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A
AAHP - American Association of Health Plans
AAOHN - American Association of Occupational Health Nurses, Inc.
ABN - Advance Beneficiary Notice
ACE - Affiliated Covered Entity
ACLU - American Civil Liberties Union
ACR/NEMA- American College of Radiology/National Electrical Manufacturers Association
ADA - American Dental Association
ADT - admission, discharge, transfer
AES - Advanced Encryption Standard
AFC - Adult Foster Care
AFEHCT - Association for Electronic Health Care Transactions
AHA - American Hospital Association
AHCPR - Agency for Health Care Policy and Research
AHIMA - American Health Information Management Association
AHP - Association Health Plan
AHQA - American Health Quality Association
AHRQ - Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (formerly AHCPR)
AHSR - Association for Health Services Research
AHSRHP - Academy for Health Services Research and Health Policy (formerly AHSR)
AMA - American Medical Association
AMCHP - Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs
AMIA - American Medical Informatics Association
AMIN - Alliance for Medical Information Network
ANSI - American National Standards Institute
APC - Ancillary Payment Code
APG - Ambulatory Patient Groupers
APHA - American Public Health Association
APHHRA - American Society for Healthcare Human Resources Administration
APHL - Association of Public Health Laboratories
AS - Administration Simplification
ASC - Accredited Standards Committee
ASC - X12 - Accredited Standards Committee-X12
ASCA - Administrative Simplification Compliance Act
ASH - Assistant Secretary for Health
ASPE - Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation
ASPs - Application Service Providers
ASTHO - Association of State and Territorial Health Officials
ASTM - American Society for Testing and Materials
ASTP - Association of Telemedicine Service Providers
AWG - Andover Working Group
B
BAC - Business Associate Contract (HIPAA)
BBA - Balanced Budget Act
C
CA - Certificate Authority
CAEHR - Centre for the Advancement of Electronic Health Records Ltd. (UK)
CAHPS - Consumer Assessment of Health Plans Study
CAMIS - Consortium for the Advancement of Medical Information Security
CAP - College of American Pathologists
CCI - Correct Coding Initiative
CCOW - Clinical Context Object Workgroup
CDC/ATSDR - Centers for Disease Control/Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
CDC/NCHS - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/National Center for Health Statistics
CDR - Clinical Data Repository
CELIP - Clains Expansion Line-item Processing
CEN - Committee for Standardization (European)
CFR - Code of Federal Regulations
CHAMPUS - Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services
CHIME - College of Healthcare Information Management Executives
CHITA - Community Health Information Technology Alliance (Washington State)
CHSR - Coalition for Health Services Research
CIO - Chief Information Officer
CIPHER - Common Information for Public Health Electronic Reporting
CLIA - Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments Numbers
CMDS - Computer Misuse Detection System
CMHS - Center for Mental Health Services
CMS - Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
COB - Coordination of Benefits
ComNet - Community Medical Network Society
CON - Certificate of Need
CORBA - Common Object Request Broker Architecture
CPOE - Computerized Physician Order Entry; Computerized Prescriber Order Entry
CPRI - HOST- Computer-based Patient Record Institute - Healthcare Open Systems and Trials
CPT - Current Procedural Terminology
CQS - Central Query System
CSTB - Computer Science and Telecommunications Board
CSTE - Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists
D
DBMS - Data Base Management System
DCC - Data Content Committee
DEA - Drug Enforcement Agency
DEEDS - Data Elements for Emergency Department Systems
DES - Data Encryption Standard
DHEW - Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
DHHS - Department of Health and Human Services
DICOM - Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine
DISA - Data Interchange Standards Association
DOD - Department of Defense
DOJ - Department of Justice
DRG - Diagnosis Related Group
DRS - Designated Record Set
DSMO - Designated Standards General Infotenance Organization
DSTU - Draft Standard for Trial Use
E
E/M - Evaluation & Management Codes
ECF - Enterprise Communications Framework
ECG - Electrocardiogram
ED - Emergency Department
EDI - Electronic Data Interchange
EDIFACT - Electronic Data Interchange for Administration, Commerce and Transportation
EHNAC - Electronic Healthcare Network Accreditation Commission
EHR - Electronic Health Record
EMPI - Enterprise Master Patient Index
EMR - Electronic Medical Record
EMTALA - Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act
EOB - Explanation of Benefits
ER - Emergency Room
ERDIP - Electronic Records Development and Implementation Program
ERP - Enterprise Resource Planning
F
FACHE - Fellow, American College of Healthcare Executives
FFS - Fee for Service
FHCQ - Foundation for Health Care Quality
FI - Fiscal Intermediary
FTP - File Transfer Protocol
G
GAO - General Accounting Office
GIVES - Government Information Value Exchange for States
H
HAN - Health Alert Network
HCFA - Health Care Financing Administration
HCFA 1500 (form) - now CMS-1500
HCO - Health Care Organization
HCPCS - Healthcare (or HCFA) Common Procedure Coding System
HCUP - Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project
HEDIC - Healthcare EDI Coalition
HEDIS - Healthplan Employer Data and Information Set
HFMA - Healthcare Financial Management Association
HHS - Health and Human Services
HIBCC - Health Industry Business Communications Council
HIN - Health Industry Number
HINT - Healthcare Information Networks and Technologies Law (HINT - P.L. 1999, chapter 154) (New Jersey)
HIPAA - Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
HISB - Healthcare Informatics Standards Board
HISSB - Health Information and Surveillance Systems Board
HISPP - Healthcare Informatics Standards Planning Panel
HL7 - Health Level 7
HMO - Health General Infotenance Organization
HOST - Healthcare Open Systems and Trials
HR - House of Representatives
HRSA - Health Resources and Services Administration
HTML - Hypertext Markup Language
I
ICD - International Classification of Diseases
ICD-9-CM - International Classification of Diseases, 9th Revision, Clinical Modification
ID - Identifier
IDN - Integrated Delivery Network
IDS - Integrated Delivery System
IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, Inc.
IFEBP - International Foundation of Employee Benefits and Plans
IHCEBI - Interactive Health Care Eligibility Benefits Inquiry
IHCEBR - Interactive Health Care Eligibility Benefits Response
IHS - Integrated Healthcare System
IMAP - Internet Message Access Protocol
IOM - Institute of Medicine
IP - Internet Protocol
IRB - Institutional Review Board
IS&C - Image Save and Carry
ISO - International Standards Organization
ISP - Internet Service Provider
IT - Information Technology
ITIC - Information Technology Industry Council
J
JCAHO - Joint Commission for Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
JPEG - Joint Photographic Experts Group
K
K-2 - Kassebaum-Kennedy
L
LHII - Local Health Information Infrastructure
LMRP - Local Medical Review Policies
LOINC - Laboratory Observation Identifiers, Names, and Codes
M
M&C - Medicare and Choice Plans
MAHP - Massachusetts Association of Health Plans
MARS - Medical Automated Record System
MCA - Managed Care Application
MCD - Minimum Clinical Data Set
MCO - Managed Care Organization
MDS - Minimum Data Set
MedCERTAIN - MedPICS Certification and Rating of Trustworthy Health Information on the Net
MEDPAC - Medicare Payment Advisory Commission
MedPICS - Platform for Internet Content Selection in Medicine
MHDC - Massachusetts Health Data Consortium, Inc.
MHDI - Minnesota Health Data Institute
MHIMA - Massachusetts Health Information Management Association
MHSIP - Mental Health Statistics Improvement Program
MIB - Medical Information Bureau
MIS - Management Information System
MMS - Massachusetts Medical Society
MOU - Memorandum of Understanding
MPI - Master (Patient, Person, or Participant) Index
MRN - Medical Record Number
MSO - Managed Service Organization; Management Service Organization
MTS - Medicare Transaction System
N
NAACCR - North American Association of Central Cancer Registries
NACCHO - National Association of County and City Health Officials
NAHDO - National Association of Health Data Organizations
NAIC - National Association of Insurance Commissioners
NALBOH - National Association of Local Boards of Health
NAPHSIS - National Association of Public Health Statistics and Information Systems
NCBD - National CAHPS Benchmarking Database
NCCLS - National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards, Inc.
NCE - Non-Covered Entity (HIPAA)
NCHICA - North Carolina Healthcare Information and Communications Alliance, Inc.
NCHS - National Center for Health Statistics
NCICP - National Center for Injury Prevention and Control
NCITS - National Committee for Information Technology Standards
NCPDP - National Council for Prescription Drug Programs
NCQA - National Committee for Quality Assurance
NCSA - National Computer Security Association
NCVHS - National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics
NEDSS - National Electronic Disease Surveillance System
NEHEN - New England Healthcare EDI Network
NIAP - National Information Assurance Partnership
NHII - National Health Information Infrastructure
NIS - Nationwide Inpatient Sample
NIH - National Institute of Health
NIST - National Institute of Standards and Technology
NLM - National Library of Medicine
NPF - National Provider File
NPI - National Provider Identifier
NPP - Notice of Privacy Practices
NPRM - Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
NPS - National Provider System
NSC - National Supplier Clearinghouse
NSSN - National Standards Systems Network
NUBC - National Uniform Billing Committee
NUCC - National Uniform Claims Committee
O
OCE - Outpatient Code Editor
OCR - Office for Civil Rights
OHCA - Organized Health Care Arrangement (HIPAA)
OIG - Office of the Inspector General (DHHS)
OLE - object linking and embedding
OMG - Object Management Group
OMR - Online Medical Record System
OPEL - Office of Planning, Evaluation, and Legislation
OPPS - Outpatient Prospective Payment System
OPTN - Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network
OSCAR - On-line Survey Certification and Reporting
OTA - U.S. Congress, Office of Technology Assessment
P
PACS - Picture Archiving and Communications Systems
PAG - Policy Advisory Group (WEDI-SNIP)
PCASSO - Patient Centered Access to Secure Systems Online
PCP - Primary Care Provider/Physician
PHDSC - Public Health Data Standards Consortium
PHF - Public Health Foundation
PHI - Protected Health Information (HIPAA)
PHO - Physician / Hospital Organization
PIDS - Person Identification Service
PIE - Physicians Information Exchange
PIM - Program Integrity Manual
PL - Public Law
PMPM - Per Member Per Month
PMRI - Patient Medical Record Information
PPO - Preferred Provider Organization
PRO - Professional Review Organization
PVC - Permanent Virtual Circuit
Q
QA - Quality Assurance
QIO - Quality Improvement Organization
R
RBRVS - Resource Based Relative Value Scale
RCT - Randomized Clinical Trial
RFI - Request for Information
RFP - Request for Proposal
RHIA - Registered Health Information Administrator
RHII - Regional Health Information Infrastructure
RIS - Radiology Information Systems
RWJ - Robert Wood Johnson
S
S/MIME - Secure / Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions
SAMHSA - Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration
SCHIP - State Children's Health Insurance Program
SCP - Secondary Care Provider
SCRIPT - abbreviation of Prescription
SDO - Standards Development Organization; Standards-Designating Organization
SET - Secure Electronic Transaction
SGML - Standard Generalized Markup Language
SHARP - Southern HIPAA Administrative Regional Process
SMG - S/MIME Gateway
SNIP - Strategic National Implementation Process (re: WEDI)
SNOMED - Systemized Nomenclature of Medicine
SPARCS - Statewide Planning and Research Cooperative Systems
SPIN - Standard Prescriber Identification Numbers
SSL - Secure Socket Layer
SSN - Social Security Number
T
TAG - Technical Advisory Group
TCR - The Common Rule
TIN/EIN - Taxpayer Identification Number/Employer Identification Number
TPA - Third-Party Administrator
TPA - Trading Partner Agreement (HIPAA)
TPO - Treatment, Payment and Health Care Operations (HIPAA)
U
UB-92 - Billing Form from National Uniform Biling Committee (AHA)
UCC - Uniform Code Council
UCC - Uniform Commercial Code
UETA - Uniform Electronic Transactions Act
UHID - Universal Healthcare Identifier
UHIN - Utah Health Information Network
UPIN - Unique Physician Identification Number
UPL - Upper Payment Limit (Medicaid)
URAC - American Accreditation Healthcare Commission (originally Utilization Review Accreditation Commission)
URL - Universal Resource Locator
USC - United States Code
USDA - United States Department of Agriculture
USHIK - United States Health Information Knowledge base
V
VAB - Value Added Benefit
VAN - Value Added Network
W
WEDI - Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange
WIC - Women's, Infants, and Children Program at the US Department of Agriculture
X
X12 - an Accredited Standards Committee of ANSI
XML - Extensible Markup Language
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