Acronym | Term | Category |
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 |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
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 |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
AAHP |
American Association of Health Plans |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
AAHSA |
American Association of Homes & Services for the Aging |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
AAI |
Applications Alarms Infrastructure (GTE/MTS) |
General, IT Organization |
AAKP |
American Association of Kidney Patients |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
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 |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
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 |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
ABEND |
Abnormal Ending |
General |
ABENDAID |
ABEND Analysis Software |
General, IT Organization |
ABG |
Arterial Blood Gases |
General, Health Care |
ABH |
Association of Behavioral Healthcare |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
ABN |
Advanced Beneficiary Notice |
General, Health Care |
ABR |
American Board of Radiology |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
ABS |
Annual Beneficiary Summary |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
AC |
Actual Charge |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
AC |
Allowable Cost |
General |
ACA |
Amputee Coalition of America |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
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 |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
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 |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
ACR |
American College of Radiology |
General, Health Care |
ACRG |
Annual Compound Rate of Growth |
General, IT Organization |
ACRP |
Adjusted Community Rate Proposal |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
ACRS |
Accelerated Cost Recovery System |
General, IT Organization |
ACS |
Accredited Standards Committee |
Health Care |
ACS |
American Cancer Society |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
ACS |
American College of Surgeons |
General, Health Care |
ACS |
Automated Cartridge System |
General, IT Organization |
ACSC |
Ambulatory Care Sensitive Conditions |
General, Contractor |
ACSI |
American Customer Satisfaction Index |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
ACSS |
Advisory Council on Social Security |
General |
ACT |
Access Control Table |
General |
ACTG |
AIDS Clinical Trials Group |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
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 |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
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 |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
ADAD |
After Date of Award Document |
General |
ADAMHA |
Alcohol, Drug Abuse & Mental Health Administration |
General, Health Care |
ADAP |
AIDS Drug Assistance Program |
General, Medicare Beneficiary, IT Organization, Health Care, State, Contractor, HIPAA Administrative Simplification |
ADAPSO |
Association of Data Processing Services Organization |
General, IT Organization |
ADARS |
Automated DASD Archival Restoration System |
General, IT Organization |
ADC |
Adult Day Care |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
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 |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
ADMC |
Advance Determination of Medicare Coverage |
General, Health Care |
ADMS |
Administrative Message |
General |
ADMS |
Alcohol, Drug Abuse & Mental Health Services |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
ADOBI |
Advanced DOB Information (System) (SSA) |
General |
ADP |
(Medicaid) Alternative Disposition Plan |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
ADP |
Advance Planning Document |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
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 |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
ADWOH |
Average Day's Work On Hand |
General |
AE |
Administrative Enhancement |
General |
AEP |
Appropriateness Evaluation Period |
General |
AEP |
Annual Coordinated Election Period |
General, Medicare Beneficiary |
AEP |
Annual Enrollment Period |
IT Organization |
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) |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
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 |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
AHA |
American Hospital Association |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
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 |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
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 |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
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 |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
ALS |
Advanced Life Support |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
ALS |
Advanced Logistics System |
General, IT Organization |
ALSO |
Automatic Lump Sum Operation (MBR) |
General, IT Organization |
ALT |
Average Length of Treatment |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
AM |
Adjustment Module |
General |
AM |
Amplitude Modulation |
General, IT Organization |
AMA |
American Medical Association |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
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 |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
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 |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
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 |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
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 |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
APWA |
American Public Welfare Association (changed to APHSA) |
General |
AQI |
Audit Quality Initiative |
General |
AQL |
Acceptable Quality Level |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
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 |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
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 |
Automated Standard Application for Payments |
General |
ASAP |
American Society of Automation in Pharmacy |
General, Medicare Beneficiary |
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 Hospital Pharmacists |
General, Health Care |
ASHP |
American Society of Health Systems Pharmacists |
General, Medicare Beneficiary |
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 (Drugs) |
General |
AWP |
Average Wholesale Price |
General, Medicare Beneficiary |
AZT |
Azidothymidine (AIDS drug therapy) |
General, Health Care |
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 |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
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 of 1997 |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
BBA |
Balanced Budget Act |
General, Medicare Beneficiary |
BBRA |
Balanced Budget Refinement Act of 1999 (PL 106113) |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
BC/BS |
Blue Cross/Blue Shield |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
BCA |
Board of Contract Appeals |
General, Health Care |
BCB |
Beneficiary Confidentiality Board |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
BCBSA |
Blue Cross/Blue Shield Association |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
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 |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
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 (DOL) |
General |
BLS |
Bureau of Labor Statistics |
General, Medicare Beneficiary |
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 |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
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 |
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 |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
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, Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
CAHSA |
California Association of Home Services for the Aged |
General, Health Care |
CALPERS |
California Public Employees Retirement System |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
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 |
Corrective Action Plan |
General |
CAP |
community acquired pneumonia |
Health Care |
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 |
Cipher Block Chaining |
General |
CBC |
Center for Beneficiary Choices |
General, IT Organization |
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 |
Coordinated Care Plans |
General, Health Care |
CCP |
Comprehensive Compliance Program |
General, Medicare Beneficiary |
CCPR |
Coordinated Comprehensive Provider Review |
General |
CCR |
Cost to Charge Ratio |
General |
CCR |
Coverage Compliance Reviews |
General |
CCRC |
Continuing Care Retirement Community |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
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 |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
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 |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
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 |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
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 (under TEFRA) |
General, Health Care |
CMP |
Comprehensive Medical Plan |
General, Health Care |
CMP |
Configuration Management Plan |
General |
CMP |
Competitive Medical Plan |
General, Medicare Beneficiary |
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 and Medicaid Services (HCFA prior to July 1, 2001) |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
CMS |
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services |
General, 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) |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
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 |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
COB |
Close of Business |
General, Health Care |
COB |
Coordination of Benefits |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
COB |
Coordination of Benefit |
General, Medicare Beneficiary |
COBA |
Coordination of Benefits Agreement |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
COBC |
Coordination of Benefits Contractor |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
COBRA |
Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (of 1985) |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
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, Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
CPAS |
Claims Processing Assessment System |
General, Health Care |
CPCM |
Certified Professional Contract Manager |
General |
CPD |
Competitive Pricing Demonstration |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
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 |
Claims Services |
General, Health Care |
CS |
Covered Services |
General, Health Care |
CS |
Abbreviation for Customer Service |
General, Medicare Beneficiary |
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 |
Core Security Requirements |
General, IT Organization |
CSR |
Customer Service Record |
General |
CSR |
Customer Service Representative |
General |
CSR |
Customer Service Request |
General |
CSR |
Abbreviation for Customer Service Representative |
General, Medicare Beneficiary |
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 |
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, Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
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 |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
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 |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
DHHSAA |
DHHS Audit Agency |
General, Health Care |
DHWHIM |
Daily Health Insurance Master Health Insurance Merge |
General, Health Care |
DI |
Disability Insurance |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
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) |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
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 |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
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 |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
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 |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
DOC |
Days of Care |
General, Health Care |
DOC |
Department of Commerce |
General |
DOD |
Date of Death |
General, Health Care |
DOD |
Department of Defense (DoD) |
General |
DOD |
Department of Defense |
General, Medicare Beneficiary |
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) |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
DOES |
Date of Entitlement to Supplementary Medical Insurance (Medicare Part B) |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
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, IT Organization, Health Care |
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) |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
DVAAP |
Disabled Veterans Affirmative Action Program |
General, Health Care |
DVR |
Data Validation Review |
General |
DWA |
Disabled Working Aged |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
DWARF |
Data Warehouse Access & Retrieval Facility |
General |
DWB |
Disabled Widow's Benefits |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
DWI |
Data Warehouse Initiative |
General |
DWI |
Disabled & Working Individual (see QDWI) |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
DWOH |
Days Work On Hand |
General |
DX |
Diagnosis |
General, Health Care |
DXGROUP |
Diagnosis Group |
General, Health Care |
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 |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
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, Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
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 |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
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 |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
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 |
EndStage Renal Disease |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
ESRD |
End Stage Renal Disease |
General, 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 |
F&A |
Fraud & Abuse |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
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 |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
FAR |
Federal Acquisition Regulations (48 CFR, Ch. 1) |
General |
FAR |
Federal Acquisition Regulation |
General, Medicare Beneficiary |
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, Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
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 |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
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 |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
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 |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
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 of 1992 |
General |
FMFIA |
Federal Managers Financial Integrity Act |
General, Medicare Beneficiary |
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 of 1966, etc. |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
FOIA |
Freedom of Information Act |
General, 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 |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
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 |
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 |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
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 |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
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 |
Geographic Information Systems |
General |
GIS |
Gentran Integration Suite |
IT Organization |
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 |
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 |
Hospital Annual Survey |
General, Health Care |
HAS |
Health Savings Account |
General, Medicare Beneficiary |
HASEALP |
HA Search Alpha Program (Beneficiary Alpha Match/Reinstate Operation) |
General, Health Care |
HAVEN |
Home Assessment Validation & Entry System |
General, Health Care |
HBP |
HospitalBased Physician |
General, Health Care |
HBP |
Hospital Based 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 |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
HCC |
Health Care Compare |
General, Health Care |
HCC |
Hierarchical Coexisting Condition |
General |
HCC |
Hierarchical Condition Category |
General, IT Organization, Health Care |
HCCA |
Health Care Commuting Area |
General, Health Care |
HCFA |
Health Care Financing Administration (renamed CMS effective July 1, 2001) |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
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 |
Healthplan Employer Data Information Sets |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
HEDIS |
Health Plan Employer Data and Information Set |
General, 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, Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
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) |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
HHS |
Home Health Services |
General, Health Care |
HHS |
Department of Health and Human Services |
General, Medicare Beneficiary |
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) |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
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 Company |
General, Health Care |
HIC |
Home Intensive Care |
General, Health Care |
HIC |
Health Insurance Claim number used by CMS |
General, Medicare Beneficiary |
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 |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
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 |
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 |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
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 |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
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 |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
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 |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
LTCF |
Long Term Care Facility |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
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 |
M&M |
Medicare & Medicaid |
General, Health Care |
M+C |
Medicare + Choice |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
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 |
Medicare Appeals System |
IT Organization |
MAS |
(GSA) Multiple Award System |
General |
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 |
Medicare Beneficiary Database |
General, Health Care |
MBD |
Medicaid Beneficiary Database |
General, Medicare Beneficiary |
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 |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
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 |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
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 |
General, Health Care, Contractor |
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) |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
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 |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
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) |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
MMDDYY |
MonthMonth/DayDay/YearYear |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
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 |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
MSA |
Medical Statistical Area |
General, Health Care |
MSA |
Metropolitan Statistical Area (for PPS) |
General |
MSA |
Monthly Statement of Accounts |
General |
MSA |
Medicare Savings Account |
General, Medicare Beneficiary |
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 (formerly MedStat) |
General, Health Care |
MSIS |
Medicaid Statistical Information System |
General, Medicare Beneficiary |
MSN |
Medicare Summary Notice |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
MSOM |
Modernized Systems Operations Manual (SSA) |
General, Health Care |
MSP |
Manager Software Products |
General, IT Organization |
MSP |
Medicare Secondary Payor |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
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 |
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 |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
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) |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
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 of Prescription Drug Programs |
General, Health Care |
NCPDP |
National Council for Prescription Drug Programs |
General, Medicare Beneficiary |
NCPSSM |
National Committee to Preserve Social Security & Medicare |
General, Health Care |
NCQA |
National Committee for Quality Assurance |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
NCQHC |
National Committee for Quality Health Care |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
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 |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
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 |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
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 |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
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 |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
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 |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
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 |
Network Performance Analyzer |
General, IT Organization |
NPA |
National PACE Association |
General, Medicare Beneficiary |
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 |
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 of Civil Rights |
General, Health Care |
OCR |
Optical Character Recognition |
General, Health Care |
OCR |
Office for Civil Rights |
General, Medicare Beneficiary |
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 |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
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 |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
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 |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
OP |
Overpayment |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
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 (formerly CSC) |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
OPM |
Office of Personnel Management |
General, Medicare Beneficiary |
OPO |
Organ Procurement Organization |
General, Health Care |
OPPS |
Outpatient Prospective Payment System |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
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 |
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 |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
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 |
Progressive Corrective Action |
General |
PCA |
Private Collection Agency |
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 |
Program Decision Package |
General |
PDP |
Prescription Drug Plan |
General, IT Organization |
PDP |
Private Prescription Drug Plan |
General, Medicare Beneficiary |
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 |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
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 FeeForService Plan |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
PFFS |
Private Fee-For-Service Plan |
General, 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 |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
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 (Medicare Part A) |
General, Health Care |
PPS |
Prospective Pricing System |
General, Health Care |
PPS |
Prospective Payment System |
General |
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) |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
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 |
General, Health Care, Contractor |
PRS |
Payment Reconciliation System |
IT Organization |
PRS |
Parameter Release Study |
General |
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 |
Point of Total Assumption |
General |
PTA |
Prior To Admission |
General, Health Care |
PTA |
Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty |
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 |
Performance Work Standard |
General |
PWS |
Payment Withhold System |
IT Organization |
PX |
Post Exchange |
General |
PY |
Prior Year |
General |
PYE |
Prior Year Ending |
General |
Q&A |
Questions & Answers |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
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) |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
QDWIS |
Qualified Disabled and Working Individuals |
General, Medicare Beneficiary |
QI |
Quality Indicator |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
QIES |
Quality Improvement Evaluation System |
General, Medicare Beneficiary |
QIO |
Quality Improvement Organization |
General, Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
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 Beneficiary (OBRA 1989 PL101239,Sect.6013) |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
QMB |
Qualified Medicare Beneficiaries |
General, 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) |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
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 |
Resource Allocation Plan |
General |
RAP |
Request for Anticipated Payment |
General, Health Care |
RAPS |
Risk Adjustment Processing System |
IT Organization |
RAPS |
Risk Adjustment Processing System |
IT Organization |
RAPS |
Resident Assessment Protocol System |
General, Health Care |
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 |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
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 |
Regulatory Flexibility Act (5USC 601612) |
General |
RFA |
Request for Applications |
General |
RFA |
Reason for Assessment |
General, Medicare Beneficiary |
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 |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
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 |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
RNO |
Race & National Origin |
General |
RO |
Regional Office |
General, Health Care |
RO |
Abbreviation for Regional Office. |
General, Medicare Beneficiary |
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 (also R/C) |
General |
ROC |
Report of Contact |
General, Medicare Beneficiary |
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 |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
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 |
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 |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
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 Enrollment Period |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
SEP |
Special Election Period |
IT Organization |
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 |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
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 |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
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 |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
SHIP |
Senior Health Insurance Program |
General, Health Care |
SHIP |
State Health Insurance Assistance Program |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
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 |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
SLIP-A |
Supplemental Low Income Patient Adjustment |
General, Health Care |
SLM |
Service Level Metrics |
General |
SLMB |
(see SLIMB) |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
SLMB |
Special Low-Income Beneficiaries |
General, Medicare Beneficiary |
SLMB |
Specified Low-income Medicare Beneficiary |
General, Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
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 |
System Modernization Program |
General |
SMP |
Special Needs Plan |
General, IT Organization |
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 |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
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 |
Statement of Benefits |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
SOB |
Shortness of breath |
General, Health Care |
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 (now CSCC) |
General |
SPOC |
Single Point of Contact |
General, Medicare Beneficiary |
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 |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
SS |
Standard Systems |
General |
SS1 |
Selective Signaling (Equipment) |
General |
SSA |
Social Security Act |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
SSA |
Social Security Administration |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
SSA |
State Survey Agency |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
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) |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
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 |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
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 |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
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 |
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 |
Termination Actions (MBR) |
General |
TA |
Technology Assessment |
General, Health Care |
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 |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
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 |
Medicare Beneficiary, IT Organization, Health Care |
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 |
Transfer Enrollment Period |
General |
TEP |
Technical Experts Panel |
General, Medicare Beneficiary |
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 |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
TITLE II |
Federal old age, survivors & disability insurance benefits (OASDI) |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
TITLE IV |
Grants to States for aid & services to needy famlies with children (AFDC) |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
TITLE X |
Grants to States for aid to the blind (AB) |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
TITLE XIV |
Grants to States for aid to the permanently & totally disabled (DI) |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
TITLE XIX |
Grants to States for medical assistance programs (MAA)(Medicaid) |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
TITLE XVI |
Grants to States for aid to the aged, blind and disabled (ABD) & Supplemental Security Income (SSI) |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
TITLE XVIII |
Health Insurance (Medicare) |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
TITLE XX |
State operated home health care entitlement program |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
TITLE XXI |
State Child Health Programs |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
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 |
Medicare Beneficiary, IT Organization, Health Care |
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 |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
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 |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
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 |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
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 |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
XIX |
Title 19 Grants to States for Medical Assistance Programs (MAA) |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
XIXED |
Title 19 Entitlement Date |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
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 |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
XVIII |
Title 18 Medicare |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
XX |
Title 20 State operated home health care entitlement program |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
XXI |
Title 21 State Child Health Program |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
Y2K |
Year 2000 |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
YOB |
Year of Birth |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
YR |
Year |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
YTD |
YearToDate |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
YYYY |
Year (i.e., mmddyyyy) |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
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 |
Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
ZO |
Zero Overpricing |
General |
ZST |
Zone Standard Time |
General |
ZULU |
Greenwich Mean Time |
General |