This list explains acronyms found on the cms.hhs.gov web site and other acronyms
that are commonly used. This list is not a legal document.
| Acronym | Term | Audiences |
|---|
| WA |
Working Aged |
General, Health Care |
| WAC |
Wholesale Acquisition Cost |
General |
| WAEPA |
Worldwide Assurance for Employees of Public Agencies |
General |
| WAR |
Working Aged Recovery |
General, Health Care |
| WASC |
(OPM) Washington DC Area Service Center |
General |
| WATS |
Wide Area Telephone Service |
General, IT Organization |
| WBS |
Work Breakdown Structure (or Schedule) |
General |
| WBT |
WebBased Training |
General, IT Organization |
| WC |
Workers Compensation |
General |
| WCF |
Working Capital Fund |
General |
| WEAL |
Women's Equity Action League |
General |
| WECO |
Western Consortium (Denver, San Francisco & Seattle HIROs) |
General, Health Care |
| WEDI |
Workgroup on Electronic Data Interchange |
General, IT Organization |
| WEL |
Women's Executive Leadership |
General |
| WEP |
Windfall Elimination Provision |
General |
| WERS |
Work Experience Reporting System |
General |
| WFE |
Weekly FrontEnd Bill & Payment Records Processing System |
General |
| WFP |
Workforce Planning Initiative |
General |
| WG |
Workgroup |
General |
| WHCOA |
White House Conference on Aging |
General, Health Care |
| WHCRA |
Women's Health & Cancer Rights Act of 1998 |
General, Health Care |
| WHIM |
Weekly Merge File of all HI Processed Transactions |
General |
| WHIP |
Write HI Printout (Format Printout Responses) (HDWHIP) |
General |
| WHO |
World Health Organization |
General, Health Care |
| WI |
Wage Index |
General |
| WIC |
Western Integrity Center |
General |
| WIC |
Women, Infant & Children Program, DOA |
General, Health Care |
| WINDEX |
Widow (and Widowers) Indexing |
General |
| WIP |
Work in Progress |
General |
| WIS |
Warehouse Inventory System |
General |
| WIS |
WWMCCS Information System |
General |
| WITS |
Washington Interagency Telecommunications System |
General |
| WIX |
Wage Index System |
General |
| WKFL |
Workflow (Customer Inquiry System) |
General |
| WMTI |
Women's Management Training Initiative |
General |
| WNPSC |
Western Program Service Center, SSA |
General, Health Care |
| WOC |
Workplan Objective Code |
General |
| WOCN |
Wound Ostomy Continence Nurses |
General, Health Care |
| WORKGP |
Work Group Membership Tracking System |
General |
| WPA |
Whistleblower Protection Act |
General |
| WPA |
Works Progress Administration |
General |
| WPC |
Washington Publishing Company |
Health Care |
| WWMCCS |
World Wide Military Command & Control System |
General |
| WY |
Workyear (formerly manyear) |
General |
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