| Acronym |
Term |
Audiences |
| R&A |
Repair & Alteration (contract) |
General |
| R&C |
Reasonable & Customary |
General |
| R&D |
Research & Development |
General |
| R/C |
Report of Contact |
General |
| RA |
Regional Administrator |
General, Health Care |
| RA |
Remittance Advice |
General |
| RA |
Risk Assessment |
General, Health Care |
| RAAC |
Risk Adjustment Advisory Committee |
General |
| RAB |
Register Accreditation Board |
General |
| RAC |
Reimbursement Advisory Committee |
General, Health Care |
| RACF |
Resource Access Control Facility (software) |
General, IT Organization |
| RAD |
Rapid Application Development |
General |
| RAD |
Requirements Analysis Document |
General |
| RADAR |
Radio Detection & Ranging |
General |
| RADAR |
RSDI Account Data Record |
General |
| RADARS |
(HCFA) Ranking & Data Analysis Reporting System |
General, Health Care |
| RADARS |
Rapid Data Retrieval System |
General |
| RAFO |
Research & Find Out |
General |
| RAI |
Resident Assessment Instrument |
General |
| RAID |
Redundant Array of Independent Disk |
General |
| RAP |
Ready Assessment Packages (Y2k) |
General |
| RAP |
Request for Accelerated Payment |
General, Health Care |
| RAP |
Request for Anticipated Payment |
General, Health Care |
| RAP |
Resource Allocation Plan |
General |
| RAPS |
Resident Assessment Protocol System |
General, Health Care |
| RASC |
Regional Administrative Support Center, HHS |
General, Health Care |
| RAT |
Remote Access Trojan |
General |
| RBAC |
RoleBased Access Control |
General |
| RBBS |
Remote Bulletin Board System |
General |
| RBRVS |
ResourceBased Relative Value Scale |
General |
| RBRVU |
ResourceBased Relative Value Use |
General |
| RBS |
Report of Benefit Savings |
General |
| RC |
Reasonable Charge (or Cost) |
General, Health Care |
| RC |
Regional Carrier |
General, Health Care |
| RCA |
Refugee Cash Assistance |
General |
| RCAS |
Reconsideration Control & Appeals System |
General |
| RCC |
Ratio of Cost to Charges |
General, Health Care |
| RCCAC |
Ratio of Charges to Charges Applied to Costs |
General, Health Care |
| RCCS |
Revenue Center Code System |
General |
| RCE |
Reasonable Compensation Equivalent |
General |
| RCICS |
Registry Customer Information Control System |
General |
| RCL |
Report Card Listing (SSA) |
General |
| RCL |
Routine Cost Limit |
General |
| RCP |
Reasonable Charge Pricing |
General |
| RCP |
Report of Contractor Performance (ACER replacement) |
General |
| RCSRS |
Resource Cost Reporting System |
General |
| RCT |
Randomized Clinical Trials |
General, Health Care |
| RCT |
Registered Care Technologist |
General, Health Care |
| RCT |
Religious Compensatory Time |
General |
| RD&E |
Research, Demonstration & Evaluation |
General |
| RDBMS |
Relational DBMS |
General |
| RDEM |
Regional Office Data Exchange Manager |
General |
| RDES |
Regional Data Exchange System |
General |
| RDF |
Renal Dialysis Facility |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| RDO |
Resource Definition Online |
General |
| RDT&E |
Research, Development, Test & Evaluation |
General |
| RE |
(Carrier) Reasonable Expectancies (or Expectations) |
General, Health Care |
| REA |
(U.S.) Rural Electrification Administration |
General |
| REACT |
Return Check Action (MBR) |
General |
| REBUS |
Renal Beneficiary & Utilization System |
General, Health Care |
| RECONS |
(Online) Reconsideration Information System |
General |
| RECOUP |
Recovery of Unpaid Premiums (MBR) |
General, Health Care |
| REGO |
Reinventing Government |
General |
| REGTRK |
Regulations Tracking System |
General |
| REINS |
Reduced Expenditure Initiatives |
General |
| REIT |
Real Estate Investment Trust |
General |
| REL |
Recommended Exposure Limits |
General |
| REM |
Remark Line |
General |
| REMAS |
Recovery Management & Accounting System |
General |
| REMAS |
Report on Medicare as Secondary Payor System |
General, Health Care |
| REMIS |
Renal Management Information System |
General, Health Care |
| REPORE |
Report Output Retrieval System |
General |
| RESDAC |
Research Data Assistance Center |
General |
| RETAP |
Regular Transcript Selection & Attainment Pass (SSA) |
General |
| REVS |
Recipient Eligibility Verification System (Mass. DPW) |
General |
| REXX |
Restructured Extended Executor Language |
General |
| RFA |
Reason for Assessment |
General, Medicare Beneficiary |
| RFA |
Regulatory Flexibility Act (5USC 601612) |
General |
| RFA |
Request for Applications |
General |
| RFC |
(Treasury) Regional Financial Center |
General |
| RFC |
Request for Comment |
General |
| RFC |
Request for Contract |
General |
| RFI |
Request for Information |
General |
| RFP |
Request for Proposal |
General |
| RFQ |
Request for Quotation |
General |
| RGT |
Requirements Gathering Techniques |
General |
| RH |
Rural Hospital |
General, Health Care |
| RHC |
Rural Health Center |
General, Health Care |
| RHC |
Rural Health Claim |
General, Health Care |
| RHC |
Rural Health Clinic |
General, Health Care |
| RHHI |
Regional Home Health Intermediary |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| RHHIPEP |
Regional Home Health Intermediary Performance Evaluation
Program |
General, Health Care |
| RHIR |
Resident Health Insurance Representative |
General, Health Care |
| RHP |
Rebundling of Hospital Payment |
General, Health Care |
| RI |
Regional Intermediary |
General, Health Care |
| RI |
Routing Indicator |
General |
| RIA |
Regulatory Impact Analysis |
General |
| RIC |
Record Identification Code |
General |
| RIL |
Regional Informational Letter |
General |
| RIM |
Retrieve Inactive Master System |
General |
| RIMS |
Reconsideration Information Management System |
General |
| RISC |
Reduced Instruction Set Computing |
General |
| RISC |
Regulatory Information Service Center |
General |
| RISI |
Renal Insured Status Indicator (also PUDI) |
General, Health Care |
| RIT |
Reorganization Implementation Team |
General |
| RJE |
Remote Job Entry |
General |
| RM |
Release Management |
General |
| RMA |
Referral & Monitoring Agency |
General |
| RMA |
Refugee Medical Assistance |
General, Health Care |
| RMAPS |
Rocky Mountain Part A Processing System |
General, Health Care |
| RMF |
Resource Measurement Facility (software) |
General |
| RMFA |
Restricted Medicare Fraud Alert |
General, Health Care |
| RMP |
Resource Management Plan |
General |
| RMRP |
Regional Medical Review Policy |
General, Health Care |
| RMS |
Record Management System |
General |
| RMS |
Regional Management System |
General |
| RMS |
Requirements Management System |
General |
| RMS |
Retention Management System |
General |
| RMT |
Requirements Management Team |
General |
| RMU |
Resource Management Unit |
General |
| RN |
Recruitment Notices |
General |
| RN |
Registered Nurse |
General, Health Care |
| RNHCI |
Religious NonMedical Health Care Institution |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| RNO |
Race & National Origin |
General |
| RO |
Regional Office |
General, Health Care |
| ROADV |
Regional Office Advance Copy Note |
General |
| ROAM |
ROAR Master (SSA) |
General, Health Care |
| ROAMS |
Regional Office Appeals Management System |
General, Health Care |
| ROAR |
Recovery of Overpayments Accounting & Reporting System
(SSA) |
General, Health Care |
| ROAR |
Regional Office Automating Representatives for Managed Care
Operations (ROAR for MCO) |
General, Health Care |
| ROC |
Report of Contact (also R/C) |
General |
| ROC |
Resumption of Care |
General, Medicare Beneficiary |
| ROCL |
Regional Office Contractor Letter |
General, Health Care |
| ROE |
Report of Eligibility |
General |
| ROE |
Return on Equity |
General |
| ROF |
Regional Office Flag |
General, Health Care |
| ROI |
Return on Investment |
General |
| ROM |
Regional Office Manual |
General, Health Care |
| ROMGRS |
Regional Office Managers |
General, Health Care |
| ROPES |
Regional Office Performance Evaluation System |
General, Health Care |
| ROPO |
Regional Office Project Officer |
General, Health Care |
| ROSTAR |
Regional Office System Tracking for Audit Reimbursement |
General, Health Care |
| ROUG |
Regional Office Users Group |
General, Health Care |
| RPA |
Renal Physicians Association |
General, Health Care |
| RPBC |
Rejected Provider Bill Control (Process) |
General, Health Care |
| RPC |
Remote Procedure Call |
General |
| RPCH |
Regional Primary Care Hospital |
General, Health Care |
| RPCH |
Rural Primary Care Hospital |
General, Health Care |
| RPD |
Run Processing Date |
General |
| RPG |
Report Program Generator |
General |
| RPL |
Reasonable Performance Level |
General |
| RPL |
Reemployment Priority List |
General |
| RPM |
Revolutions Per Minute |
General |
| RPO |
Regional Personnel Officer |
General, Health Care |
| RQC |
Regional Quality Council |
General |
| RR |
Rate Review |
General |
| RRB |
Railroad Retirement Board |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| RRC |
Rural Referral Center |
General, Health Care |
| RRIA |
Resource Requirements for Impact Analysis |
General |
| RRP |
Reimbursement Review Program |
General |
| RS |
Random Search |
General |
| RSC |
Record Status Code |
General |
| RSC |
Reimbursement Statistics by State & County System |
General |
| RSDHI |
Retirement, Survivors, Disability, & Health Insurance |
General, Health Care |
| RSDI |
Retirement, Survivors, & Disability Insurance |
General, Health Care |
| RSF |
Renal Services Facility |
General, Health Care |
| RSI |
Retirement & Survivors Insurance |
General, Health Care |
| RSVP |
Retired Senior Volunteer Project |
General, Health Care |
| RT |
Record Type |
General |
| RT |
Recovery Team |
General |
| RT |
Respiratory Therapy |
General, Health Care |
| RTC |
Reports to Congress |
General |
| RTC |
Resolution Trust Corporation |
General |
| RTG |
Return to Government |
General |
| RTI |
Return to Intermediary |
General, Health Care |
| RTN |
Routing & Transit Number |
General |
| RTP |
Request for Technical Proposal |
General |
| RTP |
Return To Provider (or Plan) |
General, Health Care |
| RTS |
Recovery Tracking System |
General |
| RTS |
Request to Send |
General |
| RTS |
Return (tapes) to Stock |
General |
| RUG |
Resource Utilization Group |
General |
| RUNT |
RRB Universal RIC |
General, Health Care |
| RUR |
Recurring Utilization Report |
General |
| RV |
Residual Value |
General |
| RVS |
Relative Value Scale (or Schedule) |
General |
| RVU |
Relative Value Unit |
General |
| RWJF |
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation |
General |
| RZIP |
Residence ZIP (Code) |
General |
