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1 End Stage Renal Disease Network Frequently Used Acronyms 2728 ESRD Medical Evidence Report 2744 Annual Facility Survey Form 2746 Death Notification Form A AAKP AAMI AHCPR AHRQ AKF ANNA ASN AVF AVG American Association of Kidney Patients Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation Agency of Health Care Policy and Research Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality American Kidney Fund American Nephrology Nurses Association American Society of Nephrology Arteriovenous Fistulae Arteriovenous Graft B BCG BCP BFR BIC BIPA BUN BOD BSA BSN BSW Bromcresol green (lab method for serum albumin) Bromcresol Purple (lab method for serum albumin) Blood Flow Rate Beneficiary Identification Code Benefits Improvement and Protection Act Blood Urea Nitrogen Board of Directors Body Surface Area Bachelor of Science in Nursing Bachelor of Social Work C CAC CAD CAN CAPD CCHT CCl CCPD CDC CDE CDS CEU CDN CHT CIR CKD CME CMHCB CMS CMSDC Carrier Advisory Committee Cadaveric Donor Chronic Allograft Nephrology Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis Certified Clinical Hemodialysis Technician Creatinine Clearance Continuous Cycling Peritoneal Dialysis Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Certified Diabetes Educator Core Data Set Continuing Education Unit Certified Dialysis Nurse Certified Hemodialysis Technician Community Information & Resources Chronic Kidney Disease Continuing Medical Education Care Management for High Cost Beneficiaries Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services CMS Data Center 1

2 CMSW CNN CNSW CO COB COGNOS CPHQ CPM CQI CRI CRN CROWN CSC CV Certified Master of Social Work Certified Nephrology Nurse Council of Nephrology Social Workers Central Office (CMS) Coordination of Benefits A Financial Management Information System Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality Clinical Performance Measures Continuous Quality Improvement Chronic Renal Insufficiency Council of Renal Nutritionists Consolidated Renal Operations in a Web-enabled Network Computer Sciences Corporation Curriculum Vitae D DFC DFS DHEC DHHS DHR DM DOPPS DON DOQI DPC DVA Dialysis Facility Compare Division of Facility Services Department of Health and Environmental Control Department of Health and Human Services Department of Human Resources Data Manager Dialysis Outcomes Practice Patterns Study Director of Nursing Dialysis Outcomes Quality Initiative Decreasing Dialysis Patient/Provider Conflict Department of Veteran s Affairs E EC ED EDEES EGHP ELAB ekt/v ELT EPO ERB ESRD esource Executive Committee Executive Director ESRD Data Entry and Editing System Employer Group Health Plan Electronic collection of lab data Equilibrated Kt/V (See Kt/V) Electronically Epogen or Erythropoietin Engineering Review Board End Stage Renal Disease ESRD Software for our Users in Renal Care Environments F FF FFBI FI FNP FORUM FPR Fistula First Fistula First Breakthrough Initiative Fiscal Intermediary Family Nurse Practitioner Forum of ESRD Networks Final Project Report 2

3 G GAO GFR General Accounting Office Glomerular Filtration Rate H HbsAb HbsAg HBV HC HCFA HCQIP HCT HD HHD HMO HGB HIC HIPAA Hepatitis B surface antibody Hepatitis B surface antigen Hepatitis B Virus Hard Copy Health Care Financing Administration (Now CMS) Health Care Quality Improvement Program Hematocrit Hemodialysis Home Hemodialysis Health Maintenance Organization Hemoglobin Health Insurance Claim Health Information Portability and Accountability Act I IHI IM IMRP IPD IQC IQP IRB ISD IV Institute for Healthcare Improvement Information Management Instruction Manual for Renal Providers Intermittent Peritoneal Dialysis Internal Quality Control Internal Quality Program Institutional Review Board Information Services Director Intravenous J K Kt/V A method to measure adequacy of dialysis. K = the dialyzer clearance, t = time on dialysis, and V =volume of water in the patient's body. K/DOQI Kidney Disease Outcomes Quality Initiative L LCSW LDO LISW LMSW LORAC LPN LRD LRD LTFU Licensed Clinical Social Worker Large Dialysis Organization Licensed Independent Social Worker Licensed Master of Social Work Life Options Rehabilitation Advisory Council Licensed Practical Nurse Living Related Donor Licensed Registered Dietician Lost to Follow-Up 3

4 LURD Living Unrelated Donor M M+C MD MPH MRB MSN MSW Medicare + Choice Medical Doctor Master of Public Health Medical Review Board Master of Science in Nursing Master of Social Work N NANT National Association of Nephrology Technicians/Technologists NC Network Council NCC Network Coordinating Council NetRep Network Representative NIDDK National Institute for Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases NIH National Institutes of Health NIP National Improvement Plan NIPD Nocturnal Intermittent Peritoneal Dialysis NKDEP National Kidney Disease Education Program NKF National Kidney Foundation NPP Narrative Project Plan npcr Normalized Protein Catabolic Rate NRAA National Renal Administrators Association NVAII National Vascular Access Improvement Initiative NW Network or ESRD Network (Network 12) O ODIE OCSQ OGC OHRP OIC OIG OPO OPTN ORD ORS OSCAR OSHA Online Data Input and Edit Office of Clinical Standards and Quality Office of General Council Office of Human Research Protection Opportunity to Improve Care Office of Inspector General Organ Procurement Organization Oran Procurement and Transplant Network Office of Research and Demonstrations Office of Regulatory Services Online Survey Certification Reporting Occupational Safety and Health Administration P PA PAR PCT PD PhD PID PIP Physician s Assistant Patient Activity Report Patient Care Technician Peritoneal Dialysis Philosophy Doctorate Project Idea Document Performance Improvement Plan 4

5 PMMIS PO PRO PSC Pt PtRep Program Management and Medical Information System Project Officer (CMS) Peer Review Organization (Now called QIO) Patient Services Coordinator Patient Patient Representative Q QA QAPI QD QI QID QIO QIP QIS QNET QTY Quality Assurance Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement Quotidian Dialysis Quality Improvement Quality Improvement Director Quality Improvement Organization (Formerly PRO) Quality Improvement Project Quality Improvement Specialist Quality Net (Exchange vs. Conference) Quantity R RD REBUS REMIS RHIT RN RO ROPO RPA Registered Dietician Renal Beneficiary Utilization System Renal Management Information System Registered Health Information Technician Registered Nurse Regional Office (CMS) Regional Office Project Officer Renal Physicians Association S SA SC SIMS SKC SME SOW SSA SSN State Agency/ State Survey Agency Subcutaneous Standard Information Management System Southeastern Kidney Council Subject Matter Expert Statement of Work Social Security Administration Social Security Number T TCV TEP TQE Tsat Total Cell Volume Technical Expert Panel Total Quality Environment Transferring Saturation U UKM Urea Kinetic Modeling 5

6 UNOS UPI UPIN URR USRDS USAT United Network of Organ Sharing Unique Patient Identifier Unique Physician Identification Number Urea Reduction Ratio United States Renal Data System Unit Self Assessment Tool V VA VHA VISION VR Veteran s Administration or Veteran s Affairs Veteran s Health Administration Vital Information System to Improve Outcomes in Nephrology Vocational Rehabilitation W WHO World Health Organization X Y Z 6

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