Glossary
The language of the surgery center back office.
Plain-English definitions for the terms that move through an ambulatory surgery center every day — from revenue cycle and coding to payers, clinical operations, health data, and the AI behind modern automation. Browse A–Z; every term has its own page.
A
- Abbreviated new drug application (ANDA) number
- Abrasion
- Academic Medical Center (AMC)
- Accelerated Approval
- Accountable Care Organization (ACO)
- Accounts Receivable (A/R)
- Accreditation Agency
- Achievable benchmark of care (ABC)
- Active Implantable Medical Device (AIMD)
- Actual Acquisition Cost (AAC)
- Acute Care
- Acute Illness
- Addiction Treatment Center
- Adjudication
- Adjusted Average Per Capita Cost (AAPCC)
- Adjusted community rating (ACR)
- Adjustment
- Administrative Services Organization (ASO)
- Admission Discharge Transfer System/ADT Feed
- Admission-Discharge-Transfer (ADT) Systems
- Admitted Carriers
- Adulterated Device
- Advance Beneficiary Notice (ABN)
- Advance Health Care Directive
- Advanced practice registered nurse (APRN)
- Adverse Drug Event
- Affordable Care Act (ACA)
- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
- AHRQ Service Line Groupers
- AI Clinical Documentation Integrity (CDI)
- AI Medical Coding
- AI Prior Authorization
- AI RCM (Revenue Cycle Management)
- AI-Centric KPIs
- All-Patient Diagnosis Related Group (AP-DRG)
- All-Payor Claims Database
- Allied Health Personnel
- Allowed Amount
- Alternative Payment Model (APM)
- Ambulatory Patient Group (APG)
- Ambulatory Payment Classification (APC)
- Ambulatory Surgery Center (ASC)
- Ambulatory Surgical Center Quality Reporting (ASCQR) Program
- American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM)
- American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE)
- American Heart Association
- American Hospital Association
- American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC)
- American Organization of Nurse Executives (AONE)
- Amount Not Covered
- Ancillary Services
- Anesthesiologist
- Anesthesiology
- Angiography
- Ankle-brachial index (ABI) test
- Anonymized patient level data (APLD)
- Antibodies
- Antibody Drug Conjugate
- Antigen
- Any Willing Provider Laws
- Appeal
- Appendectomy
- Application Lifecycle Management (ALM)
- Applied to Deductible (ATD)
- Approved Supplier List (ASL)
- Area Health Education Center (AHEC)
- Artificial Intelligence (AI)
- Artificial Intelligence (AI) in healthcare
- Assignment of Benefits (AOB)
- Assisted Living Facility (ALF)
- Attending Physician
- Attribution
- Auditing Organization (AO)
- Authorship Position
- Autoimmune / Autoimmune Disorder
- Average Daily Census (ADC)
- Average Length of Stay (ALOS)
- Average manufacturer price (AMP)
- Average patient wait time
- Average Wholesale Price (AWP)
B
- Bad Debt
- Bad Debts
- Balance Billing
- Barcoding
- Bariatrics
- Base Payment Rate
- Basket trial
- Bed Management Software
- Bed Utilization
- Behavioral Health
- Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS)
- Beneficiary
- Benign
- Berenson-Eggers Type of Service (BETOS) Classification System
- Bill of Materials (BOM)
- Billing Reconciliation
- Bio-identifiers
- Biologics
- Biologics License Application (BLA)
- Biomarkers
- Biopharma
- Bioprinting/3D Bioprinting
- Biopsy
- Biosimilar
- Birth Center
- Board Certification
- Brand Name Drug
- Breakthrough Device designation
- Broad Specialty Care
- Bundled Payments
C
- Cancer Center
- Capital Equipment
- Capitation
- Capitation Rate
- Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (CICU)
- Cardiologist
- Cardiology
- Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)
- Cardiovascular Disease
- Cardiovascular, Renal, and Metabolism (CVRM)
- Care Cluster
- Care Coordination
- Case Loss
- Case Mix
- Case Mix Index (CMI)
- Case Rate Reimbursement
- Case retention
- Case-Mix Group (CMG)
- Cash Flow
- Cataract
- Catastrophic Health Insurance
- Catheter
- Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection (CAUTI)
- CE Marking (CE Mark)
- Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER)
- Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH)
- Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER)
- Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation (CMMI)
- Center of Excellence (COE)
- Centers for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH)
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
- Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
- Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infection (CLABSI)
- Certificate of Coverage (CoC)
- Certificate of Need (CON)
- Charge Capture
- Charge Code
- Charge Description Master (CDM)
- Charge Status Indicator
- Chemotherapy
- Chief Financial Officer (CFO)
- Chief Medical Officer (CMO)
- Chief Nursing Officer (CNO)
- Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP)
- Children's Hospital
- Chronic
- Chronic Care Management (CCM)
- Chronic Disease Management
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
- Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services (CHAMPUS)
- Claim
- Claim Adjustment
- Claim Denial
- Claim denial rate
- Claim Rejection
- Claim Submission
- Claims Adjudication
- Claims Processing
- Clean Claim
- Clearinghouse
- Clinical Classifications Software (CCS)
- Clinical Decision Support (CDS)
- Clinical Evaluation Report
- Clinical Information Systems (CIS)
- Clinical Lab Technician
- Clinical Operations (ClinOps)
- Clinical outcome assessment (COA)
- Clinical Pathway
- Clinical Practice Guidelines
- Clinical Research
- Clinical research associate (CRA)
- Clinical Research Center
- Clinical studies
- Clinical Trial
- Clinical Trial Management System (CTMS)
- Clinically Integrated Network (CIN)
- Coding
- Coding Compliance Plan
- Coding Management
- Cognitive Impairment
- Coinsurance
- Collections
- Colonoscopy
- Commercial Groupers
- Commission on Cancer (CoC)
- Communicable Disease
- Community Health Center (CHC)
- Community Leader
- Community-Based Care Transitions Program (CCTP)
- Comorbidity
- Competent Authority (CA)
- Compliance
- Comprehensive Metabolic Panel
- Computed Tomography (CT) Scan
- Computed Tomography Angiography (CTA)
- Computer-Aided Diagnosis (CAD)
- Computerized Provider Order Entry (CPOE)
- Concierge Medicine
- Conditional Marketing Authorisation
- Conditions of Participation
- Confirmed Insights
- Conformity Assessment (CA)
- Consolidated Health Informatics (CHI) Initiative
- Consumable Medical Device
- Continuing Care Retirement Community (CCRC) Facilities
- Continuing Medical Education (CME)
- Continuity of Care
- Continuous Glucose Monitor (CGM)
- Contract Research Organizations (CROs)
- Contusion
- Conversion Factor (CF)
- Coordinated Care Reward Program
- Coordination of Benefits
- Copay
- Copayment
- Core-Based Statistical Area (CBSA)
- Corporate Advisory Boards
- Corrective and Preventive Action (CAPA)
- Cost of Quality (COQ)
- Cost to Collect
- Coverage Gap
- Coverage with evidence development (CED)
- Covered Lives
- Covered Service
- Covid-19
- CPT Codes
- Critical Access Hospital (CAH)
- Critical Care Medicine
- Critical Care Unit
- Critical Condition
- Current Annual Premium
- Current Good Manufacturing Practice (CGMP)
- Current Procedural Terminology (CPT)
- Customary, Prevailing, and Reasonable
- Customer Relationship Management (CRM)
D
- Data Mining
- Data monitoring committee (DMC)
- Date of fill (DOF)
- Days Sales Outstanding (DSO)
- De Novo Classification
- Death by Misadventure
- Debilitating Illness
- Decentralized Clinical Trials (DCT)
- Deductible
- Delivery system reform incentive payment
- Dementia
- Denial Overturned
- Denials Management
- Dermatology
- Diabetes Education Centers
- Diagnosis (Dx)
- Diagnosis-Related Group (DRG)
- Diagnosis-Related Group (DRG) Codes
- Diagnostic
- Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM)
- Diagnostic Radiology
- Digital health
- Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM)
- Digital Influencers
- Digital Opinion Leader (DOL)
- Digital Therapeutics (DTx)
- Direct Patient Care
- Disambiguation
- Discharge Planning
- Discharged Not Final Billed (DNFB)
- Disease
- Disease Management
- Disproportionate share hospital
- Distributor Chargeback Process
- Do Not Resuscitate (DNR)
- Doppler Ultrasound
- Down-Coding
- Downstream Processing
- Drug Candidate
- Drug Development
- Drug Discovery
- Drug Formulary
- Drug indication
- Drug Utilization Review (DUR)
- Durable Medical Equipment (DME)
E
- E-Prescribing/Electronic Prescribing
- Echocardiography
- eConsent
- Editorial Panel
- eHealth
- Elective Procedures
- Electrocardiogram (ECG/EKG)
- Electroencephalogram (EEG)
- Electromyogram (EMG)
- Electronic Claims Submission (ECS)
- Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) 835
- Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT)
- Electronic health data system (eHDS)
- Electronic Health Record (EHR)
- Electronic Intensive Care Unit (eICU)
- Electronic laboratory reporting (ELR)
- Electronic Medical Record (EMR)
- Electronic Medication Administration Record (eMAR)
- Electronic Patient-Reported Outcomes (ePROs)
- Electronic Remittance Advice (ERA)
- Eligibility Verification
- Emergency Medical Condition
- Emergency Medical Services (EMS)
- Emergency Medical Technician (EMT)
- Emergency Medicine
- Emergency Operations Plan (EOP)
- Emergency Physician
- Emergency Services
- Emerging Expert or "Rising Star"
- Emotional Health
- Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance
- Encoder
- Endocrinology
- Endoscopy
- Epidemic
- Epidemiology
- Episode grouper for Medicare (EGM)
- Episode of Care
- Equipoise
- Establishment Registration
- European Committee for Standardization (CEN)
- European Database on Medical Devices (EUDAMED)
- Evergreening
- Evidence-Based Medicine
- Excluded Services
- Expanded Access
- Expense per bed
- Experimental Studies
- Explanation of Benefits (EOB)
- Extended care facility
- External Experts
F
- Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA)
- Family Medicine
- Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resource (FHIR)
- FDA Advisory Committees
- FDA Form 483
- Federal Health Architecture (FHA)
- Federal/Government Hospital
- Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC)
- Fee Schedule
- Fee-for-service (FFS)
- Fetal Monitor
- Firewall
- Firmographics
- Fluoroscopy
- Follow-On Biologic
- Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
- For-Profit Hospital
- Fracture
- Fraud Detection
- Freedom to Operate (FTO)
- Fully Integrated Biopharmaceutical Company (FIBCO) Model
- Fully Integrated Pharmacy Network (FIPNET)
- Functional Service Provider (FSP)
G
- Gastroenterology
- Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD)
- Gene Therapy
- General Ledger Software
- General Practice
- Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS)
- Generic Drug
- Genetic and Rare Diseases (GARD)
- Genetic Engineering
- Genetic Testing
- Genomic Sequencing
- Geriatrics/Geriatric Medicine
- Gerontology
- Global Location Number (GLN)
- Good Faith Estimate
- Good Laboratory Practice (GLP)
- Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP)
- Group Home
- Group Practice
- Group Purchasing Organization (GPO)
- Group Purchasing Organization (GPO) Award Cycle
- Group Purchasing Organization (GPO) Listing
- Grouper
- Guarantor
H
- Habilitation Services
- Health and Human Services (HHS)
- Health Economics and Outcomes Research (HEOR)
- Health Equity
- Health Information Exchange (HIE)
- Health Information Service Provider (HISP)
- Health Information Technology (HIT)
- Health Insurance
- Health Insurance Network
- Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
- Health Insurance Premium
- Health Insurance Purchasing Cooperative (HIPC)
- Health Maintenance Organization (HMO)
- Health Outcomes
- Health Plan
- Health Plan Employer Data and Information Set (HEDIS)
- Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA)
- Health Screening
- Health Services Manager
- Health System
- Health Technology Assessment (HTA)
- Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQL)
- Healthcare Associated Infections (HAIs)
- Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS)
- Healthcare Compliance
- Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project Quality Indicators (HCUP QIs)
- Healthcare Cost Reporting Information System (HCRIS)
- Healthcare Data Warehouse
- Healthcare Ecosystem
- Healthcare Finance Management
- Healthcare Industry Number (HIN)
- Healthcare Operations Management
- Healthcare Paraprofessional
- Healthcare Price Transparency
- Healthcare Provider
- Healthcare Reimbursement
- Healthcare Revenue Cycle
- HEOR Analysis
- Hierarchal Condition Categories (HCCs)
- High-Throughput Screening
- Hill-Burton Act
- HIPAA Breach Notification Rule
- Histologist
- Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS)
- Home Health Agency (HHA)
- Home Health Care
- Hospice
- Hospital
- Hospital Affiliation
- Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS)
- Hospital Information System
- Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program (HRRP)
- Hospital Referral Region (HRR)
- Hospital Revenue
- Hospital Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) Program
- Hospital-Acquired Condition (HAC) Reduction Program
- Hospital-Acquired Conditions (HACs)
- Hospitalization
- Human Factors Assessment
- Humanitarian device exemption (HDE)
- Humanitarian Use Device (HUD)
- Hybrid Operating Room
- Hypertension
- Hypotension
I
- ICD Codes
- ICD-10
- Imaging Center
- Immune System
- Immunization
- Immuno-oncology
- Immunoediting
- Immunology
- Immunotherapy
- Impairment
- Implantable Medical Device
- Improper Payment Review
- In Vitro Diagnostic (IVD) Device
- In Vitro Diagnostics
- In-line/Post-Market Drugs
- In-Network
- Inbound Sales
- Incident Reporting
- Independent Hospital
- Indian Health Service (IHS)
- Indigent Care
- Infant Incubators
- Infection
- Infection Prevention and Control (IPC)
- Infection Surveillance System
- Infectious Disease
- Informed Consent
- Infusion Pump
- Innovator Drug
- Inpatient
- Inpatient Care
- Inpatient Claim
- Inpatient Days
- Inpatient Procedure
- Insights Management
- Insights Process
- Institutional Long-Term Care
- Instructional Healthcare Directive
- Insurance Verification
- Integrated Delivery Network (IDN)
- Integrated Revenue Cycle (IRC)
- Intensive Care Unit (ICU)
- Interactive response technology (IRT)
- Intermediate Care Facility (ICF)
- Internal Medicine
- International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers & Associations (IFPMA)
- Internist
- Interoperability
- Interventional Radiology
- Intravenous (IV)
- Investigational Device Exemption (IDE)
- Investigational New Drug
- Ischemia
- Itemized Bill
- IV Therapy
L
M
- MA-Generated Insights
- Machine Learning
- Magnet Hospital Status
- Magnetic Resonance Angiography (MRA)
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
- Major Depressive Disorder (MDD)
- Major Unusual Incidents (MUIs)
- Malpractice
- Mammogram
- Managed Care
- Managed Care Organization (MCO)
- Managed Service Provider (MSP)
- Management Service Organization (MSO)
- Market Access
- Maximum allowable cost (MAC)
- Meaningful Use
- MedDRA (Medical Dictionary for Regulatory Activities)
- Medicaid
- Medical Affairs
- Medical Billing
- Medical Billing Software
- Medical Charting System
- Medical Congress
- Medical Device Reporting (MDR)
- Medical Equipment Utilization
- Medical Guidelines
- Medical Loss Ratio (MLR)
- Medical Malpractice Insurance
- Medical Necessity
- Medical Payment Data
- Medical Records Specialist
- Medical Research Center
- Medical Science Liaison (MSL)
- Medical Societies
- Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
- Medically Integrated Pharmacy (MIP)
- Medically Underserved Populations
- Medicare
- Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA)
- Medicare Advantage
- Medicare Code Editor (MCE)
- Medicare Cost Report (MCR)
- Medicare HMOs
- Medicare Part A
- Medicare Part B
- Medicare Part C
- Medicare Part D
- Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility (Flex) Program
- Medicare Severity Diagnosis Related Group (MS-DRG)
- Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP)
- Medicare Summary Notice (MSN)
- Medicare/Medicaid Provider Number (MPN)
- Medication Reconciliation
- Mental Health Services
- Mental Healthcare
- Mental Illness/Impairment
- Mergers & Acquisitions (M&As)
- Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)
- Microsurgery
- Minimally Invasive Surgery
- Mobile Health (mHealth)
- Modality
- Morbidity
- Mortality
- Multisource Drugs
N
- Narcotic
- National Drug Code (NDC)
- National Institutes of Health (NIH)
- National Patient Safety Goals (NPSG)
- National Provider Identifier (NPI) Standard
- NBRx (New-to-Brand Prescription)
- Neighborhood Health Center
- Neonatal
- Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)
- Neonatology
- Nephrology
- Net Collections
- Net Patient Revenue (NPR)
- Network Integrity
- Network Provider
- Network Utilization
- Neurology
- Neuropathic Pain
- Neuroradiology
- Neurosarcoidosis
- New Biologic Entity (NBE)
- New Drug Application (NDA)
- New Prescription Starts (NPS)
- No Surprises Act
- Non-Invasive Procedure
- Non-Physician Provider
- Noncommunicable Disease
- Nonprofit Hospital
- Nosocomial Infection
- NPI Target List
- NRx (New Prescription)
- NSAID
- Nuclear Medicine
- Number of encounters
- Nurse Practitioner (NP)
- Nurse Scheduling Software
- Nursing Home
- Nursing Informatics
O
- Observation
- Observational Studies
- Obstetrical Systems
- Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Occupational Health Services
- Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA)
- Occupational Therapist
- Off-label use
- Omnichannel
- Oncology
- Oncology Information System
- Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man (OMIM)
- Open Payments Data
- Operating Room (OR)
- Operating Room Management System
- Ophthalmology
- Opioid
- Organ Transplant
- Original Biologic
- Orphan Drug
- Orthopedic Centers
- Otolaryngology
- Out-of-Network Co-Insurance
- Out-of-Network Copayment
- Out-of-Pocket Limit
- Outbound Sales
- Outmigration
- Outpatient Care
- Outpatient Center
- Outpatient Claim
- Outpatient Procedure
- Over-The-Counter (OTC)
- Own Brand Labeling (OBL)
P
- Pain Management
- Pain Reliever
- Palliative Care
- Patient (Px)
- Patient Acuity
- Patient Adherence
- Patient Burden
- Patient Centered Care
- Patient Cohort
- Patient Collections
- Patient Engagement
- Patient Journey
- Patient Keepage
- Patient Leakage
- Patient Mortality Rate
- Patient Navigator
- Patient Origination
- Patient Pathways
- Patient Payment Plans
- Patient Population
- Patient Reported Experience Measures (PREMs)
- Patient Responsibility
- Patient Safety Officer
- Patient Safety Organization (PSO)
- Patient Statement
- Patient-Centered Care
- Payer Mix
- Payment Posting
- Payor
- Payor Mix
- Payor vs Payer
- PCR Test
- Pediatrics
- Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
- Pharmaceutical
- Pharmacist
- Pharmacodynamics
- Pharmacogenomics
- Pharmacokinetic-Pharmacodynamic (PKPD) analysis
- Pharmacokinetics (PK)
- Pharmacometrics
- Pharmacovigilance
- Pharmacy Benefit Manager (PBM)
- Pharmacy Services Administration Organization (PSAO)
- Phenotype
- Photoplethysmography (PPG)
- Physical Therapist
- Physician
- Physician Assistant, Certified (PA-C)
- Physician Burnout
- Physician Group
- Physician Liaison
- Physician Payments Sunshine Act
- Physician Payments Sunshine Act (Sunshine Act)
- Physician Practice Management
- Physician Practice Management Group
- Physician Preference Item (PPI)
- Physician Quality Reporting System
- Physician Relationship Management (PRM) Software
- Physician Specialist
- Physician Specialty
- Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS)
- Pipeline Drugs
- Plasmapheresis
- Plastic Surgery
- Point-of-Service (POS) Collections
- Point-of-Service Plan (POS)
- Population Health
- Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Scan
- Post-Acute Care
- Post-Market Surveillance (PMS)
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
- Practice Management System (PMS)
- Pre-Existing Condition
- Precision Medicine
- Preclinical Studies
- Predictive Analytics
- Preferred Provider
- Preferred Provider Organization (PPO)
- Premarket Approval (PMA)
- Prenatal Care
- Prescription Drug Coverage
- Prescription Drugs (Rx)
- Preventive Care
- Preventive Medicine
- Primary Care
- Primary Care Provider
- Primary Diagnosis
- Primary Service Areas (PSA)
- Principal Diagnosis
- Principal Investigator
- Prior Authorization
- Private Practice
- Procedure
- Process Analytical Technology (PAT)
- Prognosis
- Propensity Model
- Protected Health Information (PHI)
- Provider Directory
- Psychiatric Disorder
- Psychiatric Hospital
- Psychiatry
- Psychotherapy
- Public Health
- Public Use File (PUF)
- Pulmonology
- Pulse Oximetry
- Pulse Volume Recording (PVR)
Q
R
- Radiology
- Rapid Response System
- Rapid Response Team
- Rare Disease
- Readmission
- Real-Time Location Solution
- Real-World Data/Real-World Evidence
- Referral Network
- Referrals
- Referring Physician
- Regional Purchasing Coalition (RPC)
- Registered Nurse (RN)
- Regulatory Affairs (RA)
- Rehabilitation Services
- Reimbursement
- Reinsurance
- Relative Value Unit (RVU)
- Remittance
- Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM)
- Renal Dialysis Center
- Request for Proposal (RFP)
- Request for Quotation (RFQ)
- Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV)
- Respiratory Therapy
- Respite Care
- Restricted Funds
- Retail Clinic
- Revenue Cycle
- Revenue Cycle Automation
- Revenue Cycle Director
- Revenue Cycle Management (RCM)
- Revenue Cycle Management KPIs
- Revenue Integrity
- Revenue Leakage
- Revenue per clinician
- Revenue Per Treatment
- Rheumatology
- Rider/Exclusionary rider
- Risk Adjustment Factor
- Risk Management
- Risk Retention Group (RRG)
- Robotic Surgery Devices
- Rural Health Clinic (RHC)
S
- Safe Medical Devices Act (SMDA)
- Sales cadence
- Secondary Care
- Secondary Diagnosis
- Secondary Service Areas (SSA)
- Self-Developed Groupers
- Self-Pay
- Senior Center
- Sepsis
- Service Line Grouping
- Service Lines
- Serviceable Addressable Market (SAM)
- Serviceable Obtainable Market (SOM)
- Share of Voice (SoV)
- Short-Term Acute Care Hospital (STAC)
- Side Effects
- Significant Risk (SR)
- Single-Use Devices (SUDs)
- Skilled Care
- Skilled Nursing Care
- Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF)
- Sleep Disorder Center
- Slow-Release Medicine
- Small-Molecule Drug
- SNOMED CT
- Social Determinants of Health (SDOH)
- Social Health Maintenance Organization (SHMO)
- Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI)
- Social Services Block Grant (SSBG) Services Program
- Software as a Medical Device (SaMD)
- Sole Community Hospital
- Specialty Drug
- Specialty Pharmacy
- Specification Developer
- Speech Therapy
- Spirometry
- Sports Medicine
- Staffed Bed
- Staffing Shortage
- Standard Analytical Files
- Standard of Care
- Sterilization
- Strategic Sourcing
- Subacute Care
- Superbill
- Surgery
- Surgical Medical Device
- Surgical Site Infection (SSI)
- Surgical Suite
- Surprise Billing
- Surrogate Endpoint
- Swing Beds
T
- Teaching Hospital
- Tele-triage
- Telediagnostics
- Telehealth
- Telemedicine
- Teleoncology
- Telepharmacy
- Telepsychiatry
- Teleradiology
- Telestroke (Stroke Telemedicine)
- Terminal Condition
- Tertiary Care
- Therapeutic equivalence (TE)
- Therapy Area
- Thoracic Services
- Total Addressable Market (TAM)
- Total Prescriptions (TRx)
- Total Quality Management
- Transfusion Management System
- Transgenics
- Transitional Care
- Transitional Care Unit
- Transitional Coverage for Emerging Technologies (TCET)
- Trauma
- Trauma Center
- Trauma Registry Software
- Trauma/Burn ICU
- Treatment (Tx)
- Treatment Plan
- Triage
- Trial master file (TMF)
- Triple Aim
- Tube Feeding