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REVISED 11/01/07 – CHANGE NO. 25-07
AAF & AFDC Aid to Families with Dependent Children [now called Work First Family Assistance (WFFA) or Temporary Assistance to Needy Families]
ADH Administrative Disqualification Hearing
ALJ Administrative Law Judge
AMA American Medical Association
AOC Administrative Office of the Court
AP Absent Parent
APS Adult Protective Services
APT Average Processing Time
A/R Applicant/Recipient
AS Adult Services or Adoption Subsidy
ASVI Alien Status Verification Index
AU Assistance Unit
AV Actual Value
BCCM Breast and Cervical Cancer Medicaid
BCIS Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services (formerly known as Immigration and Naturalization Service)
BEER Beneficiary Earnings Exchange Report
BENDEX Beneficiary Data Exchange
BEOG Basic Education and Opportunity Grant
BH Boarding Home
BU Budget Unit
CAA Community Action Agency
CAP Community Alternative Program
CAP/C CAP for Children (Katie Beckett)
CAP/CHOICE CAP Choice ICF and SNF
CAP MR-DD CAP for Mentally Retarded - Developmentally Disabled
C/S Client Statement
DA Disabled Adult
CC Child Care
CD Certain Disabled
CD-SA Certain Disabled - Special Assistance
CFR Code of Federal Regulations
CHIP Children’s Health Insurance Program (NCHC in North Carolina)
CHS Community Health Services
CIP Crisis Intervention Program
REVISED 11/01/07 – CHANGE NO. 25-07
(I.)
CMS Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (formerly HCFA)
CMV Current Market Value
CN Categorically Needy
CN-NMP Categorically Needy - No Money Payment
COC Cost of Care
COLA Cost of Living Adjustment
CP Certification Period
CPI Continuous Period of Institutionalization
CPS Child Protective Services
CSC Clerk of Superior Court
CSRP Community Spouse Resource Protection
CTC Child Tax Credit
CUSP Community Spouse
CWS Child Welfare Services
DA Disabled Adult
DAC Disabled Adult Child
DBA Doing Business As
DDS Disability Determination Services
DEC Developmental Evaluation Center
DENR Department of Environmental and Natural Resources
DHHS Department of Health and Human Services
DMA Division of Medical Assistance
DME Durable Medical Equipment
DMV Department of Motor Vehicles
DOA Date of Application
DOB Date of Birth
DOC Department of Corrections
DOD Date of Disposition
DOT Department of Transportation
DRG Diagnosis Related Groupings
DSB Division of Services for the Blind
DSS (County) Department of Social Services
DSS (State) Division of Social Services
E&T Employment and Training
EA Emergency Assistance
EDS Electronic Data Systems
EEOC Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
EFAP Emergency Food Assistance Program
EFCP Expanded Foster Care Program
EITC Earned Income Tax Credit
EIS Eligibility Information System
EOB Explanation of Benefits
EOO Economic Opportunity Office
EPICS Enterprise Program Integrity Control System
REVISED 11/01/08 – CHANGE NO. 24-08
(I.)
EPSDT Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis and
Treatment (now called HEALTH CHECK)
ESC Economic Services Committee
ESC Employment Security Commission
F&CS Family and Children's Services
FC Foster Care
FEMA Federal Emergency Management Act
FFP Federal Financial Participation
FH Foster Home
FL-2 Level of Care Designation Form
FNS Food and Nutrition Services
FPL Federal Poverty Limit
FPW Medicaid Family Planning Waiver
FRR Financial Resource Report
FS Food Stamps
FSA Family Service Association
FSIS Food Stamp Information System
FY Fiscal Year
GA General Assistance
GS General Statutes
HCWD Health Coverage for Workers with Disabilities
HH Household
HHS U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
HIPP Health Insurance Premium Payment
HIPAA Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
HIT Home Infusion Therapy
HSF State Foster Home Fund
HUD U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
I&R Information and Referral
I-AS IV-E Adoption Subsidy and Foster Care
ICCA Individual Child Care Arrangement
ICF Intermediate Care Facility
ICF-MR Intermediate Care Facility - Mental Retardation
IE Individual Eligibility Segment
IEVS Income Eligibility Verification System
IHE Inadvertent Household Error
IMC Income Maintenance Caseworker
IMS Income Maintenance Supervisor
IMS Income Management System
INS Immigration and Naturalization Service (currently known as the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Service)
IPV Intentional Program Violation
IRS Internal Revenue Service
ISM In-kind Support and Maintenance
ISP Institutionalized Spouse
REVISED 11/01/08 – CHANGE NO. 24-08
(I.)
IV-D Child Support Enforcement
IV-E Title IV-E Foster Care and Adoption Assistance
JOBS Job Opportunities and Basic Skills
LA Living Arrangement
LEAA Law Enforcement Assistance Administration
LIEAP Low Income Energy Assistance Program
LIS Low Income Subsidy
LPR Lawful Permanent Resident
LTC Long Term Care
LTR Lawful Temporary Resident
M-AA Medical Assistance to the Aged
M-AB Medical Assistance to the Blind
M-AD Medical Assistance to the Disabled
M-AF Medical Assistance to Families with Dependent Children
M-IC Medicaid for Infants and Children
MMIS Medicaid Management Information System
M-PW Medicaid for Pregnant Women
M-QB-Q Medicaid Qualified Medicare Beneficiary
M-QB-B Medicaid Specified Low Income Medicare Beneficiary
M-QB-E Medicaid Qualifying Individuals 1(QI1)
M-RF Medicaid for Refugees
MHSA Medicare Medical Health Savings Account
M-SB Medicaid - Special Assistance to the Blind
MA Medical Assistance
MAABD Medical Assistance - Aged, Blind, Disabled
MBR SSA Master Beneficiary Record
MCI Master Client Index
MFP Money Follows the Person
MID Medicaid Identification Number
MN Medically Needy
MPR Medicaid Program Representative
MR Mentally Retarded
MRR Medicaid Reimbursement Rate
MRRB Monthly Report Retrospective Budgeting
MR-2 Level of Care Designation Form for Mentally Retarded
MSW Master of Social Work
M-WD Medicaid - Working Disabled
N/C No Change
NA Non-Assistance
NADA National Auto Dealer Association
NCAC North Carolina Administrative Code
NCGC North Carolina General Code
NCGS North Carolina General Statutes
NCHC North Carolina Health Choice
NCXPTR North Carolina Exporter
REVISED 03/01/11 – CHANGE NO. 03-11
(I.)
NESE Net Earnings from Self-Employment
NPA Non Public Assistance
OASDHI Old Age and Survivors, Disability and Health Insurance (now RSDI)
OASDI Old Age and Survivors, Disability and Insurance
OEO Office of Economic Opportunity
OJT On the Job Training
PA Public Assistance
PACE Program of All Inclusive Care for the Elderly
PACE, INC. Plan to Assure College in N.C.
PASS Plan to Achieve Self-Support
PCP Personal Care Provider
PCS Personal Care Services
PDN Private Duty Nursing
PDP Preferred Drug Plan
PE Presumptive Eligibility
PIL Poverty Income Level
PL Public Law
PLA Private Living Arrangement
PMH Pregnancy Medical Home
PML Patient Monthly Liability
PNA Personal Needs Allowance
PPA Past-Paid Public Assistance
PPT Percentage of Cases Processed within the required time standard
PRTF Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facility
PW Pregnant Woman
QC Quality Control
QDWI Qualified Working Disabled Individual (same as M-WD)
QI Qualifying Individuals
QI1 Qualifying Individuals 1 (same as MQB-E)
QMB Qualified Medicare Beneficiaries (same as MQB-Q)
QR Quarterly Report
R/S Representative's Statement
ROD Registrar of Deeds
RF Refugee
RMDS Report Management and Distribution System (now changed to XPTR or NCXPTR)
RR Railroad Retirement
RSDI Retirement, Survivors, Disability Insurance
S/C SA State/County Special Assistance for Adults
SA Special Assistance
S-AA Special Assistance for the Aged
S-AB Special Assistance for the Blind
S-AD Special Assistance for the Disabled
SA-IH Special Assistance In Home Demonstration Project
SAVE Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlement Programs
SBHF State Boarding Home Funds
REISSUED 03/01/11 – CHANGE NO. 03-11
(I.)
S-CD Special Assistance for the Certain Disabled
SDX State Data Exchange
SFHF State Foster Home Fund
SIS Services Information System
SLMB Specified Low Income Medicare Beneficiaries (same as M-QB-B)
SNF Skilled Nursing Facility
SO State Office
SOLQ State Online Query
SSA Social Security Administration
SSI Supplemental Security Income
SSN Social Security Number
SUA Standard Utility Allowance
SUR Services User Record (over utilization)
SW Social Worker
T/C Telephone call
TAD Turn Around Document
TANF Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (called WFFA in North Carolina)
TBR Transitional Benefit Report
TC Transaction Code
TFP Thrifty Food Plan
TFAP Temporary Food Assistance Program
TMA Transitional Medicaid
TPL Third Party Liability
TPQR Third Party Query Response
TPQY Third Party Query
TPR Third Party Recovery
UA Utility Allowance
UI Unemployment Insurance
UIB Unemployment Insurance Benefits
UMN Unmet Medical Needs
UR Utilization Review
USDA United States Department of Agriculture
VA Veterans Administration
VAWA Violence Against Women Act
VR Vocational Rehabilitation
WBA Weekly Benefit Amount
WFFA Work First Family Assistance (Nationally known as TANF)
WIC Women, Infants and Children
WOTC Work Opportunity Tax credit
WP Work Program
WR Work Registration
XPTR Exporter
REVISED 11/01/08 – CHANGE NO. 24-08
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For questions or clarification on any of the policy contained in these manuals, please contact your local county office. |