HIM/Green&Bowie - Ch1 - Acronyms
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- AMA
- American Medical Association
- AHA
- American Hospital Association
- ACS
- American College of Surgeons
- CDC
- Center for Disease Control and Prevention
- JCAHO
- Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
- HHS
- Department of Health and Human Services
- CMS
- Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
- HIPAA
- Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1966
- EMTALA
- Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act
- NPDB
- National Practitioner Data Bank
- HIPDB
- Healthcare Integrity and Protection Data Bank
- SCHIP
- State Children's Health Insurance Program
- QIO
- quality improvement organizations
- MMA
- Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act
- GME
- graduate medical education
- DNR
- do not resuscitate
- PAT
- preadmission testing
- QA
- quality assurance
- CQI
- continuous quality improvement
- TQM
- total quality management
- QM
- quality management
- RHIA
- registered health information administrator
- RHIT
- registered health information technician
- CTR
- certified tumor registrars
- CPT
- Current Procedural Terminology
- ICD-9-CM
- International Classification of Diseases, 9th edition, Clinical Modification
- HCPCS
- Health Care Procedure Coding System
- CPR
- computer-based patient record
- CFR
- Code of Federal Regulations
- AAAHC
- Accredation Association for Ambulatory Health Care
- AOA
- American Osteopathic Association
- CARF
- Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities
- CHAP
- Community Health Accreditation Program
- NCQA
- National Committee for Quality Assurance
- NCCHC
- National Commission on Correctional Health Care
- ACGME
- Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education
- HEDIS
- Health Plan Employer Data and Information Set