| Acronym |
Term |
Audiences |
| PM |
post meridiem |
General |
| PM |
Procedure Manual |
General |
| PM |
Program Management |
General |
| PM |
Program Memoranda |
General |
| PM |
Project Manager |
General |
| PM-PET |
Program ManagementProvider Education & Training |
General |
| PM/PM |
Per Member/Per Month |
General |
| PMA |
PreMarket Approval |
General |
| PMA |
Prior Month Accrual |
General |
| PMBOK |
Project Management Body of Knowledge |
General |
| PMC |
Patient Management Categories |
General, Health Care |
| PMCS |
Program Management Control System |
General |
| PMCS |
Project Management Collection System |
General |
| PME |
Partial Month Eligible (Medicaid) |
General, Health Care |
| PME |
Prior Month Ending |
General |
| PMI |
Project Management Institute |
General |
| PMIS |
Program Management Information System |
General |
| PMIS |
PSRO Management Information System |
General |
| PMMIS |
Program Management & Medical Information System |
General, Health Care |
| PMO |
Project Management Office |
General |
| PMO |
Property Management Officer |
General |
| PMP |
Preventive Maintenance Program |
General |
| PMP |
Project Management Plan |
General |
| PMRS |
Performance Management & Recognition System |
General |
| PMRS |
Performance Management Rating System |
General |
| PMS |
Payment Management System |
General |
| PMS |
Personnel Manual for Supervisors (SSA) |
General |
| PMS |
Program Management System |
General |
| PMS |
Property Management System |
General |
| PMSA |
(BLSC) Primary Metropolitan Statistical Area |
General |
| PMTT |
Programmable Magnetic Tape Terminal (or Transmission) |
General |
| PNM |
Price Negotiation Memorandum |
General |
| PO |
Post Office |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| PO |
Privacy Officer |
General |
| PO |
Procurement Office |
General |
| PO |
Project Officer |
General |
| PO |
Purchase Order |
General |
| POAM |
Plan of Action & Milestones |
General |
| POC |
Patterns of Care |
General, Health Care |
| POC |
Plan of Care |
General, Health Care |
| POC |
Plan of Correction |
General |
| POC |
Point of Contact |
General |
| POC |
Principal Operating Component |
General |
| POCI |
Physician Ownership/Compensation Interest |
General, Health Care |
| POE |
Plan of Expenditures |
General |
| POIWD |
People or Individuals with Disabilities (aka PIDS) |
General, Health Care |
| POL |
Physician Office Laboratories |
General, Health Care |
| POMS |
Program Operations Manual System (SSA) (formerly Claims Manual
CM)) |
General |
| POR |
Print/Utility Owning Region |
General |
| POR |
Provider Overpayment Recovery |
General, Health Care |
| POR |
Provider Overpayment Report |
General, Health Care |
| PORA |
Principal Official Responsible for Acquisition |
General |
| PORS |
Provider Overpayment Recovery System |
General, Health Care |
| PORS |
Provider Overpayment Reporting System |
General, Health Care |
| PORT |
Patient Outcome Research Team (or Treatment) |
General, Health Care |
| PORTS |
Patient Outcome Research Teams |
General, Health Care |
| POS |
Place of Service |
General |
| POS |
Point of Sale |
General |
| POS |
Point of Service |
General, Health Care |
| POS |
Provider of Service(s) (System) |
General, Health Care |
| POSIX |
Portable Operating System Interface Exchange |
General |
| POT |
Plan of Treatment |
General, Health Care |
| PP |
Project Plan |
General |
| PP |
Prospective Payment |
General, Health Care |
| PP&A |
Plan Performance & Assistance |
General |
| PPA |
Premium Paid Amount |
General, Health Care |
| PPAC |
Practicing Provider Advisory Council |
General, Health Care |
| PPAC |
Prospective Payment Assessment Commission |
General, Health Care |
| PPB |
Planning, Programming, Budgeting |
General |
| PPC |
Processing Payment Cycle |
General, Health Care |
| PPG |
Primary Care Physician Groups |
General, Health Care |
| PPI |
Producer Price Index |
General |
| PPL |
Potentially Penalty Liable |
General |
| PPLS |
Policy Planning Liaison Staff |
General, Health Care |
| PPM |
Parts Per Million |
General |
| PPNA |
Program Planning & Needs Analysis |
General |
| PPO |
Preferred Provider Organization |
General, Health Care |
| PPP |
Preference Procurement Program |
General |
| PPP |
Production Program Profile |
General |
| PPR |
Physician Payment Reform |
General, Health Care |
| PPR |
Prospective Payment Review |
General, Health Care |
| PPR IMI |
Physician Payment Reform Impact Monitoring Initiative |
General, Health Care |
| PPRC |
Physician Payment Review Commission |
General, Health Care |
| PPRMS |
Physician Payment Review Monitoring System |
General, Health Care |
| PPRTF |
Physician Payment Reform Task Force |
General, Health Care |
| PPS |
Prepayment Screen |
General, Health Care |
| PPS |
Primitive Process Specification |
General |
| PPS |
Proposed Price Setting |
General, Health Care |
| PPS |
Prospective Payment System |
General |
| PPS |
Prospective Payment System (Medicare Part A) |
General, Health Care |
| PPS |
Prospective Pricing System |
General, Health Care |
| PPSMS |
Printing & Paper Stock Management System |
General |
| PPSP |
Physician's Primary Sponsor Plan |
General, Health Care |
| PPSSCC |
President's Private Sector Survey on Cost Control |
General |
| PPWY |
Productivity Per Work Year |
General |
| PQE |
Prior Quarter Ending |
General |
| PR |
Peer Review |
General, Health Care |
| PR |
Program Requirement |
General |
| PR |
Purchase (or Procurement) Request |
General |
| PRA |
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980 |
General |
| PRA |
Per Resident Amount |
General, Health Care |
| PRA |
Percent Reactive Antibody |
General, Health Care |
| PRACP |
Project Review and Coordination Panel |
General |
| PRAF |
Physician Reviewer Assignment Format |
General, Health Care |
| PRB |
Payment Record Batch |
General |
| PRB |
Performance Review Board |
General |
| PRCP |
Project Review & Coordination Panel |
General |
| PRENT |
Prior Entitlement Program (HDPRENT) |
General |
| PRES |
Policy Review & Evaluation Staff |
General, Health Care |
| PRG |
Performance Recognition Group |
General |
| PRI |
Procurement Request Information |
General |
| PRICER |
(PPS pricing software for inpatient stays system) |
General, Health Care |
| PRISM |
Project to Redesign Information Systems Management (begun in 1984,
ended in 1991 when funding expired) |
General |
| PRM |
Provider Reimbursement Manual |
General, Health Care |
| PRMDS |
Provider Minimum Data Set |
General, Health Care |
| PRO |
Peer Review Organization (renamed to QIO) |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| PRO |
Principal Regional Official |
General, Health Care |
| PRO |
Professional Review Organization |
General, Health Care |
| PRO/FI |
Professional Review Organization / Fiscal Intermediary |
General, Health Care |
| PROM |
Protocol for Regional Office Monitoring |
General, Health Care |
| PROMPTS |
Peer Review Organization Monitoring Protocol & Tracking
System |
General, Health Care |
| PROPAC |
Prospective Payment Assessment Commission (Task Force) |
General, Health Care |
| PRP |
Prospective Reimbursement Plan |
General, Health Care |
| PRP |
Provider Reimbursement Profile |
General, Health Care |
| PRPD |
Payment Reform Policy Development |
General, Health Care |
| PRRA |
Paperwork Reduction Reauthorization Act |
General |
| PRRB |
Provider Reimbursement Review Board |
Contractor, General, Health Care |
| PRS |
Parameter Release Study |
General |
| PRS |
Prepayment Review System |
General, Health Care |
| PRUCOL |
Permanently Residing Under Color of Law |
General |
| PRVSF |
Provider Summary File |
General, Health Care |
| PS |
Physician Sequential |
General, Health Care |
| PS&E |
Performance Standards & Evaluation |
General |
| PS&E TAG |
Performance Standards & Evaluation Technical Advisory Group |
General |
| PS&RR |
Provider Statistical & Reimbursement Report |
General, Health Care |
| PSA |
PreSolicitation Announcement |
General |
| PSA |
Problem Statement Analysis |
General |
| PSA |
Public Service Announcement |
General |
| PSAF |
Physician/Supplier Action File |
General, Health Care |
| PSC |
Product & Service Code |
General |
| PSC |
Program Safeguard (or Safety) Contractor |
General |
| PSC |
Program Service Center (SSA) (formerly Payment Center (PC)) |
General, Health Care |
| PSC |
Program Support Center (DHHS) |
General |
| PSC |
Public Service Commission |
General |
| PSF |
Provider Specific File |
General, Health Care |
| PSGH |
Policy Standards & Guidelines Handbook |
General, Health Care |
| PSI |
Problem Source Identification |
General |
| PSL |
Problem Statement Language |
General |
| PSM |
Physician Summary Master |
General, Health Care |
| PSO |
Physician Security Officer |
General, Health Care |
| PSO |
Provider Sponsored Organization |
General |
| PSOR |
Physician & Supplier Overpayment Report |
General, Health Care |
| PSOR |
Physician Supplier Overpayment Recovery |
General, Health Care |
| PSOR |
Provider Statistical & Overpayment Report |
General, Health Care |
| PSP |
Provider/Supplier Service Plan |
General, Health Care |
| PSPRICE |
Physician Fee Schedule System |
General, Health Care |
| PSR |
Proposal Submission Requirements |
General |
| PSR |
Provider Statistics & Reimbursement Report (aka PS&R) |
General, Health Care |
| PSR |
Provider Summary Report |
General, Health Care |
| PSRB |
Performance Standards Review Board |
General, Health Care |
| PSRO |
Performance Standards Review Organization |
General, Health Care |
| PSRO |
Physician Service Review Organization |
General, Health Care |
| PSRS |
Provider Statistical & Reimbursement System |
General, Health Care |
| PSS |
Packet Switch Service (FTS2000) |
General |
| PSS |
Programed Symbol Set (board) |
General |
| PT |
Processing Time |
General |
| PT |
Proficiency Testing |
General |
| PTA |
Part A (of Medicare) |
General, Health Care |
| PTA |
Point of Total Assumption |
General |
| PTA |
Prior To Admission |
General, Health Care |
| PTAC |
Premium Target Advisory Commission |
General, Health Care |
| PTAG |
Program Training Advisory Group |
General |
| PTAMUS |
Part A Medicare Utilization System |
General, Health Care |
| PTAPTT |
Part A Processing Times Tabulation |
General, Health Care |
| PTB |
Part B (of Medicare) |
General, Health Care |
| PTO |
(U.S.) Patent &Trademark Office |
General |
| PTP |
Performance Test Platform (PRISM) |
General |
| PTP |
Portable Training Package |
General |
| PTP |
Proficiency Testing Program |
General |
| PTS |
Provider Terminal System |
General, Health Care |
| PU/ME/DE |
Public Use / Medical Effectiveness / Demonstration &
Evaluation |
General, Health Care |
| PUC |
Public Utilities Commission |
General |
| PUDI |
Prior Unqualifing Disabled Indicator (also RISI) |
General, Health Care |
| PUF |
Public Use Files |
General |
| PUFF |
Proposed Uses of Federal Funds |
General |
| PUFS |
Public Use Files System |
General |
| PUP |
Provider Update Operation |
General, Health Care |
| PUT |
Payment Update Transaction (MBR) |
General |
| PV |
Performance Value |
General |
| PV |
Present Value |
General |
| PVA |
Priority Value Assessment |
General |
| PVA |
Project Valuation Assessment |
General |
| PVB |
Provider Bills |
General, Health Care |
| PW |
Project Workbench |
General |
| PW |
Public Welfare |
General |
| PWBA |
Pension Welfare & Benefits Administration |
General |
| PWD |
Persons With Disabilities |
General, Health Care |
| PWS |
Performance Work Standard |
General |
| PX |
Post Exchange |
General |
| PY |
Prior Year |
General |
| PYE |
Prior Year Ending |
General |
