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Glossary of Terms and Acronyms

Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States HTSUS

15 CFR 30.1 An organized listing of goods and their duty rates, developed by the U.S. International Trade Commission, which is used by CBP as the…

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA)

Contains provisions to protect the confidentiality and security of individually identifiable health care information about patients (Protected Health Information, or PHI) that arises in the course…

HEPPS

Higher Education Payroll/ Personnel System (UW), prior to June 27, 2017. Replaced by Workday 

HESC

Human embryonic stem cells

HIPAA

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act

HIPAA Authorization

The formal documentation of consent for release of protected health information, given by either the patient or a legally authorized representative. For the authorization to be…

HMC

Harborview Medical Center

HRP

Human Resource/Payroll

HRSA

Health Resources and Services Administration

HRSC

Human Resource Service Center