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M&M:
Medicare & Medicaid
M+C NSF:
Medicare + Choice National Standard Format
M+C:
Medicare + Choice
M+CO:
Medicare + Choice Organization
MA BSF:
Medicare Advantage Benefit Stabilization Fund
MA:
Major Action; Maritime Administration; Medicaid Agency; Medical Assistance; Medicare Advantage (formerly Medicare+Choice)
MAA:
Medical Assistance Agency; Memorandum of Advance Agreement
MAABD:
Medical Assistance to Aged, Blind & Disabled
MAAC:
Maximum Allowable Actual Charge
MAAR:
Mandatory Annual Audit Requirement
MAC:
(1) Multiple Award Contract (2) Multi Agency Contract; Major Ambulatory Category; Maximum Allowable Cost (or Charge); Medicare Appeals Council; Mobile Air Conditioner
MACE:
Medicare Alternate Claim Entry System
MACT:
Maximum Achievable Control Technology
MADC:
Major Ambulatory Diagnostic Categories
MADCAP:
Manual Adjustments Credits & Awards Program (MBR)
MADRS:
Medicare Automated Data Retrieval System
MADS:
Mass Adjusted System; Medicare Actuarial Data System
MAF:
Medical Assistance Facility
MAFDUDE:
MBR Master File Duplication Detection Operation
MAFDUP:
Abbreviated MBR File in MAFDUDE Operation
MAH:
Most Accessible Hospital
MAIA:
Mid Atlantic Integrated Assessment
MAISARC:
Major Automated Information Systems Acquisition Review Committee
MAN:
Medicare Automated Network
MANRLINE:
Menu-driven Access to 100% Near-Line Claims Files System (NCH)
MANRLITE:
Access to MANERLINE
MAO:
Medical Assistance Only; Medicare Advantage Organization
MAP:
Manufacturing Automated Protocol; Maturity Actions Program (MBR); Medical Assistance Payments; Medical Assistance Program
MAPC:
Maximum Allowable Prevailing Charge
MAPD:
Medicare Advantage Prescription Drug
MA-PD:
Medicare Advantage Prescription Drug Plans
MAPSA:
Medicare A Provider Services Assistants
MAPSIM:
Mesoscale Air Pollution Simulation Model
MARI:
Medicare Administrative Reform Initiatives
MARK:
Mechanized Assignment & Record Keeping (System)
MARS:
Management & Administrative Reporting System; Management Administration Reporting Subsystem; Management and Accounting Reporting System; Medicare Accounts Receivable System
MARX:
Medicare Advantage and Prescription Drug System
MAS:
(GSA) Multiple Award System; Medicare Appeals System; Multiple Award Schedule
MASINT:
Central Measurement and Signals Intelligence Office
MAT:
Master Account Title
MATC:
Maximum Acceptable Toxic Concentration
MAU:
Memorandum of Advance Understanding; Multistation Access Unit
MAX:
Medicaid Analytic Extract
MB:
Market Basket
MBA:
Monthly Benefit Amount (SSA)
MBAS:
Medicare Benefit Accounting System; Methylene-Blue-Active Substances
MBCIS:
Medicare Compliance Issues System
MBCS:
Medicare Budget & Cost System
MBCSP:
Medicare Beneficiary Customer Service Program
MBD:
Medicaid Beneficiary Database; Medicare Beneficiary Database
MBDA:
Minority Business Development Agency
MBE:
Medicaid Budget & Expenditures; Minority Business Enterprise
MBES:
Medicaid Budget & Expenditures System
MBEWBE:
Minority Business Enterprise Women Owned Business Enterprise
MBHCW:
(Medicare or Medicaid) Home & Community Based Services Waivers System
MBI:
Minimum Background Investigation
MBN:
Medicare Benefit Notice
MBO:
Management by Objectives
MBPRP:
Monthly Bill & Payment Records Processing System
MBR:
Master Beneficiary Record (SSA)
MBSCAN:
Maximum Direct Record Scans (searches)
MBSPAS:
State Plan Amendments System
MC:
Mail Code; Maintenance Contractor
MCA:
Management Control Area; Maternity Center Association
MCAB:
Medicare Contractor Administrative Budget
MCAC:
Medical Coverage Advisory Committee
MCBFMR:
BESS Focused Medical Review
MCBS:
Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey
MCCA:
Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act of 1988 (PL 100360)
MCCB:
Medicare Change Control Board
MCCOY:
Managed Care Online Information System (GHP)
MCCRA:
Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Repeal Act of 1989 (PL 101234)
MCDATA:
MedicareMedicaid Common Data Initiative
MCDC:
Medicare Contractor Data Center
MCDS:
Multi-Channel Data System (68-W3-0030, Task 6, Pat Brower 313/668-4480 or Greg Suomala 313/668-4470)
MCE:
Medicare Code Editor
MCE(S):
Medical Care Evaluation (Studies)
MCF:
Master Control File
MCH:
Maternal & Child Health Services
MCI:
Medicare Claims Inquiry
MCIGLAS:
Medicare Contractor Integrated General Ledger Accounting System
MCL:
Maximum Contaminant Level
MCLG:
Maximum Contaminant Level Goal
MCM:
Medicare Carrier Manual
MCO:
Managed Care Operation; Managed Care Organization
MCOB:
Medicare Contractor Oversight Board
MCP:
Management Control Plan; Monthly Capitation Payment
MCPI:
Medical Care Component of the Consumer Price Index; Medicare Contractor Productivity Improvement
MCPS:
Medicare (Part A) Claims Processing System (Veritus)
MCR:
Management Control Review
MCS:
Mandatory Claim Submission System; MultiCarrier System; Multiple Chemical Sensitivity
MCSC:
Medicare Customer Service Center
MCSID:
Medicare Contractor Systems Information Database
MCSS:
Medicare Contractor Standard System
MCSSMR:
Medicare Contractor Standard Systems Medical Review
MCWRS:
Medicare Contractor Workload Reporting (System)
MCWS:
Medicare Contractor Workload System
MD:
Medical Director
MDAS:
Medicaid Override Application System
MDC:
Major Diagnosis Category; Medicare Data Center
MDCN:
Medicare Data Communications Network
MDH:
Medicare Dependent Hospital
MDL:
Method Detection Limit
MDRI:
Medicaid Drug Rebate Initiative
MDS:
Medicare Decision Support; Minimum Data Set; Mortality Data System
MDSRH:
Medicare Dependent Small Rural Hospital
MDSS:
Medicare Decision Support System
MDTA:
Manpower Development & Training Act
MDW:
Modernized Development Worksheet
ME:
Medical Effectiveness; Medical Endurance
MEASURES:
Medicare/Medicaid Automated Survey Reporting System
MEB:
Minority Owned Business
MEC:
Model Energy Code
MECA:
Medicare Expanded Choice Act of 1987
MECCA:
Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act of 1988 (also MCCA)
MECT:
Multiple Electroconvulsive Therapy
MED:
Medicare Enrollment Data (System); Medicare Exclusion Database
MEDAL:
Medicare/Medicaid Eligibility Data Linkage
MEDB:
Manage the EDB System; Medicare Part B
MED-ED:
Medical Education
MEDIBAPS:
Medicare Budget Allocation Process System
MEDICAID:
Medical Aid (State administered health insurance program)
MEDIGAP:
Medicare Gap (Medicare complementary insurance program)
MEDIRS:
Medicaid Eligibility Determination & Information Retrieval System
MEDMRG:
Medicaid Merge Program (HDMEDMRG)
MEDPAC:
Medicare Payment Advisory Commission
MEDPAR:
Medicare Provider Analysis & Review
MEDPARD:
Medicare Participating Physician/Supplier Directory
MEDSTAT:
Medicaid Statistical Information (Reporting) System (now MSIS)
MEDTEP:
Medical Treatment Effectiveness Program
MEF:
Master Earnings File (SSA)
MEI:
Maximally (or most) Exposed Individual; Medical Economic Index; Medicare Economic Index
MEP:
Multiple Extraction Procedure
MEQC:
Medicaid Eligibility Quality Control (System)
MES:
Management Evaluation Staff; Medicare Entitlement System
MET:
Medicaid Eligibility Terminal
MEWA:
Medicare & Multiple Employer Welfare Associations; Multiple Employer Welfare Arrangement
MFAIC:
Medicare Fraud & Abuse Information Coordinator
MFCU:
Medicaid Fraud Control Unit
MFIS:
Medicare Fraud Information Specialist
MFS:
Medicare Fee Schedule
MFSDB:
Medicare Fee Schedule Database
MFSR:
Medicare Focused Medical Review Status Report
MGA:
Medicaid Grant Awards
MGCRB:
Medical Geographical Classification Review Board; Medicare Geographic Classification Review Board
MHB:
Maximum Hospital Benefit
MHCRS:
Maintain HCRIS Process
MHDDV:
Medium Heavy-Duty Diesel Vehicle
MHOS:
Medicare Health Outcomes Survey
MHS:
Medical History Sample
MI:
Manual Issuance; Medical Insurance (Part B or SMI); Minority Institute
MIA:
Mark Interface Application
MIB:
Medical Information Bureau; Medical Insurance Bureau
MICH:
Maternal, Infant & Child Health
MICO:
Midwestern Consortium (Chicago & Kansas City HIROs)
MICRO:
Relational database under MTS operating system (68-W3-0032)
MIDES:
(Intermediary) Medicare Internal Data Entry System
MIG:
Medicare Insured Group
MIGA:
Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency
MIH:
Maternal & Infant Health Initiative
MIIR:
Management Information Integrated Repository
MIM:
Medicare Intermediary Manual
MIMS:
Medicare Information Management System
MIP:
Medicare Integrity Program
MIR:
Medicare Information Request
MIRPS:
Miscellaneous Information Reference PostEntitlement System (SSA MBR)
MIS:
Major Information Systems; Management Information System; Manual Issuance System
MISCOR:
Miscellaneous MBR Correction Operation
MISF:
Management Information System Facility
MLS:
MultiLevel Security
MLT:
Manufacturing Leadtime; Multiple Logical Tasking
MM:
Media Management; Month or Minutes (i.e., mmddyyyy)
MMA:
Medicare Modernization Act (of 1999)
MMACS:
Medicare/Medicaid Automated Certification System
MMAP:
(AARP) Medicare/Medicaid Assistance Program
MMCITS:
Medicaid Managed Care Information Tracking System
MMCQI:
Medicare Managed Care Quality Improvement
MMCS:
Medicare Managed Care System
MMDDCCYY:
Month-Month/Day-Day/Century-Century/Year-Year (i.e., 02/26/2001) (also MMDDYYYY)
MMDDYY:
MonthMonth/DayDay/YearYear
MMIS:
Medicaid Management Information System
MMORP:
Medicare Management & Open Review Program
MMP:
Mixed Model Plan (GPP/IPP combination)
MMPS:
Medicare Mortality Predictor System
MMR:
Monthly Membership Report
MMS:
(U.S.) Minerals Management Service; Manpower Management System; Metropolitan Medicare System; Minerals Management Service
MMWR:
Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report
MN:
Medical Necessity; Medically Needy
MNIL:
Medically Needy Income Levels
MO:
Management Office; Multiply Occurring
MOA:
Memorandum of Agreement
MOBILE5A:
Mobile Source Emission Factor Model
MOC:
Management of Change; Management Oversight Council
MODEM:
ModulatorDemodulator
MOE:
Margin Of Exposure; Method of Evaluation
MOL:
Maximum Order Limitation
MOLI:
Mirtel OnLine Inquiry System (HCFA access to RRB Database)
MOPD:
Maintenance Operations Protocol Loader Daemon
MOR:
Medicaid Overpayment Report
MOS:
Margin of Safety
MOSES:
Mission Oriented Systems Engineering Support
MOSS:
Mandatory Offsite Storage System
MOU:
Memorandum of Understanding
MOUT:
Maximum Output
MP:
Manufacturing-use Product; Melting Point; Master Processor
MPA:
Master Pending Accretion
MPARTS:
Mistaken Payment Recovery Tracking System
MPC:
Medical Patterns of Care
MPCA:
Microbial Pest Control Agent
MPCC:
Medicare Premium Collection Center
MPCS:
Medicare Premium Collection System
MPD:
Medicare Provider Database
MPDB:
Medicare Prescription Drug Beneficiaries
MPF:
Master Provider File
MPFS:
Medicare Physician Fee Schedule
MPFSDB:
Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Data Base
MPI:
Maximum Permitted Intake; Medicare Provider Inventory
MPIER:
Medicare Physician Identification & Eligibility Registry (or Record)
MPIES:
Medicare Physician Identification & Eligibility System
MPLS:
Multiprotocol Label Switching
MPN:
Maximum Possible Number
MPP:
Massive Parallel Processing
MPR:
(carrier) Master Procedure Record; Mathematical Policy Research
MPRS:
Medical Policy Retrieval System
MPS:
Market Penetration Survey
MPWC:
Multiprocess Wet Cleaning
MQA:
Medicare Quality Assurance (CWF data validation)
MQAG:
Medicare Quality Advisory Group
MQC:
Medicaid Quality Control
MQFE:
Medicare Qualified Federal Employment
MQGE:
Medicare Qualified Government Employee
MQIS:
Medicare Quality Indicator System
MQM:
Medicare Quality Monitor
MQSA:
Mammography Quality Standards Act of 1992
MR:
Management Review; Master Record; Medical Review; Mortality Ratio
MR/DD:
Mentally Retarded / Developmentally Disabled
MR/UR:
Medical Review / Utilization Review
MRA:
Minimum Retirement Age
MRAR:
Medical Review Annual Report
MRB:
Medical Review Board
MRBMA:
Mercury-Containing and Rechargeable Battery Management Act
MRCRA:
Medicare Regulatory & Contractor Reform Act of 2001
MRF:
Materials Recovery Facility
MRI:
Medical Records Institute
MRID:
Master Record Identification number
MRL:
Maximum-Residue Limit (Pesticide Tolerance)
MRO:
Multiple Region Option; MultiRegion Operation
MRP:
Material Requirements Planning; Maximum Reimbursement Point
MRRS:
Medicaid Retrospective Reimbursement System
MRS-1:
Medical Review System Version 1 (aka: Part B Medical Review Savings Reporting System)
MRT:
Medical Review Team
MRTAG:
Mortality Review Technical Advisory Group
MS:
Milestones
MS/R:
MultiState/Regional (Contractor)
MSA:
Major Service Area; Medical Savings Accounts; Medical Statistical Area; Medicare Savings Account; Metropolitan Statistical Area (for PPS); Monthly Statement of Accounts
MSAT:
Medicaid Strategic Analysis Team
MSC:
Medicare Status Code; Message Switching Centers (SSA ARS/SSADARS)
MSHA:
Mine Safety and Health Administration
MSHIP:
Medicare Supplemental Health Insurance Programs
MSIS:
Medicaid Statistical Information System; Medicaid Statistical Information System (formerly MedStat)
MSN:
Medicare Summary Notice
MSOM:
Modernized Systems Operations Manual (SSA)
MSP:
Manager Software Products; Medicare Secondary Payor; Message Security Protocol
MSPB:
Merit Systems Protection Board
MSPFQA:
Medicare Secondary Payer Functional Quality Assurance (Steering Committee)
MSPLS:
Medicare Secondary Payer Litigation Support
MSPPAY:
Medicare Secondary Payor Payment Module
MSPQA:
Medicare Secondary Payer Quality Assurance
MSR:
MidSession Review
MSS:
Medical Social Sevices; Medicare Statistical System
MSSC:
Medicare Systems / State & County (Reimbursement)
MSW:
Municipal Solid Waste
MTAG:
Medicare Technical Advisory Group
MTBE:
Methyl tertiary butyl ether
MTD:
Maximum Tolerated Dose; Month to Date
MTEA:
Medical Treatment Effectiveness Agenda
MTI:
Medicare Telephone Inquiry
MTM:
Methods Time Measurement
MTMC:
Military Traffic Management Command
MTMP:
Medication Therapy Management Program
MTOP:
Multiple Type of Provider
MTS:
Medicare Target Scenario; Michigan Terminal System, Computer Timesharing
MTSO:
Medical Transcription Service Organization
MTUS:
Miles/Times/Units/Service
MUA:
Medically Undeserved Area
MUDD:
Maximum Direct Output
MUDS:
Medicare Utilization Data System
MUP:
Manufacturing-Use Product; Master Update Processor
MUPPET:
Medicare UPdate Processors for Enrollment Transactions (nee NEWDUP)
MUPS:
(HI) Maintenance Update Processing System
MUR:
Minimum Utilization Rate
MUTA:
Mutagenicity
MVPS:
Medicare Volume Performance Standard
MVS/ESA:
MVS/Enterprise System Architecture
MWC:
Machine Wet Cleaning
MWP:
Management Work Plan Attainment
MWRS:
Medicare Workload Report System
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