| AWP | Average Wholesale Price |
| BENE | Beneficiaries |
| BPI | Bureau of Program Integrity |
| BPOA | Bureau of Professional & Occupational Affairs |
| CFR | Code of Federal Regulations |
| CMS | Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services |
| DAW | Dispense as Written |
| DEA | Drug Enforcement Agency |
| DESI | Drug Product Efficacy Study and Implementation |
| DOJ | Department of Justice |
| DOS | Date of Service |
| DP | Direct Price |
| DPW | Department of Public Welfare |
| DUR | Drug Utilization Review |
| EDI | Electronic Data Interchange |
| EPHI | Electronic Protected Health Information |
| ERISA | Employee Retirement Income Security Act |
| FBI | Federal Bureau of Investigation |
| FDA | Food & Drug Administration |
| FDB | First DataBank |
| FTP | File Transfer Protocol |
| FUL | Full Upper Limit (formerly HCFA MAC) |
| FWA | Fraud, Waste & Abuse |
| GCN | Generic Code Number |
| GNI | Generic Named Drug Indicator |
| GPI | Generic Price Indicator |
| HIPAA | Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act |
| IT | Information Technology |
| LLC | Limited Liability Company |
| MAC | Maximum Allowable Cost |
| MEDIC | Medicare Drug Integrity Contractor |
| MHA | Morgan Healthcare Audits, LLC |
| NABP | National Association of Board of Pharmacists |
| NDC | National Drug Code |
| NPI | National Prescriber Identifier |
| OAG | Office of Attorney General |
| PA | Prior Authorization |
| PBM | Pharmacy Benefit Manager |
| PHI | Protected Health Information |
| POS | Point of Sale |
| RB | Redbook |
| RDS | Retiring Drug Subsidy |
| ROA | Report of Audit |
| QTY | Quantity |
| ROI | Return on Investment |
| SOX | Sarbanes Oxley |
| SURS | Surveillance Utilization & Review System |
| SVRS | Statistically Valid Random Sampling |
| TPA | Third Party Administrator |
| U&C | Usual and Customary |
| WAC | Wholesale Acquisition Cost |
| ZBL | Zero Balance Logic |
