Federal programs, regulations, and organizations that shape how health information technology is used and paid for. This page lists all 52 Healthcare Policy terms in the HIMSS Word of The Day series.
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All Healthcare Policy terms
- Accreditation
- Administrative Code Sets
- Affordable Care Act (ACA)
- AHIMA (American Health Information Management Association)
- Amendments and Corrections
- APC (Ambulatory Payment Class)
- ARRA (American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009)
- ASO (Administrative Services Only)
- ATCB (Authorized Testing and Certification Body)
- AUC (Appropriate Use Criteria)
- CAH (Critical-Access Hospital)
- Certified EHR Technology (CEHRT)
- Certified Health IT Product List (CHPL)
- CMS Promoting Interoperability Programs
- Covered Entity (HIPAA)
- Data Use Agreement (DUA)
- Designated Record Set
- eHealth
- Electronic Prescriptions for Controlled Substances (EPCS)
- Electronic Signature
- FISMA (Federal Information Security Management Act)
- FQHC (Federally Qualified Health Center)
- GUDID (Global Unique Device Identification Database)
- HIPAA Administrative Simplification
- HITAC (Health Information Technology Advisory Committee)
- HITECH Act (Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act)
- J-Codes
- LSC (Life Safety Code)
- LTSS (Long-Term Services and Support)
- MACRA (Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015)
- MDS (Minimum Data Set)
- Meaningful Use (MU)
- MMIS (Medicaid Management Information System)
- MSO (Management Service Organizations)
- MyHealthEData
- National Provider Identifier (NPI)
- OON (Out of Network)
- OOP (Out of Pocket)
- Organized Healthcare Arrangement
- Payer
- Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP)
- QAPI (Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement)
- REC (Regional Extension Center)
- Release of Information (ROI)
- Section 508
- The Joint Commission
- TPA (Third-Party Administrator)
- Trading Partner Agreement
- Universal Health Coverage (UHC)
- Use (Health Information Under HIPAA)
- Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN)
- View, Download, and Transmit (VDT)
Further reading outside this series: ONC’s Cures Act Final Rule overview and HIMSS Public Policy & Advocacy.
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