Glossary

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A

Abbreviated new drug application (ANDA) number

Academic Medical Center (AMC)

Accelerated Approval

Accountable Care Organization (ACO)

Accreditation Agency

Achievable benchmark of care (ABC)

Active Implantable Medical Device (AIMD)

Actual Acquisition Cost (AAC)

Addiction Treatment Center

Adjusted Average Per Capita Cost (AAPCC)

Adjusted community rating (ACR)

Administrative Services Organization (ASO)

Admission Discharge Transfer System/ADT Feed 

Admission-Discharge-Transfer (ADT) Systems

Admitted Carriers

Adulterated Device

Advance Health Care Directive

Advanced practice registered nurse (APRN) 

Adverse Drug Event

Affordable Care Act (ACA)

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)

AHRQ Service Line Groupers

All-Patient Diagnosis Related Group (AP-DRG)

All-Payor Claims Database

Allied Health Personnel

Alternative Payment Model (APM)

Ambulatory Patient Group (APG)

Ambulatory Payment Classification (APC)

Ambulatory Surgery Center (ASC)

Ambulatory Surgical Center Quality Reporting (ASCQR) Program

American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM)

American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE)

American Heart Association

American Hospital Association

American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC)

American Organization of Nurse Executives (AONE) 

Ancillary Services

Anesthesiologist

Ankle-brachial index (ABI) test 

Anonymized patient level data (APLD) 

Antibody Drug Conjugate

Any Willing Provider Laws

Application Lifecycle Management (ALM)

Approved Supplier List (ASL)

Area Health Education Center (AHEC)

Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Artificial Intelligence (AI) in healthcare

Assisted Living Facility (ALF)

Attending Physician

Auditing Organization (AO)

Authorship Position

Autoimmune / Autoimmune Disorder

Average Daily Census (ADC)

Average Length of Stay (ALOS)

Average manufacturer price (AMP) 

Average patient wait time 

Average Wholesale Price (AWP)