Medical Terms and Abbreviations letter "A"

Hospitals glossary, terms and abbreviations by letter

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Hospitals glossary and terms letter "A"

Attending physician

Accountable Care Organization

Actuarial Value

Affordable Care Act

A specialist. Policy Year

Accountable Health Plan (AHP)

Accountable Health Partnership

Actively-at-Work

Activities of Daily Living (ADL's, ADL)

Activity-Based Costing (ABC)

Actuarial Equivalent

Actuarial Soundness

Adjusted Admissions

Adjusted Average Per Capita Cost (AAPCC)

Adjusted Community Rate or Rating (ACR)

Adjusted Drug Benefit List

Adjusted Per Capita Cost (APCC)

Adjusted Payment Rate (APR)

Administrative Code Sets

Administrative Costs

Administrative Services Organization (ASO)

Administrative Services Only (ASO)

Administrative Simplification

Administrative Supervision

Admission Certification

Admissions Per 1,000

Adverse Selection

Affiliated Provider

Age/Sex Rates (ASR)

Age-at-Issuance Rating

Age-Attained Rating

Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (AHCPR)

Aggregate Margin

Aggregate PPS Operating Margin/Aggregate Total Margin

Aggregate Stop Loss Coverage

Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC)

All Inclusive Visit Rate

Allowable Charge

Allowable Costs

All Patient Diagnosis Related Groups (APDRG)

All-Payer System

Alternate Delivery Systems

Ambulatory Care

American National Standards Institute

Ancillary Services (Ancillary Charges)

Anniversary Date

Anonymized Data

Any Willing Provider (or Any Willing Doctor or Hospital)

Any Willing Provider Laws

Appeals Review Committee

Application Integrators

Appropriateness

Approved Charge

Approved Health Care Facility, Hospital or Program

Assignment of Benefits

Assisted Living

Audit of Provider Treatment or Charges

Autoassignment or Auto Assignment

Auto-Enrollment

Average Length of Stay (ALOS)

Average Wholesale Price (AWP)

Avoidable Hospital Condition

Acute Long-Term Care

Adult Cardiac Surgery

Adult Day Care Program

Adult Diagnostic/Invasive Catheterization

Adult Interventional Cardiac Catheterization

Airborne Infection Isolation Room

Alcohol & Chemical Dependency Unit

Ambulance Services

Ambulatory Surgery Outpatient Service

Angioplasty Department

Arthritis Treatment Center

Assisted Living Department

Auxiliary Organization

Activities of Daily Living

Administrative Control

Anesthetic Agent

Antineoplastic Drugs

Ambulatory Health Care

Ancillary Services

Anesthesiologist

Average length of stay

Admitting physician

Advance directives

Assistant Cheif Nurse Exec

Arterial Blood Gas (ABG)

Arterial line (A-line, Art line)

ADL or Activities of Daily Living

AGA or Appropriate for Gestational Age

AIDS or Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome

AMA or Against Medical Advice

ANC or Absolute Neutrophil Count

ANS or Autonomic Nervous System

ARDS or Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

ARF or Acute Respiratory Failure

Acute otitis media

Airway obstruction

Ambu bag and Mask

Antibiotics/Antimicrobials

Anti-reflux surgery (fundoplication)

Arrhythmia (or dysrythmia)

Arterial Catheter (A-Line)

Abdominal bracing

Abdominal hysterectomy

Abdominoplasty (Also called tummy tuck.)

Accessory digestive organs

Accessory movement

ACE (angiotensin-converting enzyme) inhibitor

Achilles tendonitis

Acoustic neurinoma

Acquired deafness

Acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS)

Actinic keratosis

Activities of daily living (ADLs)

Acupuncture points

Acute appendicitis

Acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL)

Acute myelogenous leukemia (AML)

Adjuvant therapy

Adjuvant treatment

Adolescent medicine

Advanced cancer

Affective disorder (Also known as mood disorder.)

African trypanosomiasis (Also called African sleeping sickness.)

Alcohol-induced chronic hepatitis

Alimentary canal

Allergic conjunctivitis

Allogeneic bone marrow transplantation

Allogeneic transplant

Alpha thalassemia

Alpha-fetoprotein (AFP)

Alport's syndrome

Alternative medicine

Alzheimer's disease

Amenorrhea, primary

Amenorrhea, secondary

American Cancer Society

American National Standards Institute (ANSI)

American Sign Language (ASL)

American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)

Anaphylaxis (Also called anaphylactic shock.)

Androgen hormone

Angina pectoris (also called angina)

Angiogenesis inhibitors

Ankylosing spondylitis

Anorexia nervosa (also called anorexia)

Anterior chamber

Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL)

Anterolateral shin splint

Anti-inflammatory drugs

Antibody (also called an immunoglobulin)

Anticholinergics

Anticipatory grief

Anticoagulation drugs

Antihistamine drugs

Antihypertensive

Antisocial personality disorder

Aplastic anemia

Arrhythmia (also called dysrhythmia)

Arteriogram (also called an angiogram)

Arteriosclerosis

Articulation disorder

Artificial insemination

Artificial ventilation

Ascending colon

Assisted living facility (ALF)

Assisted reproductive technology (ART)

Assistive devices

Atherosclerosis

Atonic colon (also called lazy colon)

Atopic dermatitis (Also called eczema.)

Atrioventricular (AV) node

Atrioventricular block

Atrium (atria pl.)

Atrophic gastritis

Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)

Auditory brainstem response (ABR) test

Auditory perception

Auditory prosthesis

Augmentative devices

Aural rehabilitation

Autoimmune deafness

Autoimmune hepatitis

Autoimmune process

Autologous bone marrow transplantation

Autologous tissue breast reconstruction

Autologous transplant

Autosomal recessive inheritance

Avascular necrosis

Avoidant personality disorder

Axillary dissection

Abdominal ultrasound

Abdominal x-ray

Acne neonatorum (also called baby acne)

Acute respiratory distress syndrome

Adrenal gland (also called suprarenal glands)

Adrenal hyperplasia

Adrenal hypoplasia

Adrenal medulla

Adrenaline (also called epinephrine)

Aerobic exercise

Affective disorder (also known as mood disorder)

Alagille syndrome

Allergic rhinitis (also called hay fever)

Allogeneic stem cell transplantation

Alveolus (alveoli pl.)

Amblyopia (also called lazy eye)

Anaphylaxis (also called anaphylactic shock)

Angelman syndrome

Anorectal atresia

Anorectal malformations

Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury

Anterior fontanelle (also called the "soft spot")

Antibody (also called immunoglobulin)

Antidiuretic hormone (also called vasopressin)

Aortic regurgitation

Aortic stenosis

Apophysitis of the pelvis/hip

Arteriovenous malformations (AVMs)

Articular cartilage injuries

Asperger disorder

Atrial fibrillation

Atrial septal defect (ASD)

Atrioventricular canal

Atrioventricular canal defect

Atrioventricular node

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)

Auditory-verbal therapy (AVT)

Autistic disorder (also called autism)

Autoimmune disease

Autologous stem cell transplantation

Autosomal dominant inheritance

Avulsion fracture

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