Sunday, November 18, 2012

Healthcare Alphabet Soup

As you are conversing with programs over email and preparing to meet with them at ASHP Midyear, you may be encountering healthcare "alphabet soup."  How well can you define and explain the following?

Credentials
Board of Pharmaceutial Specialties: BCPS, BCACP, BCPP, BCOP, BCNP, BCNSP, AQ Cardiology, AQ Infectious Disease
Others: CGP, CDE, CACP, AE-C, DABAT

Healthcare Organizations
Pharmacy-Specific: APhA, BPS, ASHP, ACCP, AACP, NABP, AMCP, NCPA, NACDS
Others: AMA, TJC, CMS, AHRQ, ISMP, CDC, DHHS, NIH

Quality and Payment in Inpatient Healthcare
Pharmacy Practice Model Initiative (PPMI)
National Patient Safety Goals (NPSG) (which goals are related to pharmacy?)
HCAHPS Survey (which questions are related to pharmacy services?)
CMS Core Measures (which diseases are included? which medications?)
Value-Based Purchasing (VBP)
Pay for Performance (P4P)
Diagnosis-Related Group (DRG) Codes
Bundled Payments
403b Status
Affordable Care Act (ACA), sometimes known as "Obamacare"

Quality and Payment in Outpatient Healthcare
Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH)
Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC)
Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act (MMA) of 2003
Managed Care Organizations (MCO)
Accountable Health Plans (AHP)
Drug Utilization Review (DUR)
Disease State Management
Medication Therapy Management (MTM)
Medication Therapy Review (MTR)
Personal Medication Record (PMR)
Medication Action Plan (MAP)
Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) codes
Affordable Care Act (ACA), sometimes known as "Obamacare"

Technology in Healthcare
Automated Dispensing Cabinets (ADC) / Automated Dispensing Machines (ADM)
E-prescribing
Computerized Prescriber Order Entry (CPOE)
Electronic Medical Record (EMR)
EHR "Meaningful Use"

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