Abbreviation for Doctor of Pharmacy.

Abbreviation for Doctor of Philosophy.

Practice of masquerading as a legitimate company to con consumers into willingly giving up their personal information such as an e-mail stating that information must be resubmitted because records were lost or an account needs to be verified.
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The fraudulent practice of sending emails purporting to be from reputable companies in order to induce individuals to reveal personal information, such as passwords and credit card numbers.

Abbreviation for physician hospital organization. See medical staff-hospital organization and physician hospital organization (PHO).

1. Actual street name and number, city, state, and zip code of where a patient lives and not a post office box number. 2. Actual location of a building and not a post office box number.

Objective inspection and/or testing of organ systems or body areas of a patient by a physician to obtain a diagnosis or, if necessary, referral to a specialist.

Clause in an insurance policy that gives the insurer the right to have the insured examined by a physician of the insurer’s choice and paid by the insurer.

In CPT coding, a two-character alphanumeric add-on code placed after the usual anesthesia procedure code number to indicate the physical condition of the patient’s health at the time of anesthesia delivery (e.g., normal, healthy patient; mild or severe systemic disease).

Individual who is state licensed to practice in the examination, evaluation, and treatment of physical impairments through the use of special exercise, application of heat or cold, and other physical modalities.

Treatment of injury and disease by mechanical means such as use of heat, light, exercise, and massage.