healthcare
435 abbreviations
| Abbreviation | Meaning | |
|---|---|---|
| AAHAM | American Association of Healthcare Administrative Management | |
| AAHP | American Association of Health Plans | |
| AAPCC | Average Adjusted Per Capita Cost | |
| AARP | American Association of Retired Persons | |
| Abd. | Abdominal | |
| ABN | Advance beneficiary notice | |
| ACA | Affordable Care Act | |
| ACHE | American College of Healthcare Executives | |
| ACIP | Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices | |
| ACLS | Advanced cardiac life support | |
| ACR | Adjusted community rating | |
| ACS | American Cancer Society … also American College of Surgeons | |
| ACU | Ambulatory care unit | |
| ADA | Americans with Disabilities Act … also American Diabetes Association | |
| ADC | Average daily census | |
| ADPER | Acute disease prevention and emergency response | |
| ADS | Alternative delivery system | |
| AED | Automated external defibrillator | |
| AF | Atrial fibrillation | |
| AG | Attorney General | |
| AGPA | American Group Practice Association | |
| AHA | American Hospital Association … or American Heart Association | |
| AHRQ | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality | |
| AI | Aortic insufficiency | |
| AIDS | Acquired immune deficiency syndrome | |
| AIIR | Airborne infection isolation room | |
| ALJ | Administrative law judge | |
| ALOS | Average length of stay | |
| ALS | Advanced life support | |
| AMA | Against medical advice | |
| AMA | American Medical Association | |
| AMCRA | American Medical Care and Review Association | |
| ANA | American Nurses Association | |
| ANP | Advanced nurse practitioner | |
| AONE | American Organization of Nurse Executives | |
| APC | Ambulatory Payment Classification | |
| APG | Ambulatory patient group | |
| APHL | Association of Public Health Laboratories | |
| APR-DRG | All payer refined diagnostic related group | |
| ARC | American Red Cross | |
| ART | Accredited record technician | |
| AS | Aortic stenosis | |
| ASC | Ambulatory surgery center | |
| ASO | Administrative services only contract | |
| ATLS | Advanced trauma life support | |
| BBA | Balanced Budget Act of 1997 | |
| BBRA | Balanced Budget Relief Act of 1999 | |
| BCAA | Blue Cross Association of America | |
| BCBSI | Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Iowa now known as Wellmark Blue Cross Blue Shield of Iowa | |
| BCLS | Basic cardiac life support |