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'M' Terms

This page lists government terms starting with 'M'

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