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The following is a partial list of acronyms commonly used in health care. The terms listed are used within the health care systems of various countries.1
A list of medical abbreviations is also available.
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- MA Medicare Advantage
- MAAC Maximum Allowable Actual Charge
- MAF Medical Assistance Facility
- MAP Medical Audit Program
- MAPD Medicare Advantage Prescription Drug Plan
- MCAT Medical College Admission Test
- MCH Maternal and Child Health Program
- MCO Managed Care Organization
- MD Medical Doctor
- MEDLARS Medical Literature and Analysis Retrieval System
- MedPAC Medicare Payment Advisory Commission
- MEPS Medical Expenditure Panel Survey
- MET Multiple Employer Trust
- MEWA Multiple Employer Welfare Arrangement
- MDH Medicare-dependent Hospital
- MMIS Medical Management Information System
- MMRA Metropolitan Medical Response System
- MRHFP Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility Program
- MRI Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- MSAMedical Savings Account or Metropolitan Statistical Area
- MUA/MUPs Medically Underserved Areas/Populations
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- OAA Old Age Assistance
- OASDHI Old Age Survivors, Disability, and Health Insurance Program
- OBRA Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act
- ODS Organized Delivery System
- OMB Office of Management and Budget
- OPD Outpatient Department
- OPHP Office of Public Health Preparedness
- OSHA Occupational Health and Safety Administration
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- PA Physician Assistant
- PAHO Pan American Health Organization
- PBM Pharmacy Benefits Manager
- PCCM Primary Care Case Management
- PCP Primary Care Physician
- PCT NHS Primary Care Trust
- PDI Professional Development Institute
- PDP Prescription Drug Plan
- PDQS Partnership Defined Quality of Service *
- PHO Physician-Hospital Organization
- PHS Public Health Service
- PIAPHP Partners in Information Access for Public Health Professionals
- PICU Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
- POS Place of Service
- PMPM Per Member Per Month
- PPA Preferred Provider Arrangement
- PPO Preferred Provider Organization
- PPS Prospective Payment System
- PSN Provider Sponsored Network
- PSO Provider Sponsored Organization
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- QALY Quality Adjusted Life Year
- QAPI Quality Assessment and Performance Improvement Program
- QARI Quality Assurance Reform Initiative
- QIO Quality Improvement Organization
- QISMC Quality Improvement System for Managed Care
- QuICQuality Interagency Coordination Task Force
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- RAN Rural Area Computer Network
- RBRVS Resource-Based Relative Value Scale
- RCT Randomized Clinical Trial or Randomized Controlled Trial
- RFE Reason for encounter
- RHC Rural Health Clinic
- RRC Rural Referral Centers
- RUG Resource Utilization Groups
- RWJF Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
- RN Registered Nurse
- RMO Resident Medical Officer
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- VIRHN Vertically Integrated Rural Health Network
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References
- ^ Health Care Acronyms, All Acronyms, Accessed 19/11/08
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