ACRONYMS
ACH
ACR
ADPL
ADS
AFB
AF
AMC
BBA
BRAC
BSR
CDR
CEIS
CHAMPUS
CHCS
CHIC
CMAC
CRIS
CSH
DEERS
DHHS
DME
DMIS
DoD
DRG
EBC
EDB
EAPP
EEHAS
ESRD
FEHBP
FFS
FHFS
FORSCOM
FY
GAO
GHP
GME
HCFA
HCSR
HHS
HMO
ICU
LA
LOE
LOS
MC
MCFAS
MCP
MCS
MCSC
MDC
Army community hospital
Adjusted Community Rate
average daily patient load
Ambulatory Data System
Air Force base
Air Force
Army medical center
Balanced Budget Act of 1997
Base Realignment And Closure
Beneficiary Service Representative
Commander
Corporate Executive Information System
Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services
Composite Health Care System
Current Health Insurance Claim number (Medicare)
CHAMPUS Maximum Allowable Charge
CHAMPUS Regional Intermediary System
combat support hospital
Defense Eligibility Enrollment Reporting System
Department of Health and Human Services, U.S.
durable medical equipment
Defense Medical Information System
Department of Defense
Diagnostic Related Group
enrollment-based capitation
Enrollment data base (HCFA)
Enrollment Application
Enrollee Education and Health Assessment Strategy
end stage renal disease
Federal Employees Health Benefits Program
fee for service
Foundation Health Federal Services, Inc.
Forces Command
fiscal year
General Accounting Office
group health plan
graduate medical education
Health Care Financing Administration
Health Care Service Records
Health and Human Services, U.S. Department of
health maintenance organization
intensive care unit
Lead Agent
level of effort
length of stay
medical center
Managed Care Forecasting and Analysis System
managed care program
managed care support
managed care support contractor
major diagnostic categories
MEDPAR
MEPRS
MEQS
MHS
MOA
MPC
MTF
MTW
M+C
NMC
OMB
OSHPD
PCM
PGBA
PLCA
PMO
POC
PPS
PRO
PROFIS
PRPWG
PWP
QA
QISMC
QM
RWP
SADR
SIDR
SNF
SSN
TEFRA
TMA
TSP
UM
USAF
VA
VRI
VTC
WPS
Y2K
Medicare Provider Analysis Review
Medical Expense and Performance Reporting System
MEPRS Executive Query System
Military Health System
Memorandum of Agreement
Medicare Processing Center
military/medical treatment facility
major theater war
Medicare+Choice
Navy medical center
Office of Management and Budget
Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development
primary care manager
Palmetto Government Benefits Administrators
Patient Level Cost Allocation
Program Management Office (CEIS)
point of contact
Prospective Payment System
professional review organization
Professional Filler System
Population and Resource Projection Working Group
Professional Weighted Product
quality assurance
Quality Improvement System for Managed Care
quality management
Relative Weighted Product
Standard Ambulatory Data Record
Standard Inpatient Data Record
skilled nursing facility
Social Security number
Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act
TRICARE Management Activity
TRICARE Senior Prime
utilization management
U.S. Air Force
Veterans Affairs, Department of
Vector Research, Inc.
video-telephone conference
Wisconsin Physicians Service
Year 2000