HOSPICE QRP • TRAINING PRESENTATION ACRONYM LIST
A
ABN . . . . . . Advance Beneficiary Notice
ACA . . . . . . Affordable Care Act
ADL . . . . . . Activity of Daily Living
ADR . . . . . . Additional Documentation Request
ALF . . . . . . Assisted Living Facility
ALOS . . . . . Average Length of Stay
ALS . . . . . . Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (Lou Gehrig’s
Disease)
ALZ . . . . . . Alzheimer’s
APU . . . . . . Annual Payment Update
ASAP . . . . . Assessment Submission and Processing
B
BID . . . . . . . Twice a day
BP . . . . . . . Blood Pressure
C
CASPER . . . Certification and Survey Provider Enhanced Reports
CAHPS . . . . Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and
Systems
CCN . . . . . . CMS Certification Number
CHF . . . . . . Congestive Heart Failure
cm . . . . . . . Centimeters
CMS . . . . . . Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
COPD . . . . . Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
COP’s . . . . . Conditions of Participation
COTI . . . . . Certificate of Terminal Illness
CPR . . . . . . Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
CRF . . . . . . Chronic Renal Failure
CT . . . . . . . Computed Tomography
CY . . . . . . . Calendar Year
D
DC . . . . . . . Discharge
DM . . . . . . Diabetes Mellitus
DNH . . . . . . Do Not Hospitalize
DNI . . . . . . Do Not Intubate
DNR . . . . . . Do Not Resuscitate
DOD . . . . . Date of Death
E
EHR . . . . . . Electronic Health Record
EMR . . . . . . Electronic Medical Record
EOL . . . . . . End of Life
F
FAQ . . . . . . Frequently Asked Question
FAST . . . . . Functional Assessment Staging Test
FEHC . . . . . Family Evaluation of Hospice Care
FFS . . . . . . . Fee-for-Service
FR . . . . . . . . Federal Register
Fu . . . . . . . . Follow-Up, Other Follow-Up
FVR . . . . . . Final Validation Report
FY . . . . . . . Fiscal Year
G
GIP . . . . . . . General Inpatient Care
H
HH . . . . . . . Home Health
HHA . . . . . . Home Health Agency
HIS . . . . . . . Hospice Item Set
HIV . . . . . . Human Immunodeficiency Virus
HMO . . . . . Health Maintenance Organization
HQRP . . . . . Hospice Quality Reporting Program
I
ICD . . . . . . . Internal Classification of Diseases
ICD-10-CM . International Classification of Diseases,
Tenth Revision, Clinical Modification
ICD-9-CM . . International Classification of Diseases,
Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification
ID . . . . . . . . Identification
IDG . . . . . . Interdisciplinary Group
IDT . . . . . . . Interdisciplinary Team
IMPACT Act Improving Medicare Post-Acute Care
Transformation Act of 2014
IRF . . . . . . . Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility
IT . . . . . . . . Information Technology
IV . . . . . . . . Intravenous
Hospice
Quality Reporting Program
ACRONYM LIST, A–I
