Initialisms and Acronyms

Question 1

ACA

Answer 1

Affordable Care Act

Question 2

ACO

Answer 2

Accountable Care Organization

Question 3

AHDI

Answer 3

Association for Healthcare Documentation Integrity

Question 4

ARRA

Answer 4

The American Recovery & Reinvestment Act of 2009

Question 5

CDIS

Answer 5

Clinical Documentation Improvement Specialist

Question 6

CEHRT

Answer 6

Certified Electronic Health Record Technology

Question 7

CHDS

Answer 7

Certified Healthcare Documentation Specialist

Question 8

CMS

Answer 8

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

Question 9

CMT

Answer 9

Certified Medical Transcriptionist

Question 10

CSA

Answer 10

Controlled Substances Act

Question 11

DEA

Answer 11

Drug Enforcement Administration

Question 12

DOH

Answer 12

Department of Health

Question 13

DOL

Answer 13

U.S. Department of Labor

Question 14

EHR

Answer 14

Electronic Health Record

can be shared securely between systems

Question 15

EMR

Answer 15

Electronic Medical Record

cannot be shared between systems

Question 16

EMT

Answer 16

Emergency Medical Technician

Question 17

FDA

Answer 17

U.S. Food & Drug Administration

Question 18

HHS

Answer 18

U.S. Department of Health & Human Services

Question 19

HIE

Answer 19

Health Insurance Exchange

Question 20

HIM

Answer 20

Health Information Management

Question 21

HIPAA

Answer 21

Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act (of 1996)

Question 22

HIT

Answer 22

Health Information Technology

Question 23

HITECH

Answer 23

Health Information Technology for Economic & Clinical Health Act

Question 24

HIX

Answer 24

Health Insurance Exchange

Question 25

ICD-10

Answer 25

International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision

Question 26

MA

Answer 26

Medical Assistant

Question 27

MSDS

Answer 27

Materials Safety Data Sheet

Question 28

MT

Answer 28

Medical Transcriptionist

Question 29

ONC

Answer 29

Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology

Question 30

OSHA

Answer 30

Occupational Safety & Health Administration

Question 31

PHI

Answer 31

Personal Health Information

Question 32

PHR

Answer 32

Personal Health Record

Question 33

PPACA

Answer 33

Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act of 2010

Question 34

PPE

Answer 34

Personal Protective Equipment

Question 35

QA

Answer 35

Quality Assurance

Question 36

QMI

Answer 36

Quality Measures Impact

Question 37

RHDS

Answer 37

Registered Healthcare Documentation Specialist

Question 38

RHIT

Answer 38

Registered Health Information Technician

Question 39

RMT

Answer 39

Registered Medical Transcriptionist

Question 40

SRE

Answer 40

Speech Recognition Editor

Question 41

UR

Answer 41

Utilization Review

Question 42

VHA

Answer 42

Veteran's Health Administration

Question 43

VRE

Answer 43

Voice Recognition Editor

Question 44

WHO

Answer 44

World Health Organization