Definitions
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Overview
The purpose of this document is to provide new PBC employees with a list of definitions of common terminology and acronyms used by our client to help them get up to speed quickly. Hopefully, this can also be a helpful quick reference for older employees. Finer details of audit processes are discussed in other pages of this wiki.
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- 250K: A type of audit housed in SAM3. For details, read the 250K documentation.
B
BIA:
- Stands for "Business Intelligence Audit". A type of audit housed in CEM. For details, read the BIA documentation.
- A sample type in QUAD.
BO: Stands for "Business Owner". Synonymous with "Customer Advocate".
Buddy Group: A small group of people who share samples as a QA mechanism; the Quality Team assigned to a sample.
C
CA:
- Stands for "Customer Advocate"; synonymous with "Business Owner".
- Stands for "Client Audit", housed in SAM3 (see "Client Audit").
CEM: Stands for "Customer Experience Management". A type of audit as well as the home of the QUAD audit.
CDS: Stands for "Contract Document Service". A type of feed that QUAD pulls samples from.
CDS Sampling: The process in which QUAD pulls samples from the Contract Document Service (CDS) feed.
CGHB: Stands for "Cigna Global Health Benefits". A specialized Cigna segment for members staying overseas. Used in SAM3.
Client Audit: A type of audit housed in SAM3.
CP/CM: Stands for "Claim Processor" and "Claim Processor's Manager". Used in the SAM3 application, specifically in the NH OJT and 250K audits.
CSE: Stands for "Client Service Executive". Part of the E2E/QUAD review process.
D
- Drop Sampling: The process used to bulk-load intakes into our applications rather than manually entering them one by one. For more information read the Drop Sampling documentation.
E
- E2E: Stands for "End to End". A workflow for auditing the full process of an account being setup (from one end to another) rather than a single piece of it. Audits that have been through QUAD that contain more sensitive information go through this workflow. For details, read the E2E documentation.
G
GSP: Stands for "Global Service Provider", i.e., contracted companies that Cigna uses to hire people offshore.
GSP Management Intakes: Intake forms set up by GSP employees.
I
- IM: Stands for "Implementation Manager". Used in SAM3 and E2E.
O
On-Base: A type of feed that QUAD pulls samples from.
On-Base Sampling: The process in which QUAD pulls samples from the On-Base feed.
N
- NH OJT: Stands for "New Hire on the Job Training". A type of audit housed in SAM3, similar in workflow to 250K.
O
- OMD Team: Like a buddy group for claim processors and business owners. Called "production team" for processors and "subteam" for business owners. Processors are tied to the team by
sam_OMD_CP
, business owners are tied to the team bysam_OMD_CP_Platform
.
P
PG: Stands for "Performance Guaranty Audit". A type of audit housed in SAM3.
Production Team: See "OMD Team".
Q
QM: Stands for "Quality Manager".
QUAD: Stands for "Quality Audit Database". Software to allow the auditing of insurance plans to make sure they have been setup correctly. Housed in the CEM application.
S
SAM: Stands for "Smart Audit Master". A type of audit as well as the home of the ACClaim, NH OJT, 250K, CA, PG, and Measurement audits.
Sample: A specific category that determines the type of audit to be performed.
SOBI: Stands for "Service Operations Business Intelligence".
SME: Stands for "Subject Matter Expert".
Subteam: See "OMD team".