Acronyms & Abbreviations

A-M

• Advanced Medical Home – AMH
• Advanced Medical Home Plus – AMH+
• Applied Behavioral Analysis – ABA
• Alternative Family Living – AFL
• Behavioral Health – BH
• Care Management Agency – CMA
• Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services- CMS
• Cerebral Palsy – CP
• Community Living & Supports – CLS
• Comprehensive Clinical Assessment – CCA
• Community Based Assessment – CBA
• Council on Quality and Leadership – CQL
• Department of Health and Human Services – DHHS
• Developmental Disability – DD
• Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders – DSM-5
• Division of Medical Assistance – DMA
• Division of Social Services – DSS
• Division of Facility Services – DFS
• Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities and substance Abuse Services – DMH/DD/SAS
• Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Services – NCDVRS, DVRS or VR
• Early Periodic Screening, Diagnostic, and Treatment Services – EPSDT
• Employment Specialist – ES
• Evidence-Based Practice – EBP
• Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act – HIPAA
• Incident Response Improvement System – IRIS
• Individual Plan of Employment – IPE
• Individual Services Supervisor – ISS
• Individual Support Plan – ISP
• Individualized Education Plan – IEP
• Integrated Payment and Reporting System – IPRS
• Intellectual/Developmental Disability – IDD
• Intermediate Care Facility for Persons with Intellectual Disabilities – ICF/ID
• International Classification of Diseases – ICD-10-CM
• Legally Responsible Person – LRP
• Local Management Entity/ Managed Care Organization – LME/MCO
• Long Range Outcomes – LRO
• Long Term Services & Supports – LTSS
• Medication Administration Record – MAR
• Medication prescribed “as necessary” – PRN
• Mental Illness – MI