| Acronym |
Term |
Audiences |
| T&D |
Training & Development |
General |
| T&M |
Time & Materials |
General |
| T1 |
Title I of the Social Security Act (Grants for OldAge Assistance
& Medical Assistance for Aged) |
General, Health Care |
| T10 |
Title X of the Social Security Act (Aid to the Blind) |
General, Health Care |
| T14 |
Title XIV of the Social Security Act (Grants to States for Aid to
the Disabled |
General, Health Care |
| T16 |
Title XVI of the Social Security Act (SSI) |
General, Health Care |
| T18 |
Title XVIII of the Social Security Act (Medicare) |
General, Health Care |
| T19 |
Title XIX of the Social Security Act (MAA (Medicaid)) |
General, Health Care |
| T2 |
Title II of the Social Security Act (SS benefits) |
General, Health Care |
| T2R |
Title II Redesign (SSA) |
General, Health Care |
| T4 |
Title IV of the Social Security Act (AFDC) |
General, Health Care |
| TA |
Termination Actions (MBR) |
General |
| TAA |
Time Account Adjustment (Schedule or Report) |
General |
| TAC |
Technology Advisory Committee |
General |
| TAC |
Type of Activity Code |
General |
| TACT |
Total Audit Concept Technique |
General |
| TACT |
Transfer, Automate, Contract Out and/or Terminate Project |
General |
| TAG |
Technical Advisory (or Assistance) Group |
General |
| TAMRA |
Technical & Miscellaneous Revenue Act of 1988 |
General |
| TANF |
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families |
General |
| TAP |
Technical Advisory Panel |
General |
| TAP |
Terminal Acquisition Project (SSA) |
General, Health Care |
| TAPEDSN |
Tape Data Set Protection |
General |
| TARS |
Telephone Action Requests System |
General, IT Organization |
| TASC |
(OWTDS) Training Assistance Services Cadre |
General |
| TASC |
Transportation Administration Service Center |
General |
| TAVERN |
Terminations & Attainments Validation & Enforcement of
Returned Notices |
General |
| TB |
Transaction Branch, DMOS (formerly GPABS or PM) |
General |
| TBA |
To be Announced |
General |
| TBC |
Transit Benefit Coordinator |
General |
| TBD |
To Be Determined |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| TBO |
Transaction Back Out |
General |
| TBP |
To Be Provided |
General |
| TBP |
Transit Benefit Program |
General |
| TBSR |
Total Business Systems Review |
General |
| TC |
Technical Component |
General, IT Organization |
| TC |
Technology Component |
General, IT Organization |
| TC |
Telecommunications |
General, IT Organization |
| TC |
Total Cost |
General |
| TC |
Transaction Code |
General |
| TCAB |
Technical Computer Advisory Board |
General, IT Organization |
| TCC |
Technical Control Center |
General, IT Organization |
| TCC |
Temporary Continuation of Coverage |
General |
| TCD |
Trauma Code Development |
General |
| TCP |
Transitional Corridor Payments |
General |
| TCS |
Telephone Customer Service |
General, IT Organization |
| TCSDB |
Test Case Specification Database |
General |
| TD |
Treasury Department |
General |
| TDC |
Training & Development Center |
General |
| TDD |
Telecommunications Device for the Deaf |
Health Care, IT Organization, Medicare Beneficiary |
| TDEA |
Triple Data Encryption Algorithm |
General, IT Organization |
| TDOC |
Total Days of Care |
General, Health Care |
| TDP |
Testing Designated Positions |
General |
| TDY |
Temporary Duty Travel |
General |
| TEAM |
Technology Evaluation & Acquisition Methods |
General |
| TEC |
Technical Evaluation Criteria |
General |
| TEDBA |
Target Enrollment Database Architecture |
General |
| TEDH |
Third Party Entitlement Date for Hospital Insurance |
General, Health Care |
| TEDS |
Third Party Entitlement Date for Supplementary Medical
Insurance |
General, Health Care |
| TEFRA |
Tax Equity & Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982 (PL97248) |
General |
| TENS |
Transcutaneous Electrical (or Electronic) Nerve Stimulator |
General |
| TEP |
Technical Evaluation Panel |
General |
| TEP |
Technical Experts Panel |
General, Medicare Beneficiary |
| TEP |
Transfer Enrollment Period |
General |
| TERMID |
Terminal ID |
General |
| TFCS |
Treasury Financial Communications Systems (aka FEDWIRE) |
General |
| TFSS |
Task Force for Standard Systems |
General |
| TH |
Teaching Hospital |
General, Health Care |
| THD |
Total Hospice Days |
General, Health Care |
| THE |
Trailblazers Health Enterprises, Inc. (MD component of TX
BC/BS) |
General, Health Care |
| TI |
Texas Instruments |
General |
| TIARA |
Tactical Intelligence and Related Activities |
General |
| TIM |
Technical Instruction Manual |
General |
| TIMS |
Text Information Management System |
General |
| TIN |
Tax Identification Number |
General |
| TINA |
Truth In Negotiations Act |
General |
| TIPPS |
Test of Intermediary Prospective Payment System |
General, Health Care |
| TIS |
Technical (or Technology) Information Services |
General, IT Organization |
| TIS |
Therapeutic Intervention Scoring (System) |
General |
| TITLE I |
Grants to States for old age assistance & medical assistance for
the aged |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| TITLE II |
Federal old age, survivors & disability insurance benefits
(OASDI) |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| TITLE IV |
Grants to States for aid & services to needy famlies with
children (AFDC) |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| TITLE X |
Grants to States for aid to the blind (AB) |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| TITLE XIV |
Grants to States for aid to the permanently & totally disabled
(DI) |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| TITLE XIX |
Grants to States for medical assistance programs
(MAA)(Medicaid) |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| TITLE XVI |
Grants to States for aid to the aged, blind and disabled (ABD) &
Supplemental Security Income (SSI) |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| TITLE XVIII |
Health Insurance (Medicare) |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| TITLE XX |
State operated home health care entitlement program |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| TITLE XXI |
State Child Health Programs |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
| TLC |
Total Location Counter |
General |
| TLS |
Transport Layer Security |
General |
| TLV |
Threshold Limit Exposure Values |
General |
| TMIS |
Training Management Information System |
General |
| TMJ |
Temporomandibular Joints |
General |
| TMP |
Task Management Plan |
General |
| TMS |
Tape Management System |
General |
| TN |
Transmittal Number |
General |
| TNHP |
Teaching Nursing Home Program |
General, Health Care |
| TNIF |
Transaction NIF |
General |
| TNIF |
True Not In File |
General |
| TO |
Task Order |
General |
| TO |
Training Office |
General |
| TOB |
Type of Bill |
General |
| TOC |
Transition Office Contact |
General |
| TOP |
Trade Opportunities Program |
General |
| TOP |
Transitional Outpatient Payment |
General |
| TOP |
Treasury Offset Program |
General |
| TOP |
Triple Option Package |
General |
| TOP |
Type of Provider |
General, Health Care |
| TOPR |
Type of Program Record |
General |
| TOPS |
Transitional Outpatient Payments System |
General, Health Care |
| TOR |
Terminal Owning Region |
General |
| TOS |
Type of Service |
General, Health Care |
| TP |
Third Party |
General, Health Care |
| TP |
Transaction Processor |
General |
| TPA |
Third Party Administrator |
General, Health Care |
| TPA |
Tissue Plasminogen Activator |
General, Health Care |
| TPAO |
Third Party Annotation Operation |
General, Health Care |
| TPBEST |
Third Party Billing Extract Statistical Totals |
General, Health Care |
| TPBLAST |
Third Party BuyIn Liability Accretions for Screening &
Taping |
General, Health Care |
| TPCH |
Third Party Code for Hospital Insurance |
General, Health Care |
| TPCS |
Third Party Code for Supplementary Medical Insurance |
General, Health Care |
| TPDB |
Third Party Data Base |
General, Health Care |
| TPEXLAX |
Third Party Expel Lapsed, Antiquated & XR Records |
General, Health Care |
| TPF |
Third Party File |
General, Health Care |
| TPG |
Third Party Groups |
General, Health Care |
| TPL |
Third Party Liability |
General, Health Care |
| TPLAB |
Third Party List Agency Billing |
General, Health Care |
| TPM |
Third Party Master |
General, Health Care |
| TPN |
Total parenteral nutrition |
General, Medicare Beneficiary |
| TPNS |
Teleprocessing Network Simulator |
General |
| TPO |
Treatment, Payment, Operations |
General, Health Care |
| TPPAYD |
Third Party Payment Data |
General, Health Care |
| TPPC |
Third Party Premium Collection |
General, Health Care |
| TPPG |
Third Party Private Group |
General, Health Care |
| TPQY |
Third Party Query System |
General, Health Care |
| TPR |
Third Party Record |
General, Health Care |
| TPRP |
Third Party Rules Processor |
General, Health Care |
| TR (T/R) |
Team Review |
General |
| TRACE |
Third Party Recovery Audit Coordinated Effort |
General, Health Care |
| TRACS |
Teleprocessing Remote Access Control System |
General, IT Organization |
| TRADE |
Training & Development Exchange |
General |
| TRASOP |
Tax Reduction Act Stock Ownership Plan |
General |
| TRC |
Technical Review Committee |
General |
| TRID |
Telecommunications Routing Indicator Directory |
General, IT Organization |
| TRIDE |
TRID Extended |
General |
| TRIM |
Target Rate Implementation Monitoring |
General |
| TRIM |
Total Resources Information Management System |
General |
| TRM |
Technical Reference Model |
General |
| TRO |
Tax Refund Offset |
General |
| TROMP |
Track Recovery of Mistaken Payments |
General |
| TRPBETA |
Third Party BuyIn Exceptions for TP Agencies |
General, Health Care |
| TS |
Technical Strategy (official meaning) |
General |
| TS |
Tentative Settlement |
General |
| TSC |
Technical Service Center |
General |
| TSCOG |
TSC Operator Guide |
General |
| TSG |
The Surgeon General |
General, Health Care |
| TSIPML |
Third State Issuing Professional License |
General |
| TSO/ISPF |
TSO Interactive System Productivity Facility |
General |
| TSP |
Teleprocessing Services Program |
General |
| TSP |
Terminal Simulator Panel |
General |
| TSR |
Terminate & Stay Resident |
General |
| TST |
Testing Phase |
General |
| TT |
Trust Territories (Micronesia, Marshalls, Palau) |
General |
| TTDH |
Third Party Termination Date for Hospital Insurance |
General, Health Care |
| TTDS |
Third Party Termination Date for Supplementary Medical
Insurance |
General, Health Care |
| TTSF |
Test Time Sharing Facility |
General |
| TTY |
Text Telephones |
Health Care, IT Organization, Medicare Beneficiary |
| TVA |
Tennessee Valley Authority |
General |
| TVA |
Threat & Vulnerability Assessment |
General |
| TVIP |
Testing, Validation & Implementation Plan |
General |
| TVS |
Test Value Sets |
General |
| TWA |
Time Weighted Average |
General |
| TWA |
Transaction Work Area |
General |
| TWG |
Technical Work Group |
General |
| TWP |
Trial Work Period |
General |
| TWWIA |
Ticket to Work & Work Incentives Act of 1999 |
Health Care, Medicare Beneficiary |
