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Our health care system is one of the most regulated in the country. It is also grounded in science. As a result, it is steeped in its own specific jargon or language. There are thousands of acronyms and terms that have come and gone in health care. This publication brings them together with a wide-ranging Table of Acronyms and an A to Z list of Health Care Law & Policy Terms. This comprehensive resource is a must have for those who engage with health law and policy.
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To be published August, 2024.
Table of contents
Editors' Note
About the Editor in Chief
Content Editors
About the American Health Law Association
TABLE OF ACRONYMS
HEALTH CARE LAW AND POLICY TERMS
A Abuse through Average Wholesale Price or AWP
B Bachelor of Science in Nursing or BSN through Business Associate Agreement
C Capitation through Custodial Care
D Date of Service through Durable Power of Attorney for Healthcare
E e-Prescribing through The Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic and Treatment or EPSDT
F F Tag through Full Capitation
G Gag Clause through Guarantee Issue/Renewal
H HCFA-1500 through Hours Per Patient Day or HPPD
I Iatrogenic through iQIES
J The Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations or JCAHO through Joint-Operating Agreement / Arrangement or JOA
L Lag Study through Low Volume Hospital or LVH
M Major Complication or Comorbidity or MCC through Multispecialty Group
N National Academy of Medicine or NAM through Nursing Home Quality Initiative or NHQI
O Obamacare through Overpayment
P P4P through Pursue and Pay
Q Qualified Beneficiary through Qui Tam Relator
R Rat-STATS through RX
S Safe Harbor through Swing Bed
T Targeted Probe and Educate or TPE through Two-Midnight Rule
U U.S. Department for Housing and Urban Development or HUD through Utilization Review Organization or URO
V Value-Based Payment or VBP through Voluntary Refund
W Wage Index through Wraparound Plan
Y Yates Memo
Z Zero Down through Zone Program Integrity Contractor or ZPIC
