ARRA (Stimulus Plan) Acronyms

• A/I/U ”“Adopt, implement or upgrade

• CAH ”“Critical Access Hospital

• CCN ”“CMS Certification Number

• CDS ”“Clinical Decision Support

• CMS ”“Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

• CY ”“Calendar Year

• EHR ”“Electronic Health Record

• EP ”“Eligible Professional

• eRx ”“E-Prescribing

• FFS ”“Fee-for-service

• FY ”“Federal Fiscal Year

• HHS ”“U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

• HIT ”“Health Information Technology

• HITECH Act ”“Health Information Technology for Electronic and Clinical Health Act

• HITPC ”“Health Information Technology Policy Committee

• HIPAA ”“Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996

• HPSA ”“Health Professional Shortage Area

• IFR ”“Interim Final Rule

• MA ”“Medicare Advantage

• MCMP ”“Medicare Care Management Performance Demonstration

• MITA-Medicaid Information Technology Architecture

• MU ”“Meaningful Use

• NPI ”“National Provider Identifier

• NPRM ”“Notice of Proposed Rulemaking

• OMB ”“Office of Management and Budget

• ONC ”“Office of the National Coordinator of Health Information Technology

• PQRI ”“Medicare Physician Quality Reporting Initiative

• Recovery Act ”“American Reinvestment & Recovery Act of 2009

• TIN ”“Taxpayer Identification Number