Definition of Week 1Terms
Translate and define the following abbreviations. In a short paragraph, share what you would consider the most important aspect of each. * AMR: American Medical Response. AMR leads the nation as the most popular medical transportation company. AMR employs 19,800 employees. "AMR’s national headquarters is located in Greenwood Village, Colo. AMR provides services to more than 2,100 communities across the nation. From Miami to Seattle and hundreds of communities in between, AMR is ready to care for people and communities in need" (AMR, 2013, para. 4). * CMR: CMR is a state of the art emergency department information system (EDIS). This method increases office workflow and more accurate documentation. Health care facilities find that CMRs are user-friendly and provide understandable chart layouts. The browser increases communication among health care professionals. * CMS: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Federal agency that provides Medicare and Medicaid services. The CMS also administers specific standards for the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) The CMS provides health care to over 100 million recipients CMS, 2013). * CMS-1500: The CMS-1500 is a health insurance claim form. The CMS-1500 is the standard health claim form used by the National Uniform Claim Committee (NUCC). Any data provided on the CMS-1500 must be disclosed to a central state agency that examines the health information. The federal government adopted this particular form for any noninstitutional provider claim. Example includes a physicians services (Wager, Lee, Glaser, & Burns, 2009). * CPT: (Current Procedural Terminology), published by the American Medical Association. The American Medical Association (AMA) updates the CPT annually. In the beginning, the AMA created the CPT to provide a standard language