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Hospitals glossary and terms letter "P"
Patient-Centered Outcomes Research
Payment Bundling
Plan Year
Point-of-Service Plan (POS) Plan
Pre-Existing Condition (Job-based Coverage)
Pre-Existing Condition (Individual Policy)
Pre-Existing Condition Exclusion Period (Job-based Coverage)
Pre-Existing Condition Exclusion Period (Individual Policy)
Pre-existing Condition Insurance Plan (PCIP)
Premium
Prevention
Preventive Services
Pricing Information
Primary Care
Public Health
PACE
Paid Claims Loss Ratio
Participating physician or Participating Provider
Patient Liability
Patient Origin Study
Part A Medicare
Part B Medicare
Part D Medicare
Partial Capitation
Partial Hospitalization Program (PHP)
Partial Risk Contract
Participating Physician
Participating Provider
Payer (usually Third Party Payer)
Pay-for-Performance Programs
PBM
PBP
PCCM
PCN
PCP
PCP Capitation
PCR
PDP
Peer Review
Peer Review Committee
Peer Review Organization (PRO)
Penalty (on Medicare Premium)
Pended Authorization
Per Diem Rates
Performance Gap
Performance Measurement
Performance Improvement
Performance Standards
Per Member Per Month (PMPM)
Personal Care Physician
Personal Representative
Per Thousand Members Per Year (PTMPY)
PFFS
Pharmaceutical Cards
Pharmacy and Therapeutics (P&T) Committee
Pharmacy Benefit Management (PBM) Plan
Pharmacy Benefit Manager (PBM)
PHO
PHP
Physician Attestation
Physician Contingency Reserve (PCR)
Physician Current Procedural Terminology (CPT)
Physician-Hospital Organization (PHO)
Physician Organization
Physician Payment Review Commission
Physician Practice Management Company (PPMC)
Physician Services
PI
Plan Administration
Plan Document
Plan Funding
Plan Sponsor
Play or Pay
PMPM
Point-of-Service Plan or Point-of-Service Option (POS)
Pooling
Portability
POS
PPMC
PPO
PPS Inpatient Margin
PPS Operating Margin
PPS Year
Practical Nurses
Practice Parameters, Practice Guidelines
Preadmission Review, Pre-Admission Certification, Pre-Certification, or Pre-Authorization
Preadmission Testing
Pre-Authorization
Pre-Cert
Pre-Existing Condition, Preexisting Condition
Preferred Drug List
Preferred Provider Organization (PPO)
Prepaid Capitation
Prepaid Group Practice
Prepaid Health Plan (PHP)
Prepayment
Prescription Benefit Plan (PBP)
Prescription Benefit Managers (PBMs)
Prescription Drug Benefit (PDB) or Prescription Drug Coverage
Prescription Drug Plan (PDP)
Prevailing Charge, Prevailing Fee
Prevalence
Preventive Care or Preventive Services
Pricer, or Repricer
Primary Care Case Management (PCCM)
Primary Care Doctor
Primary Care Network (PCN)
Primary Care Physician (PCP)
Primary Care Provider (PCP)
Primary Coverage
Primary Physician Capitation
Primary Source Verification
Principal Diagnosis
Prior Approval
Prior Authorization for Medical Services or Supplies
Prior Authorization for Drug Benefits
Privacy
Privacy Board
Privacy Notice
Private Fee-for-Service Plan (Medicare)
PRO
Professional Review Organization (PRO)
Professional Standards Review (PSRO)
Profile
Profile Analysis or Profiling
Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE)
Prospective Payment System (PPS)
Prospective Review
Protected Health Information
Provider
Provider Excess
Provider Manual
Provider Profiling
Provider Services Organization (PSO)
PSRO
Psychotherapy Notes
PTMPY
Public Health Authority
Purchaser
Purchasing Alliances
Purchasing Coalitions and Purchasing Pools
Pure Community Rating
Pain Management Services
Palliative Care Program
Patient Education Center
Patient Representative Services
Patient-Controlled Analgesia
Pediatric Cardiac Surgery
Pediatric Diagnostic/Invasive Catheterization
Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
Pediatric Interventional Cardiac Catheterization
Pediatric Medical-Surgical Care
Pediatric Ward
Physical Rehabilitation
Physical Therapy Services
Positron Emission Tomography Scanner (PET)
Positron Emission Tomography Scanner PET/CT
Primary Care Department
Psychiatric Care Unit
Psychiatric Child Adolescent Services
Psychiatric Consultation-Liaison Services
Psychiatric Education Services
Psychiatric Emergency Services
Psychiatric Geriatric Services
Psychiatric Outpatient Services
Psychiatric Partial Hospitalization Program
Palsy
Paralysis
Perinatologist
Perineum
Pneumococcal vaccination
Pneumonia
Postpartum
Prenatal
Primary Cesarean section
Pain
Palpitations
Pediatric
Pediatrics
Pharmacy
Potassium
Protein
PHYSICIANS
Pediatric Intensivist
Pediatric Cardiologist
Pediatric Pulmonologist
Pediatric Neurologist
Pediatric Nephrologist
Pediatric Gastroenerologist
Pediatric hematologist/Oncologist
Pediatric Surgeon
Pediatric Endocrinologist
Pediatric Allergy/Immunologist
Pediatric Psychiatrist
Pediatric Opthalmologist
PHYSICAL, OCCUPATIONAL, SPEECH AND DEVELOPMENTAL THERAPISTS
PHARMACISTS and DIETITIANS
PARENT and COMMUNITY COORDINATOR
PARENTS FOR PARENTS
Pulse oximeter (pulse ox)
PICU or Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
PT or Physical Therapy
Pacemaker
Packed red blood cells
Palliative treatment
Patent
Pathogen
Peak-flow meter
Pericardial effusion
Periodic breathing
Peristalsis
Peritoneal dialysis
Peritonitis
Phototherapy
Plasma
Platelets
Pneumomediastinum
Pneumothorax
Prescription
Pressor
Prognosis
Progressive
Prone
Prophylactic
Prosthesis
Pruritus
Pulmonary
Pulse
Pulse Oximeter
Pus
Pyloric stenosis
Pain threshold
Pain tolerance level
Pallidotomy
Palming
Palpation
Pancreas
Pancreatitis
Panic disorder
Pap test (Pap smear)
Papillary stenosis
Paranoid personality disorder
Paraplegia
Parenteral nutrition (hyperalimentation or total parenteral nutrition)
Parietal cells
Parkinson's disease (PD)
Parkinsonism
Paronychia
Parosmia
Partial (segmental) mastectomy
Partial abdominoplasty
Partial colectomy
Pain disorder
Pain specialist
Pallister Killian
Palpitation
Pap test (also called Pap smear)
Paraphimosis
Parathyroid glands
Parenteral nutrition
Patellar dislocation (kneecap dislocation)
Patent ductus arteriosus (PDA)
Patent foramen ovale
Pathologist
Patient-controlled analgesia (PCA)
Pauciarticular
Peak flow meter
Pectus excavatum
Pediatric oncologist
Pelvic examination
Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID)
Pelviectasis or pyelectasis
Peptic
Peptic ulcer
Percutaneous
Perforation
Pericardiocentesis
Pericarditis
Pericardium
Periodontal diseases (also called gum diseases)
Peripheral blood stem cell collection
Peritoneal adhesions
Periventricular leukomalacia
Persistent pulmonary hypertension
Pertussis (also called whooping cough)
Pervasive developmental disorders
Pes planus (or flexible flat foot)
Petechia
Pharynx
Phenylketonuria (PKU)
Phimosis
Phobia
Photopheresis (or extracorporeal photopheresis)
Photophobia
Photorefractive keratectomy (PRK)
Physical therapy (PT)
Pica
Pilonidal disease
Pineal body
Pineal region tumor
Pituitary abnormalities
Pituitary gland
Pityriasis rosea
Plague
Plaque
Platelet function disorders
Platelet pheresis
Pleura
Pleural effusion
Pleurisy
Pluripotent stem cell
Pneumonectomy
Pneumopericardium
Poliomyelitis
Polyarticular
Polycystic kidney
Polycythemia
Polymyositis
Polyp
Polyunsaturated fat
Port-wine stains
Portal hypertension
Portal vein thrombosis
Positron emission tomography scan (PET scan)
Post-anesthesia care unit (also called recovery room)
Post-Lyme disease syndrome (PLDS)
Post-pericardiotomy syndrome
Post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder (PTLD)
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
Posterior chamber
Posterior fontanelle
Posterior optical segment
Posterior urethral valves
Postoperative pain
Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome
Prader-Willi syndrome
Precocious puberty
Premature atrial contraction (PAC)
Premature ventricular contraction (PVC)
Prematurity
Prenatal diagnosis
Presbyopia
Presymptomatic genetic testing
Preterm
Priapism
Prick skin test
Prickly heat
Primary immunodeficiency disease
Primary sexual characteristics
Primary site
Progesterone
Prolactin
Prolapse
Prophylaxis
Prostaglandin E1
Proteinuria
Protocol
Prune belly syndrome
Psoriasis
Puberty
Puberty abnormalities
Pulmonary artery
Pulmonary edema
Pulmonary function tests
Pulmonary hypertension
Pulmonary interstitial emphysema (PIE)
Pulmonary valve stenosis
Pulmonary vein
Pulmonic valve
Puncture wound
Pupil
Pupillary response
Purging
Purpura
Purulent
Pustule (also called pimple)
Pyelectasis
Pyloric sphincter
Pyloroplasty
Pylorus
Pyogenic granuloma
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