Rewarding Provider Performance: Aligning Incentives in Medicare (2007)
Chapter: Appendix F: Acronyms
F
Acronym List
ABIM American Board of Internal Medicine
ABMS American Board of Medical Specialties
ACC American College of Cardiology
ACHP Alliance of Community Health Plans
ACP American College of Physicians
AMA American Medical Association
AHRQ Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
AQA Ambulatory care Quality Alliance
BIPA Benefits Improvement and Protection Act
CAHPS Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems
CHI Consolidated Health Informatics
CMS Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
DHHS Department of Health and Human Services
DRG diagnosis-related group
EHR electronic health record
ESRD end-stage renal disease
GAO Government Accountability Office
GDP gross domestic product
GP general practitioner
HEDIS Health Plan Employer Data and Information Set
HIPAA Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
HMO health maintenance organization
HQA Hospital Quality Alliance
IHA Integrated Healthcare Association
IOM Institute of Medicine
MedPAC Medicare Payment Advisory Commission
NCQA National Committee for Quality Assurance
NHIN National Health Information Network
NHS National Health Service
NQCB National Quality Coordination Board
PDCA (PDSA) Plan-Do-Check/Study-Act
PPO preferred provider organization
RHIO Regional Health Information Organization
RBRVS resource-based relative value scale
RFR reduction in failure rate
SCHIP State Children’s Health Insurance Program
SGR sustainable growth rate
SNF skilled nursing facility
STS Society of Thoracic Surgeons
USRDS United States Renal Data System
