In preparation for my ongoing webinars on MACRA, while I started going through 1000 page MACRA document, I noticed several Acronyms and I thought is is helpful to have all of them in one place.
ABC – Achievable benchmark of care
ACA – The patient protection and affordable care act
ACO – Accountable Care Organization
APM – Alternative Payment Model
BPCI- Bundled Payments for Care Improvement
CAH – Critical Access Hospitals
CAHPS – Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems
CEHRT – Certified EHR Technology
CFR – Code of Federal Regulations
CHIP – Children’s Health Insurance Program
CJR – Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement
CMMI – Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (Innovation Center)
CPIA – Clinical Practice Improvement Activity
CPR – Customary, Prevailing and Reasonable
CPS – Composite Performance Score
CPT – Current Procedure Terminology
CQM – Clinical Quality Measure
EHR – Electronic Health Record
EP – Eligible Professional
FFS – Fee-for-Service
FQHC – Federally Qualified Health Center
HIE – Health Information Exchange
HIPAA – Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996
HITECH – Health Information Technology for Economic for Economic and Clinical Health
HPSA – Health Professional Shortage Area
HHS – Department of Health and Human Services
HRSA – Health Resources and Services Administration
IT – Information Technology
MACRA – Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015
MEI – Medicare Economic Index
MIPAA – Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008
MIPS – Merit Based Incentive Payment System
MLR – Minimum Loss Rate
MSPB – Medicare Spending per Beneficiary
MSR – Minimum Savings Rate
MUA – Medically Underserved Area
NPI – National Provider Identifier
OCM – Oncology Care Model
ONC – Office of National Co-ordinator for Health IT
PECOS – Medicare Provider Enrollment, Chain and Ownership System
PFMS – Physician Focussed Payment Models
PFS – Physician Fee Schedule
PHS – Public Health Service
PQRS – Physician Quality Reporting System
QCDRs – Qualified Clinical Data Registries
QP – Qualifying APM Professional
QRDA – Quality Reporting Document Architecture
QRUR – Quality and Resource Reports
RBRVs – Resource-Based Relative Value Scale
RHC – Rural Health Clinic
RVU – Relative Value Unit
SGR – Sustainable Growth Rate
TCPI – Transforming Clinical Practice Initiative
TIN – Tax Identification Modifier
VPS – Volume Performance Standard