Title received by a person after appropriate training and by passing a certification examination administered by the National Board for Respiratory Care, Inc.

Professional certification received after passing a certification examination by the National Cancer Registrars Association, Inc. (NCRA). To maintain the CTR status, NCRA members and nonmembers are required to complete 20 hours of continuing education every 2 years.

1. Abbreviation for conversion factor. 2. HCPCS Level II modifier that may be used with CPT or HCPCS Level II codes indicating AMCC test, not composite rate.

Term used in HIPAA security Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) for a pattern of agreements that extend protection of health care data. Each covered entity that shares health care data with another entity requires that that entity provide protections comparable with those provided by the covered entity, and that that entity, in turn, requires that any other entities with which it shares the data satisfy the same requirements.

Agreement that specifies what procedures and technologies are implemented between two or more parties who have the need to electronically exchange or share health care information. Also see chain of trust (COT).

Highest amount TRICARE will pay for a medical service.

Database that allows retrieval of pricing information for a particular medical service or procedure within a specific geographic area.

VA Form 10-7959A that must be completed and submitted by the provider to request payment for a medical service or procedure rendered to a beneficiary from the CHAMPVA program.

Insurance card issued to dependents of military veterans who are beneficiaries of the CHAMPVA government program. Essential information is included on front and back sides of the card. CHAMPVA identification card.