Appendix A
Abbreviations and Acronyms
AACOM | American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine |
AACOMAS | AACOM Application Service |
AAHC | Association of Academic Health Centers |
AAMC | Association of American Medical Colleges |
ABA | American Board of Anesthesiology |
ABEM | American Board of Emergency Medicine |
ABIM | American Board of Internal Medicine |
ABMS | American Board of Medical Specialties |
ABP | American Board of Pediatrics |
ABPN | American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology |
ABR | American Board of Radiology |
ABS | American Board of Surgery |
ACA | Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act |
ACCME | Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education |
ACGME | Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education |
AHA | American Hospital Association |
AHME | Association for Hospital Medical Education |
AMA | American Medical Association |
AOA | American Osteopathic Association |
AODME | Association of Osteopathic Directors and Medical Educators |
APRN | advanced practice registered nurse |
BBA | Balanced Budget Act |
BCRS | Bureau of Clinician Recruitment and Service |
BOH | Bureau of Hospitals (AOA) |
BOME | Bureau of Osteopathic Medical Educators |
BOS | Bureau of Osteopathic Specialists |
CHGME | Children’s Hospital Graduate Medical Education |
CME | Council on Continuing Medical Education (AOA) |
CMMI | Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation |
CMS | Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services |
CMSS | Council of Medical Specialty Societies |
COBRA | Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act |
COCA | Commission on Osteopathic College Accreditation |
COGME | Council on Graduate Medical Education |
COM | College of Osteopathic Medicine |
COPT | Council on Osteopathic Postgraduate Training |
COPTI | Council on Osteopathic Postgraduate Training Institutions |
CPI-U | Consumer Price Index-All Urban |
DGME | direct graduate medical education (payments that Medicare makes for the direct costs of GME) |
D.O. | Doctor of Osteopathy |
DoD | Department of Defense |
DRG | diagnosis-related group |
DSH | Disproportionate Share Hospital payments |
ECFMG | Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates |
EMR | electronic medical record |
FFS | fee-for-service |
FSMB | Federation of State Medical Boards |
FTE | full-time equivalent |
FY | fiscal year |
GAF | geographic adjustment factor |
GAO | Government Accountability Office |
GME | graduate medical education |
HHS | U.S. Department of Health and Human Services |
HIT | health information technology |
HRSA | Health Resources and Services Administration |
IM | internal medicine |
IME | indirect medical education (payments that Medicare pays for higher patient care costs associated with teaching activities) |
IMG | international medical graduate |
IOM | Institute of Medicine |
IRB | intern and resident-to-bed ratio used in the Medicare payment formula for IME |
LCME | Liaison Committee for Medical Education |
M.D. | Medical Doctor (allopathic) |
MedPAC | Medicare Payment Advisory Commission |
MMA | Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act |
MSA | Metropolitan Statistical Area |
NBME | National Board of Medical Examiners |
NBOME | National Board of Osteopathic Medical Examiners |
NHSC | National Health Service Corps |
NIH | National Institutes of Health |
NMA | National Medical Association |
NP | nurse practitioner |
NRMP | National Resident Matching Program |
OBRA | Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act |
OPTI | Osteopathic Postdoctoral Training Institution |
PA | physician assistant |
PCMH | patient-centered medical home |
PGY | postgraduate year of residency training |
PPS | Prospective Payment System |
PRA | per-resident amount (Medicare’s DGME payments are based on its share of the PRA) |
RRC | Residency Review Committee for a given specialty/subspecialty that establishes program-specific accreditation requirements |
SCHIP | State Children’s Health Insurance Program |
THC | Teaching Health Center |
VA | U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs |
VERA | Veterans Equitable Resource Allocation |
VHA | Veterans Health Administration |
VISN | Veterans Integrated Service Network |