Computation that is made on all marketable interest-bearing obligations of the United States. It is computed on the basis of market quotations as of the end of the calendar month immediately preceding the date of such issue.

Formula for finding the AME is to divide the total earnings in a computation year by the number of months in those same years. This dollar amount (AME) is used to calculate a worker’s monthly Social Security benefit.

Amount of money the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) could pay a health maintenance organization (HMO) for services given to Medicare beneficiaries under a risk contract.

Relative volume and types of diagnostic, therapeutic, and hospital/facility bed services used in managing a particular illness.

In workers’ compensation cases, employee’s ability to earn wages including tips, gratuities, and nonmonetary earnings, expressed as a weekly earnings amount. AWW is established by using earnings from up to the 12 months (52 weeks) prior to the injury and divided by the actual number of weeks used.

1. Pharmaceutical price based on common data and written in a pharmacy provider contract. 2. Average cost for a medicine charged to pharmacy providers by a pharmaceutical wholesaler supplier.

Situation in which the patient’s diagnosis for which he or she was hospitalized could have been avoided if ambulatory care was given in an immediate and efficient manner.

Ripping or tearing away of a part.

1. See average wholesale price (AWP). 2. See any willing provider (AWP) laws.