Acronyms
- ASPE
- Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation
- CDC
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- CHIP
- Children's Health Insurance Program
- CMS
- Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services
- DIB
- Disability Insurance Benefits
- DME
- Durable Medical Equipment
- DRG
- Diagnosis Related Group
- ESRD
- End Stage Renal Disease
- FFS
- Fee For Service
- GHP
- Group Health Plan
- HCPCS
- Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System
- HHA
- Home Health Agency
- HIC
- Health Insurance Claim
- HMO
- Health Maintenance Organization
- ICD
- International Classification of Diseases
- ICF
- Intermediate Care Facility
- ICF/MR
- Intermediate Care Facility for the Mentally Retarded
- IP
- Inpatient
- LIS
- Low Income Subsidy
- LT
- Long Term Care
- MA
- Medicare Advantage (also known as Medicare Part C)
- MAC
- Medicare Administrative Contractor
- MAX
- Medicaid Analytic eXtract
- MEC
- Mobile Examination Center
- MedPAR
- Medicare Provider Analysis and Review
- MMA
- Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act
- MSIS
- Medicaid Statistical Information System
- NCH
- National Claims History
- NCHS
- National Center for Health Statistics
- NDC
- National Drug Codes
- NDI
- National Death Index
- NF
- Nursing Facility
- NHANES
- National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
- NPI
- National Provider Identifier
- OT
- Other Services
- PDE
- Prescription Drug Event
- PDP
- Prescription Drug Plan
- PII
- Personally Identifiable Information
- PIN
- Provider Identification Number
- PPS
- Prospective Payment System
- PS
- Person Summary
- RDC
- Research Data Center
- ResDAC
- Research Data Assistance Center
- RIC
- Record Identification Code
- RX
- Prescription Drug
- SAF
- Standard Analytic File
- SCHIP
- State Children's Health Insurance Program
- SEQN
- Sequence Number
- SMEC
- Summary Medicare Enrollment & Claims
- SNF
- Skilled Nursing Facility
- SSA
- Social Security Administation
- SSN
- Social Security Number
- UPIN
- Unique Physician Identification Number
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Contact Us:
- National Center for Health Statistics
3311 Toledo Rd
Hyattsville, MD 20782 - 1 (800) 232-4636
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