Medicare Beneficiary Abbreviations and Acronyms

1. VA
   Department of Veterans Affairs
2. VDS
   Voluntary Data Sharing
3. VDSA
   Voluntary Data Sharing Agreement
4. XIV
   Title 14 Grants to States for Aid to the Permanently & Totally Disabled
5. XVI
   Title 16 Grants to States for Aid to the Aged, Blind or Disabled or Aid & Medical Assistance for the
6. XVIII
   Title 18 Medicare
7. XX
   Title 20 State operated home hea lth care entitlement program
8. XXI
   Title 21 State Child Health Program
9. YB
   Year of Birth
10. YOB
    Year of Birth
11. YR
    Year
12. YYYY
    Four-Digit Year
13. ACR
    Adjusted Community Rate
14. CCP
    Comprehensive Compliance Program
15. CCRC
    Continuing Care Retirement Community's
16. CSR
    Customer Service Representative
17. F&A
    Fraud & Abuse
18. ALT
    Average Length of Treatment
19. MAX
    Medicaid Analytic Extract
20. ACS
    American Cancer Society

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