• AAMC: Association of American Medical Colleges
• ABC: Association of Black Cardiologists
• ABIM: American Board of Internal Medicine
• ABMS: American Board of Medical Specialties
• ACA: Affordable Care Act
• ACC: American College of Cardiology
• ACCPAC: American College of Cardiology Political Action Committee
• ACE: Accreditation for Cardiovascular Excellence; ACC-SCAI lab accreditation program for cardiovascular interventions
• ACO: Accountable Care Organization
• ACP CSS: American College of Physicians Council of Subspecialty Societies
• ACS: Acute Coronary Syndrome
• ACS: American College of Surgeons
• AF4Q: Aligning Forces for Quality
• AHA: American Heart Association
• AHA: American Hospital Association
• AHIP: America’s Health Insurance Plans
• AHRQ: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
• AMA: American Medical Association
• ANA: American Nurses Association
• ANPRM: Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
• APC: Ambulatory Payment Classification
• AQA: formerly known as the Ambulatory Care Quality Alliance
• ASC: ACC’s Advocacy Steering Committee
• ASE: American Society of Echocardiography
• ASNC: American Society of Nuclear Cardiology
• AUC: Appropriate Use Criteria
• BBA: Balanced Budget Act of 1997, legislation that created the Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) formula for Medicare physician payment
• BPCI: CMMI’s Bundled Payment for Care Initiative
• BTE: Bridges to Excellence
• CAA: Cardiology Advocacy Alliance
• CABG: Coronary Artery Bypass Graft
• CAC: ACC’s Contractor Advisory Committee, formerly Carrier Advisory Committee
• CARDIOSMART: ACC’s patient education web site
• CARE Registry: NCDR Carotid Artery Revascularization and Endarterectomy Registry (now PVI Registry) CBO: Congressional Budget Office
• CCT/MRI: Cardiac Computed Tomography/Magnetic Resonance Imaging
• CDC: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• CDER: FDA Center for Drug Evaluation and Research
• CDISC: Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium, a data standards setting body
• CDRH: FDA Center for Devices and Radiological Health
• CEHRT: Certified Electronic Health Record Technology
• CER: Comparative Effectiveness Research
• CHIP: Children’s Health Insurance Program

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