ACA - Affordable Care Act

A&G - Administrative and General

AHSEA - Adjusted Hourly Salary Equivalency Amount

ARRA - American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009

ASC - Ambulatory Surgical Center

BBA - Balanced Budget Act

BBRA - Balanced Budget Reform Act

BIPA - Benefits Improvement and Protection Act

CAH - Critical Access Hospitals

CBSA - Core Based Statistical Areas

CCN - CMS Certification Number

CFR - Code of Federal Regulations

CMHC - Community Mental Health Center

CMS - Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

CORF - Comprehensive Outpatient Rehabilitation Facility

CRNA - Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist

DEFRA - Deficit Reduction Act of 1984

DPP - Disproportionate Patient Percentage

DRA - Deficit Reduction Act of 2005

DRG - Diagnostic Related Group

DSH - Disproportionate Share

EACH - Essential Access Community Hospital

ECR - Electronic Cost Report

EHR - Electronic Health Records

ESRD - End Stage Renal Disease

FQHC - Federally Qualified Health Center

FR - Federal Register

FTE - Full Time Equivalent

GME - Graduate Medical Education

HCERA - Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010

HCPCS - Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System

HCRIS - Healthcare Cost Report Information System

HHA - Home Health Agency

HIT - Health Information Technology

HMO - Health Maintenance Organization

ICF/MR - Intermediate Care Facility for the Mentally Retarded

ICU - Intensive Care Unit

IME - Indirect Medical Education

IPF - Inpatient Psychiatric Facility

IPPS - Inpatient Prospective Payment System

IRF - Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility

LIP - Low Income Patient

LOS - Length of Stay

LTCH - Long Term Care Hospital

MA - Medicare Advantage (previously known as M+C)

M+C - Medicare + Choice (also known as Medicare Part C, Medicare Advantage and Medicare HMO)

MDH - Medicare Dependent Hospital

MIPPA - Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008

MMA - Medicare Prescription Drug Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003

MMEA - Medicare and Medicaid Extenders Act of 2010

MS-DRG - Medicare Severity Diagnosis-Related Group

MSP - Medicare Secondary Payer

NF - Nursing Facility

NPI - National Provider Identifier

NPR - Notice of Program Reimbursement

OPPS - Outpatient Prospective Payment System

ORF - Outpatient Rehabilitation Facility

PCRE - Primary Care Residency Expansion Program

PBP - Provider-Based Physician

PPS - Prospective Payment System

PRM - Provider Reimbursement Manual

PS&R - Provider Statistical and Reimbursement Report (or System)

PT - Physical Therapy

PTO - Paid Time Off

RCE - Reasonable Compensation Equivalent

RHC - Rural Health Clinic

RPCH - Rural Primary Care Hospitals

RT - Respiratory Therapy

RUG - Resource Utilization Group

SCH - Sole Community Hospitals

SCHIP - State Children's Health Insurance Program

SNF - Skilled Nursing Facility

SSI - Supplemental Security Income

TEFRA - Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982

TOPPS - Transitional Corridor Payment for Outpatient Prospective Payment System

UPIN - Unique Physician Identification Number