Medical Terms and Abbreviations letter "P"

Hospitals glossary, terms and abbreviations by letter

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Hospitals glossary and terms letter "P"

Patient-Centered Outcomes Research

Payment Bundling

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)

Preventive Services

Pricing Information

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

Peer Review Committee

Peer Review Organization (PRO)

Penalty (on Medicare Premium)

Pended Authorization

Performance Gap

Performance Measurement

Performance Improvement

Performance Standards

Per Member Per Month (PMPM)

Personal Care Physician

Personal Representative

Per Thousand Members Per Year (PTMPY)

Pharmaceutical Cards

Pharmacy and Therapeutics (P&T) Committee

Pharmacy Benefit Management (PBM) Plan

Pharmacy Benefit Manager (PBM)

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

Plan Administration

Point-of-Service Plan or Point-of-Service Option (POS)

PPS Inpatient Margin

PPS Operating Margin

Practical Nurses

Practice Parameters, Practice Guidelines

Preadmission Review, Pre-Admission Certification, Pre-Certification, or Pre-Authorization

Preadmission Testing

Pre-Authorization

Pre-Existing Condition, Preexisting Condition

Preferred Drug List

Preferred Provider Organization (PPO)

Prepaid Capitation

Prepaid Group Practice

Prepaid Health Plan (PHP)

Prescription Benefit Plan (PBP)

Prescription Benefit Managers (PBMs)

Prescription Drug Benefit (PDB) or Prescription Drug Coverage

Prescription Drug Plan (PDP)

Prevailing Charge, Prevailing Fee

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 Authorization for Medical Services or Supplies

Prior Authorization for Drug Benefits

Private Fee-for-Service Plan (Medicare)

Professional Review Organization (PRO)

Professional Standards Review (PSRO)

Profile Analysis or Profiling

Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE)

Prospective Payment System (PPS)

Prospective Review

Protected Health Information

Provider Excess

Provider Manual

Provider Profiling

Provider Services Organization (PSO)

Psychotherapy Notes

Public Health Authority

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

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

Pneumococcal vaccination

Primary Cesarean section

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

Packed red blood cells

Palliative treatment

Peak-flow meter

Pericardial effusion

Periodic breathing

Peritoneal dialysis

Pneumomediastinum

Pyloric stenosis

Pain tolerance level

Pap test (Pap smear)

Papillary stenosis

Paranoid personality disorder

Parenteral nutrition (hyperalimentation or total parenteral nutrition)

Parkinson's disease (PD)

Partial (segmental) mastectomy

Partial abdominoplasty

Partial colectomy

Pain specialist

Pallister Killian

Pap test (also called Pap smear)

Parathyroid glands

Parenteral nutrition

Patellar dislocation (kneecap dislocation)

Patent ductus arteriosus (PDA)

Patent foramen ovale

Patient-controlled analgesia (PCA)

Peak flow meter

Pectus excavatum

Pediatric oncologist

Pelvic examination

Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID)

Pelviectasis or pyelectasis

Pericardiocentesis

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)

Phenylketonuria (PKU)

Photopheresis (or extracorporeal photopheresis)

Photorefractive keratectomy (PRK)

Physical therapy (PT)

Pilonidal disease

Pineal region tumor

Pituitary abnormalities

Pituitary gland

Pityriasis rosea

Platelet function disorders

Platelet pheresis

Pleural effusion

Pluripotent stem cell

Pneumopericardium

Polycystic kidney

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)

Prenatal diagnosis

Presymptomatic genetic testing

Prick skin test

Primary immunodeficiency disease

Primary sexual characteristics

Prostaglandin E1

Prune belly syndrome

Puberty abnormalities

Pulmonary artery

Pulmonary edema

Pulmonary function tests

Pulmonary hypertension

Pulmonary interstitial emphysema (PIE)

Pulmonary valve stenosis

Pupillary response

Pustule (also called pimple)

Pyloric sphincter

Pyogenic granuloma

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