Acronyms

A list of popular acronyms used widely by and within FSIS.

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• AAA Area Agency on Aging
• AAALF American Association for Active Lifestyles and Fitness
• AAC Area Advisory Committee
• AAH American Association of Homecare
• AAHP American Association of Health Plans
• AAHSA American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging
• AAIDD American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
• AAMC Association of American Medical Colleges
• AAMR American Association on Mental Retardation
• AAPCC Adjusted Average Per Capita Cost
• AARP American Association of Retired Persons
• AASA Aging and Adult Services Administration
• AAUAP American Association of University Affiliated Programs for Persons with Developmental Disabilities
• ABCD Americans for Better Care of the Dying
• ABN Advance Beneficiary Notice
• AC Alternative Care
• ACCS Assistive Community Care Services
• ACDD Alabama Council for Developmental Disabilities
• ACE Acute Care for Elders
• ACEP American College of Emergency Physicians
• ACF or Administration for Children and Families.
• ACHCA American College of Health Care Administrators
• ACHE Admission Clearinghouse Enterprise
• ACLF or Adult Congregate Living Facility or Assisted Care Living Facility
• ACO Accountable Care Organization
• ACOVE Assessing Care of Vulnerable Elders
• ACP Advance Care Planning
• ACS or American Community Survey or Assistive Care Services
• ACT Assertive Community Treatment
• ACTION Advocates Committed to Improving Our Nursing
• ACTS ASPEN Compaints/Incidents Tracking System
• ACYF` HHS Administration for Children, Youth and Families
• AD or Advance Directive or Alzheimer's Disease
• ADA or Aged/Disabled Adult waiver or American Dental Association or Americans with Disabilities Act
• ADAPT Alzheimer's Disease Anti-Inflammatory Prevention Trial
• ADC or AAHSA Development Corporation or Adult Day Care
• ADD or Administration on Developmental Disabilities or Attention Deficit Disorder
• Add Health National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health
• ADEA Age Discrimination in Employment Act
• ADH Arkansas Department of Health
• ADHD Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
• ADI Alzheimer's Disease Initiative
• ADL Activity of Daily Living
• ADR Adverse Drug Reaction
• ADRD Alzheimer's Disease or a Related Disorder
• ADS Automated Discharge Summary
• ADSA Aging and Disability Services Administration
• ADT Admission, Discharge, Transfer
• AE Adaptive Environment
• AEM ASPEN Enforcement Module
• AFC Adult Foster Care
• AFCARS Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System
• AFCH or Adult Family-Care Home or Adult Foster Care Home
• AFDC Aid to Families with Dependent Children
• AFH or Adult Family Home or Adult Foster Home
• AFMC Arkansas Foundation for Medical Care
• AGH Adult Group Home
• AGI Adjusted Gross Income
• AHA American Hospital Association
• AHC Academic Health Centers
• AHCA or Agency for Health Care Administration or American Health Care Association
• AHCCCS Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System
• AHCPR HHS Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (now the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality)
• AHEAD Asset and Health Dynamics Among the Oldest Old
• AHEC Area Health Education Center
• AHIC American Health Information Community
• AHIMA American Health Information Management Association
• AHRQ HHS Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (previously the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research)
• AHS American Housing Survey
• AIDS Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
• AIG American International Group
• AIME Average Indexed Monthly Earning
• AIP Annual Implementation Plan
• AK Alaska
• AL Alabama
• AL+ Assisted Living Plus
• AL/RC Assisted Living/Residential Care
• ALC Assisted Living Community
• ALE Assisted Living for the Elderly waiver
• ALF Assisted Living Facility
• ALFA Assisted Living Federation of America
• ALP Assisted Living Program
• ALR Assisted Living Residence
• ALR-RC Assisted Living Residence-Residential Care
• ALR-SRHC Assisted Living Residence-Supported Residential Health Care
• ALS Assisted Living Score
• ALSA Assisted Living Service Agency
• ALTCS Arizona Long-Term Care Systems
• ALU Assisted Living University
• ALW Assisted Living Workgroup
• ALWPP Assisted Living Waiver Pilot Project
• AMA American Medical Association
• AMCRA American Managed Care and Review Association
• AMDA American Medical Directors Association
• AMSO American Medical Specialty Organization
• ANA or Administration for Native Americans or American Nurses Association
• AND Allow Natural Death
• AoA HHS Administration on Aging
• APA American Psychological Association
• APC Ambulatory Payment Classification
• APD Agency for Persons with Disabilities
• APDRG All Patient Diagnosis Related Group
• APHA American Public Health Association
• APM Alternative Payment Methodology
• APS Adult Protective Services
• APWA American Public Welfare Association
• AQ Administrator Questionnaire
• AR Arkansas
• ARC or AIDS Related Complex or Associated for Retarded Citizens
• ARF Area Resource File
• ARM Administrative Rules of Montana
• ASA or American Society on Aging or Approved Service Agency
• ASAP Aging Services Access Point
• ASCU Alzheimer's Special Care Unit
• ASL American Sign Language
• ASO Administrative Services Organization
• ASP Application Service Provider
• ASPE HHS Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation
• ASPEN Automated Survey Processing Environment
• ASPR Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response
• ASTCDPD Association of State and Territorial Chronic Disease Program Directors
• AT Assistive Technology
• ATAC Assistive Technology Advocacy Center
• ASTHO Association of State and Territorial Health Officials
• ATSDR Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
• ATUS American Time Use Survey
• AWP Average Wholesale Price
• AZ Arizona

B

• AZT Azidothymidine
• B&B Baccalaureate and Beyond Longitudinal Study
• B&C Board and Care
• BBA Balanced Budget Act
• BBRA Balanced Budget Refinement Act
• BCBS BlueCross Blue Shield
• BCU Background Check Unit
• BDS Maine Department of Behavioral and Developmental Services
• BEA Bureau of Economic Analysis
• BHO Behavioral Health Care Organization
• BHP Behavioral Health Plan
• BIA Bureau of Indian Affairs
• BIPA Benefits Improvement and Protection Act
• BIW Brain Injury Waiver
• BJBC Better Jobs Better Care
• BJS Bureau of Justice Statistics
• BLS Bureau of Labor Statistics
• BLSA Baltimore Longitudinal Study on Aging
• BMI Body Mass Index
• BOE Basis of Eligibility
• BPS Beginning Postsecondary Students Longitudinal Study
• BRASS Blaylock Discharge Risk Assessment Screen
• BRFSS Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
• BSCI Basic Supplement Criteria Inventory
• BSCIP Brain and Spinal Cord Injury Program
• BxRHIO Bronx Regional Health Information Organization

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• C-II Schedule 2 Controlled Substances
• CA or California or Clinically Active
• CAC Clinical Application Coordinator
• CADR Ryan White CARE Act Data Report
• CAH Critical Access Hospital
• CAHMI Child and Adolescent Health Measurement Initiative
• CAHPS Consumer Assessment of Health Plans
• CAHSA California Association of Homes and Services for the Aging
• CAP or College of American Pathologists or Community Alternatives Program
• CAP/DA Community Alternatives Program for Disabled Adults
• CAPTA Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act
• CARE or Client Assessment Referral Evaluation or Continuity Assessment Record and Evaluation or Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency Act
• CARES Comprehensive Assessment and Review for Long Term Care Services
• CARF or Commission on Accreditation for Rehabilitation Facilities or Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities or Commission on the Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities
• CARS Community Awareness and Relocation Services
• CATI or Computer-Assisted Telephone Interview or Computer-Assisted Telephone Interviewing
• CBA Community-Based Alternative
• CBO or Community-Based Organization or Congressional Budget Office
• CBRF Community-Based Residential Facility
• CBS Community-Based Services
• CC Coordinating Center
• CCA Cost Consequence Analysis
• CCAD Community Care for Aged and Disabled
• CCB Community Centered Board
• CCCI Community Caregiving Capacity Index
• CCD Continuity of Care Document
• CCE Community Care for the Elderly
• CCHIT or Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology or Certification Committee for Healthcare Information Technology
• CCLC Continuing Care Leadership Coalition
• CCPED Community Care Program for the Elderly and Disabled
• CCR Continuity of Care Record
• CCRC or Continuing Care Retirement Community or Continuous Care Retirement Community
• CD Consumer Directed
• CDA Clinical Document Architecture
• CDBG Community Development Block Grant
• CDC HHS Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• CDDO Community Developmental Disabilities Organization
• CDDP Community Developmental Disability Program
• CDF Childrens Defense Fund
• CDPAP Consumer-Directed Personal Assistance Program
• CD-PAS Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Service
• CDR Clinical Data Repository
• CDS Center for Demographic Studies
• CDSS or Clinical Decision Support System or Clinical Decision-Support System
• CE or Consumer Expenditure Survey or Customized Employment
• CEA Cost-Effectiveness Analysis
• CEO Chief Executive Officer
• CEOSC Comprehensive Employment Opportunities Support Center
• CERC or Children's Evaluation and Rehabilitation Center or Crisis and Emergency Risk Communication
• CESSI Cherry Enginneering Support Solutions, Inc.
• CETA Comprehensive Employment and Training Act of 1974
• CFC Choices for Care
• CFLA Community and Family Living Amendment
• CforAT Center for Accessible Technology
• CFR Code of Federal Regulations
• CHAMPUS Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services
• CHAMPVA Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs
• CHAP or Children's Hospital AIDS Program or Community Health Assessment Program
• CHC Community Health Center
• CHCS Center for Health Care Strategies
• CHEC Community Health Environment Checklist
• CHES Caregiver Health Effects Study
• CHF Congestive Heart Failure
• CHI Consolidated Health Informatics
• CHIEF Craig Hospital Inventory of Environmental Factors
• CHIP Children's Health Insurance Program
• CHIS California Health Interview Survey
• CHMIS Community Health Management Information Systems
• CHR Community Health Record
• CHS Cardiovascular Health Study
• CHSPR Center for Health Services and Policy Research
• CHSR Center for Health Services Research
• CHSRA Center for Health Systems Research and Analysis
• CHSRP Center for Health Services Research and Policy
• CICS Customer Information Control System
• CIL Center for Independent Living
• CIO Chief Information Officer
• CIP Community Integration Program
• CIS Clinical Information System
• CISS Community Integrated Service Systems
• CJTG Critical Jobs Training Grant
• CLASS waiver or Community Living Assistance and Support Services waiver or Community Living Assistance Services and Supports waiver
• CLIA Clinical Laboratory Improvement Act
• CLTC Community Long-Term Care
• CMA or Community Medical Associates or Cost Minimization Analysis
• CME Continuing Medical Education
• CMHC Community Mental Health Center
• CMHS Center for Mental Health Services
• CMHSP Community Mental Health Service Program
• CMO Care Management Organization
• CMP or Civil Monetary Penalty or Competitive Medical Plan
• CMR Computerized Medical Record
• CMS HHS Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (previously the Health Care Financing Administration)
• CMWF Commonwealth Fund
• CNA or Certified Nurse Aide/Assistant or Certified Nursing Aide/Assistant
• CNPI Checklist of Nonverbal Pain Indicators
• CNS Community Nurse Service
• CO Colorado
• COB Coordination of Benefits
• COBRA Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act
• COD Children of the Depression cohort
• COI Cost of Illness Analysis
• COLA or Cost of Living Adjustment or Cost of Living Allowance
• CON Certificate of Need
• CONQUEST Computerized Needs-oriented Quality Measurement Evaluation System
• CONTAC Consumer Organization and Networking Technical Assistance Center
• COP or CoP Community Options Program or Condition of Participation
• COP-W Community Options Program Waiver
• COPD or Cardiopulmonary Disease or Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
• COPE Caregivers' Out-of-Pocket Expense Survey
• COPES Community Options Program Entry System
• CORE Coalition of Organizations to Reform Eldercare
• COTS Commercial-Off-The-Shelf
• CPAC Competitive Pricing Advisory Committee
• CPCH Comprehensive Personal Care Home
• CPI Consumer Price Index
• CPOE or Computer-based Provider Order Entry or Computerized Physician/Provider Order Entry
• CPP Care Provider Profile
• CPQ Care Provider Questionnaire
• CPR or Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation or Center for Policy Research or Customary, Prevailing, and Reasonable
• CPRS Computer-based Patient Record System
• CPS or Child Protective Services or Cognitive Performance Scale or Current Population Survey
• CPSC Consumer Product Safety Commission
• CPST Community Psychiatric Support and Treatment
• CPT Current Procedural Terminology
• CPT-4 Current Procedural Terminology, Fourth Edition
• CR Care Recipient
• CRC Community Rating by Class
• CRCF Community Residential Care Facility
• CRCS Center for Residential and Community Services
• CRF Community Residential Facility
• CRpac Clinical Research Policy Analysis and Coordination Program
• CRS Congressional Research Service
• CSAP Center for Substance Abuse Prevention
• CSAT Center for Substance Abuse Treatment
• CSC Computer Science Corporation
• CSE Office of Child Support Enforcement
• CSHCN Children with Special Health Care Needs
• CSHP Center for State Health Policy
• CSLA Community Supported Living Arrangements
• CSP Community Supports Program
• CSW or Community Support Waiver or Comprehensive Supports Waiver
• CT or Clinically Trained or Connecticut
• CTEP California Training and Education Provider
• CTI Caregiver Training Initiative
• CVA or Cerebral Vascular Accident or Cerebrovascular Accident
• CWLA Child Welfare League of America

D

• DAAS Division of Aging and Adult Services
• DAD Department of Aging and Disabilities
• DADS or Department of Aging and Developmental Disabled Services or Department of Aging and Developmental Services
• DAF Data Abstraction Form
• DAIL Department of Disabilities and Independent Living
• DALTCP HHS Office of Disability, Aging and Long-Term Care Policy
• DBC Deaconess Billings Clinic
• DBHR Division of Behavioral Health and Recovery
• DBNA Data Base News in Aging
• DBTAC Disability and Business Technical Assistance Center
• DC or District of Columbia or Washington, D.C.
• DCA Direct Care Alliance
• DCC Data Collection Coordinator
• DCCT Diabetes Control and Complications Trail
• DCOHCF District of Columbia Office of Health Care Financing
• DCWI Direct Care Workers' Initiative
• DD or Developmental Disability or Developmentally Disabled
• DDA Developmental Disabilities Administration
• DDP Developmental Disabilities Profile
• DDRC Developmental Disabilities Resource Center
• DDS Division of Disability Services
• DDSD Developmental Disability Services Division
• DDSPD Office of Developmental Disability Services Seniors and Persons with Disabilities
• DDSS Denver Department of Social Services
• DE Delaware
• DEC Data Entry Clerk
• DEd Department of Education
• DEHPG Disabled and Elderly Health Program Group
• DES Diethylstilbestrol
• DESC Downtown Emergency Service Center
• DH Disability and Health
• DHCA Department of Housing and Community Affairs
• DHCPF Department of Healthcare Policy and Financing
• DHFS Department of Health and Family Services
• DHHS Department of Health and Human Services
• DHMC Denver Health Medical Center
• DHMH Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
• DHS or Department of Health Services or U.S. Department of Homeland Security or Department of Human Services
• DHSS or Department of Health and Senior Services or Department of Health and Social Services
• DI Disability Insurance
• DIA Department of Inspections and Appeals
• DMAHS Division of Medical Assistance and Health Services
• DMAS Department of Medical Assistance Services
• DME or Disposable Medical Equipment or Durable Medical Equipment
• DMH or Department of Mental Health or Division of Mental Health
• DMR Department of Mental Retardation
• DMRS Division of Mental Retardation Services
• DMS Division of Medical Services
• DNAR Do Not Attempt Resuscitation
• DNR Do Not Resuscitate
• DoE Department of Education
• DOEA Department of Elder Affairs
• DOH Department of Health
• DoJ U.S. Department of Justice
• DOL U.S. Department of Labor
• DON or Determination of Need or Director of Nursing
• DORS Division of Rehabilitation Services
• DPA Diversified Placement Approach
• DPAHC Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care
• DPH Department of Public Health
• DPOA Durable Power of Attorney
• DPW Department of Public Welfare
• DQA Division of Quality Assurance
• DQR Data Quality Report
• DRA Deficit Reduction Act
• DRG or Diagnostic Related Group or Diagnosis Related Group or Diagnosis-Related Group
• DRI Dietary Reference Intake
• DRS Division of Rehabilitation Services
• DSH Disproportionate Share Hospital
• DSHS Department of Social and Health Services
• DSM Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
• DSMB Direct-to-Consumer Advertisting
• DSPD Division of Services for People with Disabilities
• DSS Department of Social Services
• DTC  Direct to Consumer
• DUR Drug Utilization Review
• DVR Division of Vocational Rehabilitation

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• E-ARCH Extended Adult Residential Care Home
• e-HIE Electronic Health Information Exchange
• e-MAR Electronic Medication Administration Record
• e-TAR Electronic Treatment Administration Record
• EAO External Affairs Officer
• EAP Employee Assistance Plan
• EARC Enhanced Adult Residential Care
• EB Early Boomers
• EBM Evidenced-Based Medicine
• EBP Evidence-Based Practice
• ECC Extended Congregate Care
• ECCLI Extended Care Career Ladder Initiative
• ECF Extended Care Facility
• ECHO Enhanced Community and Homecare Option
• ECIN Extended Care Information Network
• ECLS Early Childhood Longitudinal Survey
• ECO Enhanced Community Options
• ECT Electroconvulsive Therapy Treatment
• ED or U.S. Department of Education or Emergency Department
• EDD Employment Development Department
• EDI Electronic Data Interchange
• EFI Electronic File Interchange
• EHIS Electronic Health Information System
• EHIT Emerging Health Information Technologies
• EHP Enriched Housing Program
• EHR Electronic Health Record
• EHR-S EHR System
• EIS Electronic Information System
• EITC Earned Income Tax Credit
• EMR Electronic Medical Record
• EMS Emergency Medical Services
• EMTALA Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act
• EN Employment Network
• ENCC Exceptional Needs Care Coordinator
• ENP Elderly Nutrition Program
• EOEA Executive Office of Elder Affairs
• EP Eligible Professional
• EPA U.S. Environmental Protection Agency or Exclusive Provider Arrangement
• EPC Evidence-based Practice Center
• EPIC Evaluation of Practice in Care
• EPSDT Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment program
• ER Emergency Room
• ERC Enhanced Residential Care
• ERISA Employee Retirement Income Security Act
• ERS Economic Research Service
• ES Employment Specialist
• ESRD End Stage Renal Disease
• ET Expenditure Target
• ET CHOICES Employment and Training Choices Supported Work Program
• ETA Employment and Training Administration
• ETP Employment Training Panel
• EVR Enhanced Vocational Rehabilitation
• EXSPED Expanded Service Payments for Elderly and Disabled program

F

• FA Fiscal Agent
• FAAST Florida Alliance for Assistive Services and Technology
• FACCT Foundation for Accountability
• FAEP Federal Advisory Expert Panel
• FAET Federal Adverse Events Task Force
• FAHA Florida Association of Homes for the Aging
• FALA Florida Assisted Living Association
• FAQ Frequently Asked Questions
• FARS Fatality Analysis Reporting System
• FAST Functional Assessment Staging Criteria
• FBI U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation
• FBR Federal Benefit Rate
• FCA Family Caregiver Alliance
• FDA HHS Food and Drug Administration
• FDB First DataBank
• FDLE Florida Department of Law Enforcement
• FEHBP Federal Employees Health Benefits Program
• FEMA U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency
• FFP Federal Financial Participation
• FFS or Fee For Service or Fee-For-Service
• FHA Fair Housing Act
• FI Fiscal Intermediary
• FIA Family Independence Agency
• FICAP Firearm Injury Center at Penn
• FICC Federal Interagency Coordinating Council
• FICS Family and Individual Consultation and Support
• FIM Functional Independence Measure
• FIP Family Independence Program
• FL Florida
• FLiCRA Florida Life Care Residents' Association
• FLSA Fair Labor Standards Act
• FLTCIP or Federal Employees' Long-Term Care Insurance Program or Federal Long-Term Care Insurance Program
• FMAP Federal Medical Assistance Percentage
• FMLA Family and Medical Leave Act
• FPCG Female Primary Caregiver
• FPECA Florida Policy Exchange Center on Aging
• FPL Federal Poverty Level
• FPO Future Purchase Option
• FQHC Federally Qualified Health Center
• FSA Family Support Administration
• FSII(R) Functional Status Rating Scale
• FSL Family and Supported Living
• FSW Family Support Waiver
• FT Full-Time
• FTC Federal Trade Commission
• FTE or Full Time Employee or Full Time Equivalent
• FY Fiscal Year

G

• G-tube Gastrostomy Tube
• GA or General Assistance or Georgia
• GAAP Generally Acceppted Accounting Principles
• GAFC Group Adult Foster Care
• GAIN Greater Avenues for Independence
• GAO or U.S. General Accounting Office (now the U.S. Government Accountability Office) or U.S. Government Accountability Office (previously the U.S. General Accounting Office)
• GEC Geriatrics and Extended Care
• GED General Educational Development/General Equivalency Diploma
• GEE Generalized Estimating Equation
• GEM Geriatrics Evaluation and Measurement unit
• GeMCRIS Genetic Modification Clinical Research Information System
• GHAA Group Health Association of America
• GIC General Insurance Commission
• GIS Geographic Information System
• GME Graduate Medical Education
• GNP Geriatric Nurse Practitioner
• GPCI Geographic Practice Cost Indexes
• GRH Group Residential Housing
• GST Group Skills Training
• GUI Graphical User Interface
• GVF General Variance Function
• GWU George Washington University

H

• H&P History And Physical
• HAA Hospice Association of America
• HAB HIV/AIDS Bureau
• HAN Healthy Aging Network
• HBPC Hospital-Based Primary Care
• HCB Home and Community-Based Care Waiver
• HCB-DD waiver Home and Community-Based Services for the Developmentally Disabled waiver
• HCBS Home and Community-Based Services
• HCE Home Care for the Elderly
• HCFA HHS Health Care Financing Administration (now the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services)
• HCPCS Healthcare Common Procedural Coding System
• HCPR University of Colorado Division of Health Care Policy and Research
• HCS or Home and Community-based Service or Home and Community-based Services program
• HCS-O waiver Home and Community-Based Services OBRA waiver
• HCUP QIs Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project Quality Indicators
• HDS Health Delivery System
• HECM Home Equity Conversion Mortgage
• HEDIS Health Plan Employer Data and Information Set
• HERO Homecare Empowerment, Research and Organizing
• HFAM Health Facilities Association of Maryland
• HFD Health Facilities Division
• HFMA Healthcare Financial Management Association
• HHA Home Health Agency
• HHABN Advance Beneficiary Notice for Home Health Care Services
• HHANES Hispanic Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
• HHC Health and Hospitals Corporation
• HHRG Home Health Resource Group
• HHS or Health and Human Services or U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
• HHSC Health and Human Services Commission
• HI or Hawaii or Hospital Insurance
• HIAA Health Insurance Association of America
• HIC Health Insurance Claim
• HID Health Improvement Division
• HIE Health Information Exchange
• HIEN Health Information Exchange Network
• HIFA Health Insurance Flexibility and Accountability
• HIMSS or Health Information and Management Systems Society or Health Information Management Systems Society
• HIPAA Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
• HIPC Health Insurance Purchasing Cooperative
• HIS Health Insurance Study
• HISKEW Health Insurance Skeleton Eligibility Write-off
• HIT Health Information Technology
• HITSP Health Information Technology Standards Panel
• HIV Human Immunodeficiency Virus
• HL7 Health Level Seven (7)
• HMC Health Management Consultants
• HMO or Health Maintenance Organization or Health Management Organization or Healthcare Management Organization
• HMSA Health Manpower Shortage Area
• HOPE Health Opportunities for People Everywhere (also known as Project HOPE)
• HOS Medicare Health Outcomes Survey
• HP Hewlett-Packard
• HP2010 Health People 2010
• HPRD Hours Per Resident Day
• HRA or Health Risk Appraisal or Human Resources Administration
• HRCA Hebrew Rehabilitation Center for the Aged
• HRQL Health-Related Quality of Life
• HRS or Health and Retirement Study or Health and Retirement Survey
• HRSA or Health and Retirement Savings Accounts or Health Resources and Services Administration
• HSA or Health Savings Account or Health Systems Agency
• HSLS High School Longitudinal Study
• HSP Health Systems Plan
• HSRA Human Subject Research Subcommittee
• HSRI Human Services Research Institute
• HTA Health Technology Assessment
• HUD U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

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• I&DD or Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities or Intellectual and Other Developmental Disabilities
• I&R Information and Referral
• IA Iowa
• IAA Intra-Agency Agreement
• IADL Instrumental Activity of Daily Living
• IAHSA Iowa Association of Homes and Services for the Aging
• IBC or Institutional Biosafety Committee or International Building Code
• ICA Iowa Caregivers Association
• ICAP Inventory for Client and Agency Planning
• ICD-9-CM International Classification of Diseases, ninth edition (Clinical Modification)
• ICDR Interagency Committee on Disability Research
• ICE International Collaborative Effort
• ICF or Intermediate Care Facility or International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health
• ICIDH International Classification of Impairments, Disabilities, and Handicaps
• ICNP International Classification of Nursing Practice
• ICP Institutional Care Program
• ICS Informal Caregiver Supplement
• ICU Intensive Care Unit
• ID Idaho
• IDEA Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
• IDR Informal Dispute Resolution
• IEP Individualized Education Plan
• IES Institute of Education Sciences
• IFAS Institute for the Future of Aging Services
• IFMC Iowa Foundation for Medical Care
• IFS Individual and Family Support
• IGCLTC Intra-Governmental Council on Long Term Care
• IHC Intermountain Health Care
• IHCA Iowa Health Care Association
• IHIE Indiana Health Information Exchange
• IHPS Institute for Health Policy Solutions
• IHSS In-Home Supportive Services
• IJO Investment in Job Opportunities
• IL Illinois
• ILC Independent Living Center
• ILP Independent Living Partnership
• ILRU Independent Living Research Utilization
• ILTC Institutional Long-Term Care
• ILTCP Inventory of Long-Term Care Places
• ILTCRP Inventory of Long Term Care Residential Places
• IMD or Institution for Mental Disease or Institution of Mental Disease
• IMSA Insurance Marketplace Standards Association
• IN Indiana
• INPC Indianapolis Network for Patient Care
• IO waiver Individual Options waiver
• IoG Institute of Gerontology
• IOM or IoM Institute of Medicine
• IPC National Medical Expenditure Survey, Institutional Population Component
• IPF Inpatient Psychiatric Facility
• IPPE Initial Preventive Physical Examination
• IPR Independent Professional Review
• IPS or Individual Placement and Support or Individualized Placement and Support or Interim Payment System
• IPV Intimate Partner Violence
• IRA Individual Retirement Account
• IRB Institutional Review Board
• IRS Internal Revenue Service
• ISN or Integrated Service Networks or Intense Skilled Nursing
• ISO Intermediary Services Organization
• ISP or Individual Support Plan or Individualized Service Plan
• ISSA International Social Security Administration
• IT Information Technology
• IV Intravenous
• IU Indiana University
• IUF Internal Use File

J

• JACC Jersey Assistance for Community Caregiving
• JAMA Journal of the American Medical Association
• JCAHO or Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations or Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Health Care Organizations
• JCARR Joint Committee on Agency Rule Review
• JEOA Journalists Exchange on Aging
• JFO Joint Field Office
• JHHA Jewish Home and Hospital Agency
• JHHLS Jewish Home and Hospital Lifecare System
• KAHSA Kansas Association of Homes and Services for the Aging

K

• KEN Knowledge Exchange Network
• KS Kansas
• KY Kentucky
• L&C Licensing and Certification

L

• LA Louisiana
• LAH waiver Living At Home waiver
• LAN Local Area Network
• LC Licensed Counselor
• LDS Limited Data Set
• LEIE List of Excluded Individuals/Entities
• LMA Limited Medication Administration
• LMH Limited Mental Health
• LMS Lifetime Maximum Structure
• LN or Licensed Nurse or Licensed Nursing
• LNS Limited Nursing Service
• LOC Level of Care
• LOINC Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes
• LOS Length of Stay
• LPN Licensed Practical Nurse
• LRA Laguna Research Associates
• LSIA Life Satisfaction Index A
• LSOA Longitudinal Study of Aging
• LTAC Long-Term Acute Care
• LTC Long-Term Care
• LTCFM Long-Term Care Financing Model
• LTCI Long-Term Care Insurance
• LTC PSU Long-Term Care Primary Sampling Units
• LTC NR PSU Long-Term Care Non-Self Representing Primary Sampling Units
• LTC SR PSU Long-Term Care Self-Representing Primary Sampling Units
• LTCCS Long Term Care Consultation Service
• LVG Lexical Variant Generator
• LVN Licensed Vocational Nurse

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• M+C Medicare+Choice
• M&E Management and Evaluation
• MA or Massachusetts or Medicare Advantage
• MAA Medical Assistance to the Aged
• MAC Medicare Administrative Contractor
• MACIL Michigan Association of Centers for Independent Living
• MADL Mobility Activity of Daily Living
• MANPHA Mid-Atlantic Non-Profit Health and Housing Association
• MAO Medicare Advantage Organization
• MAR Medication Administration Record
• MAS Maintenance Assistance Status
• MB Mid-Boomers
• MC Managed Care
• MCARE National Clearinghouse on Managed Care and Long-Term Supports and Services for People with Developmental Disabilities and Their Families
• MCBS Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey
• MCO Managed Care Organization
• MCS Multiple Chemical Sensitivity
• MD or Doctor of Medicine or Maryland
• MDCH Michigan Department of Community Health
• MDCP Medically Dependent Children's Program
• MDS or Managed Delivery System or Minimum Data Set
• MDS-ALS Minimum Data Set-Assisted Living Services
• ME Maine
• MedPAC Medicare Payment Advisory Commission
• MEPS Medical Expenditure Panel Survey
• MFCU Medicaid Fraud Control Unit
• MFP Money Follows the Person
• MFT Marriage and Family Therapist
• MGH Massachusetts General Hospital
• MH Mental Health
• MHA Mental Health Authority
• MHBG Mental Health Block Grant
• MHCC Maryland Health Care Commission
• MHHA Montefiore Home Health Agency
• MHMA Mental Health Management of America
• MHRA Minnesota Human Rights Act
• MH/SA Mental Health and Substance Abuse
• MI or Michigan or Myocardial Infarction
• MiCDA University of Michigan, Center on the Demography of Aging
• MIG Medicaid Infrastructure Grant
• MIN Moving Ideas Network
• MIPPA Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act
• MIS or Management Information System or Medicaid Information Service or Medical Information System
• MLN Medicare Learning Network
• MLTC Managed Long-Term Care
• MMA Medicare Prescription Drug Improvement and Modernization Act
• MMIS Medicaid Management Information System
• MMSE Mini-Mental State Examination
• MN Minnesota
• MO Missouri
• MOCDD waiver Missouri Children with Developmental Disabilities waiver
• MOST Michigan Opportunities Skills Program
• MOU Memorandum of Understanding
• MPAF Medicare PPS Assessment Form
• MPFS Medicare Physician Fee Schedule
• MPI Master Patient Index
• MPPC Maine Primary Partners in Caregiving
• MPR Mathematica Policy Research
• MQA Medical Quality Assurance
• MR or Medical Review or Mental Retardation or Mentally Retarded
• MR/DD or Mental Retardation and Other Developmental Disabilities or Mentally Retarded and Other Developmental Disabilities
• MRC or Managed Residential Community or Medicare Rights Center
• MREP Medicare Remit Easy Print
• MRHFP Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility Program
• MRI or Medical Records Institute or Myers Research Institute
• MRLA Mental Retardation Local Authority
• MS Mississippi
• MSA or Metropolitan Statistical Area or Minnesota Supplemental Aid
• MSHDA Michigan State Housing Development Authority
• MSHO Minnesota Senior Health Options
• MSO Multi-Service Organization
• MSQ Mental State Questionnaire
• MSIS Medicaid Statistical Information System
• MSPCA Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
• MSO Managed Services Organization
• MSQ Mental Status Questionnaire
• MT Montana
• MTE maximum taxable earning

N

• N4A National Association of Area Agencies on Aging
• NA or Not Applicable or Nurse Aide or Nurse Assistant or Nursing Assistant
• NAC National Advisory Council
• NACCHO National Association of City and County Health Officials
• NACHRI National Association of Childrens Hospitals and Related Institutions
• NADDC National Association of Developmental Disabilities Councils
• NAHC National Association for Home Care
• NAIC National Association of Insurance Commissioners
• NAMCS National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey
• NAPAS National Association of Protection and Advocacy Systems
• NAPHS National Association of Psychiatric Health Systems
• NAS National Academy of Sciences
• NASDDDS or National Association of State Departments of Developmental Disability Services or National Association of State Directors of Developmental Disabilities Services
• NASHP National Academy for State Health Policy
• NASMHPD National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors
• NASUA National Association of State Units on Aging
• NASW National Association of Social Workers
• NBER National Bureau of Economic Research
• NBS National Beneficiary Survey
• NC North Carolina
• NCAL National Center for Assisted Living
• NCANDS National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System
• NCCC National Chronic Care Consortium
• NCCNHR National Citizen's Coalition for Nursing Home Reform
• NCD National Council on Disability
• NCDFS North Carolina Division of Facility Services
• NCDHHS North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services
• NCEA National Center on Elder Abuse
• NCHCFA North Carolina Health Care Facilities Association
• NCHIT National Coordinator for Health Information Technology
• NCHS HHS/CDC National Center for Health Statistics
• NCHSD National Consortium for Health Systems Development
• NCHSR National Center for Health Services Research
• NCI National Cancer Institute
• NCMRR National Center for Medical Rehabilitation Research
• NCOA National Council on the Aging
• NCQA National Committee for Quality Assurance
• NCRC National Consortium and Resource Center
• NCRF National Center of Residential Facilities
• NCRR National Center for Research Resources
• NCS National Comorbidity Survey
• NCS-A National Comorbidity Survey for Adolescents
• NCS-R National Comorbidity Survey Replication
• NCSBN National Council of State Boards of Nursing
• NCSL National Conference of State Legislatures
• NCVHS National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics
• NCVS National Crime Victimization Survey
• ND North Dakota
• NDC National Drug Code
• NDI National Death Index
• NE Nebraska
• NEA National Endowment for the Arts
• NECLC National Emergency Child Locator Center
• NEISS-AIP National Electronic Injury Surveillance System-All Injury Program
• NELS National Education Longitudinal Study
• NF Nursing Facility
• NFCSP National Family Caregiver Support Program
• NGA National Governors Association
• NH or New Hampshire or Nursing Home
• NHAMCS National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey
• NHANES National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
• NHATS National Health and Aging Trends Study
• NHC Nursing Home Component
• NHCS National Health Care Survey
• NHCU Nursing Home Care Unit
• NHD Nursing Home Diversion waiver
• NHDS National Hospital Discharge Survey
• NHES National Household Education Survey
• NHHCS National Home and Hospice Care Survey
• NHIC National Health Information Center
• NHII National Health Information Infrastructure
• NHIN National Health Information Network
• NHIS National Health Interview Survey
• NHIS-D or National Health Interview Survey Disability Supplement or National Health Interview Survey on Disability
• NHO National Hospice Organization
• NHOPP National Hospice Outcomes Planning Project
• NHRA Nursing Home Reform Act
• NHS or National Health Services or National Hospice Study
• NHTSA National Highway and Traffic Safety Administration
• NIA HHS/NIH National Institute on Aging
• NIAAA National Institute Alcoholism and Alcohol Abuse
• NIBRS National Incident-Based Reporting System
• NIC National Investment Conference
• NIDA National Institute of Drug Abuse
• NIDRR National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research
• NIFL National Institute for Literacy
• NIH National Institutes of Health
• NIMH National Institute of Mental Health
• NINR National Institute for Nursing Research
• NIS National Incidence Study of Child Abuse and Neglect
• NIS-2 Study of the National Incidence of Child Abuse and Neglect of 1988
• NISH National Industries for the Severely Handicapped
• NJ New Jersey
• NJ EASE New Jersey Easy Access, Single Entry
• NLTCS National Long-Term Care Survey
• NLM National Library of Medicine
• NLS National Longitudinal Survey
• NLSY National Longitudinal Survey of Youth
• NLSY79 National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979
• NLSY97 National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997
• NLTCS National Long-Term Care Survey
• NLTS National Longitudinal Transition Study
• NLTCS 2012 National Longitudinal Transition Study 2012
• NLTCS2 National Longitudinal Transition Study 2
• NM New Mexico
• NMCES National Medical Care Expenditure Survey
• NMCUES National Medical Care Utilization and Expenditure Survey
• NMES National Medical Expenditures Survey
• NMFS National Mortality Followback Survey
• NMHS North Mississippi Health Services
• NMMC North Mississippi Medical Center
• NNHS National Nursing Home Survey
• NORC or National Opinion Research Center or Naturally Occurring Retirement Community
• NORS National Ombudsman Reporting System
• NOW New Opportunities Waiver
• NP Nurse Practitioner
• NPA National PACE Association
• NPI Naitonal Provider Identifier
• NPP Non-Physician Practitioners
• NPRM Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
• NPSAS National Postsecondary Student Aid Study
• NQF National Quality Forum
• NR Not Reported
• NRA Negotiated Risk Agreement
• NRC-CWDT National Resource Center for Child Welfare Data and Technology
• NRH National Rehabilitation Hospital
• NRH-RC National Rehabilitation Hospital Research Center
• NRI National Research Institute
• NRP National Response Plan
• NS Not Specified
• NS-CSHCN National Survey of Children with Special Health Care Needs
• NSA Notification of Study Admission
• NSCF National Survey of SSI Children and Families
• NSCH National Survey of Children's Health
• NSCSL National Senior Citizens Law Center
• NSDUH National Survey on Drug Use and Health
• NSFH National Survey of Families and Households
• NSGA National Senior Games Association
• NSPO National Study of Physician Organizations
• NSRCF National Survey of Residential Care Facilities
• NSRF National Survey of Residential Facilities
• NSSATS National Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment Services
• NSSCA National Survey of Self Care and Aging
• NSV National Survey of Veterans
• NTID National Technical Institute for the Deaf
• NTIS National Technical Information Service
• NTO Not Taken Out
• NTP National Treatment Plan
• NUD*IST Non-numeric Unstructured Data, Index Searching and Theorizing
• NV Nevada
• NVDRS National Violent Death Reporting System
• NVISS National Violent Injury Statistics System
• NY New York
• NYDoH New York Department of Health
• NYS New York State
• NYSED New York State Education Department

O

• OAA Older Americans Act
• OAS Office of Applied Studies
• OASDI Old-Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance
• OASIS Outcome and Assessment Information Set
• OBA Office of Biotechnology Activities
• OBQI Outcome-Based Quality Improvement
• OBRA Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act
• OBTP Outcomes-Based Treatment Planning
• OCA Office of Client Advocacy
• OCESAA Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act
• OCR Office of Civil Rights
• ODEP Office of Disability Employment Policy
• ODPHP Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
• ODS Office on Disability Services
• OECD Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
• OFC Oregon Fire Code
• OH Ohio
• OHCDS Organized Health Care Delivery Systems
• OHCQ Office of Health Care Quality
• OHDS Office of Human Development Services
• OHIT Office of Health Information Technology
• OHP Oregon Health Plan
• OHRP Office for Human Research Protections
• OIG HHS Office of the Inspector General
• OIS Office of Information Services
• OK Oklahoma
• OK-WARN Oklahoma Weather Alert Remote Notification
• OLS Ordinary Least Squares
• OLTC Office of Long Term Care
• OMB U.S. Office of Management and Budget
• OMH Office of Mental Health
• OMR Office of Mental Retardation
• OMRS Office of Mental Retardation Services
• ONC or Office of the National Coordinator or Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology
• OPAL Online Psychology Alerting
• OPHS Office of Public Health Services
• OPPD Office for Persons with Physical Disabilities
• OPT Outpatient Physical Therapy
• OR Oregon
• ORD Office of Research and Demonstrations
• ORS Office of Regulatory Services
• ORT Operation Restore Trust
• OSCAR or Online Survey and Certification Automated Record or Online Survey, Certification, and Reporting System
• OSERS Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services
• OSHA Occupational Safety and Health Administration
• OSHPD Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development
• OSP Office of Social Programs
• OSS Optional State Supplementation
• OSSC Oregon Structural Specialty Care
• OT or Occupational Therapist or Occupational Therapy

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• P&A Protection and Advocacy
• P4P Pay-for-Performance
• PA or Pennsylvania or Physician Assistant
• PAC Post-Acute Care
• PACE Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly
• PACS or Picture Archiving and Communication System or Picture Archiving Communications System
• PACT Programs for Assertive Community Treatment
• PADL Performance Activities of Daily Living Scale
• PAHPA Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act
• PAI Patient Assessment Instrument
• PAL or Partners for Active Lifestyle or PTXT Application Language
• PALS Participation and Activity Limitation Survey
• PARC Practices and Resources Clearinghouse
• PAS or Personal Assistance Service or Potential Advantages Score or Pre-Admission Screening
• PASARR Pre-Admission Screening and Annual Resident Review
• PASP Personal Assistance Services Program
• PASS Plans for Achieving Self Support
• PATH Pennsylvania Transition to Home
• PBM Pharmacy Benefit Manager
• PBS Public Broadcasting System
• PC or Pastoral Counseling or Personal Care or Personal Computer
• PCA or Personal Care Aide/Assistant/Attendant or Personal Care Alternatives or Personal Care Assistance or Philadelphia Corporation on Aging
• PCC or Parent and Child Center or Primary Care Clinician
• PCCM Primary Care Case Management
• PCH Personal Care Home
• PCP or Primary Care Physician or Primary Care Provider
• PCRS Patient Care Record System
• PCS Personal Care Service
• PCSP Provider Customer Service Program
• PDA or Pennsylvania Department on Aging or Personal Digital Assistant
• PDF or Portable Document File or Portable Document Format
• PDS Potential Disadvantages Score
• PDUFA Prescription Drug User Fee Act
• PEACH Positive Employment and Community Help
• PEG tube Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostromy Tube
• PEP Physicians Enhanced Program
• PERS Personal Emergency Response System
• PETI Post-Eligibility Treatment of Income
• P/FDS waiver or PFDS waiver Person and Family Direct Support waiver
• PFI Physical Functioning Inventory
• PFTH Program for the Handicapped
• PGC Philadelphia Geriatric Center
• PHA Public Housing Authority
• PHEP Public Health Emergency Preparedness
• PHI or Paraprofessional Healthcare Institute or Protected Health Information
• PHP Prepaid Health Plan
• PHS Public Health Service
• PI Principal Investigator
• PIC HHS Policy Information Center
• PIO Public Information Officer
• PIRS Patient Index Reimbursement System
• PMAP Pre-paid Medical Assistance Program
• PMHS Public Mental Health System
• PMRI Patient Medical Record Information
• PNA Personal Needs Allowance
• PNMI Private Non-Medical Institution
• PNS Projects of National Significance
• POC or Point Of Care or Point-of-Care
• POLST or Physician Order for Life-Sustaining Treatment or Physician's Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment
• POS or Place of Service or Point of Service or Provider of Service
• PPA Preferred Provider Arrangement
• PPACA Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
• PPO Preferred Provider Organization
• PPS Prospective Payment System
• PQ Partnership Qualified
• PQRI Physician Quality Reporting Initiative
• PREP Preparedness, Enrichment, and Predictability
• PRF Public Residential Facility
• PRI or Patient Referral Instrument or Patrice Review Instrument
• PRN Pro re nata (commonly used to mean "as needed" in Latin)
• PRO Peer Review Organization
• ProPAC Prospective Payment Assessment Commission
• PRTF Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facility
• PRWORA Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunities Reconciliation Act
• PSDA Patient Self-Determination Act
• PSID Panel Study of Income Dynamics
• PSO Provider Sponsored Organization
• PSR or Physical Status Review or Psychosocial Rehabilitation
• PSU or Prescreening Unit or Primary Sampling Unit
• PSUR Periodic Safety Update Report
• PT or Part-Time or Physical Therapist or Physical Therapy
• PTA Parent-Teacher Association
• PUF Public Use File
• PUNS Prioritization of Urgency and Need for Services
• PVRP Physician Voluntary Reporting Program
• PVS Permanent Vegetative State
• PWA People with HIV/AIDS
• PWD People with Disabilities

Q

• QA Quality Assurance
• QALY Quality-Adjusted Life Year
• QAN Quality Assurance Nurse
• QI or Quality Improvement or Quality Indicator or Qualified Individual
• QIC Quality Improvement Consultant
• QIO Quality Improvement Organization
• QIP Quality Improvement Project
• QM or Quality Matters or Quality Measure
• QMB Qualified Medicare Beneficiary
• QMHP Qualified Mental Health Professional
• QPU Quarterly Provider Update
• QRS Quality Reporting System

R

• R&D Research and Development
• RAI Resident Assessment Instrument
• RAM Reverse Annuity Mortgage
• RAP Resident Assessment Protocol
• RBRVS Resource-Based Relative Value Scale
• RC or Related Condition or Residential Care
• RCAC Residential Care Apartment Complex
• RCF Residential Care Facility
• RCFE Residential Care Facility for the Elderly
• RCH Residential Care Home
• RCHLA Residential Care Home Licensing Act
• RCI Rosalynn Carter Institute
• RCS Residential Care Setting
• RCT Randomized Clinical Trial
• REACH Realizing Economic Achievement
• RF Rehabilitation Facility
• RFID Radio Frequency Identification
• RFP Request for Proposal
• RFW Residential Facility Waiver
• RHC Rural Health Clinic
• RHIO Regional Health Information Organization
• RHORC Regional Health Occupations Resource Center
• RI Rhode Island
• RIA Regulatory Impact Analysis
• RIF Research Identifiable File
• RISP Residential Information Systems Project
• RN Registered Nurse
• RO Regional Office
• RPS Representative Payee System
• RR Relative Risk
• RRG Risk Retention Group
• RRT Rapid Response Team
• RSA Rehabilitation Services Administration
• RSN Regional Support Network
• RTAC Research and Technical Assistance Center
• RTC or Research and Training Center or Residential Treatment Center
• RTC-MR&HP Research and Training Center in Medical Rehabilitation and Health Policy
• RTF Residential Treatment Facility
• RTI Research Triangle Institute
• RUG Resource Utilization Group
• RVU Relative Value Unit
• RWJF Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

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• SA Special Assistance
• SACHRP Secretary's Advisory Committee on Human Research Protections
• SACRR Secretary's Advisory Committee on Regulatory Reform
• SACWIS Statewide Automated Child Welfare Information System
• SAMHSA HHS Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
• SAMM Self-Administered Medication Management
• SAPTBG Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Block Grant
• SBA Small Business Administration
• SBHC School-Based Health Center
• SBHI Small Business Health Insurance
• SC South Carolina
• SCF Survey of Consumer Finances
• SCHIP State Children's Health Insurance Program
• SCI Spinal Cord Injury
• SCSEP Senior Community Service Employment Program
• SCU Special Care Unit
• SCU-A Special Care Unit for Personson with Alzheimer's and Related Disorders
• SD South Dakota
• SDO Standards Development Organization
• SDRI San Diego Rehabilitation Institute
• SDSD Senior and Disabled Services Division
• SDWP Self-Determination Waiver Program
• SE Supported Employment
• SEBHI School Enrollment-Based Health Insurance
• SED Serious Emotional Disturbance
• SEER Surveillance Epidemiology and End Results
• SEP Service Entry Point
• SFY State Fiscal Year
• SGA or Solicitation for Grant Application or Substantial Gainful Activity
• SHCC Statewide Health Coordinating Council
• SHIP State Health Insurance Assistance Programs
• SHP Specialized Health Plans
• SHMO Social Health Maintenance Organization
• SHPDA State Health Planning and Development Agency
• SILJ Survey of Inmates in Local Jails
• SIP Survey of Institutionalized Persons
• SIPP Survey of Income and Program Participation
• SIS Special Income Standard
• SIFCF Survey of Inmates of Federal Correctional Facilities
• SISCF Survey of Inmates of State Correctional Facilities
• SISCF/SIFCF Survey of Inmates of State and Federal Correctional Facilities
• SJ Summary Judgment
• SLF Supportive Living Facility
• SLMB Specified Low-Income Medicaid Beneficiary
• SLS Support Living Services
• SMA Standard Metropolitan Area
• SMHA State Mental Health Agency
• SMI Serious Mental Illness
• SMQT Surveyor Minimum Qualifications Test
• SMWT Self-Managed Work Team
• SN Skilled Nursing
• SNAKE Special Needs Assessment for Katrina Evacuees
• SNCC Schervier Nursing Care Center
• SNDO Standard Nomenclature of Diseases and Operations
• SNF Skilled Nursing Facility
• SNOMED Systemized Nomenclature of Medicine
• SNOMED-CT Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine-Clinical Terms
• SNU Skilled Nursing Unit
• SOA Supplement on Aging
• SPA State Plan Amendment
• SPD or Seniors and People with Disabilities or Summary Plan Description or Survey of Program Dynamics
• SPED Service Payments for Elderly and Disabled program
• SPIA Single-Premium Immediate Annuity
• SPMSQ Short Portable Mental Status Questionnaire
• SPR Standard Paper Remittance
• SPRY Setting Priorities for Retirement Now
• SS/HS Safe Schools/Healthy Schools
• SSA U.S. Social Security Administration
• SSAW Supports Services for Adults Waiver
• SSB SIPP Synthetic Beta
• SSBG Social Services Block Grant
• SSC Special Services for Children
• SSDI Social Security Disability Insurance
• SSI Supplemental Security Income
• SSL Social Service Law
• SSN Social Security Number
• SSP State Supplemental Payment
• SUPPORT Study to Understand Prognoses and Preferences for Outcomes and Risks of Treatments
• SWPPA Southwestern Pennsylvania Partnerships on Aging

T

• T-TAP Training and Technical Assistance for Providers
• TA Technical Assistance
• TAG Technical Advisory Group
• TAHSA Texas Association of Homes and Services for the Aging
• TAL Tandem Application Language
• TANF Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
• TAR Treatment Administration Record
• TB Tuberculosis
• TBD To Be Determined
• TBI Traumatic Brain Injury
• TC Trial Court
• TCM Targeted Case Management
• TCU Transitional Care Unit
• TDHS Texas Department of Human Services
• TEFRA Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act
• TEP Technical Expert Panel
• TEPR Towards the Electronic Paper Record
• TESA Training and Encouragement for Senior Activity
• THCA Texas Health Care Association
• TIA Transient Ischemic Attack
• TILE Texas Index for Level of Effort
• TIP Treatment Improvement Protocol
• TIRR The Institute for Rehabilitation and Research
• Title XIX Medicaid (Title XIX of the Social Security Act)
• TLC Transition to Life in the Community
• TLG Through the Looking Glass
• TN Tennessee
• TNH Teaching Nursing Home
• TOM Task Order Monitor
• TOO Task Order Officer
• TPN Total Parenteral Nutrition
• TSP Thrift Savings Plan
• TTW Ticket to Work
• TTY or Telephone Typerwriter or Teletypewriter
• TWP Trial Work Period
• TWWIIA Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Act
• TX Texas
• TxHL waiver Texas Home Living waiver

U

• UC Utilization Control
• UCDHSC University of Colorado at Denver Health Sciences Center
• UCHSC University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
• UCLA University of California, Los Angeles
• UCR Uniform Crime Report
• UDS United Disability Services
• UHIN Utah Health Information Network
• UHINT Utah Health Information Network Tool
• UI or Unemployment Insurance or Urban Institute
• UKPDS United Kingdom Prospective Diabetes Study
• UPIN Unique Physician Identification Number
• UR Utilization Review
• URAC Utilization Review Accreditation Commission
• USDA U.S. Department of Agriculture
• USF University of Southern Florida
• UT Utah
• UTI Urinary Track Infection

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• VA or U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (previously the U.S. Veterans Administration) or U.S. Veterans Administration (now the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs) or Virginia
• VAMC Veterans Affairs Medical Center
• VAWA Violence Against Women Act
• VCIS Voluntary Cooperative Information Systems
• VIReC VA Information Resource Center
• VISN Veterans Integrated Service Network
• VistA Veterans Health Information System and Technology Architecture
• VNA Visiting Nurse Association
• VNS Visiting Nurse Service
• VNSNY Visiting Nurse Service of New York
• VOICES Victory Over Impairments of Communication, Expression and Speech
• VR Vocational Rehabilitation
• VR&E Vocational Rehabilitation and Education
• VSP Vertical Service Provider
• VT Vermont

W

• WA Washington State
• WAHSA Wisconsin Association of Homes and Services for the Aging
• WB War Baby cohort
• WBT Web-Based Training
• WCGA Wisconsin Caregiver Association
• WEARC Waiver for the Elderly in Adult Residential Care
• WETA Worker Education, Training and Assistance
• WHO World Health Organization
• WI Wisconsin
• WIA Workforce Investment Act
• WIB Workforce Investment Board
• WIC Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants, and Children
• WIN Welfare Information Network
• WLLLW Women Living Long and Living Well
• WLS Wisconsin Longitudinal Study
• WtW Welfare-to-Work
• WV West Virginia
• WY Wyoming

Y

• YETP  Youth Employment and Training Program

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