Abbreviations Flashcards
ABN
Advance Beneficiary Notice
AMA
American Medical Association
APC
Ambulatory Payment Classification
APM
Advanced Alternative Payment Models
ARRA
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
ASC
Ambulatory Surgical Centers
CDT
Current Dental Terminology
CMS
Centers for Medicine & Medicaid Services
CMS-HCC
Centers for Medicine & Medicaid Services - Hierarchical Condition Category
CPC
Certified Professional Coder
CPT
Current Procedural Terminology
EHR
Electronic Health Record
EIN
Employer Identification Number
E/M
Evaluation and Management
HCPCS
Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System
HHS
Department of Health & Human Services
HIPAA
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996
HITECH
Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act
HMO
Health Maintenance Organization
ICD-10-CM
International Classification of Disease, Tenth Revision, Clinical Modification
LCD
Local Coverage Determination
MAC
Medicare Administrative Contractor
MIPS
Merit-Based Incentive Payment Systems
MACRA
Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act
MS-DRG
Medicare Severity-Diagnostic Related Group
NCD
National Coverage Determination
NP
Nurse Practitioner
NPI
National Provider Identifier
OCR
Office for Civil Rights
OIG
Office of Inspector General
PA
Physicians Assistant
PHI
Protected Health Information
PPACA
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
SOAP
Standard format for E/M Services - Subjective, Objective, Assessment, Plan
TPO
Treatment, payment, and healthcare operations