Glossary

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30-Day Readmission Rate

510k Premarket Notification

A

All-Payor Claims Database (APCD)

Ambulatory Surgery Center (ASC)

American Hospital Association (AHA)

American Medical Association (AMA)

B

Board Certification

Brand Name Drug

C

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

Continuity of Care

Current Procedural Terminology (CPT)

D

Durable Medical Equipment (DME)

E

Echocardiography

Electronic Medical Record (EMR)

Emergency Medicine

F

Family Medicine

Fee-for-service (FFS)

Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

G

Group Purchasing Organization (GPO)

H

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)

Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQL)

Healthcare Facility

Healthcare Provider (HCP)

I

Internal Medicine

International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10)

K

Key Opinion Leader (KOL)

L

Length of Stay (LOS)

M

Medicare Part A

Medicare Part B

Medicare Part C

Medicare Part D

N

National Drug Code (NDC)

National Provider Identifier (NPI)

Non-Physician Provider

Nurse Practitioner (NP)

O

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Orthopedic Surgery

Outpatient Care

Over-The-Counter (OTC)

P

Prescription Drugs (Rx)

Preventive Care

Q

Quality of Care

R

Referring Physician

Regenerative Medicine

S

Standard Analytical Files (SAF)

Surgical Medical Device

T

Teaching Hospital

U

Unique Device Identifier (UDI)

Utilization Review (UR)

V

Value Based Care

W

World Health Organization (WHO)

X