Acronyms in Healthcare

CURRENT HEALTHCARE ACRONYMS

AHA: American Hospital Association

AHRQ: Agency for Health Care Research and Quality

ASC: Ambulatory Surgical Center

CAH: Critical Access Hospital

CDHC: Consumer Directed Health Care

CMI: Case Mix Index

CMS: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

DRA: Deficit Reduction Act 2005

DRG: Diagnosis Related Group

EMR: Electronic Medical Record

FFY: Federal Fiscal Year

HCAHPS: Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems

HCRIS: Hospital Cost Report Information System

HIS: Health Information System

HIT: Health Information Technology

HSA: Health Savings Account

HQA: Hospital Quality Alliance

HQI: Hospital Quality Initiative

IPPS: Inpatient Prospective Payment System

JCAHO: Joint Commission Accreditation Hospital Organization

LTC- DRG: Long-term care diagnosis–related group

LTCH: Long-term care hospital

MCV: Major cardiovascular condition

MDC: Major Diagnostic Category

S-DRGs: Medicare Severity-Diagnostic Related Groups

NQF: National Quality Forum

OIG: Office of Inspector General

OPPS Outpatient Prospective Payment System

OSCAR: Online Survey Certification and Reporting System

POA: Present on Admission indicators

PPS: Prospective Payment System

PQRI: Physician Quality Reporting Institute

QIG: Quality Improvement Group, CMS

QIO: Quality Improvement Organization

UDDS: Uniform hospital discharge data set