| Acronym |
Term |
Audiences |
| HA |
HI Reinstating Operation |
General |
| HAA |
Hispanic Agenda for Action |
General |
| HAASC |
Hospital Affiliated Ambulatory Surgical Center |
General, Health Care |
| HART |
HCFA Accounting Records Tracking System |
General, Health Care |
| HAS |
Hospital Annual Survey |
General, Health Care |
| HASEALP |
HA Search Alpha Program (Beneficiary Alpha Match/Reinstate
Operation) |
General, Health Care |
| HAVEN |
Home Assessment Validation & Entry System |
General, Health Care |
| HBP |
Hospital Based Physician |
General, Health Care |
| HBP |
HospitalBased Physician |
General, Health Care |
| HC |
Hardcopy Claims |
General |
| HC |
HI Control Operations |
General |
| HCA |
Hospital Corporation of America |
General, Health Care |
| HCBWP |
Home & Community Based Waiver Program |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| HCC |
Health Care Compare |
General, Health Care |
| HCC |
Hierarchical Coexisting Condition |
General |
| HCC |
Hierarchical Condition Category |
General, Health Care, IT Organization |
| HCCA |
Health Care Commuting Area |
General, Health Care |
| HCFA |
Health Care Financing Administration (renamed CMS effective July 1,
2001) |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| HCG |
Health Care Group |
General, Health Care |
| HCH |
Health Care for the Homeless |
General, Health Care |
| HCIRC |
Health Care Information Resource Center |
General, Health Care |
| HCIS |
HCFA Customer Information System |
General, Health Care |
| HCIS |
Health Care Information System |
General, Health Care |
| HCLEACON |
HC Report SSI Leads Activity Operation |
General |
| HCM |
Hardware Configuration Management |
General |
| HCPC |
HCFA Common Procedure Code |
General, Health Care |
| HCPCS |
Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System |
General, Health Care |
| HCPP |
Health Care Prepayment Plan |
General, Health Care |
| HCQII |
Health Care Quality Improvement Initiative |
General, Health Care |
| HCQIP |
Health Care Quality Improvement Program |
General, Health Care |
| HCR |
Health Care Reform |
General, Health Care |
| HCRIS |
Healthcare Provider (or Hospice) (or Hospital) Cost Report
Information System |
General, Health Care |
| HCRS |
(Maintain) HCRIS Process |
General, Health Care |
| HCTP |
Health Consumer Training Program |
General, Health Care |
| HD |
Handicapped/Disabled (do not use Handicapped, use IWD or PWD) |
General, Health Care |
| HD |
Health Insurance Daily Operations |
General, Health Care |
| HDBUTE |
Health Insurance Database Update Program |
General, Health Care |
| HDDUCS |
Health Insurance Daily Update Control System |
General, Health Care |
| HDENTMRG |
Health Insurance Daily Prior Entitlement Merge |
General, Health Care |
| HDHIDAD |
HD Health Insurance Daily Actions Dispersion System |
General, Health Care |
| HDHIDUP |
HD Health Insurance Daily Update Program |
General, Health Care |
| HDHISS |
HD Health Insurance Segmented Sort System |
General, Health Care |
| HDI |
Health Data Institute |
General, Health Care |
| HDID |
HI Daily Identification (also see BOIS) |
General, Health Care |
| HDLC |
HighLevel Data Link Control |
General, Health Care |
| HDMEDMRG |
HD Medicaid Merge Program |
General, Health Care |
| HDMUPS |
HI Daily Master Update Processing System |
General, Health Care |
| HDPRENT |
HD Prior Entitlement Program |
General, Health Care |
| HDRIM |
Health Insurance Retrieve Inactive Master System |
General, Health Care |
| HDSEX |
HD Sorted Exceptions Program |
General |
| HDSQRD |
HD Monthly Sequential Read Program |
General |
| HDSS |
Hospital Data Support System |
General, Health Care |
| HE |
HI Enrollment Operations |
General |
| HECHICN |
HE Health Insurance Enrollment Cards Operation |
General, Health Care |
| HEDIS |
Healthplan Employer Data Information Sets |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| HEO |
Hispanic Employee Organization |
General |
| HEP |
Hispanic Employment Program |
General |
| HEPA |
High Efficiency Particulate Attraction |
General |
| HEZ |
Health Economic Zone |
General, Health Care |
| HF |
HI Database Specifications Format |
General |
| HFMA |
Healthcare Financial Management Association |
General, Health Care |
| HG |
HI General Documentation |
General |
| HH |
Hold Harmless |
General |
| HH |
Home Health |
General, Health Care |
| HHA |
Home Health Agency |
General, Health Care |
| HHABN |
Home Health Advanced Beneficiary Notice |
General, Health Care |
| HHC |
Home Health Care |
General, Health Care |
| HHCOV |
Home Health Coverage |
General, Health Care |
| HHI |
Home Health Intermediary |
General, Health Care |
| HHL |
Home Health Line |
General, Health Care |
| HHPPS |
Home Health Prospective Payment System |
General, Health Care |
| HHQI |
Home Health Quality Initiative |
General, Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| HHQIS |
Home Health Quality Indicator System |
General, Health Care |
| HHRG |
Home Health Resource Group |
General, Health Care |
| HHS |
(Department of) Health & Human Services (also DHHS) |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| HHS |
Home Health Services |
General, Health Care |
| HHSAR |
Health & Human Services Acquisition Regulation (48 CFR,
Ch.3) |
General, Health Care |
| HHSSA |
Home Health Services & Staffing Association |
General, Health Care |
| HI |
Health Insurance (Medicare) |
General, Health Care |
| HIAA |
Health Insurance Association of America |
General, Health Care |
| HIAM |
Health Insurance Alpha Microfilm |
General, Health Care |
| HIB |
Health Insurance Benefits (Medicare) |
General, Health Care |
| HIB |
Hospital Insurance Benefits (Part A) |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| HIBRR |
Health Insurance Benefits Rights & Responsibilities |
General, Health Care |
| HIC |
Health Information Center |
General, Health Care |
| HIC |
Health Insurance Claim |
General, Health Care |
| HIC |
Health Insurance Company |
General, Health Care |
| HIC |
Home Intensive Care |
General, Health Care |
| HICAN |
Health Insurance Claim Account Number (Medicare Number) |
General, Health Care |
| HICDA |
Hospital International Classification of Diseases Adapted |
General, Health Care |
| HICN |
Health Insurance Claim Number (Medicare Number) |
General, Health Care |
| HICR |
Health Insurance Correction Request |
General, Health Care |
| HIDA |
Health Insurance Distributor's Association |
General, Health Care |
| HIDAD |
HI Daily Actions Dispersion System |
General, Health Care |
| HIDUP |
HI Duplicate Payments Systems |
General, Health Care |
| HIFA |
Health Insurance Flexibility and Accountability |
General, Health Care |
| HIICAP |
Health Insurance Information, Counseling & Assistance
Program |
General, Health Care |
| HIIM |
Health Insurance Inquiries Manual |
General, Health Care |
| HIM |
Health Insurance Manual |
General, Health Care |
| HIMA |
Health Industry Manufacturers Association |
General, Health Care |
| HIMA |
Health Insurance Master |
General, Health Care |
| HIMBEX |
Health Insurance Master Billing Exception Process |
General, Health Care |
| HIMF |
Health Insurance Master File |
General, Health Care |
| HIMICS |
(OHPS) Management Information Control System |
General |
| HIMR |
HI Master Record |
General |
| HIMSS |
(AHA's) Healthcare Information & Management Systems Society |
General, Health Care |
| HIN |
Health Industry Number |
General, Health Care |
| HIN |
Health Insurance Networks |
General, Health Care |
| HIN |
HI Number (see HICN) |
General, Health Care |
| HINN |
HospitalIssued Notice of Noncoverage |
General, Health Care |
| HIO |
Health Insurance Organization |
General, Health Care |
| HIP |
Health Insurance Pamphlet |
General, Health Care |
| HIP |
Health Insurance Plan |
General, Health Care |
| HIPAA |
Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act of 1996 |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| HIPDB |
Healthcare Integrity & Protection Data Bank |
General, Health Care |
| HIPO |
Hierarchical Input Processing & Output |
General |
| HIPPS |
Health Insurance Prospective Payment System |
General, Health Care |
| HIQA |
Health Insurance Query A (Part A inquiry data) |
General, Health Care |
| HIQR |
Health Insurance Online Query Response |
General, Health Care |
| HIRAM |
Health Insurance Reinstating Alphabetic Master |
General, Health Care |
| HIRD |
HI Reduction Data (30 QC field on MBR) |
General |
| HIRO |
Health Insurance Regional Office |
General, Health Care |
| HIRTF |
Health Insurance Reform Task Force |
General, Health Care |
| HIS |
Health Information Systems (3M Inc.) |
General, Health Care |
| HIS |
Health Interview Survey |
General, Health Care |
| HISAC |
Health Insurance Screening & CrossReferencing (HMHISAC) |
General, Health Care |
| HISB |
Health Informatics Standards Board |
Health Care |
| HISB |
Healthcare Informatics Standards Board |
General, Health Care |
| HISDG |
HCFA Information Systems Development Guide |
General, Health Care |
| HISKEW |
Health Insurance Skeleton Eligibility Writeoff |
General, Health Care |
| HISM |
Handbook of Information Security Management |
General |
| HISPP |
Healthcare Informatics Standards Planning Panel |
General, Health Care |
| HISS |
Health Insurance Segmented Sort System (HDHISS) |
General, Health Care |
| HISTM |
Health Insurance System Test Module |
General, Health Care |
| HIUM |
Health Insurance Utilization Master (or Microfilm) |
General, Health Care |
| HIURPS |
Health Insurance Utilization Records Processing System |
General, Health Care |
| HJ |
HI Direct Billing Operations (SOBER) |
General |
| HJCOIN |
Health Insurance Central Office Inquiries |
General, Health Care |
| HL7 |
Health Level Seven |
Health Care |
| HLM |
HCFA Logical Model |
General, Health Care |
| HLQ |
High Level Qualifier |
General |
| HM |
HI Maintenance Operations |
General |
| HMA |
Higher Monitoring Authority |
General |
| HMB |
Hospital Market Basket |
General, Health Care |
| HME |
Home Medical Equipment |
General, Health Care |
| HMERMA |
HM Edit & Reformat Maintenance Operation |
General |
| HMHISAC |
HM Health Insurance Screening & CrossReferencing Operation |
General, Health Care |
| HMNCI |
HM NCI Program |
General |
| HMO/CMP |
HMO Competitive Medical Plan |
General, Health Care |
| HMODR |
CMS Medicare Outpatient Data Review |
General, Health Care |
| HMPSA |
Health Manpower Shortage Area |
General, Health Care |
| HMQ |
HI/MBR Query |
General |
| HMS |
Housekeeping Monitoring System |
General |
| HMSA |
Health Manpower Shortage Areas |
General, Health Care |
| HMUPHMO |
HI Master Update HMO |
General, Health Care |
| HMWHIM |
Health Insurance Master Weekly Health Insurance Merge |
General, Health Care |
| HO |
Hearing Officer |
General |
| HOL |
HCFA OnLine |
General, Health Care |
| HOP |
Hospital Orientation Program |
General, Health Care |
| HOS |
Health Outcomes Survey |
General, Health Care |
| HOST |
Healthcare Open Systems & Trials |
General, Health Care |
| HP |
HI Payment Records Operations |
General, Health Care |
| HPA |
Health Policy Agenda |
General, Health Care |
| HPAC |
HI Premium Amount Collectable (MBR / BCM) |
General, Health Care |
| HPB |
Historical Payment Basis |
General |
| HPBSS |
HCFA Part B Standard System |
General, Health Care |
| HPEP |
Host Performance Evaluation Program\ |
General |
| HPG |
Homogeneous Patient Groups |
General |
| HPMS |
Health Plan Management System |
General, Health Care |
| HPPC |
Health Plan Purchasing Cooperative |
General, Health Care |
| HPSA |
Health Professional (or Personnel) Shortage Area |
General, Health Care |
| HQ |
HI Query Operations |
General, Health Care |
| HR |
Human Resources |
General |
| HRCI |
Human Resources Certification Institute |
General |
| HRET |
(AHAs) Hospital Research & Educational Trust |
General, Health Care |
| HRG |
Health Research Group |
General, Health Care |
| HRGA |
High Rate Geographical Area |
General |
| HRSA |
Health Resources & Services Administration (formerly HRA,
formerly PHS) |
General, Health Care |
| HS |
HI Updating Provider Files Operations |
General |
| HSA |
Health Service Area |
General, Health Care |
| HSA |
Health Services Administration |
General, Health Care |
| HSA |
Health Systems Agencies |
General, Health Care |
| HSA |
Historical SPAC Amount |
General |
| HSC |
(Army) Health Services Command |
General, Health Care |
| HSI |
Health Systems International |
General, Health Care |
| HSP |
Hospital Specific Portion |
General, Health Care |
| HSR |
Hospital Specific Rate |
General, Health Care |
| HSRA |
Health Resources & Services Administration |
General, Health Care |
| HTR |
HowToRead |
General |
| HUD |
(Department of ) Housing & Urban Development |
General |
| HUQA |
(Part A inquiry data) |
General, Health Care |
| HURA |
Health Underserved Rural Area |
General, Health Care |
| HWI |
Hospital Wage Index |
General, Health Care |
| HYBC |
Hypothetical Base Year Calculations |
General, Health Care |
