AcronymTermCategory
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