General |
| SMURF |
State Medicaid Uniform Research File (aka SMRF) |
General, Health Care |
| SNAP |
Standard National Accounting Program (BC/BS) |
General |
| SNC |
Skilled Nursing Care |
General, Health Care |
| SNCRIS |
Skilled Nursing Cost Reporting Information System |
General, Health Care |
| SNCT |
Sensory Nerve Conduction Threshold |
General, Health Care |
| SNF |
Skilled Nursing Facility |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| SNFMDS |
SNF Minimum Data Set |
General, Health Care |
| SNI |
System Network Interface |
General |
| SNIP |
Strategic National Implementation Process |
Health Care |
| SNMA |
Student National Medical Association |
General |
| SNSP |
Safety Net Surveillance Project |
General |
| SO |
Successful Offerer |
General |
| SOB |
Shortness of breath |
General, Health Care |
| SOB |
Statement of Benefits |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| SOC |
Start of Care |
General |
| SOC |
SubObject (Classification) Code |
General |
| SOCO |
Southeastern Consortium (Atlanta & Dallas HIROs) |
General, Health Care |
| SOD |
Superintendent of Documents |
General |
| SOI |
Statement of Intent |
General |
| SOL |
Solicitation |
General |
| SOM |
SOBER Operating Month (DOE 1 or COM +1) (OBSOLETE) |
General |
| SOM |
State Operations Manual |
General |
| SON |
Submitting Office Number |
General |
| SOP |
Standard Operating Procedure |
General |
| SOP |
Status of Provider |
General, Health Care |
| SOP |
Style of Practice |
General |
| SOR |
(Carrier) Section Operating Report |
General, Health Care |
| SOR |
System of Record |
General |
| SORCES |
Service Office Record Computer Entry System (MTS) |
General |
| SORS |
Systems of Records |
General |
| SORT |
Seniors Organized to Restore Trust |
General |
| SOU |
Statement of Understanding |
General |
| SOW |
Scope of Work |
General |
| SOW |
Statement of Work |
General |
| SP |
Sample Persons |
General |
| SP |
Special Project |
General |
| SP |
Standard of Performance |
General |
| SP |
Systems Performance |
General |
| SPA |
State Plan Amendment |
General |
| SPAC |
SMI Premium Amount Collectable (MBR / BCM) |
General |
| SPACE |
SMI Premium Accounting, Collection & Enrollment (System) |
General |
| SPACEX |
SPACE Exceptions |
General |
| SPAMS |
Small Purchase Automated Management System |
General |
| SPAP |
State Pharmaceutical Assistance Program |
General, Medicare Beneficiary |
| SPARC |
Stroke Prevention Awareness Recognition Campaign |
General |
| SPARCS |
Statewide Planning & Research Cooperative System |
General |
| SPAS |
State Plan Amendment System |
General |
| SPAW |
State Plan Amendment Waiver |
General |
| SPBA |
Society of Professional Benefit Administrators |
General |
| SPC |
State Program Characteristics |
General |
| SPC |
Supervisory Project Coordinator |
General |
| SPD |
Standard Position Description |
General |
| SPD |
Summary Plan Description |
General, Medicare Beneficiary |
| SPDATA |
State Profile Data System |
General |
| SPECT |
Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography |
General |
| SPECTRUM |
State Performance Evaluation & Comprehensive Test of Reimbursement Under Medicaid |
General, Health Care |
| SPF |
Sequential Processing Facility |
General |
| SPH |
Shared Processing Host |
General |
| SPI |
Software Process Improvement |
General |
| SPIDER |
System to Provide Immediate Data on Eligibility for Reimbursement (now CWF) |
General |
| SPIES |
Shared Project & Information Exchange System |
General |
| SPIN |
Standard Prescriber Identification |
General |
| SPIN |
Supplier Profile Identification Number |
General |
| SPMS |
Storage Products Management System |
General |
| SPO |
Self Protection Organization (CD) |
General |
| SPO |
Servicing Personnel Office |
General |
| SPOC |
Single Point of Contact |
General, Medicare Beneficiary |
| SPOC |
Single Point of Contact (now CSCC) |
General |
| SPOE |
Secure Point of Entry |
IT Organization |
| SPOE |
Secure Point of Entry |
IT Organization |
| SPOF |
Single Point of Failure |
General |
| SPP |
Select Provider Program |
General |
| SPP |
SMI Premium Penalty |
General |
| SPPS |
State Plan Profile System |
General |
| SPR |
Safeguard Procedures Report |
General |
| SPR |
Standard Paper Remittances |
General |
| SPR |
Systems Performance Review |
General |
| SPRDRS |
SPR Data Reporting System |
General |
| SPRY |
Setting Priorities for Retirement Years |
General |
| SPS |
Schedule of Providers Serviced |
General |
| SPSP |
State Payment of SMI Penalty |
General |
| SQA |
Software Quality Assurance |
General |
| SQIG |
Supplier Quality Information Group |
General |
| SQL |
Structured (or System) Query Language |
General |
| SQRD |
Monthly Sequential Read Program (HDSQRD) |
General |
| SR |
Service Representative (SSA) |
General |
| SR |
Service Request |
General |
| SR |
Systems Requirements |
General |
| SRA |
Significant Regulatory Actions |
General |
| SRA |
Systems Research Associates |
General |
| SRC |
Status Report Coordinator |
General |
| SRD |
Systems Requirements Definition |
General |
| SRD |
Systems Requirements Design |
General |
| SRD |
Systems Requirements Document |
General |
| SRMC |
Statistical Report Medicaid Services |
General |
| SRMS |
Statistical Report (HCFA2082) on Medicaid Services System |
General |
| SRS |
Social & Rehabilitation Service |
General |
| SS |
Seconds (i.e., ssmmddyyyy) |
General |
| SS |
Sequential Search |
General |
| SS |
Shared Systems |
General |
| SS |
Short Stay |
General |
| SS |
Social Security |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| SS |
Standard Systems |
General |
| SS1 |
Selective Signaling (Equipment) |
General |
| SSA |
Social Security Act |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| SSA |
Social Security Administration |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| SSA |
State Survey Agency |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| SSA |
Systems Security Assessment |
General |
| SSACCS |
SSA Claims Control System |
General, Health Care |
| SSADO |
Social Security Administration District Office |
IT Organization |
| SSAFO |
Social Security Administration Field Office |
IT Organization |
| SSARA |
SSA Reform Act of 1994 (establishes SSA as independent agency) |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| SSB |
Social Security Board (now SSA) |
General, Health Care |
| SSC |
Standard Source Code |
General |
| SSC |
Systems Security Coordinator |
General |
| SSD |
(GSA) Standard Solicitation Document |
General |
| SSDI |
Social Security Disability Insurance |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| SSG |
Staffing Support Group |
General |
| SSG |
Standard Systems Group |
General |
| SSH |
Short Stay Hospital |
General, Health Care |
| SSI |
Supplemental Security Income |
General, Health Care |
| SSIDUP |
SSI Duplicate Payment |
General |
| SSIPML |
Second State Issuing Professional Medical License |
General, Health Care |
| SSM |
Standard System Maintainers |
General |
| SSM |
Sterling Space Monitor |
General |
| SSMP |
Systems Security Management Program |
General |
| SSN |
Social Security Number |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| SSO |
Social Security Office (also DO) |
General, Health Care |
| SSO |
Systems Security Officer |
General |
| SSOP |
Second Surgical Opinion Program |
General, Health Care |
| SSP |
State Supplemental Payments |
General, Health Care |
| SSP |
System Security Plan |
General |
| SSPM |
System Security Plan Methodology |
General |
| SSPML |
Second State Professional Medical License |
General, Health Care |
| SSR |
Social Security Rulings |
General, Health Care |
| SSR |
Supplemental Security Income Record |
General |
| SSS |
Senior Scientist Service |
General |
| SSSA |
Senior Systems Security Advisor |
General |
| SSSGS |
Similarly Sized Subscriber Groups |
General, Medicare Beneficiary |
| SST |
Supplemental Systems Test |
General |
| STAG |
System Technical Advisory Group (aka STAG) |
General |
| STAPE |
Short Format State Magnetic Tape File (HIM) |
General |
| STAR |
(Medicaid) Systems Test for Alternative Reimbursement |
General, Health Care |
| STAR |
Standard Administrative Reporting |
General |
| STAR |
System for Tracking Audit & Reimbursement |
General |
| STD |
ShortTerm Disability |
General, Health Care |
| STM |
Staff Time Measure |
General |
| STP |
Satellite Ticket Printer |
General |
| STROBE |
(Performance Management System application monitoring tool) |
General |
| STS |
Safety Tracking System |
General |
| STU |
System Testing Unit |
General |
| STX |
Start of Text |
General |
| SUBC |
State Uniform Billing Committee |
Health Care |
| SUEI |
Standard Unique Employer Identifier (HCFA0047F) (aka EIN) |
General |
| SUL |
Standard User Label |
General |
| SUR |
Surveillance & Utilization Review (aka S/UR) |
General |
| SURS |
Surveillance & Utilization Review Subsystem (S/URS) |
General |
| SUT |
System User Test |
General |
| SVC |
Supervisor Call |
General |
| SVCS |
Services |
General |
| SVES |
State Verification & Exchange System (SSA) |
General, Health Care |
| SVRS |
Statistically Valid Random Sample |
General |
| SW |
Step Weight |
General |
| SW-CMM |
Software Development Capability Maturity Model |
General |
| SW/T |
Structured Walkthrough |
General |
| SWAT |
Specialized Work Action Team |
General |
| SWBI |
State Welfare BuyIn Enrollment Profile System |
General |
| SWICA |
State Wage Information Collection Agency |
General |
| SYS |
OCO systems support application system code |
General |
| Acronym | Term | Audiences |
|---|
| T&D |
Training & Development |
General |
| T&M |
Time & Materials |
General |
| T1 |
Title I of the Social Security Act (Grants for OldAge Assistance & Medical Assistance for Aged) |
General, Health Care |
| T10 |
Title X of the Social Security Act (Aid to the Blind) |
General, Health Care |
| T14 |
Title XIV of the Social Security Act (Grants to States for Aid to the Disabled |
General, Health Care |
| T16 |
Title XVI of the Social Security Act (SSI) |
General, Health Care |
| T18 |
Title XVIII of the Social Security Act (Medicare) |
General, Health Care |
| T19 |
Title XIX of the Social Security Act (MAA (Medicaid)) |
General, Health Care |
| T2 |
Title II of the Social Security Act (SS benefits) |
General, Health Care |
| T2R |
Title II Redesign (SSA) |
General, Health Care |
| T4 |
Title IV of the Social Security Act (AFDC) |
General, Health Care |
| TA |
Technology Assessment |
General, Health Care |
| TA |
Termination Actions (MBR) |
General |
| TAA |
Time Account Adjustment (Schedule or Report) |
General |
| TAC |
Technology Advisory Committee |
General |
| TAC |
Type of Activity Code |
General |
| TACT |
Total Audit Concept Technique |
General |
| TACT |
Transfer, Automate, Contract Out and/or Terminate Project |
General |
| TAG |
Technical Advisory (or Assistance) Group |
General |
| TAMRA |
Technical & Miscellaneous Revenue Act of 1988 |
General |
| TANF |
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families |
General |
| TAP |
Technical Advisory Panel |
General |
| TAP |
Terminal Acquisition Project (SSA) |
General, Health Care |
| TAPEDSN |
Tape Data Set Protection |
General |
| TARS |
Telephone Action Requests System |
General, IT Organization |
| TASC |
(OWTDS) Training Assistance Services Cadre |
General |
| TASC |
Transportation Administration Service Center |
General |
| TAVERN |
Terminations & Attainments Validation & Enforcement of Returned Notices |
General |
| TB |
Transaction Branch, DMOS (formerly GPABS or PM) |
General |
| TBA |
To be Announced |
General |
| TBC |
Transit Benefit Coordinator |
General |
| TBD |
To Be Determined |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| TBO |
Transaction Back Out |
General |
| TBP |
To Be Provided |
General |
| TBP |
Transit Benefit Program |
General |
| TBSR |
Total Business Systems Review |
General |
| TC |
Technical Component |
General, IT Organization |
| TC |
Technology Component |
General, IT Organization |
| TC |
Telecommunications |
General, IT Organization |
| TC |
Total Cost |
General |
| TC |
Transaction Code |
General |
| TCAB |
Technical Computer Advisory Board |
General, IT Organization |
| TCC |
Technical Control Center |
General, IT Organization |
| TCC |
Temporary Continuation of Coverage |
General |
| TCD |
Trauma Code Development |
General |
| TCP |
Transitional Corridor Payments |
General |
| TCS |
Telephone Customer Service |
General, IT Organization |
| TCSDB |
Test Case Specification Database |
General |
| TD |
Treasury Department |
General |
| TDC |
Training & Development Center |
General |
| TDD |
Telecommunications Device for the Deaf |
Health Care, IT Organization, Medicare Beneficiary |
| TDEA |
Triple Data Encryption Algorithm |
General, IT Organization |
| TDOC |
Total Days of Care |
General, Health Care |
| TDP |
Testing Designated Positions |
General |
| TDY |
Temporary Duty Travel |
General |
| TEAM |
Technology Evaluation & Acquisition Methods |
General |
| TEC |
Technical Evaluation Criteria |
General |
| TEDBA |
Target Enrollment Database Architecture |
General |
| TEDH |
Third Party Entitlement Date for Hospital Insurance |
General, Health Care |
| TEDS |
Third Party Entitlement Date for Supplementary Medical Insurance |
General, Health Care |
| TEFRA |
Tax Equity & Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982 (PL97248) |
General |
| TENS |
Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation |
General, Health Care |
| TENS |
Transcutaneous Electrical (or Electronic) Nerve Stimulator |
General |
| TEP |
Technical Evaluation Panel |
General |
| TEP |
Technical Experts Panel |
General, Medicare Beneficiary |
| TEP |
Transfer Enrollment Period |
General |
| TERMID |
Terminal ID |
General |
| TFCS |
Treasury Financial Communications Systems (aka FEDWIRE) |
General |
| TFSS |
Task Force for Standard Systems |
General |
| TH |
Teaching Hospital |
General, Health Care |
| THD |
Total Hospice Days |
General, Health Care |
| THE |
Trailblazers Health Enterprises, Inc. (MD component of TX BC/BS) |
General, Health Care |
| TI |
Texas Instruments |
General |
| TIARA |
Tactical Intelligence and Related Activities |
General |
| TIM |
Technical Instruction Manual |
General |
| TIMS |
Text Information Management System |
General |
| TIN |
Tax Identification Number |
General |
| TINA |
Truth In Negotiations Act |
General |
| TIPPS |
Test of Intermediary Prospective Payment System |
General, Health Care |
| TIS |
Technical (or Technology) Information Services |
General, IT Organization |
| TIS |
Therapeutic Intervention Scoring (System) |
General |
| TITLE I |
Grants to States for old age assistance & medical assistance for the aged |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| TITLE II |
Federal old age, survivors & disability insurance benefits (OASDI) |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| TITLE IV |
Grants to States for aid & services to needy famlies with children (AFDC) |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| TITLE X |
Grants to States for aid to the blind (AB) |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| TITLE XIV |
Grants to States for aid to the permanently & totally disabled (DI) |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| TITLE XIX |
Grants to States for medical assistance programs (MAA)(Medicaid) |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| TITLE XVI |
Grants to States for aid to the aged, blind and disabled (ABD) & Supplemental Security Income (SSI) |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| TITLE XVIII |
Health Insurance (Medicare) |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| TITLE XX |
State operated home health care entitlement program |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| TITLE XXI |
State Child Health Programs |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| TLC |
Total Location Counter |
General |
| TLS |
Transport Layer Security |
General |
| TLV |
Threshold Limit Exposure Values |
General |
| TMIS |
Training Management Information System |
General |
| TMJ |
Temporomandibular Joints |
General |
| TMP |
Task Management Plan |
General |
| TMR |
Transmyocardial Revascularization |
General, Health Care |
| TMS |
Tape Management System |
General |
| TN |
Transmittal Number |
General |
| TNHP |
Teaching Nursing Home Program |
General, Health Care |
| TNIF |
Transaction NIF |
General |
| TNIF |
True Not In File |
General |
| TO |
Task Order |
General |
| TO |
Training Office |
General |
| TOB |
Type of Bill |
General |
| TOC |
Transition Office Contact |
General |
| TOP |
Trade Opportunities Program |
General |
| TOP |
Transitional Outpatient Payment |
General |
| TOP |
Treasury Offset Program |
General |
| TOP |
Triple Option Package |
General |
| TOP |
Type of Provider |
General, Health Care |
| TOPR |
Type of Program Record |
General |
| TOPS |
Transitional Outpatient Payments System |
General, Health Care |
| TOR |
Terminal Owning Region |
General |
| TOS |
Type of Service |
General, Health Care |
| TP |
Third Party |
General, Health Care |
| TP |
Transaction Processor |
General |
| TPA |
Third Party Administrator |
General, Health Care |
| TPA |
Tissue Plasminogen Activator |
General, Health Care |
| TPAO |
Third Party Annotation Operation |
General, Health Care |
| TPBEST |
Third Party Billing Extract Statistical Totals |
General, Health Care |
| TPBLAST |
Third Party BuyIn Liability Accretions for Screening & Taping |
General, Health Care |
| TPCH |
Third Party Code for Hospital Insurance |
General, Health Care |
| TPCS |
Third Party Code for Supplementary Medical Insurance |
General, Health Care |
| TPDB |
Third Party Data Base |
General, Health Care |
| TPEXLAX |
Third Party Expel Lapsed, Antiquated & XR Records |
General, Health Care |
| TPF |
Third Party File |
General, Health Care |
| TPG |
Third Party Groups |
General, Health Care |
| TPL |
Third Party Liability |
General, Health Care |
| TPLAB |
Third Party List Agency Billing |
General, Health Care |
| TPM |
Third Party Master |
General, Health Care |
| TPN |
Total parenteral nutrition |
General, Medicare Beneficiary |
| TPNS |
Teleprocessing Network Simulator |
General |
| TPO |
Treatment, Payment, Operations |
General, Health Care |
| TPPAYD |
Third Party Payment Data |
General, Health Care |
| TPPC |
Third Party Premium Collection |
General, Health Care |
| TPPG |
Third Party Private Group |
General, Health Care |
| TPQY |
Third Party Query System |
General, Health Care |
| TPR |
Third Party Record |
General, Health Care |
| TPRP |
Third Party Rules Processor |
General, Health Care |
| TR (T/R) |
Team Review |
General |
| TRACE |
Third Party Recovery Audit Coordinated Effort |
General, Health Care |
| TRACS |
Teleprocessing Remote Access Control System |
General, IT Organization |
| TRADE |
Training & Development Exchange |
General |
| TRASOP |
Tax Reduction Act Stock Ownership Plan |
General |
| TRC |
Technical Review Committee |
General |
| TRC |
Transaction Reply Code |
IT Organization |
| TRID |
Telecommunications Routing Indicator Directory |
General, IT Organization |
| TRIDE |
TRID Extended |
General |
| TRIM |
Target Rate Implementation Monitoring |
General |
| TRIM |
Total Resources Information Management System |
General |
| TRM |
Technical Reference Model |
General |
| TRO |
Tax Refund Offset |
General |
| TROMP |
Track Recovery of Mistaken Payments |
General |
| TROOP |
True Out-of-Pocket |
General, Medicare Beneficiary |
| TRPBETA |
Third Party BuyIn Exceptions for TP Agencies |
General, Health Care |
| TRR |
Transaction Reply Report |
IT Organization |
| TS |
Technical Strategy (official meaning) |
General |
| TS |
Tentative Settlement |
General |
| TSC |
Technical Service Center |
General |
| TSCOG |
TSC Operator Guide |
General |
| TSG |
The Surgeon General |
General, Health Care |
| TSIPML |
Third State Issuing Professional License |
General |
| TSO |
Time Sharing Option |
IT Organization |
| TSO |
Time Sharing Option |
IT Organization |
| TSO/ISPF |
TSO Interactive System Productivity Facility |
General |
| TSP |
Teleprocessing Services Program |
General |
| TSP |
Terminal Simulator Panel |
General |
| TSR |
Terminate & Stay Resident |
General |
| TST |
Testing Phase |
General |
| TT |
Trust Territories (Micronesia, Marshalls, Palau) |
General |
| TTDH |
Third Party Termination Date for Hospital Insurance |
General, Health Care |
| TTDS |
Third Party Termination Date for Supplementary Medical Insurance |
General, Health Care |
| TTSF |
Test Time Sharing Facility |
General |
| TTY |
Text Telephones |
Health Care, IT Organization, Medicare Beneficiary |
| TVA |
Tennessee Valley Authority |
General |
| TVA |
Threat & Vulnerability Assessment |
General |
| TVIP |
Testing, Validation & Implementation Plan |
General |
| TVS |
Test Value Sets |
General |
| TWA |
Time Weighted Average |
General |
| TWA |
Transaction Work Area |
General |
| TWG |
Technical Work Group |
General |
| TWP |
Trial Work Period |
General |
| TWWIA |
Ticket to Work & Work Incentives Act of 1999 |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| Acronym | Term | Audiences |
|---|
| U&C |
Usual and Customary |
General, Medicare Beneficiary |
| U/I |
Unit of Issue |
General |
| UA |
Unit & Analysis |
General |
| UAMCDS |
Uniform Ambulatory Medical Care Data Set |
General, Health Care |
| UAT |
User Acceptance Testing |
General, IT Organization |
| UAW |
United Auto Workers |
General |
| UB |
Uniform Bill |
General |
| UB-92 |
Uniform Billing form 92 |
General |
| UBIT |
Unrelated Business Income Tax |
General |
| UC |
Utilization Control |
General |
| UCAS |
Uniform Cost Accounting Standards |
General |
| UCC |
Uniform Commercial Code |
General |
| UCC |
User Communication & Control (System) |
General |
| UCDS |
Uniform Clinical Data Set |
General |
| UCDSS |
UCD System |
General |
| UCF |
Universal Control Facility |
General |
| UCFT |
Uniform Claim Form Taskforce |
General |
| UCR |
Uniform Cost Report |
General |
| UCR |
Usual, Customary & Reasonable (Charges) |
General |
| UCR/PACE |
Ususal, Customary & Reasonable / Performance & Cost Efficiency |
General |
| UCRD |
Uniform Cost Report Demonstration |
General |
| UDB |
Utilization Database |
General, IT Organization |
| UDE |
User Defined Exit |
General |
| UDR |
Uniform Desk Review |
General |
| UE |
User Etract |
General |
| UFAS |
Uniform Federal Accessibility Standards |
General |
| UGMT |
Users Group Management Terminal |
General |
| UHCIA |
Uniform Health Care Information Act |
General, Health Care |
| UHDDS |
Uniform Hospital Discharge Data Set |
General, Health Care |
| UHIN |
Utah Health Information Network |
Health Care |
| UHIS |
Unbundling of Hospital Inpatient Services |
General, Health Care |
| UHP |
Unbundling of Hospital Payment |
General, Health Care |
| UHP |
United Health Plan |
General, Health Care |
| UL |
Underwriters Laboratory |
General, Health Care |
| UL |
User Language |
General |
| ULP |
Unfair Labor Practice |
General |
| UMBI |
Utilization Management & Benefit Integrity |
General |
| UMO |
Utilization Management Organization |
Health Care |
| UMPC |
Union Management Partnership Council |
General |
| UMS |
Universal Measured Service |
General |
| UMW |
United Mine Workers |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| UNAI |
Uniform Needs Assessment Instrument |
General |
| UNCEFACT |
United Nations Centre for Facilitation of Procedures and Practices for Administration, Commerce, and Transport |
Health Care |
| UNEDIFACT |
United Nations Rules for Electronic Data Interchange for Administration, Commerce, and Transport |
Health Care |
| UNIBILL |
Uniform Bill (Intermediary Submitted Files of Processed Medicare Provider Bills) |
General, Health Care |
| UNICEP |
Uniform Contractor Evaluation Program |
General |
| UNOS |
United Network for Organ Sharing |
General |
| UPD |
Unilateral Price Determination |
General |
| UPIN |
Unique Physician Identification Number |
General, Health Care |
| UPIN |
Universal Provider Identification Number |
General |
| UPL |
(Medicaid) Upper Payment Limit |
General, Health Care |
| UPN |
Universal Product Number |
General |
| UPPS |
Uninterruptible Premium Power Supply |
General |
| UPS |
Uninterruptable Power Supply |
General |
| UPS |
United Parcel Service |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| UPT |
User Proposal Team |
General |
| UR |
Upon Receipt |
General |
| UR |
Utilization Review |
General |
| URAC |
Utilization Review Accreditation Commission |
General, Medicare Beneficiary |
| URC |
(Intermediary) Utilization Review Coordinator |
General, Health Care |
| URC |
Utilization Review Committee |
General |
| URF |
User Request Form |
General |
| URL |
Uniform Resource Locator |
General |
| URO |
Utilization Review Organization |
Health Care |
| URQ |
User Requirements |
General |
| US |
User Services |
General |
| USAID |
United States Agency for International Development |
General |
| USARC |
United States America Registration Committee |
General |
| USBC |
Uniform State Bill Committee |
General |
| USC |
United States Code |
General |
| USCA |
USC Annotated |
General |
| USCM |
United States Conference of Mayors |
General |
| USCS |
United States Code System |
General |
| USDA |
United States Department of Agriculture |
General |
| USERID |
User Identification |
General |
| USGAO |
United States General Accounting Office |
General |
| USGS |
United States Geological Survey Department |
General |
| USHIK |
U.S. Health Information Knowledgebase |
General |
| USIA |
United States Information Agency |
General |
| USP |
U.S. Pharmacopoeia |
General, Medicare Beneficiary |
| USPCC |
United States Per Capita Cost |
General |
| USPS |
United States Postal Service |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| USQ |
Utilization Status Query |
General |
| USRDS |
United States Renal Data System |
General, Health Care |
| USTF |
Uniformed Services Treatment Facility |
General |
| UTL |
Unable To Locate |
General |
| UTL |
Utilization Database application system code |
General |
| Acronym | Term | Audiences |
|---|
| V&V |
Verification & Validation |
General |
| VA |
Department of Veterans Affairs |
General, Medicare Beneficiary |
| VAD |
Ventricular Assist Device |
General, Health Care |
| VADATS |
Veterans Administration Data Automatic Transmission System |
General, Health Care |
| VAM |
Volume Allocation Manager |
General |
| VAN |
Value Added Network |
General |
| VAR |
Value Added Reseller |
General |
| VAX |
Value Added Exchange |
General |
| VAX |
Voice Activated Exchange |
General |
| VBA |
Visual Basic architecture |
General, IT Organization |
| VC |
Value Code |
General |
| VC |
Voluntary Closing |
General |
| VCPR |
Visit Code Comparative Performance Report |
General |
| VDRE |
Value Driven Reengineering |
General |
| VDS |
Voluntary Data Sharing |
General, Medicare Beneficiary |
| VDSA |
Voluntary Data Sharing Agreement |
General, Medicare Beneficiary |
| VECP |
Value Engineering Change Proposal |
General |
| VERA |
Voluntary Early Retirement Act of 1993 |
General |
| VICP |
Vaccine Injury Compensation Program |
General, Health Care |
| VICS |
Virtual Integrated Communications System |
General |
| VIP |
Voucher Insurance Plan |
General, Health Care |
| VIPS |
Viable Information Processing Systems |
General |
| VISION |
Vital Information System to Improve Outcomes in Nephrology |
General, Health Care |
| VLSI |
Very Large Scale Integration |
General |
| VMS |
Viable Medicare Systems |
General, Health Care |
| VMS |
VIPS (Viable Information Processing Systems) Medicare System |
General, Health Care |
| VMS |
VIPS Medicare System |
General, Health Care |
| VMS |
Virtual Multiple Storage |
General |
| VMX |
Voice Message Exchange |
General |
| VNA |
Visiting Nurses Association |
General, Health Care |
| VOLSER |
Volume Serial Number |
General |
| VOS |
Virtual Operating System |
General |
| VPAC |
Variable Premium Amount Collectable |
General, Health Care |
| VPN |
Virtual Private Network |
Health Care |
| VPS |
Volume Performance Standard |
General |
| VPS |
VTAM Printer Support System |
General |
| VRA |
Veteran's Readjustment Appointment |
General, Health Care |
| VRR |
Validation Readiness Review |
General |
| VRU |
Ventilator Rehabilitation Unit |
General, Health Care |
| VSAM |
Virtual Storage Access Method |
General |
| VSCR |
Virtual Storage Constraint Relief |
General |
| VTAM |
Virtual Total Access Method |
General |
| VWA |
View Work Area |
General |
| Acronym | Term | Audiences |
|---|
| WA |
Working Aged |
General, Health Care |
| WAC |
Wholesale Acquisition Cost |
General |
| WAEPA |
Worldwide Assurance for Employees of Public Agencies |
General |
| WAR |
Working Aged Recovery |
General, Health Care |
| WASC |
(OPM) Washington DC Area Service Center |
General |
| WATS |
Wide Area Telephone Service |
General, IT Organization |
| WBS |
Work Breakdown Structure (or Schedule) |
General |
| WBT |
WebBased Training |
General, IT Organization |
| WC |
Workers Compensation |
General |
| WCF |
Working Capital Fund |
General |
| WEAL |
Women's Equity Action League |
General |
| WECO |
Western Consortium (Denver, San Francisco & Seattle HIROs) |
General, Health Care |
| WEDI |
Workgroup on Electronic Data Interchange |
General, IT Organization |
| WEL |
Women's Executive Leadership |
General |
| WEP |
Windfall Elimination Provision |
General |
| WERS |
Work Experience Reporting System |
General |
| WFE |
Weekly FrontEnd Bill & Payment Records Processing System |
General |
| WFP |
Workforce Planning Initiative |
General |
| WG |
Workgroup |
General |
| WHCOA |
White House Conference on Aging |
General, Health Care |
| WHCRA |
Women's Health & Cancer Rights Act of 1998 |
General, Health Care |
| WHIM |
Weekly Merge File of all HI Processed Transactions |
General |
| WHIP |
Write HI Printout (Format Printout Responses) (HDWHIP) |
General |
| WHO |
World Health Organization |
General, Health Care |
| WI |
Wage Index |
General |
| WIC |
Western Integrity Center |
General |
| WIC |
Women, Infant & Children Program, DOA |
General, Health Care |
| WINDEX |
Widow (and Widowers) Indexing |
General |
| WIP |
Work in Progress |
General |
| WIS |
Warehouse Inventory System |
General |
| WIS |
WWMCCS Information System |
General |
| WITS |
Washington Interagency Telecommunications System |
General |
| WIX |
Wage Index System |
General |
| WKFL |
Workflow (Customer Inquiry System) |
General |
| WMTI |
Women's Management Training Initiative |
General |
| WNPSC |
Western Program Service Center, SSA |
General, Health Care |
| WOC |
Workplan Objective Code |
General |
| WOCN |
Wound Ostomy Continence Nurses |
General, Health Care |
| WORKGP |
Work Group Membership Tracking System |
General |
| WPA |
Whistleblower Protection Act |
General |
| WPA |
Works Progress Administration |
General |
| WPC |
Washington Publishing Company |
Health Care |
| WWMCCS |
World Wide Military Command & Control System |
General |
| WY |
Workyear (formerly manyear) |
General |
| Acronym | Term | Audiences |
|---|
| XA |
Extended Architecture Operation System (SSA) |
General, Health Care |
| XAC |
Cross Reference Account Code |
General |
| XCN |
Executive Control Number |
General |
| XCOM |
External Communications System |
General |
| XDE |
Extended Development Environment |
General |
| XDP |
Extended Data Processing |
General |
| XDR |
Extended Data Representation |
General |
| XID |
Exchange Identifier |
General |
| XIV |
Title 14 Grants to States for Aid to the Permanently & Totally Disabled |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| XIX |
Title 19 Grants to States for Medical Assistance Programs (MAA) |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| XIXED |
Title 19 Entitlement Date |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| XL |
Excelerator (CASE tool software) |
General |
| XLD |
Excelerator Dictionary |
General |
| XMBA |
Executive Masters in Business Administration |
General |
| XMS |
Cross Memory Services |
General |
| XMT |
Transmit |
General |
| XMTL |
Transmittal |
General |
| XQA |
Expanded Quality Assurance |
General |
| XRAN |
Cross Reference Account Number |
General |
| XVI |
Title 16 Grants to States for Aid to the Aged, Blind or Disabled or Aid & Medical Assistance for the |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| XVIII |
Title 18 Medicare |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| XX |
Title 20 State operated home health care entitlement program |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| XXI |
Title 21 State Child Health Program |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| Acronym | Term | Audiences |
|---|
| Y2K |
Year 2000 |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| YOB |
Year of Birth |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| YR |
Year |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| YTD |
YearToDate |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| YYYY |
Year (i.e., mmddyyyy) |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| Acronym | Term | Audiences |
|---|
| ZBB |
Zero Base Budgeting (OMB Circular A115) |
General |
| ZD |
Zero Defects |
General |
| ZI |
Zonal Index |
General |
| ZIP |
Zone Improvement Plan (ZIP Codes) |
General |
| ZIP+4 |
9 digit ZIP Code Plan |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| ZO |
Zero Overpricing |
General |
| ZST |
Zone Standard Time |
General |
| ZULU |
Greenwich Mean Time |
General |
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