| ACO |
accountable care organization |
| AHRQ |
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality |
| ARRA |
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 |
| CBO |
Congressional Budget Office |
| CCB |
Configuration Control Board |
| CCW |
Chronic Condition Warehouse (CMS) |
| CHIP |
Children’s Health Insurance Program |
| CIO |
chief information officer |
| CLIA |
Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 |
| CMS |
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services |
| CTAB |
Chief Information Officer’s Technical Advisory Board (CMS) |
| DIB |
Data Integrity Board |
| DME |
durable medical equipment |
| DRG |
diagnosis-related group |
| DRN |
distributed research network |
| EA |
enterprise architecture |
| EDE |
enterprise data environment |
| EHR |
electronic health record |
| EMR |
electronic medical record |
| ESC |
executive steering committee |
| FBI |
Federal Bureau of Investigation |
| FDA |
U.S. Food and Drug Administration |
| FFS |
fee for service |
| GAO |
U.S. Government Accountability Office |
| GBE |
global business ecosystem |
| GDP |
gross domestic product |
| GIE |
global information ecosystem |
| GME |
graduate medical education |
| HCAHPS |
Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems |
| HCERA |
Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 |
| HCFA |
Health Care Financing Administration (CMS predecessor) |
| HHS |
Health and Human Services, U.S. Department of |
| HIE |
health information exchange |
| HIGLAS |
Health Care Integrated General Ledger Accounting System |
| HIM |
health information model |
| HIPAA |
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 |
| HITECH |
Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health |
| HOS |
Health Outcomes Survey |
| ICD-9 |
International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, 9th Revision |
| ICD-10 |
International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, 10th Revision |
| ILC |
Integrated IT Investment & System Life Cycle Framework |
| IOM |
Institute of Medicine |
| IPERA |
Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Act of 2009 |
| IRF-PAI |
Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility-Patient Assessment Instrument |
| IPF |
PPS Inpatient Psychiatric Facility Prospective Payment System |
| IRM |
information resource management IT information technology |
| ITIRB |
Information Technology Investment Review Board (CMS) |
| MAC |
Medicare administrative contractor |
| MAX |
Medicaid Analytic Extract |
| MCBS |
Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey |
| MDRI |
Medicaid Drug Rebate Initiative |
| MDS |
Minimum Data Set |
| MedPAC |
Medicare Payment Advisory Commission |
| MEDPAR |
Medicare Provider Analysis and Review |
| MIPPA |
Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008 |
| MMA |
Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 |
| MSP |
Medicare as a Secondary Payer |
| NCQA |
National Committee for Quality Assurance |
| NQF |
National Quality Forum |
| OASIS |
Outcome and Assessment Information Set |
| OESS |
Offices of E-Standards and Services (CMS) |
| OIS |
Office of Information Services (CMS) |
| OMB |
Office of Management and Budget |
| ONC |
Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology |
| ORDI |
Office of Research, Development, and Information |
| OSCAR |
Online Survey Certification and Reporting |
| PPACA |
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act |
| PRO |
professional review organization |
| PSRO |
professional standards review organization |
| QIO |
quality improvement organization |
| ResDAC |
Research Data Assistance Center (CMS) |
| RHIO |
regional health information organization |
| SSA |
U.S. Social Security Administration |
| SSI |
Supplemental Security Income (from SSA) |
| TRA |
Technical Reference Architecture (CMS) |
| VHA |
Veterans Health Administration |
| VHIM |
VHA Health Information Model |
| VISTA |
Veterans Health Information Systems and Technology Architecture |
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