| Acronym |
Term |
Audiences |
| P |
Process |
General |
| P&E |
Parenteral & Enteral |
General |
| P/B |
Provider / Beneficiary |
General, Health Care |
| P/N |
Part Number |
General |
| PA |
Privacy Act of 1974 |
General |
| PA |
Project Assessment |
General |
| PAC |
Patient Assessment Computerized (System) |
General, Health Care |
| PAC |
Personal Access Code |
General |
| PAC |
Political Action Committee |
General |
| PAC |
PreAdmission Certification |
General, Health Care |
| PAC |
Premium Amount Collectible |
General |
| PAC |
Products of Ambulatory Care |
General, Health Care |
| PAC |
Professional & Administrative Careers |
General |
| PAC |
Professional, Administrative, Clerical |
General |
| PAC |
Project Account Code |
General |
| PACE |
Pharmaceutical Assistance Program |
General |
| PACE |
Planning, Assigning, Controlling & Evaluating System |
General, Health Care |
| PACE |
Professional & Administrative Career Examination |
General |
| PACE |
Program for All Inclusive Care for the Elderly |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| PACEMKR |
Pacemaker System |
General, Health Care |
| PACO |
Principal Administrative Contracting Officer |
General |
| PACS |
Patient Care & Services |
General, Health Care |
| PAG |
Policy Advisory Group |
Health Care |
| PAHP |
Prepaid Ambulatory Health Plan |
General, Health Care |
| PAL |
Patient Accounting Language (IBM software) |
General, Health Care |
| PAL |
Provider Audit List |
General, Health Care |
| PAM |
Priority Audit Memorandum |
General |
| PAM |
Project Administration Manual |
General |
| PANAPT |
(APCSS Automated Production Turnover software) |
General |
| PANVALET |
(APCSS source code management software) |
General |
| PAO |
Procurement Assistance Office |
General |
| PAO |
Property Accountable Officer |
General |
| PARD |
Provider Audit & Reimbursement Department |
General, Health Care |
| PARL |
Physician/Supplier Assignment Rate List |
General, Health Care |
| PART A |
Medicare Hospital Insurance |
General, Health Care |
| PART B |
Medicare Supplementary Medical Insurance |
General, Health Care |
| PAS |
PreAward Survey |
General |
| PAS |
Premium Accrual Stop |
General, Health Care |
| PAS |
Professional Activity Study |
General |
| PAS |
Public Appearances Staff, OPA |
General |
| PASARR |
Preadmission Screening & Annual Resident Review |
General, Health Care |
| PASS |
Policy Access Support System |
General |
| PASS |
Procurement Automatic Source System |
General |
| PAT |
Planning Action Team |
General |
| PATCO |
Professional, Administrative, Technical, Clerical Other |
General |
| PATHVU |
Path View |
General |
| PAYERID |
Payer Identification (national provider identifier initiative) |
General, Health Care |
| PBA |
Part B Advisory |
General, Health Care |
| PBC |
Premium Billing Code |
General, Health Care |
| PBGC |
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. |
General |
| PBIS |
PerformanceBased Incentive System |
General |
| PBP |
Provider Based Physician |
General, Health Care |
| PBR |
Process Bill Register |
General |
| PBX |
Private Branch Exchange |
General |
| PC |
Partnership Council |
General |
| PC |
Procurement Cycle |
General |
| PC |
Professional Component |
General |
| PC |
Project Coordinator |
General |
| PCA |
Physical Configuration Audit |
General |
| PCA |
Physicians Comparability Allowance |
General, Health Care |
| PCA |
Principle Certification Authority |
General |
| PCA |
Private Collection Agency |
General |
| PCA |
Progressive Corrective Action |
General |
| PCAM |
Punch Card Accounting Machines |
General |
| PCAS |
Patient Care Algorithm |
General, Health Care |
| PCC |
Per Capita Cost (System) |
General |
| PCCM |
Primary Care Case Management |
General, Health Care |
| PCCMP |
Primary Care Case Management Provider |
General, Health Care |
| PCD |
Premium Conversion Date |
General, Health Care |
| PCDB |
Provider/Contractor Data Base |
General, Health Care |
| PCE |
Personal Care Expenditures |
General, Health Care |
| PCH |
Primary Care Hospital |
General, Health Care |
| PCIE |
President's Council on Integrity & Efficiency |
General |
| PCMI |
President's Council on Management Improvement |
General |
| PCO |
Procurement Contracting Officer |
General |
| PCP |
Primary Care Physician (or Provider) |
General, Health Care |
| PCPR |
Provider Claims Processing Requirements |
General, Health Care |
| PCR |
Private Consumer Rate |
General |
| PCR |
Procurement Center Representative |
General |
| PCR |
Prospective Composite Rate |
General |
| PCRP |
Per Capita Rate Payment |
General |
| PCRS |
(Carrier) Performance Control Reporting System |
General, Health Care |
| PCS |
Permanent Change of Station |
General |
| PCS |
Position Classification Standard |
General |
| PCT |
Project Coordination Team |
General |
| PCYA |
Presidential Classroom for Young Americans |
General, Health Care |
| PD |
Physical Database |
General, Health Care |
| PD |
Position Description |
General |
| PD |
Premium Deducted |
General |
| PD |
Process Description |
General |
| PD |
Program Development |
General |
| PDA |
Premium Due Amount |
General, Health Care |
| PDBO |
Public Disability Benefit Offset |
General, Health Care |
| PDD |
Physical Database Design |
General |
| PDD |
Preliminary Design Document |
General |
| PDD |
Presidential Decision Directive |
General |
| PDD63 |
Presidential Decision Directive #63 |
General |
| PDED |
(same as PDD directly above) |
General |
| PDF |
Program Development Facility |
General |
| PDLO |
Printing & Distribution Liaison Officer |
General |
| PDM |
Parallel Development Manager |
General |
| PDM |
Personalized Documentation Manager |
General |
| PDM |
Program Decision Memorandum |
General |
| PDMA |
Prescription Drug Marketing Act of 1988 |
General, Health Care |
| PDOTH |
Prior Date of Termination of Hospital Insurance |
General, Health Care |
| PDP |
Program Decision Package |
General |
| PDR |
Physician's Desk Reference |
General, Health Care |
| PDS |
Partitioned Data Set |
General |
| PDS |
Peer (Review Organization) Data System |
General, Health Care |
| PDT |
Physical Design Team |
General, Health Care |
| PDV |
Program Data Vector |
General, IT Organization |
| PE |
Performance Evaluation |
General |
| PE |
Post Entitlement |
General |
| PE |
Program Evaluation |
General |
| PEB |
Performance Evaluation Board (contracts) |
General, Health Care |
| PEBES |
(SSA) Personal Earnings & Benefit Estimate Statement |
General, Health Care |
| PEBS |
Personal Earnings & Benefit Statement |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| PEBTAG |
Provider Electronic Billing Technical Advisory Group |
General, Health Care |
| PEC |
Performance Engineering Corp. (SAIC subcontractor) |
General |
| PECOS |
Provider Enrollment, Chain & Ownership System |
General, Health Care |
| PED |
Project Engineering Development |
General |
| PEI |
Postentitlement Internet (MBR Query) |
General |
| PEL |
(OSHA) Permissible Exposure Limits |
General |
| PENVAL |
Post Entitlement Notices Validations (SSA) |
General |
| PEO |
Program Executive Officer |
General |
| PEP |
Partial Episode Payment |
General, Health Care |
| PEP |
Partnerships in Education Program |
General |
| PEP |
Performance Evaluation Program |
General |
| PEP |
Proposal Evaluation Plan |
General |
| PEPP |
Payment Error Prevention Program |
General, Health Care |
| PEPPER |
Post Entitlement Premium Payment & Enrollment Program (SSA) |
General, Health Care |
| PERT |
Program Evaluation & Review Technique |
General |
| PERVU |
Practice Expense Relative Value Units |
General |
| PESO |
Post Entitlement Scheduling Operation (SSA) |
General |
| PESO |
Post Entitlement System Operation (SSA) |
General |
| PET |
Positron Emission Tomography |
General |
| PET |
Provider Education & Training |
General |
| PET |
Provider Evaluation & Training |
General |
| PETS |
Problem & Enhancement Tracking System (GHP) |
General |
| PETT |
Position Emission Transverse Tomography |
General |
| PEW |
PRO Efficiency Workgroup |
General, Health Care |
| PFCRA |
Program Fraud Civil Remedies Act |
General, Health Care |
| PFF |
Physician Fee Freeze |
General, Health Care |
| PFFS |
Private FeeForService Plan |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| PH |
Partial Hospitalization |
General, Health Care |
| PHCE |
Personal Health Care Expenditures |
General, Health Care |
| PHCP |
Prepaid Health Care Plan |
General, Health Care |
| PHDDS |
PRO Hospital Discharge Data Set |
General, Health Care |
| PHEC |
PostHospital Extended Care |
General, Health Care |
| PHHH |
PostHospital Home Health |
General, Health Care |
| PHI |
Personal Health Information |
General, Health Care |
| PHI |
Premium Hospital Insurance |
General, Health Care |
| PHI |
Protected Health Information |
Health Care |
| PHIC |
Partnership for Health Insurance Counseling |
General, Health Care |
| PHIP |
Pharmacist's Incentive Program |
General, Health Care |
| PHOS |
Post Hospital Outcome Study |
General, Health Care |
| PHP |
Partial Hospitalization Program |
General, Health Care |
| PHP |
Prepaid Health Plan |
General, Health Care |
| PHPO |
Prepaid Health Plan Option |
General, Health Care |
| PHPO |
Private Health Plan Option |
General, Health Care |
| PHR |
Professional in Human Resources |
General |
| PHTP |
Priority Health Training Programs |
General, Health Care |
| PHUS |
Payment History Update System |
General |
| PHY/SUP |
Physician/Supplier |
General, Health Care |
| PI |
Penalty Indicator |
General |
| PI |
Performance Indicator |
General |
| PI |
Productivity Investment |
General |
| PI |
Program Integrity |
General |
| PI |
Project Initiation |
General |
| PIA |
Primary Insured Amount (MBR) |
General, Health Care |
| PIC |
Policy Information Center (DHHS) |
General |
| PIC |
PRO Intermediary Carrier |
General, Health Care |
| PIC |
Program Information Coordinator |
General |
| PICC |
Peripherally-inserted central catheter |
General, Health Care |
| PICS |
Plan Information Control System |
General |
| PICS |
Program Information Control System |
General |
| PID |
Payer Identification System |
General, Health Care |
| PID |
Program Inspections Division, OIG |
General |
| PID |
Project Idea Document |
General |
| PIDS |
People or Individual with Disabilities (aka POIWD) |
General, Health Care |
| PIE |
Post Implementation Evaluation |
General |
| PIG |
Program Integrity Group, OFM, CMS |
General, Health Care |
| PIHP |
Prepaid Inpatient Health Plan |
General, Health Care |
| PIIS |
Program Instructions Issuance System |
General |
| PIM |
Personal Information Manager |
General |
| PIMR |
Program Integrity Management Reporting |
General, Health Care |
| PIN |
Personal Identification Number |
General |
| PIN |
Physician Identification Number |
General, Health Care |
| PIN |
PreInvitation Notice |
General |
| PIN |
Primary Insured Number (MBR) |
General, Health Care |
| PIN |
Provider Identification Number |
General, Health Care |
| PINQ |
Premium Inquiry |
General |
| PIP |
Performance Improvement Plan |
General |
| PIP |
Periodic Interim Payment |
General |
| PIP |
Physician Incentive Plan |
General, Health Care |
| PIP |
Productivity Improvement Program |
General |
| PIP |
Projects in Progress |
General |
| PIPC |
Public Information Program Circular |
General, Health Care |
| PIPDCG |
Principal Inpatient Diagnostic Cost Group |
General, Health Care |
| PIR |
Periodic Interim Reimbursement |
General, Health Care |
| PIR |
Post Implementation Review |
General |
| PIT |
Process Improvement Team (ALJ) |
General |
| PITS |
PRO Information Tracking System |
General, Health Care |
| PJS |
Personal Job Scheduler |
General |
| PL |
Performance Level |
General |
| PL |
Proposed Legislation |
General |
| PL |
Public Law |
General |
| PL99-474 |
Computer Fraud & Abuse Act of 1986 |
General, IT Organization |
| PLAN |
Plain Language Action Network |
General |
| PLAN |
Protection for Long Term Assistance Needs |
General, Health Care |
| PLANNET |
Plan Network |
General |
| PLT |
Production Lead Time |
General |
