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payment pathways across CMS, commercial payers, and global HTAs. 36 terms [Filter in glossary](/terms?cat=Reimbursement) ## Popular reimbursement terms [ Current Procedural Terminology Codes(CPT) AMA-maintained codes used to report medical procedures and services for billing. ](/terms/cpt)[ Transitional Coverage for Emerging Technologies(TCET) CMS pathway providing time-limited Medicare coverage for FDA-designated Breakthrough Devices. ](/terms/tcet) ## All Reimbursement terms - [340B Drug Pricing Program(340B) ](/terms/340b) - [Ambulatory Payment Classification(APC) ](/terms/apc) - [ASC Site-of-Service Shift ](/terms/asc-shift) - [Budget Impact Model(BIM) ](/terms/budget-impact-model) - [Bundled Payment ](/terms/bundled-payment) - [Category III CPT Code ](/terms/category-iii-cpt) - [Category III CPT Codes ](/terms/category-iii-codes) - [CMS IDE Coverage (Category A & B) ](/terms/ide-coverage) - [Coverage with Evidence Development(CED) ](/terms/ced) - [CPT Codes(CPT) ](/terms/cpt-codes) - [Current Procedural Terminology Codes(CPT) ](/terms/cpt) - [Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Supplies(DMEPOS) ](/terms/dmepos) - [HCPCS Codes(HCPCS) ](/terms/hcpcs) - [Health Economics and Outcomes Research(HEOR) ](/terms/heor) - [Health Technology Assessment(HTA) ](/terms/hta) - [ICD-10-CM / ICD-10-PCS ](/terms/icd-10) - [Incremental Cost-Effectiveness Ratio(ICER) ](/terms/icer) - [Inpatient Prospective Payment System(IPPS) ](/terms/ipps) - [Joint Clinical Assessment(JCA) ](/terms/jca) - [LCD and NCD ](/terms/lcd-ncd) - [Medicare Administrative Contractor(MAC) ](/terms/mac) - [Medicare Physician Fee Schedule(MPFS) ](/terms/physician-fee-schedule) - [MS-DRG(MS-DRG) ](/terms/ms-drg) - [National and Local Coverage Determinations(NCD / LCD) ](/terms/ncd-lcd) - [New Technology Add-On Payment(NTAP) ](/terms/ntap) - [Outpatient Prospective Payment System(OPPS) ](/terms/opps) - [Prior Authorization ](/terms/prior-authorization) - [Proprietary Laboratory Analyses Codes(PLA) ](/terms/pla-codes) - [Protecting Access to Medicare Act(PAMA) ](/terms/pama) - [Quality-Adjusted Life Year(QALY) ](/terms/qaly) - [Recovery Audit Contractor(RAC) ](/terms/rac-audit) - [RWE for Reimbursement ](/terms/real-world-evidence-reimbursement) - [Site-Neutral Payment ](/terms/site-neutral-payment) - [Transitional Coverage for Emerging Technologies(TCET) ](/terms/tcet) - [Transitional Pass-Through Payment(TPT) ](/terms/tpt) - [Value-Based Care(VBC) ](/terms/value-based-care) ## Explore related categories [Regulatory](/categories/regulatory)[Quality & Risk](/categories/quality-and-risk)[Cybersecurity](/categories/cybersecurity)[Clinical & Trials](/categories/clinical-and-trials)[Standards](/categories/standards)[Software & AI](/categories/software-and-ai)[Manufacturing](/categories/manufacturing)[Post-Market](/categories/post-market)[Investment & Finance](/categories/investment-and-finance)[Market 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