[Background Material and Data on Programs within the Jurisdiction of the Committee on Ways and Means (Green Book)]
[Acronyms]
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ACRONYMS
AAPCC adjusted average per capita cost
ABAWD able-bodied adults without dependents
ABC A Better Chance
ACF Administration for Children and
Families
ACR adjusted community rate
ACT Achieving Change for Texans
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
AFI adjusted family income
AGI adjusted gross income
AIDS acquired immune deficiency syndrome
AIME average indexed monthly earnings
ALJ administrative law judge
APC ambulatory payment classification
APHSA American Public Human Services
Association
ASC ambulatory surgical center
ASSETS Avenues to Self-Sufficiency through
Employment and Training
AWIU average weekly insured unemployment
BBA Balanced Budget Act
BBRA Balanced Budget Refinement Act
BLS Bureau of Labor Statistics
CACFP Child and Adult Care Food Program
CAH critical access hospital
CAMP College Assistance Migrant Program
CAP Child Assistance Program
CAPTA Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment
Act of 1974
CBO Congressional Budget Office
CCDBG Child Care and Development Block Grant
CCDF Child Care and Development Fund
CCPD continuous cycling peritoneal dialysis
CDR continuing disability review
CETA Comprehensive Employment and Training
Act
CEX Consumer Expenditure Survey
CNMI Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana
Islands
COBRA Consolidated Omnibus Budget
Reconciliation Act of 1985
COGME Council on Graduate Medical Education
COLA cost-of-living adjustment
CPAC Competitive Pricing Advisory Committee
CPI Consumer Price Index
CPI-U Consumer Price Index for All Urban
Consumers
CPI-W Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage
Earners and Clerical Workers
CPS Current Population Survey
CRS Congressional Research Service
CSE Child Support Enforcement Program
CSFP Commodity Supplemental Food Program
CSRS Civil Service Retirement System
DAA drug addiction and alcoholism
DCTC dependent care tax credit
DDS Disability Determination Service
DHHS U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services
DI disability insurance
DIC dependency and indemnity compensation
DME durable medical equipment
DMERC durable medical equipment regional
carrier
DNA deoxyribonucleic acid
DOL U.S. Department of Labor
DRG diagnosis-related group
DSH disproportionate share hospital
EA emergency assistance
EB extended benefits
EBT electronic benefit transfer
EIC earned income credit
EITC earned income tax credit
EMPOWER Employing and Moving People Off Welfare
and Encouraging Responsibility
EPO erythropoietin
ERISA Employee Retirement Income Security Act
of 1974
ES Employment Service
ESAA Employment Security Administration
Account
ESRD end-stage renal disease
EUC emergency unemployment compensation
EUCA Extended Unemployment Compensation
Account
FCS Food and Consumer Service
FDIC Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
FDP Family Development Program
FECA Federal Employees' Compensation Account
FERS Federal Employee's Retirement System
Act of 1986
FICA Federal Insurance Contributions Act
FIP Family Investment Program
FMAP Federal medical assistance percentage
FNS Food and Nutrition Service
FPL Federal poverty level
FPLS Federal Parent Locator Service
FRA full retirement age
FSA Family Support Act
FTE full-time equivalent
FTP Family Transition Program
FUA Federal Unemployment Account
FUTA Federal Unemployment Tax Act
GA general assistance
GAF geographic adjustment factor
GAIN Greater Avenues for Independence
Program
GAO U.S. General Accounting Office
GDP gross domestic product
GED general education degree
GI gastrointestinal
GME graduate medical education
GPCI geographic practice cost index
HCD human capital development
HCFA Health Care Financing Administration
HEP Migrant High School Equivalency Program
HHA home health agency
HI hospital insurance
HIAA Health Insurance Association of America
HIPAA Health Insurance Portability and
Accountability Act
HIV human immunodeficiency virus
HMO health maintenance organization
HoDAG Rental Housing Development Grant
HOME Home Investment Partnerships Program
HOPE Home Ownership and Opportunity for
People Everywhere Program
HOPWA Housing Opportunities for Persons with
AIDS Program
HUD U.S. Department of Housing and Urban
Development
IADL instrumental activities of daily living
IME indirect medical education
IMG international medical graduates
INA Immigration and Nationality Act
IPA independent practice associations
IPS interim payment system
IRA individual retirement account
IRC Internal Revenue Code
IRS Internal Revenue Service
IUR insured unemployment rate
JOBS Job Opportunities and Basic Skills
Training Program
JTPA Job Training Partnership Act
LAE limitation on administrative expenses
LEAP Learning, Earning, and Parenting
LEAP Leveraging Educational Assistance
Partnerships
LFA labor force attachment
LHWCA Longshore and Harbor Workers'
Compensation Act
LIHEAP Low-Income Home Energy Assistance
Program
LMSA section 8 loan management set-aside
LOS length-of-stay (outliers)
M+C Medicare+Choice
MAF medical assistance facility
MBI market basket index
MCCA Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act
MDH Medicare dependent hospitals
MDRC Manpower Demonstration Research
Corporation
MedPAC Medicare Payment Advisory Commission
MEDPAR Medicare Provider Analysis and Review
MEI Medicare economic index
MEPA Multiethnic Placement Act
MFIP Minnesota Family Investment Program
MGIB Montgomery GI bill
MMCC Medicare Managed Care Contract
MOE maintenance of effort
MPPAA Multiemployer Pension Plan Amendments
Act of 1980
MSA medical savings account
MSA metropolitan statistical area
MVPS Medicare volume performance standard
NAFTA North American Free Trade Agreement
NCANDS National Child Abuse and Neglect Data
System
NCCSS National Child Care Staffing Study
NCHS National Center for Health Statistics
NEWWS National Evaluation of Welfare-to-Work
Strategies
NF nursing facility
NICHD National Institute of Child Health and
Human Development
NIS National Incidence Study of Child Abuse
and Neglect
NSAF National Survey of America's Families
OASDI Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability
Insurance Program
OASI Old-Age and Survivors Insurance
OASIS outcome and assessment information set
OBRA Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act
OCR Office for Civil Rights
OCSE Federal Office of Child Support
Enforcement
OECD Organization for Economic Cooperation
and Development
OES Occupational Employment Statistics
Program
OMB Office of Management and Budget
OPD outpatient department
OPEC Organization of Petroleum Exporting
Countries
OTCA Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act
of 1988
PASS plan for achieving self-support
PBGC Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
PCCM primary care case management programs
PD property disposition
PFS Parent's Fair Share Demonstration
PIA primary insurance amount
PIMS Pension Insurance Modeling System
PIP-DCG principal inpatient diagnostic cost
group
PNA personal needs allowance
PPA Pension Protection Act of 1987
PPO preferred provider organization
PPS prospective payment system
PRO peer review organization
ProPAC Prospective Payment Assessment
Commission
PRWORA Personal Responsibility and Work
Opportunity Reconciliation Act
PSO provider-sponsored organization
QC quality control
QDWI qualified disabled and working
individual
QI qualifying individual
QMB qualified Medicare beneficiary
RCCI residential child care institution
RHS Rural Housing Service
RPA Retirement Protection Act of 1994
RRA Railroad Retirement Act
RRB U.S. Railroad Retirement Board
RRC rural referral centers
RUGs-III resource utilization groups
RVU relative value unit
SACWIS Statewide Automated Child Welfare
Information System
SAVE Systematic Alien Verification for
Entitlements Program
SCH sole community hospital
SCHIP State Children's Health Insurance
Program
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
SSDI Social Security Disability Insurance
SSI Supplemental Security Income
SSN Social Security number
SSP State supplemental payments
SSP separate State program
TAA Trade Adjustment Assistance Program for
Workers
TAF Temporary Assistance to Families
TAFDC Transitional Aid to Families with
Children
TANF Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
TEA Transitional Employment Assistance
TEA Transportation Equity Act
TEFAP The Emergency Food Assistance Program
TEFRA Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility
Act of 1982
TFP Thrifty Food Plan
TMA transitional medical assistance
TPD Teenage Parent Demonstration
TPR termination of parental rights
TQ transitional quarter
TRA trade readjustment allowances
TSMF To Strengthen Michigan Families
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
VA Department of Veterans Affairs
VCIS Voluntary Cooperative Information
System
VIEW Virginia Initiative for Employment not
Welfare
WIA Workforce Investment Act of 1998
WIC Special Supplemental Nutrition Program
for Women, Infants, and Children
WRP Welfare Restructuring Project
WTW welfare-to-work