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AGI
Acronym for Adjusted Gross Income.
Spoken as "A-G-I"
ARRA
Acronym for American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (H.R.1) Link
Spoken as "AIR-ah"
AHRQ
Acronym for Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Spoken as "A-H-R-Q"
BBA
Acronym for the Balanced Budget Act of 1997
It is also known as Public Law 105-33 and shows in text as BBA, P.L. 105-33. This should be read as B-B-A (change in inflection/intonation) Public Law one-oh-five dash thirty-three.
CFR
Acronym for Code of Federal Regulations
Spoken in expanded format,
ERISA
Acronym for Employee Retirement Income Security Act
It is also known as Public Law 93-406 and shows in text as ERISA P.L. 93-406.
Spoken as "er-ISS-ah, (change in inflection/intonation) Public Law ninety-three dash four-oh-six."
HEDIS
Acronym for Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set
Spoken as HEE-dus
HIPAA
Acronym for the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
It is also known as Public Law 104-191 and shows in text as HIPAA P.L. 104-191.
Spoken as "HIP-ah (like Hippo, but with an "ah" instead of an "oh" at the end), (change in inflection/intonation) Public Law one-oh-four dash one-ninety-one"
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MAGI
Acronym for Modified Adjusted Gross Income
Spoken as "M-A-G-I"
MIPPA
Acronym for the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008
Spoken as "MIP-ah", (similar to HIPAA)
MMA
Acronym for the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003
It is also known as Public Law 108-173 and shows in text as MMA P.L. 108-173.
Spoken as M-M-A, (change in inflection/intonation) Public Law one-oh-eight dash one-seventy-three.
MS-DRGs
Acronym for Medicare Severity Diagnosis Related Groups
This appears in the text as (MS-DRGs)
Spoken as "M-S-D-R-Gs"
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PCORTF
Acronym for Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Trust Fund.
This is part of the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Act of 2009.
There is limited information on the proper way to speak this Acronym. In the meantime, It has been read as "P-C-O-R-T-F".
The Privacy Act of 1974
Is also known as Public Law 93-579, and shows in the text as The Privacy Act of 1974 (P. L. 93-579).
Spoken as "The Privacy Act of Nineteen Seventy-Four, (change in inflection/intonation) Public Law Ninety-three dash Five Seventy-nine."
