A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
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- AA/NA -
Alcoholics Anonymous/Narcotics Anonymous
- ABW -
Adult Benefit Wavers
- ACAC -
Affiliation Consumer Advisory Council
- ACCESS -
Access point for persons in obtaining services. Access is more than having insurance
coverage or the ability to pay for services. It is also determined by the availability,
acceptability, and appropriateness of services
- ACF -
Adult Care Facility
- ACT -
Assertive Community Treatment
- AD -
Advance Directive
- ADA -
Americans with Disabilities Act
- ADD -
Attention Deficit Disorder
- ADHD -
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
- ADL -
Advanced Daily Living Skills- Training in self care, cooking, housekeeping, and
other skills needed for daily living.
- AFC -
Adult Foster Care
- AI -
Autistically Impaired
- AIDS -
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
- ALOS -
Average Length of Stay
- AMA -
American Medical Association; Against Medical Advice
- AMI -
Alliance on Mental Illness
- APA -
American Psychiatric Association
- APS -
adult protective services
- ARC -
Association for Retarded Citizens (formerly "Children")
- ASAP -
As soon as possible
- ASD -
Autism Spectrum Disorder
- ASL -
American Sign Language
- ATO -
Alternate Treatment Order
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- BHS -
Bay Human Services
- BID -
Twice Daily
- BPD -
Borderline Personality Disorder
- BS -
Bachelors of Science
- BSN -
Bachelors of Science-Nursing
- BSW -
Bachelor of Social Work
- BTP -
Behavior Treatment Plan
- BUS -
Building Usage Summary
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- CA -
Substance Abuse Coordinating Agency
- CAC -
Credentialed Alcoholism Counselor
- CAFAS -
Child and Adolescent Functional Assessment Scale
- CANC -
Child Abuse and Neglect Council
- CAP -
Client Advisory Panel
- CARF -
Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities
- CBT -
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- CBVH -
Commission for the Blind & Visually Handicapped
- CEO -
Chief Executive Officer
- CFO -
Chief Financial Officer
- CFR -
Code of Federal Regulations
- CHAMPS -
Community Health Automated Medicaid Processing System
- CISM -
Critical Incident Stress Management
- CLS -
Community Living Supports
- CMH -
Community Mental Health
- CMHAMM -
Community Mental Health Affiliation of Mid-Michigan
- CMHSA -
Community Mental Health Service Program
- CMHSP -
Community Mental Health Service Program
- CMS -
Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services
- CoA -
Commission on Aging
- COD -
Co-occurring Disorders
- COPD -
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
- CP -
Cerebral Palsy
- CPR -
Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation
- CPS -
Child Protective Services
- CQI -
Continuous Quality Improvement
- CSC -
Criminal Sexual Conduct
- CSM -
Client Services Manager
- CSR -
Consumer Service Representative
- CSW -
Certified Social Worker
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- DCW -
Direct Care Worker
- DD -
Developmental Disabilities or Developmentally Disabled
- DHS -
Department of Human Services
- DIC -
Drop-in Center
- DME -
Durable Medical Equipment
- DNKA -
Did not keep appointment
- DNR -
Do Not Resuscitate
- DOB -
Date of Birth
- DPOA -
Durable Power Of Attorney
- Dual -
DX Dual Diagnosis--Usually refers to persons with both a mental illness and substance
abuse problem, though sometimes refers to persons with mental illness and developmental
disability.
- DVA -
Division of Veterans Affairs
- Dx -
Diagnosis
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- e.g. -
For Example
- EAP -
Employee Assistance Program
- EBPs -
Evidence Based Practices
- EEO -
Equal Employment Opportunity
- EI -
Emotionally Impaired
- EMOD -
Environmental Modification
- Empathize -
Listen
- EMS -
Emergency Medical Services
- EPSDT -
Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment (Medicaid Screening)
- ER or ED -
Emergency Room or Emergency Dept
- ES -
Emergency Services
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- FAS -
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
- FC -
Foster Care
- FFS -
Fee For Service
- FMLA -
Family and Medical Leave Act
- FOC -
Friend of the Court
- FOIA -
Freedom of Information Act
- FS -
Fee Schedule--A listing of fees or allowances for specified medical or health procedures,
which usually represent the minimum amounts the program or plan will pay for specified
procedures (also known as table of allowances).
- FSS -
Family Support Subsidy; Family Support Services
- FTE -
Full Time Equivalent
- FY -
Fiscal Year
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- G&A -
Grievance and Appeal - Process for consumers to appeal services that are: denied,
delayed, reduced, terminated or suspended.
- GAF -
Global Assessment of Functioning
- GCCMH -
Gratiot County Community Mental Health
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- HB -
Home Based
- HCRA -
Health Care Reform Act
- HHS -
Home Help Services
- HI -
Hearing Impaired
- HIPAA -
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996
- HIV -
Human Immunodeficiency Virus
- HMO -
Health Maintenance Organization
- HR -
Human Resources; Heart Rate; Hour
- HUD -
Housing and Urban Development
- HV -
Home Visit
- Hx -
History
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- i.e. -
In Other Words
- IC -
Informed Choice - A decision made by a person served that is based on sufficient
experience and knowledge, including exposure, awareness, interactions, or instructional
opportunities, so that the choice is made with adequate awareness and understanding
of the alternatives and consequences of the options available
- ICAP -
Inventory for Client and Agency Planning (Assessment Used for Persons with DD)
- ICF -
Intermediate Care Facility
- ICF/DD -
Intermediate Care Facility for the Developmentally Disabled
- ICF/MR -
Intermediate Care Facility for the Mentally Retarded
- ICU -
Intensive Care Unit
- IEP -
Individualized Education Plan
- ILS -
Independent Living Skills
- IMH -
Infant Mental Health
- IPOS -
Individual Plan Of Service
- IQ -
Intelligence Quotient
- IR -
Intensive Rehabilitation or Incident Report
- IS -
Informational Systems
- ISD -
Individual Service District; Intermediate School District
- IV -
Intravenous
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- JD -
Jail Diversion
- JJ -
Juvenile Justice
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- KIDDS -
Children's Respite Program
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- LBSW -
Licensed Bachelor's Social Worker
- LCSW -
Licensed Clinical Social Worker
- LD -
Learning Disability, Learning Disabled
- LLPC -
Limited Licensed Professional Counselor
- LMSW -
Licensed Master Social Worker
- LOC -
Level of Care
- LOF -
Level Of Functionality
- LOS -
Line-of-Sight or level of supervision or Length of Stay
- LPC -
Licensed Professional Counselor
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- MA -
Medicaid or Master of Arts
- MCO -
Managed Care Organization
- MD -
Medical Doctor
- MDCH -
Michigan Department of Community Health
- MESC -
Michigan Employment Security Commission
- mg -
Milligram
- MH -
Mental Health
- MHC -
Mental Health Code
- MI/MR -
Mental Illness/Mental Retardation
- MIA -
Mentally Impaired Adult
- MIC -
Mentally Impaired Child
- MIChild -
Michigan Health Care Program for low-income children
- MIS -
Management Information Systems
- MJC-RS/MRS -
Michigan Jobs Commission-Rehabilitation Services/Michigan Rehab Services
- MN -
Medically Necessary - Services or supplies which meet the following tests: they
are appropriate and necessary for the symptoms, diagnosis, or treatment of the medical
condition; They are provided for the diagnosis or the direct-care and treatment
of the medical condition; They meets the standards of good medial practice within
the medical community in the service area; They are not primarily for the convenience
of the plan member or plan provider and; They are the most appropriate level or
supply of service which can safely be provided.
- MPA -
Masters of Public Administration
- MPRI -
Michigan Prisoner Reentry Initiative
- MSDS -
Material Safety Data Sheet
- MSE -
Mental Status Exam
- MSSW -
Master of Science in Social Work
- MSW -
Master of Social Work
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- N/A -
Not Applicable
- NAMI -
National Alliance on Mental Illness
- NASW -
National Alliance of Social Workers
- NCBH -
National Council for Community Behavioral Health
- NF -
Nursing Facility
- NOS -
Not Otherwise Specified
- NP -
Nurse Practitioner
- NS -
Natural Supports - Natural Supports Can be defined as personal ways of getting help
for things an individual cannot do on his/her own. A "natural" support is a parent,
relative, neighbor, church, or close friend with whom someone already has an existing
and trusting relationship
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- OBRA -
Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act
- OPT -
Outpatient Therapy
- OT -
Occupational Therapy
- OTR -
Registered Occupational Therapist
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- P&A -
Protection and Advocacy
- P-A -
Pre-Authorization - The prior authorization required by some payers before health
benefit payments will be authorized
- PA -
Physician's Assistant; Provider Agreement; Public Assistance
- PASARR -
Preadmission Screening and Annual Resident Review
- PATH -
Personal Action Towards Health
- PC -
Personal Care
- PCP -
Primary Care Physician or Person-Centered Planning
- P-D -
Predetermination - An administrative procedure whereby a health provider submits
a treatment plan to a third party before treatment is initiated. The third party
usually reviews the treatment plan, monitoring one or more of the following: patient's
eligibility, covered service, amounts payable, application of predetermination of
services. Similar processes: pre-authorization, pre-certification, pre-estimate
of cost, pretreatment estimate, and prior authorization.
- PDR -
Physician's Desk Reference
- PE -
Physical Exam
- PERS -
Personal Emergency Response System
- Ph.D -
Doctor of Philosophy
- PHI -
Protected Health Information - Individually identifiable health information that
is: transmitted by electronic media, maintained in electronic media; or transmitted
or maintained in an other form or medium. Excludes information in: education records
covered by the family educational rights and privacy act, as amended, 20 U.S.C.
1232g; records described at 20 U.S.C. 1232g(a)(4)(B)(iv); and employment records
held by a covered entity in its role as an employer
- PHP -
Prepaid Health Plan - (otherwise known as the MCO) CMHSP organizations that manage
specialty health care services under the Michigan Waiver Program for Specialty Services
as provided for in 42 CFR part 401 et al June 14, 2001
- PIHP -
Prepaid Inpatient Heath Plan
- PNP -
Psychiatric Nurse Practioner
- PRN -
When necessary, or as circumstances require; such as in the administration of medications.
- PT -
Physical Therapy
- PTSD -
Post-traumatic Stress Disorder
- PWS -
Prader-Willi Syndrome, a rare genetic disorder affecting the hypothalamus
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- Q&C -
Quality and Competency Review
- QHP -
Qualified Health Plan
- QI -
Quality Improvement
- QMHP -
Qualified Mental Health Professional
- QMRP -
Qualified Mental Retardation Professional
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- R/O -
Rule Out
- RESD -
Regional Educational Service District
- Respite -
Services that allow the normal caregiver a break from care-giving
- RFI -
Request for Information
- RFP -
Request for Proposal
- RICC -
Regional Interagency Coordinating Council
- RMHA -
Responsible Mental Health Agency
- RN -
Registered Nurse
- RPT -
Registered Physical Therapist
- RR -
Recipient Rights
- RRAC -
Recipient Rights Advisory Committee
- RRO -
Recipient Rights Officer
- Rx -
Prescription
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- SA -
Substance Addiction
- SAMHSA -
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
- SC -
Supports Coordinator
- SD -
Self Determination
- SE -
Supported Employment
- SED -
Serious Emotional Disturbance
- SIB -
Self-Injurious Behavior
- SIP -
Supported Independence Program
- SLI -
Speech and Language Impaired
- SLP -
Speech and Language Pathologist
- SMI -
Seriously Mentally Ill/Severely Mentally Impaired
- SNF -
Skilled Nursing Facility
- SP -
Speech Pathology
- SPMI -
Serious and Persistent Mental Illness
- SSA -
Social Security Administration
- SSD -
Social Security Disability
- SSDI -
Social Security Disability Insurance
- SSI -
Supplemental Security Income
- STAT -
Immediately
- SXI -
Severely Multiply Impaired--public school terminology for a student with multiple
disabilities, e.g. developmental disabilities and vision impairment
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- TBI -
Traumatic Brain Injury
- TDD -
Telecommunication Device for the Deaf - a separate machine used to adapt a phone
for communication by the hearing impaired.
- Title XIX -
The Federal Medicaid Program Legislation
- TMI -
Trainable Mentally Impaired
- TP-I -
Treatment Plan Individualized - A written action plan, based on assessment data,
that identifies the patient's clinical needs, the strategy for providing services
to meet those needs, treatment goals and objectives, and the criteria for terminating
the special interventions.
- TQM -
Total Quality Management
- Treatment -
Means the provision, coordination, or management of health care and related services
by one or more health care providers, including the coordination or management of
health care by a health care provider with a third party; consultation between health
care providers relating to a patient; or the referral of a patient for health care
from one heath care provider to another.
- Tx -
Treatment
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- UM -
Utilization Management - a process of review for appropriateness and effectiveness
of clinical services rendered to consumers, based on documentation in case records.
UM may be "concurrent" (a review of open cases) or "retrospective"(a review of closed
cases).
- UR Utilization Review
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- VA -
Veterans Administration
- VI -
Visually Impaired
- VO -
Verbal Order
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- WRAP -
Wraparound Services; Wellness Recovery Action Plan
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Sources: OMH Mental Health Acronyms
Northern Lakes Community Mental Health
Terms and Acronyms