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Appendix A Glossary
Appendix A Glossary
Pages 129-133
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An approach to billing for health services in which providers charge a separate price or fee for each service provided or patient encounter. Under fee for service, the level of expenditures for health care depends on both the levels at which fees are set and the number of types of services provided.
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Providers. Refers to both institutional providers of health care services (e.g., health plans, HMOs, hospitals, nursing homes)
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A process that modifies the analysis of performance measurement results by those elements of the patient population that affect results, are out of the control of providers, and are likely to be common and not randomly distributed. Vulnerable populations.
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Acronym List AAMC Association of American Medical Colleges ABIM American Board of Internal Medicine ACE Angiotensin Converting Enzyme ACGME Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education ACP American College of Physicians AHRQ Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality AIR American Institutes for Research AMA American Medical Association AQA Ambulatory care Quality Alliance ASIM American Society of Internal Medicine CABG Coronary Artery Bypass Graft CAHPS Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems CMS Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services DHHS Department of Health and Human Services EHR Electronic Health Record ESRD End-Stage Renal Disease FAACT Foundation for Accountability GAO Government Accountability Office HCFA Health Care Financing Administration HEDIS Health Plan Employer Data and Information Set 132
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2002. Leadership by Example: Coordinating Government Roles in Improving Health Care Quality.
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