Acronym | Term | Category |
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 |