[Background Material and Data on Programs within the Jurisdiction of the Committee on Ways and Means (Green Book)]
[Acronyms]
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[1998 Green Book] ACRONYMS
AAICAMA Association of Administrators of the
Interstate Compact on Adoption and
Medical Assistance
AAPCC adjusted average per capita cost
AC appeals council
ACF Administration for Children and
Families
ACR adjusted community rate
ADC Aid to Dependent Children
ADL activities of daily living
AFCARS Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and
Reporting System
AFDC Aid to Families with Dependent Children
AFDC-UP Aid to Families with Dependent
Children--Unemployed Parent
AGI adjusted gross income
AHCPR Agency for Health Care Policy and
Research
AIME average indexed monthly earnings
ALJ administrative law judge
ALS advanced life support
AMP average manufacturer price
APWA American Public Welfare Association
ASC ambulatory surgical center
ATP authorization-to-participate card
AWIU average weekly insured unemployment
BBA Balanced Budget Act
BLS Bureau of Labor Statistics
BLS basic life support
CACFP Child and Adult Care Food Program
CAMP College Assistance Migrant Program
CAPD continuous ambulatory peritoneal
dialysis
CAPTA Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment
Act of 1974
CBO Congressional Budget Office
CCDBG Child Care and Development Block Grant
CCPD continuous cycling peritoneal dialysis
CDC Centers for Disease Control
CDF Children's Defense Fund
CDR continuing disability review
CMN certificate of medical necessity
CMP competitive medical plan
COBRA Consolidated Omnibus Budget
Reconciliation Act of 1985
COLA cost-of-living adjustment
CPAC Competitive Pricing Advisory Committee
CPI Consumer Price Index
CPI-U Consumer Price Index for Urban
Consumers
CPI-W Consumer Price Index for Wage Earners
and Clerical Workers
CPS Current Population Survey
CPT current procedural terminology
CRNA certified registered nurse anesthetist
CRS Congressional Research Service
CSE Child Support Enforcement Program
CSFP Commodity Supplemental Food Program
CSRS Civil Service Retirement System
CWEP Community Work Experience Program
DAA drug addiction and alcoholism
DCTC dependent care tax credit
DDS disability determination service
DEFRA Deficit Reduction Act of 1984
DI disability insurance
DIC dependency and indemnity compensation
DHHS Department of Health and Human Services
DME durable medical equipment
DOL Department of Labor
DOT Department of Treasury
DRC delayed retirement credit
DRG diagnosis-related group
DSH disproportionate share hospital
DUR drug utilization review
EA emergency assistance
EAC estimated acquisition cost
EB extended benefits
EBT electronic benefit transfer
EFT electronic funds transfer
EIC earned income credit
EITC earned income tax credit
EPO erythropoietin
EPSDT early and periodic screening,
diagnosis, and treatment
ERISA Employee Retirement Income Security Act
of 1974
ES Employment Service
ESAA employment security administration
account
ESOP employee stock ownership plan
ESRD end-stage renal disease
ETA Employment and Training Administration
EUC emergency unemployment compensation
EUCA extended unemployment compensation
account
FCS Food and Consumer Service
FECA Federal employee compensation account
FERS Federal Employee's Retirement System
Act of 1986
FFP Federal financial participation
FHA Federal Housing Administration
FmHA Farmers Home Administration
FPLS Federal Parent Locator Service
FQHC federally qualified health center
FSB Federal Supplemental Benefits Program
FSC Federal Supplemental Compensation
Program
FTE full-time equivalent
FUA Federal unemployment account
FUBA Federal Unemployment Benefits and
Allowances Account
FUTA Federal Unemployment Tax Act
GA general assistance
GAF geographic adjustment factor
GDP gross domestic product
GME graduate medical education
GPCI geographic practice cost index
HCD human capital development
HCFA Health Care Financing Administration
HCPP health care prepayment plan
HEP Migrant High School Equivalency Program
HHA home health agency
HHS Department of Health and Human Services
HI hospital insurance
HIPAA Health Insurance Portability and
Accountability Act
HLA human leukocyte antigen
HMO health maintenance organization
HOPE Home Ownership and Opportunity for
People Everywhere Program
HUD U.S. Department of Housing and Urban
Development
IADL instrumental activities of daily living
ICF/MR intermediate care facility for the
mentally retarded
ICH Interagency Council on Homelessness
IDA individual development account
IFA individualized functional assessment
IIRIRA Illegal Immigration Reform and
Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996
IMD institutions for mental disease
IME indirect medical education
IMG international medical graduates
INA Immigration and Nationality Act
INS Immigration and Naturalization Service
IOL intraocular lens
IPD intermittent peritoneal dialysis
IRP individual responsibility plan
IRS Internal Revenue Service
IUR insured unemployment rate
IWPR Institute for Women's Policy Research
JOBS Job Opportunities and Basic Skills
Training Program
JS job search
JTPA Job Training Partnership Act
LFA labor force attachment
LIHEAP Low-Income Home Energy Assistance
Program
LMSA section 8 loan management set-aside
LOS length-of-stay (outliers)
MAAC maximum allowable actual charge
MBI market basket index
MCBS Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey
MCCA Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act
MDH Medicare dependent hospitals
MDRC Manpower Demonstration Research
Corporation
MedPAC Medicare Payment Advisory Commission
MEI Medicare economic index
MFS Medicare fee schedule
MGIB Montgomery GI bill
MOE maintenance of effort
MPPAA Multiemployer Pension Plan Amendments
Act of 1980
MSA medical savings account
MSA metropolitan statistical area
MSP Medicare Secondary Payer Program
MVPS Medicare volume performance standard
NAFTA North American Free Trade Agreement
NF nursing facility
NGA National Governors' Association
NIQCS National Integrated Quality Control
System
NLSY National Longitudinal Study of Youth
OASDI Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability
Insurance Program
OASI Old-Age and Survivors Insurance
OBRA Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of
1981
OCSE Federal Office of Child Support
Enforcement
OECD Organization for Economic Cooperation
and Development
OJT on-the-job training
OMB Office of Management and Budget
OPD outpatient department
OPEC Organization of Petroleum Exporting
Countries
OTCA Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act
of 1988
PA physician assistant
PASS plan for achieving self-support
PBGC Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
PCCM primary care case management programs
PCS profile of child care settings
PD property disposition
PIA primary insurance amount
PIC private industry council
PLS parent locator service
PNA personal needs allowance
POS point-of-service
PPA Pension Protection Act of 1987
PPO preferred provider organization
PPRC Physician Payment Review Commission
PPS prospective payment system
PRO peer review organization
ProPAC Prospective Payment Assessment
Commission
PRUCOL permanently residing in the United
States under color of law
PRWORA Personal Responsibility and Work
Opportunity Reconciliation Act
PSO provider-sponsored organizations
PSRO Professional Standards Review
Organization
QC quality control
QDWI qualified disabled and working
individual
QMB qualified Medicare beneficiary
RBRVS resource-based relative value scale
RCCI residential child care institution
RUI Railroad Unemployment Insurance System
REACH Residential Energy Assistance Challenge
Program
RPA Retirement Protection Act of 1994
RRB Railroad Retirement Board
RRC rural referral centers
RRC regional referral center
RUGs-III resource utilization groups
RVU relative value unit
SACWIS Statewide Automated Child Welfare
Information Systems
SAVE Systematic Alien Verification for
Entitlement Program
SCH sole community hospital
S-CHIP State Children's Health Insurance
Program
SDA service delivery area
SECA Self-Employment Contributions Act
SEPPAA Single Employer Pension Plan Amendments
Act of 1986
SGA substantial gainful activity
SGR sustainable growth rate
SIMPLE Savings Incentive Match Plan for
Employees
SIPP Survey of Income and Program
Participation
SLMB specified low-income Medicare
beneficiary
SMI supplementary medical insurance
SNF skilled nursing facility
SSA Social Security Administration
SSBG Social Services Block Grant Program
SSI Supplemental Security Income
SSIG State Student Incentive Grant Program
SSP State supplementary payments
TAA Trade Adjustment Assistance Program for
Workers
TANF Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
TCC Transitional Child Care Assistance
Program
TEFAP The Emergency Food Assistance Program
TEFRA Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility
Act of 1982
TENS transcutaneous electrical nerve
stimulators
TFP Thrifty Food Plan
TPR termination of parental rights
TRA trade readjustment allowances
TUR total unemployment rate
TWP trial work period
UC unemployment compensation
UEFJA Uniform Enforcement of Foreign
Judgments Act
UI unemployment insurance
UIFSA Uniform Interstate Family Support Act
URESA Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of
Support Act
USPCC U.S. per capita costs
VA Department of Veterans Affairs
VCIS Voluntary Cooperative Information
System
VPS volume performance standard
VR vocational rehabilitation
WIC Special Supplemental Nutrition Program
for Women, Infants, and Children
WIN Work Incentive Program
WOTC work opportunity tax credit
WOW Wyoming Opportunities for Work Program
WTW welfare-to-work