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1 CHG s Resource List AAMC AAFP AAHAM AAIHDS AAMA ACA ACGME ACE ACHE ACMQ ACO ACPE ACU AHCA AHIP AHP AHRMM AHRQ AHS AHVRP AMA AMCRA ANA AOA AONE APC APN AQA ARRA ASC ASHE ASHES ASHHRA ASHRM A Association of American Medical Colleges American Academy of Family Physicians American Association for Healthcare Administrative Management American Association of Integrated Healthcare Delivery Systems American Academy of Medical Administrators Affordable Care Act Accreditation Council on Graduate Medical Education Acute Care Episode American College of Healthcare Executives American College of Medical Quality Accountable Care Organization American College of Physician Executives Ambulatory Care Unit American Health Care Association America s Health Insurance Plans Allied Health Professional Association for Healthcare Resource & Materials Management Agency for Healthcare Research Quality American Healthcare Systems Association for Healthcare Volunteers Resource Professionals American Medical Association American Medical Care and Review Association American Nurses Association American Osteopathic Association American Organization of Nurse Executives Ambulatory Patient Classifications Advanced Practice Nurse Ambulatory care Quality Alliance American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Ambulatory Surgical Centers American Society for Healthcare Engineering American Society for Healthcare Environmental Services American Society for Healthcare Human Resources Administration American Society for Healthcare Risk Management 1

2 BCBS BME BMI BP CABG CAE CAD CAH CAHPS CAP CAT CAUTI CCN CCR CCU CDC CDR CDSS CER CFO CHC CHF CHG CHIN CHIP CHNA CI CIN CLABSI CME CMMI CMO CMP CMS CNO COBRA COI B Blue Cross Blue Shield Board of Medical Examiners Body Mass Index Blood Pressure C Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Certified Association Executive Coronary Artery Disease Critical Access Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems Contract Administration Process Computerized Axial Tomography Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection Community Care Network Cost-to-Charge Ratio Critical Care Unit Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Clinical Data Repository Clinical Decision Support System Comparative effectiveness research Chief Financial Officer Community Health Center Congestive Heart Failure Center for Healthcare Governance Community Health Information Network Children's Health Insurance Program Community Health Needs Assessment Clinical Integration Clinically Integrated Network Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infection Continuing Medical Education Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation Chief Medical Officer Civil Monetary Penalty Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Chief Nursing Officer Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act Cost of Illness Analysis 2

3 COMS COO CoP COPD CORF CPOE CPT CQI CRNA CRBSI CT CVD CXO DEA DGME DHS DMD DME DMO DNR DO DOA DOH DOJ DRG DSH DTB DUR DVT Clinical Outcomes Measurement Systems Chief Operating Officer Conditions of Participation Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Comprehensive Outpatient Rehabilitation Facility Computerized Physician Order Entry Current Procedural Terminology Continuous Quality Improvement Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist Catheter-Related Bloodstream Infections Computed Tomography Cardiovascular Disease Chief Experience Officer D Drug Enforcement Agency Direct Graduate Medical Education Designated Health Service Doctor of Medical Dentistry Durable Medical Equipment Disease Management Organization Do Not Resuscitate Doctor of Osteopathy Dead On Arrival Department of Health Department of Justice Diagnosis-Related Group Disproportionate Share Hospital Door To Balloon time Drug Utilization Review Deep Vein Thrombosis 3

4 EAH EBM ECF ED EEG EHR EKG ELR EMR EMS EMTALA EPO ER erx FACHE FAH FAHS FDA FFS FICA FMV FOIA FP FPPE FQHC FTC FTE GAO GDP GME GP E Essential Access Hospital Evidence-Based Medicine Extended Care Facility Emergency Department Electroencephalogram Electronic Health Record Electrocardiogram Electronic Lab Reporting Electronic Medical Record Emergency Medical System Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act Exclusive Provider Organization Emergency Room Electronic Prescribing F Fellow, American College of Healthcare Executives Federation of American Hospitals Federation of American Health Systems Food and Drug Administration Fee For Service Federal Insurance Contribution Act Fair Market Value Freedom Of Information Act Family Practitioner Focused Professional Practice Evaluation Federally Qualified Health Center Federal Trade Commission Full-Time Equivalent G Government Accountability Office Gross Domestic Product Graduate Medical Education General Practitioner 4

5 HAC Hospital Acquired Condition HAI Hospital Acquired Infection HCAHPS Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems HHA Home Health Agency HHS Department of Health and Human Services HIE Health Information Exchange HIMSS Health Information and Management Systems Society HIPPA Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 HIS Hospital Information System HIT Health Information Technology HIV Human Immunodeficiency Virus HMO Health Maintenance Organization HPOE Hospitals in Pursuit of Excellence HPS Hospital Purchasing Service HQA Hospital Quality Alliance HRET Health Research & Educational Trust HRSA Health Resources and Services Administration HAS Health Savings Account HVBP Hospital Value-Based Purchasing H ICD-10 ICF ICU IEC IFD IHF IHI IOM IOCP IPF IPPS IRB IRF IS ISMP IT I International Classification of Diseases, 10th revision Intermediate Care Facility Intensive Care Unit Institutional Ethics Committee Institute for Diversity in Health Management International Hospital Federation Institute for Healthcare Improvement Institute of Medicine Intensive Outpatient Care Program Inpatient Psychiatric Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System Institutional Review Board Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Information Systems Institute for Safe Medicine Practices Information Technology 5

6 JAMA JAR JCAHO JV LHRP LOS LPN LTCH LTC LTCF LTD MA MAC MCO MCR MDC MDP MedPAC MedPAR MEI MGMA MICU MIP MIS MLP MLR MMIS MOC MRI MRSA MSO J Journal of the American Medical Association Joint Annual Report of Hospitals Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations Joint Venture Leapfrog Hospital Recognition Program Length Of Stay Licensed Practical Nurse Long-Term Care Hospital Long-Term Care Long-Term Care Facility Long-Term Disability M Medical Assistant Medicare Administrative Contractor Managed Care Organization Medicare Cost Report Major Diagnostic Category Medical Disclosure Panel Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Medicare Payment Analysis and Review Medicare Economic Index Medical Group Management Association Medical Intensive Care Unit Medicare Integrity Program Management Information System Mid-Level Practitioner Medical Loss Ratio Medical Management Information System Maintenance of Certification Magnetic Resonance Imaging Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus Management Service Organization L 6

7 MSP MSSP MTM MUA MUP NACH NAMM NB NBCH NBME NCHL NCQA NDC NEJM NICU NIH NMW NP NPI NQF NRHA OB-GYN OD OIG OP OPC OPPE OPPS OR ORHP OSHA OT OTC Medicare Secondary Payer Medicare Shared Savings Program Medication Therapy Management Medically Underserved Area Medically Underserved Population N National Association of Children s Hospitals North American Medical Management Newborn National Business Coalition on Health National Board of Medical Examiners National Center for Healthcare Leadership National Committee for Quality Assurance National Drug Code New England Journal of Medicine Neonatal Intensive Care Unit National Institutes of Health Nurse Midwife Nurse Practitioner National Provider Identifier National Quality Forum National Rural Health Association O Obstetrics & Gynecology Optometry Doctor Office of Inspector General Outpatient Out Patient Clinic Ongoing Professional Practice Evaluation Outpatient Prospective Payment System Operating Room Office of Rural Health Policy Occupational Safety and Health Administration Occupational Therapist Over-The-Counter 7

8 PA PAAC PACU PCCM PCMH PCP PCORI PDx PET PFS PharmD PHO PHS PMO POS PPRC PPO PPP PPS PQRI PSA PSN PSO Pt PT PwC QA QARI QI QIO QM P Physician Assistant Pre-Anesthesia Assessment Clinic Post Anesthesia Care Unit Primary Care Case Management Patient-Centered Medical Home Primary Care Physician Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute Principle Diagnosis Positron Emission Tomography Physician Fee Schedule (Medicare) Doctor of Pharmacy Physician-Hospital Organization Public Health Service Principal Medical Officer Point Of Service Physician Payment Review Commission Preferred Provider Organization Preferred Provider Plan Prospective Payment System Physician Quality Reporting Initiative Patient Safety Alert Provider Sponsored Network Patient Safety Organization Patient Physical Therapy PricewaterhouseCoopers Q Quality Assessment Quality Assurance Reform Initiative Quality Improvement Quality Improvement Organization Quality Management 8

9 RAC RAD RCH RFID RFP RHC RHIO RN ROA ROE ROI RRC RUG RVS RVU R Recovery Audit Contractor Radiation Absorbed Dose Rural Community Hospital Radio Frequency Identification Request For Proposal Rural Health Clinic Regional Health Information Organization Registered Nurse Return On Asset Return On Equity Return On Investment Rural Referral Center Resource Utilization Group Relative Value Scale Relative Value Unit SARS Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome SB Senate Bill SEIU Service Employees International Union SCH Sole Community Hospital SGR Sustainable Growth Rate SHM Society for Hospital Medicine SHSMD Society for Healthcare Strategy and Market Development SICU Surgical Intensive Care Unit SIDS Sudden Infant Death Syndrome SMDA Safety Medical Devices Act SNF Skilled Nursing Facility SOA / SOX Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 SoC Systems of Care SPECT Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography SSI Social Security Income ST Speech Therapy or Speech Therapist STEMI ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction SVP Senior Vice President S 9

10 TCC THR TJC TJR TKR TPA TQI TQM UIRS UM UPIN UR VAP VBP VOP VPS WC WHO T Total Case Compensation Total Hip Replacement The Joint Commission Total Joint Replacement Total Knee Replacement Third-Party Administrator Total Quality Improvement Total Quality Management U Unusual Incident Reporting System Utilization Management Universal Physician Identification Number Utilization Review V Ventilator Associated Pneumonia Value-Based Purchasing Value Of Production Volume Performance Standards W Workers' Compensation World Health Organization YTD Year-to-Date Y 10

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