| Acronym | Term | Category |
| 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 |
Specified Low-income Medicare Beneficiary |
General, Medicare Beneficiary, Health Care |
| SLMB |
Special Low-Income Beneficiaries |
General, Medicare Beneficiary |
| SM |
System Manager |
General |
| SMART |
System for MSP Automated Recovery & Tracking |
General, Health Care |
| SMDA |
State Medicaid Directors Association |
General, Health Care |
| SME |
Subject Matter Expert |
General, IT Organization |
| SMF |
System Measurement Facility |
General |
| SMF |
Systems Management Facility |
General |
| SMG |
State Medicaid Group |
General, Health Care |
| SMI |
Standardized Medreview Instrument |
General, Health Care |
| SMI |
Supplementary Medical Insurance (Part B of Medicare) |
General, Health Care |
| SMIB |
Supplementary Medical Insurance (also Part B) |
General, Health Care |
| SMIRK |
SOBER Miscellaneous Input Record |
General |
| SMIS |
Safety Management Information System |
General |
| SML |
Solicitation Mailing List |
General |
| SMM |
State Medicaid Manual |
General, Health Care |
| SMP |
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 |