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ACRONYMS USED WITHIN NH DEPT. OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

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ACRONYMS MEANING

A&A Aid and Attendance Allowance (federal Veteran’s Administration)

A/R Child CR At Risk Child Care

AA Area Agency

AA Area Agency for Developmental Services

AADE American Association of Diabetes Educators

AAM Adult Assistance Manual

AAPDU Annual Advance Planning Document Update

AAU Administrative Appeals Unit

ABAWD Able-Bodied Adults Without Dependents

ABD Acquired Brain Disorder

ABE Adult Basic Education

ABLES Adult Blood Lead Surveillance

ABP Alternative Benefit Plan

ACA Affordable Care Act

ACA CCD Affordable Care Act Coordinated Chronic Disease

ACC Acute Care Center

ACCES Achieving Community Centered Excellence in Services

ACCLPP Advisory Committee on Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention

ACEs Adverse Childhood Experiences

ACF Administration for Children and Families

ACL Administration for Community Living

ACLF Assisted Care Living Facility

ACLU American Civil Liberties Union

ACMIS Automated Care Management Information System for Children

ACOs Accountable Care Organizations

ACOA Area Committee on Aging

ACR Administrative Cost Review

ACS SHC Affiliated Computer Services State Health Care

ACT Assertive Community Treatment

ACT Audit Coordination Team

ACTS Adolescent Community Therapeutic Services

AD Application Development

ADA Americans with Disabilities Act

ADA American Dental Association

ADAMHBG Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Block Grant

ADC Adult Day Care

ADC Awaiting Disposition of the Court

ADD Attention Deficit Disorder

ADDP AIDS Drug Distribution Program

ADHD Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder


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ADJ Adjusted or Adjustment

ADL Activities of Daily Living

ADMIN Administration

ADP Automated Data Processing

ADR Adverse Drug Reaction

ADRC Aging and Disability Resource Center

ADRD Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders

ADSSP Alzheimer’s Disease and Supportive Services Program

ADT Admissions, Discharges and Transfers

Adult Refers to OAA, ANB and APTD Programs

AHEDD Automated Hospital Emergency Department Data

AHIC American Health Information Community

AHRQ Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

AE Application Entry

AED Automated External Defibrillators

AEP Annual Enrollment Period

AF Avian Flu

AFCARS Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System

AFD ACCESS Front Door

AFDC Aid to Families with Dependent Children

AFDC-UP Aid to Families with Dependent Children/Unemployed Parent

AFIX Assessment, Feedback, Incentive, Exchange

AFSA Audit Fund Set Aside

AG Attorney General

AGI Adjusted Gross Income

AHEDD Automated Hospital Emergency Department Data

AHHR All Health Hazard Region

AHIC American Health Information Community

AHRQ Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

AI/AN American Indian/Alaskan Native

AIDS Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome

AIHC Adult In Home Care

AIM Advanced information Management

AIP AFCARS Improvement Plan

AIPP Adoption Incentive Payment Program

AIR Artist in Residence

AITP Annual Individual Training Plan

AJCPR Agency for Health Care Policy and Research

ALF Assisted Living Facility

ALPP Adult Living Preparation Plan (Process)

ALS Advanced Life Support

AMD Adult Medical Day


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AMP Average Manufacturer Price

AMQ Adult Medicaid Quality (Grants)

AMRP Access Monitoring Review Plan

AMTA American Methadone Treatment Association

ANB Aid to the Needy Blind

ANSI American National Standards Institute

AOA Administration On Aging

AOC Administrative Office of the Courts

AOD Alcohol and Other Drugs

AOR Authorized Organization Representative

AP Assistance Payments

APA Administrative Procedures Act (RSA 541-A)

APC Anna Philbrook Center (State’s Children’s Psychiatric Hospital)

APD Advanced Planning Document

APDU Advanced Planning Document Update

APHL Association of Public Health Laboratories

APHSA American Public Health Services Association

API Application Program Interface

APM Admission Pattern Monitoring

APMs Alternative Payment Models (Advanced)

APP Adult Protection Program

APP(s) Applications

APPLA Alternative Planned Permanent Living Arrangement

APR Annual Performance Report

APRN Advance Practice Registered Nurse

APS Acute Psychiatric Services

APS Adult Protective Services

APS/FO Adult Protective Services/Field Operations

APSR Annual Progress and Services Report

APRTP Acute Psychiatric Residential Treatment Program

APSW Adult Protective Social Worker

APTD Aid to the Permanently and Totally Disabled

APWA American Public Welfare Association

AR Authorized Representative

ARES Amateur Radio Emergency Services

ARRA American Recovery and Reinvestment Act

ARNP Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner

ARRA American Recovery and Reinvestment Act

ARU Administrative Rule Unit

AS Adoption Subsidy

ASA Audit Set Aside

ASAM American Society of Addiction Medicine


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ASC Ambulatory Surgical Center

ASD Agency Software Division

ASD Autism Spectrum Disorders

ASDC Administrative Services Data Center

ASFA Adoption and Safe Families Act

ASI Addiction Severity Index

ASMB Assistant Secretary for Management and Budget

ASO Administrative Service Organization

ASP Application Service Provider

ASPR Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (CDC)

ASTHO Association of State and Territorial Health Officials

ATC Alternative Treatment Centers

ATI Authorization to Issue

ATM Automated Teller Machine

ATS Addiction Treatment Services

ATSDR Agency for Toxic Substance and Disease Registry

ATSDR/HA Agency for Toxic Substance and Disease Registry/Health Assessments

AVA Anthrax Vaccine Adsorbed

AVRS Automated Voice Response System

AWEP Alternative Work Experience Program

AWP Average Wholesale Price

B&C Breast and Cervical

BA Business Associate

BAA Business Associate Agreement

BAFO Best and Final Offer

BANK TR Bank Transfer Routing Number

BCBH Bureau of Children’s Behavioral Health

BCCL Bureau of Child Care Licensing

BCCP Breast and Cervical Cancer Program

BCHS Bureau of Community Health Services

BCP Bureau of Child Protection

BCR Bureau of Community Relations

BCS Bureau of Community Services

BCT Building Capacity for Transformation

BDAS Bureau of Drug and Alcohol Services

BDM Bureau of Data Management

BDS Bureau of Developmental Services

BEAS Bureau of Elderly and Adult Services

BEER Beneficiary Earnings Exchange Record

BHH Bureau of Homeless and Housing

BEN Benefits

BENDEX Beneficiary and Earnings Data Exchange System


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BEOH Bureau of Environmental and Occupational Health

BES Bureau of Employment Supports

BF Breast Feeding

BFA Bureau of Finance and Administration

BFAM Bureau of Facilities, Assets and Management

BFBO Bureau of Finance and Business Operations

BFP Bureau of Food Protection

BFPC Breast Feeding Peer Counseling

BFSR Bureau of Food Stamp Recoveries

BG Block Grant

BH Behavioral Health

BHEWG Behavioral Health Equity Workgroup

BHFA Bureau of Health Facilities Administration

BHFA-C Bureau of Health Facilities Administration – Certification

BHFA-L Bureau of Health Facilities Administration – Licensing

BHH Bureau of Homeless and Housing

BHHS Bureau of Homeless and Housing Services

BHI Behavioral Health Integration

BHPI Behavioral Health Policy Institute

BHPR Bureau of Healthcare Planning and Research

BHR Bureau of Human Resources

BHRM Bureau of Human Resource Management

BHSDM Bureau of Health Statistics and Data Management

BI Business Intelligence

BIA Business and Industry Association

BIDC Bureau of Infectious Disease Control

BII Bureau of Improvement and Integrity

BIP Balance Incentive Program

BIS Business Information Services

BLC Bureau of Licensing and Certification

BLL Blood Lead Level

BLS Basic Life Support

BLS Bureau of Labor Statistics

BMA Basic Maintenance Allowance

BMCH Bureau of Maternal and Child Health

BMHS Bureau of Mental Health Services

BMI Body Mass Index

BMS Bureau of Management Support

BMS Bureau of Medical Services

BNHP Bureau of Nutrition and Health Promotion

BOA Bureau of Administration

BOE Body of Evidence


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BOLAC Bureau of Organizational Learning Advisory Council

BOLQI Bureau of Organizational Learning and Quality Improvement

BON Board of Nursing

BoSCoC Balance of State Continuum of Care

BP Best Practice

BP Best Price

BPCP Bureau of Policy and Community Planning

BPHSI Bureau of Public Health Statistics and Informatics

BPHCS Bureau of Population Health and Community Services

BPHP Bureau of Public Health Protection

BPHSPP Bureau of Public Health Systems, Policy and Performance

BPPM Bureau of Policy and Performance Management

BQI Bureau of Quality Improvement

BRFS Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance

BRFSS Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System

BRH Bureau of Radiological Health

BRHPC Bureau of Rural Health and Primary Care

BRIM Board of Registration in Medicine

BRM Business Reply Mail

BSC Board of Scientific Counselors

BSC Breakthrough Series Collaborative

BSDT Bureau of Staff Development and Training

BSW Bachelor of Social Work

BT Bioterrorism

BT/BP Better Together with Birth Parents

BUR Bureau

BVR Bureau of Vital Records

CA/N Child Abuse/Neglect

CAA Community Action Agency

CAC Child Advocacy Center

CACR Constitutional Amendment Concurrent Resolution

CADD Computer Aided Design and Drafting

CAH Critical Access Hospital

CAHPS Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers Systems

CAP Cost Allocation Plan

CAP Community Action Plan

CAPER Case and Procedural Error Rate

CAPRSS Council on Accreditation of Peer Recovery Support Services

CAPTA Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act

CARA Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act

CARE Comprehensive Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Resource Emergency

CARE NH Community Alliance Reform Effort in New Hampshire


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CARF Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities

CART Communication Access Real-time Translation

CASA Court Appointed Special Advocate

CASE Computer Aided Systems Engineering

CAST Community Action for Safe Teens

CATI Computer Assisted Telephone Interview

CBAT Community-Based Acute Treatment

CBHC Children’s Behavioral Health Collaborative

CBO Community Based Organizations

CBT Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

CBT Competency-Based Training Program

CC Care Coordination

CC Cost Center or Job Number

CCACHC Council for Children and Adolescents and Chronic Health Conditions

CCB Change Control Board

CCD Continuity of Care Document

CCDBG Child Care Development Block Grant

CCDF Child Care Development Fund

CCHIT Certification Commission for Health Information Technology

CCI Correct Coding Initiative

CCL Child Care Licensing

CCMC Children’s Care Management Collaborative

CCP Comprehensive Cancer Plan

CCR Continuity of Care Record

CCRC Continuing Care Retirement Community

CCSL Child Care Standards and Licensing

CD Chronic Disease

CDA Clinical Document Architecture

CDB Child Development Bureau

CDC Centers for Disease Prevention and Control

CDE Certified Diabetes Educator

CDF Client Data Form

CDF Code of Federal Regulations

CDPC Chronic Disease Prevention and Control

CDPS Chronic Disease Prevention and Screening Section

CE Covered Entity

CE Covered Expense

CE Current Expense

CERT Community Emergency Response Team

CERTS Certifications

CES Coordinated Entry System

CFBI Community and Faith Based Initiative


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CFCIP Chafee Foster Care Independence Program

CFDA Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

CFI Choices for Independence

CFR Code of Federal Regulations

CFS Child and Family Services

CFSP Child and Family Services Plan

CFSR Child and Family Services Review

CGD Certification Guidance Document

CGP Community Grant Program

CH Children’s Health Medical Assistance

CH ABS Child Abuse

CHA Community Health Agency

CHAP Child Health Assurance Program

CHC Community Health Center

CHCS Center for Health Care Strategies, Inc.

CHEMPACK Locally Positioned Cashes that Contain Chemical Antidotes to Nerve Agent Exposure

CHI Community Health Institute

CHINS Child In Need of Services

CHIP Community Health Improvement Plan

CHIP Children’s Health Insurance Program

CHIPRA Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act

CHIS Comprehensive Health Care Information System

CHMA Community Mental Health Agreement

CHPA Community Health Purchasing Alliance

CHSS Child Health Support Services

CIO Chief Information Officer

CIP Catastrophic Illness Program

CIPRO Ciprofloxacin

CIS Children’s Information System

CISM Critical Incident Stress Management

CLC Cultural and Linguistic Competence

CLG Commissioners Legislation Group

CLIA Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments

CLL College for Lifelong Learning

CLP Community Living Program

CLPPP Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program

CM Case Management

CM Configuration Management

CMGEN Care Management General

CMH Community Mental Health

CMHA Community Mental Health Agreement


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CMHC Community Mental Health Centers

CMHP Community Mental Health Program

CMHS Community Mental Health Services

CMIA Cash Management Improvement Act

CMMI Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation

CMN Certificate of Medical Need

CMREF Care Management Refugee

CMS Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

CO Carbon Monoxide

COA Commissioner on Aging

COA Council on Accreditation

COC Continuum of Care

CODES Crash Outcomes Date Evaluation System

COE Category of Eligibility

COHAP Children’s Oral Health Access Plan

COLA Cost of Living Adjustment

COM Common

COMPTR Computer

CON Certificate of Need

COOL Council on Organizational Learning

COOP Continuity of Operation Plan

COPD Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

COS Category of Service

COSP Consumer Operated Services and Programs

COT Caregiver Ongoing Training

COTS Commercial Off-the-Shelf

COVR Certified Ombudsman Volunteer Representative

CP Child Protection

CP Custodial Parent

CPA Certified Public Accountant

CPAS Collaboration, Performance and Analytics System

CPE Center for Professional Excellence

CPE Certified Public Expenditure

CPI Consumer Price Index

CPOE Computerized Provider Order Entry

CPR Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation

CPR Case Practice Review

CPR Center for Preparedness and Response

CPR/AED Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation/Automated External Defibrillators

CPS Child Protective Services

CPSW Child Protection Social Worker

CPT Current Procedural Terminology


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CPU Central Processing Unit

CQA Current Quarter Adjustment

CQI Continuous Quality Improvement

CQMs Clinical Quality Measures

CR Change Request

CR Client Registration

CR Continuing Resolution

CRC Children’s Research Center

CRDB Change Request Database

CRSW Certified Recovery Support Worker

CRI Cities Readiness Initiative

CRTS Change Request Tracking System

CRWs Certified Recovery Support Workers

CS Child Support

CSBG Community Services Block Grant

CSC Community Services Council

CSD Children with Severe Disabilities

CSDD Conceptual System Design Document

CSE Child Support Enforcement

CSELS Center for Surveillance, Epidemiology and Laboratory Services

CSENet Child Support Enforcement Network

CSFP Commodity Supplemental Food Program

CSHCN Children with Special Health Care Needs

CPS Community Support

CSPPD Community Services Policy and Program Development

CSR Cost Sharing Reduction

CSP Community Support Program

CSSP Center for Study of Social Policy

CSTE Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists

CSU Central Scanning Unit

CT DCF Connecticut Department of Children and Families

CTS Case Tracking System

CTS Countermeasure Tracking System

CV Cardio Vascular

CVB Cash-Value Benefit

CVV Cash-Value Voucher

CWEP Community Work Experience Program

CWLA Child Welfare League of America

CWS Child Welfare Services

CWST Child Welfare Systems Transformation

CY Calendar Year

DADAPR Division of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention and Recovery


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DART Disaster Animal Response Team

DAS Data Sharing Agreement

DAS Department of Administrative Services

DB Database

DBH Division for Behavioral Health

DBHRT Disaster Behavioral Health Response Team

DC Day Care

DCA Data Center Administration

DCA Division of Cost Allocation

DCDP Division of Chronic Disease Prevention

DCSS Division of Child Support Services

DCYF Division of Children, Youth and Families

DD Developmental Disabilities

DDC Developmental Disabilities Council

DDI Design, Development & Implementation

DDS Developmental Disabilities Services

DDU Disability Determination Unit

DEDs Deliverable Expectations Documents

DEHS Division of Economic and Housing Stability

DEP Diabetes Education Program

DEP CARE Dependent Care Grant

DES Department of Employment Security

DES Department of Environmental Services

DEV Development

DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol

DHHS Department of Health and Human Services

DIR Director

DJJS Division of Juvenile Justice Services

DJJS-QI Division of Juvenile Justice Services Quality Improvement

DLSEH Division of Laboratory Sciences and Environmental Health

DM Data Management

DM Disease Management

DMC Disproportionate Minority Confinement

DME Direct Medical Education

DME Durable Medical Equipment

DMU Data Management Unit

DNS Domain Naming System

DO District Office

DOB Date of Birth

DOC Department of Corrections

DOC District Office Coordinator

DOD Department of Defense


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DOE Department of Education

DOI Department of Insurance

DoIT Department of Information Technology

DOJ Department of Justice

DOL Department of Labor

DOMO District Office Manager of Operations

DOM VIOL Domestic Violence

DON Director of Nursing

DOS Department of Safety

DOT Department of Transportation

DOT Directly Observed Therapy

DOXY Doxycycline

DP Data Processing

DPHPS Disease Prevention and Health Promotion Services

DPHS Division of Public Health Services

DPU Distinct Part Unit

DRA Deficit Reduction Act

DRA Department of Revenue Administration

DRC Disability Rights Center

DRED Department of Resources and Economic Development

DRF Designated Receiving Facilities

DRG Diagnostic Related Group

DSD Detailed System Design

DSH Disproportionate Share Hospitals

DSME Diabetes Self-Management Education

DSRIP Delivery System Reform Incentive Program (Medicaid 1115 Waiver)

DSS Decision Support Services

DTIRC Dartmouth Trauma Interventions Research Center

DTS Desktop Technical Services

DUAL Medicaid/Medicare Dual Eligible

DUI Driving Under the Influence

DUR Drug Use Review

DUR Drug Utilization Review

DURSA Data Use and Reciprocal Support Agreement

DV Domestic Violence

DVS Domestic Violence Specialist

DWEL Drinking Water Equivalency Level

DWI Driving While Impaired

DWS Data Warehouse Services

DWUI Driving While Under the Influence

DX Data Exchange

DYDS Department of Youth Development Services


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E&T Employment and Training Program

E&TP Education and Training Partnership

EA Emergency Assistance

EAA Embedded Agency Application

EAD Enterprise Application Developments

EAP Employee Assistance Program

EAP Emergency Assistance Program

EBFPC Enhanced Breast Feeding Peer Counselor

EBP Evidence-Based Practice

EBT Electronic Benefits Transfer

ECAC Early Childhood Advisory Council

ECC Enhanced Care Coordination

ECE Early Childhood Education

ECI Elderly and Chronically Ill (CFI Choices for Independence)

ECM Electronic Case Management

eCQMs Electronic Clinical Quality Measures

ED Emergency Department

EDBC Eligibility Determination and Benefit Calculation

EDI Electronic Data Interchange

EDI Employment Development Initiative

EDR Electronic Death Registration

EDS Electronic Data System (Medicaid claims processing fiscal agent; see MMIS)

EDW Enterprise Data Warehouse

EEE Eastern Equine Encephalitis (Triple E)

EFCs Enhanced Family Care Homes

EFCC Enhanced Family Care Coordinator

EFH Endowment for Health Organization

EFT Electronic Funds Transfer

EFT-EDI Electronic Funds Transfer or Electronic Data Interchange

EHDI Early Hearing Detection Intervention

EHHA Environmental Health and Hazard Assessment

EHR Electronic Health Records

EHP Environmental Health Program

eICS Digital Incident Command Platform

EIN Employer Identification Number

EITC Earned Income Tax Credit

ELC Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity

EMA Eligible Metropolitan Area

EMA Extended Medical Assistance

EMB Electronic Medical Benefits

EMR Hospital Emergency Status System

EMERG RESP Emergency Response


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EMMA Extended Medical Module Application

EMPG Emergency Management Performance Grant

EMS Emergency Medical Services

EMTrack Patient Tracking Program

EOB Explanation of Benefits

EOC Emergency Operations Center

EOMB Explanation of Medical Benefits

EOP Emergency Operations Plan

EP Employability Plan

EPA Environmental Protection Agency

EPH Environmental Public Health

EPHI Electronic Protected Health Information

EPHT Environmental Public Health Tracking

EPI Epidemiology/Epidemiologist

EPSDT Early Periodic Screening, Diagnosis and Treatment

EQRO External Quality Review Organization

ER Emergency Response

ERP Enterprise Resource Planning

ERT Evacuation Response Team

ERU Estates Recovery Unit

eRx Electronic Prescribing

ES Emergency Shelter

ES Employment Specialist

ESAR-VHP Emergency System for Advance Registration of Volunteer Health Professionals

ESF Emergency Support Function

ESI Employer-Sponsored Insurance

ESL English as a Second Language

ESNH MVS Easter Seals, NH – Military Veterans Services

ESS Employment Support Services

ESS Employment Support Staff

ESU Emergency Services Unit

ESU ART Emergency Services Unit Auxiliary Response Team

ET Environmental Toxicology

ETS Employment and Training Services

ETV Education and Training Voucher

ETVP Education and Training Voucher Program

EVV Electronic Visit Verification

EWIC Electronic Women Infant and Children

EWIDS Early Warning Infectious Disease Surveillance

FACES Foster and Adoptive Care Essentials

FAMIS Family Assistance Management Information System

FAM PI X Family Planning Under Title X


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FAIN Federal Award Identification Number

FANF Financial Assistance to Needy Families

FAP Family Assistance Program

FAPA Foster/Adoptive Parent Association

FAQs Frequently Asked Questions

FAR Financial Allocation and Reporting

FARS Financial Allocation and Reporting System

FAS Financial Allocation System

FAST Families and Systems Together

FBO Finance and Business Operations

FC Foster Care

FC Funding Code

FCA Funding Code Assignment

FFCs FAST Forward Coordinators

FCDA Foster Care Date Archive

FCESS Family Centered Early Supports and Services

FCH Family and Community Health

FCR Federal Case Registry

FCS Food and Consumer Service

FDA Food and Drug Administration

FEMA Federal Emergency Management Agency

FERN Food Emergency Response Network

FF Federal Fund

FFC FAST Forward Coordinators

FFP Federal Financial Participation

FFS Fee-for-Service

FFY Federal Fiscal Year

FI Food Instrument (means a voucher, check, electronic benefits card, coupon which is used to obtain supplemental foods)

FICA Federal Insurance Contributions Act

FIPS Federal Information Processing Standards

FIRS Family Intervention and Reunification Services

FIS Fiscal Impact Statement

FIS Legislative Fiscal Committee

FIT Families In Transition

FITWIC Fit Women, Infant and Children

FLSA Fair Labor Standards Act

FM Family Assistance Manual

FMAP Federal Medicaid Assistance Percentage

FMLA Family Medical Leave Act

FMNP Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program

FMRTF Freestanding Megavoltage Radiation Therapy Facility


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FMS Fiscal Management Services

FN Fiscal Note

FNS Food and Nutrition Services

FNW Fiscal Note Worksheet

FOA Funding Opportunity Announcement

FORHP Federal Office of Rural Health Policy

FP Family Panning

FPG Federal Poverty Guidelines

FPL Federal Poverty Levels

FQHC Federally Qualified Health Centers

FR Federal Registry

FRED Front End Fraud Referral

FS Federal Share

FS Food Stamp

FSA Family Support Administration

FSET Food Stamp Employment & Training Program

FSIS Food Safety Inspection Services

FSM Food Stamp Manual

FSNH Family Support New Hampshire

FSO Food Stamp Only

FSP Food Stamp Program

FSA Flexible Spending Account

FSS Family Services Specialist

FSW Food Service Worker

FSSR Family Services Supervisors Report

FSWP Food Stipend for Working Families

FTE Full Time Employee

FTI Federal Tax Information

FTSP Field Training Services Program

FUL Federal Upper Limit

FWOC Families with Older Children

FYE Fiscal Year Ending

G General

G&C Governor and Executive Council

GA Granite Advantage

GAAP Generally Accepted Accounting Principles

GAL Guardian Ad Litem

GAHP Granite Advantage Health Program

GARS Grants Application and Reporting System

GEN General

GF General Fund

GH Glencliff Home


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GHE Glencliff Home for the Elderly

GHRS Government Human Resource System

GIPSE Geocoded Interoperable Population Summary Exchange

GIS Geographic Information System

GPRA Government Performance and Results

GRTS Grants

GSC Granite State College

GSD General System Design

GSDA Granite State Data Archive

GSHCC Granite State Healthcare Coalition

GSIL Granite State Independent Living

GUI Graphical User Interface

H&EP Health and Equity Partnership

H/HHA Homemaker/Home Health Agency

H/W Hardware

HAF Height Application Form

HAI Healthcare Association Infections

HAN Health Alert Network

HAS Hospital Service Area

HAT Health Assessment Tool

HAV Hepatitis A Virus

HAZMAT Hazard Materials

HB House Bill

HB 32 Chapter 30, Laws of 1995 authorizing reorganization and welfare reform and mandating General Fund savings

HBTS Home Based Therapeutic Services

HCBC Home and Community Based Care

HCBC-ABD Home and Community Based Care for Acquired Brain Disorder

HCBC-CFI Home and Community Based Care – Choices for Independence

HCBC-DD Home and Community Based Care for Developmentally Disabled

HCBC-ECI Home and Community Based Care for the Elderly and Chronically Ill

HCBS-HIS Home and Community Based Services – In Home Support for Children

HCBS-HIS Home and Community Based Services – In home Supports for Children with Developmental Disabilities (feds are using services now in place of care in waiver documents

HCCSD Home Care for Children with Severe Disabilities

HCCN Health Center Controlled Networks

HCFA Health Care Financing Administration

HCFL Health Care Facilities Licensing

HCPCS Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System

HCTF Health Care Transition Fund

HCV Hepatitis C Virus


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HCV Housing Choice Voucher

HDS Help Desk Services

HEAL Healthy Eating, Active Living Initiative

HED Human Equivalent Doses

HEDIS Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set

HF Health Facilities

HFA Health Facilities Administration

HFC Health Facility Cleaner

HHA Home Health Agency

HHLPPP Health Homes and Lead Poisoning Prevention Program

HHS Health and Human Services (Federal DHHS)

HICEAS Health Insurance Counseling, Education, Assistance Service

HIE Health Information Exchange

HIMS Hospital Incident Management System

HIN Health Info Net

HIO Health Information Organization

HIPAA Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act

HIPP Health Insurance Premium Program

HIRC Health Information Technology Research Center

HIS Hospital Information System

HISPC Health Information Security and Privacy Collaboration

HIT Health Information Technology

HITECH Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act

HITSP Healthcare Information Technology Standards Panel

HIV Human Immunodeficiency Virus

HIV PREV Human Immunodeficiency Virus Prevention

HIV SURV Human Immunodeficiency Virus Surveillance

HKG Healthy Kids Gold

HKS Healthy Kids Silver

HMEP Hazardous Material Emergency Planning

HMIS Homeless Management Information System

HMO Health Maintenance Organization

HNH Healthy New Hampshire

HO Health Objective

HO Health Officer

HotOps Hotline Operations Team

HP Health Promotion

HP2010 Healthy People 2010

HPAI Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza

HPCP Health Policy Clinic Practice

HPOP Health Professional Opportunities Project

HPP Hospital Preparedness Program


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HPRRP Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Rehousing Program

HPSA Health Professional Shortage Area

HR Human Resources

HRA Health Risk Assessment

HRSA Health Resources and Services Administration

HSA Health Savings Account

HSA Hospital Service Area

HSAG Health Services Advisory Group, Inc.

HSEM-NH Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency

HSFO Human Service Finance Officers

HSPR Health Services Planning and Review

HSSCO Head Start State Collaboration Office

HST Hazmat Support Team

HUD Housing and Urban Development

HW Honeywell

HW OPS Honeywell Operations

I & R Information and Referral

IA Information Assurance

IAP Innovation Accelerator Program

IAPD Implementation Advance Planning Document

IAR Interim Assistance Reimbursement

IAS Internal Audit Services

ICC Incident Command Center

ICCB Internal Configuration Control Board

ICD International Classification of Diseases

ICCSVP Involuntary Civil Commitment of Sexually Violent Predators

IDE Inventory Data Exchange

IFC Intermediate Care Facility

ICF-MR Intermediate Care Facility Mental Retardation

ICJ Interstate Compact for Juveniles

ICPC Interstate Compact for the Placement of Children

ICR Independent Coverage Review

ICS Incident Command Structure

ICWA Indian Child Welfare Act

ID Intellectual Disability

ID Infectious Disease

IDA Individual Development Account

IDCMP Impaired Driver Care Management Program

IDD Intellectual/Developmental Disability

IDEA Individuals with Disabilities Education Act

IDEP Impaired Driver Education Program

IDIP Impaired Driver Intervention Program


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IDNs Integrated Delivery Networks

IDP Interim Disabled Parent

IDPICS Infectious Disease Prevention, Investigation and Care Services Section

IDR Informal Dispute Resolution

IDSA Infectious Disease Society of America

IDSP Impaired Driver Service Provider

IEA Involuntary Emergency Admission

IEP Individual Education Plan

IEVS Income Eligibility Verification System

IFA Infrastructure Funding Agreement

IFC Intermediate Care Facility

IFR Interim Final Rule

IFS Integrated Financial System

IGME Indirect Graduate Medical Education

IGT Intergovernmental Transfer

IHI Institute for Healthcare Improvement

IHS Institute for Human Services

II Title II, Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency (CARE) Act

IIDR Independent Informal Dispute Resolution

IIHI Individually Health Information

III-A Title III-A of the Older Americans Act, Ombudsman

III-B Title III-B of the Older Americans Act, Social Services and Transportation

III-C1 Title III-C1 of the Older Americans Act, Congregate Meals

III-C2 Title III-C2 of the Older Americans Act, Home Delivered Meals

III-D Title III-D of the Older Americans Act, Health Promotion

III-E Title III-E of the Older Americans Act, Family Caregivers

IL Independent Living

ILI Influenza-like Illness

IMAT Inventory Management and Tracking System

IMD Institution for Mental Disease

IME Indirect Medical Education

IMH Infant Mental Health

IMP Impact

IMR Illness Management and Recovery

InCK Integrated Care for Kids

IND LIV Independent Living

INS Immigration and Naturalization Services

IOD Institute on Disabilities

IOP Intensive Outpatient Treatment Program

IPS Intentional Peer Support

IPV Intra-Governmental Payment Voucher

IRA Individual Retirement Account


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IRB Institutional Review Board

IROS Individual Resiliency and Recovery Oriented Services

IRP Independent Review Panel

IRS Internal Revenue Service

ISD Immunization Service Division

ISDN Integrated Services Data Network

ISN Integrated Service Network

ISO Individual Service Options

ISOL Isolated Local Area Network

ISP Individual Service Plan

IT Information Technology

IT Integration Team

ITL Inexpedient to Legislate

ITNA Individual Training Needs Assessment

ITO Information Technology Operations

ITS Intensive Treatment Services

IV & V Independent Verification and Validation

IVA Title IVA of the Social Security Act, see AFDC

IV-A Title IV-A of the Social Security Act, See TANF

IVB Title IVB of the Social Security Act, See CWS

IV-B Title IV-B of the Social Security Act, See Family Preservation

IVD Title IVD of the Social Security Act, See OCSE

IV-D Title IV-D of the Social Security Act, see Child Support

IV-E Title IV-E of the Social Security Act, see Foster Care

IVF Title IVF of the Social Security Act, See Jobs

IVR Interactive Voice Response

IVV Internal Verification and Validation

JAD Joint Application Development

JAIBG Juvenile Accountability Incentive Block Grant

JIT Just In Time Training

JJ Juvenile Justice

JJDP Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention Act

JLCAR Joint Legislative Committee on Administrative Rules

JNHG Jobs for New Hampshire Graduates

JOBS Job Opportunities and Basic Skills Training Program (See TANF)

JOLT Juvenile Offender Locator Team

JPP Juvenile Probation and Parole

JPPI Juvenile Probation and Parole Institute

JPPO Juvenile Probation and Parole Officer

JRP Joint Requirements Planning

JSO Juvenile Services Officer

JTC Job Training Council


REVISED – 7/29/2019

JUV J Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention Act

JUV SERV Non Federal Costs Associated with Juvenile Services

JYSYSC John H. Sununu Youth Services Center

KPI Key Performance Indicator

LADAC Licensed Alcohol and Drug Abuse Counselor

LADC Licensed Alcohol and Drug Counselor

LAMM Leadership Academy for Middle Managers

LAN Local Area Network

LAWOP Leave of Absence Without Pay

LAWP Leave of Absence With Pay

LBA Legislative Budget Assistant

LDS Laconia Developmental Services

LIMSI Laboratory Information Management System Integration Project

LIS Low Income Subsidy (Medicare Part D)

LITS Laboratory Information Tracking System

LNA Licensed Nursing Assistant

LOAEL Lowest Observed Adverse Effect Level

LOB Legislative Office Building

LOG Logistics Bureau

LOINC Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes

LRN Laboratory Response Network

LRS Licensing and Regulative Services

LSR Legislative Service Requests

LSU Legal Services Unit

LT Long Term

LTBI Latent Tuberculosis Infection

LTC Long-Term Care

LTS Long Term Support

LTSS Long-Term Support and Services

LV & ATTN Leave and Attendance

M & O Maintenance and Operations

MA Medical Assistance

MA Medicare Advantage

MAB Medicaid Administration Bureau (defunct)

MAC Maximum Allowable Cost

MACE Multi-Agency Coordinating Entity

MACRA Medicare Access and Summary CHIP Reauthorization Act

MAGI Modified Adjusted Gross Income

MAM Medical Assistance Manual

MAO Medical Assistance Only

MAP Medical Assistance Payments

MAR Management and Administrative Reporting


REVISED – 7/29/2019

MARS Management and Administrative Reporting System

MAS Medicaid Administration Services

MAT Medication Assisted Treatment

MBCC Breast/Cervical Cancer Program Cat Needy MA

MBO Medicaid Business Operations

MBP Medicaid Business and Policy

MC Managed Care

MCAC Medicaid Medical Care Advisory Committee

MCD Mosquito Control Districts

MCE Managed Care Entity

MCH Maternal and Child Health

MCHS Maternal and Child Health Services

MCI Mass Casualty Incident

MCIE Medicaid Children/Infants Expansion

MCM Medicaid Care Management

MCM Medical Countermeasures

MCO Managed Care Organization

MCPI Medical Consumer Price Index

MCPW Medical Coverage for Pregnant Women

MCS Medicaid Client Services

MCT Mobile Crisis Team

MCSYS Managed Care System

MD Medical Doctor

MDRP Medicaid Drug Rebate Program

MDS Minimum Data Set

MDSS Medicaid Decision Support System

MEAD Medicaid for Employed Adults with Disabilities

MEC Minimum Essential Coverage

MECL Medicaid Enterprise Certification Life Cycle

MECT Medicaid Enterprise Certification Toolkit

MED Medical, Medicaid (depends on context)

MER Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus

MET Medicaid Enhancement Tax

MFI Mass Fatality Incident

MFP Money Follows the Person

MGIE Modified Adjusted Gross Income

MH Mental Health

MHBG Mental Health Services Block Grant

MHO Minority Health Office

MHSIP Mental Health Statistics Improvement Program

MI Manual Issuance

MI Mental Illness


REVISED – 7/29/2019

MID Medicaid Identification Number

MIEC Maternal Infant Early Childhood

MIG Medicaid Infrastructure Grant

MIPCD Medicaid Incentives for Prevention of Chronic Diseases

MIPPA Medicare Improvements for Patients & Providers Act

MIPS Merit-based Incentive Payment System

MITA Medicaid Information Technology Architecture

MITRE Massachusetts Institute Of Technology Research And Engineering

MLADC Masters Licensed Drug and Alcohol Counselor

MLC Management, Leadership and Coordination

MLR Medical Loss Ratio

MLTSS Managed Long-Term Services and Supports

MMA Medicare Modernization Act

MMA-D Medicare Modernization Act – Part D, Prescription Drugs

MMC Medicaid Managed Care

MME Morphine Milligrams Equivalent

MMIS Medicaid Management Information System

MMPPM Medicare/Medicaid Policy and Program Management

MMRS Metropolitan Medical Response System

MOA Memorandum of Agreement

MOE Maintenance of Effort

MOL Memorandum of Law

MOM Maternal Opioid Misuse

MOP Manual of Procedures

MOP Multiple DWI Offender Intervention Detention Center Program

MOU Memorandum of Understanding

MOW Meals on Wheels

MPI Master Patient/Provider Index

MQAPD Management Quality Assurance and Policy Development

MQIP Medicaid Quality Incentive Program

MQIS Medicaid Quality Information system

MQSA Mammography Quality Standards Act

MR Mental Retardation

MR Mentally Retarded

MRC Medical Reserve Corp

MRL Minimal Risk Level

MS Management System

MSA Metropolitan Statistical Area

MSCA Multi-Site Cooperative Agreement

MSHA Mine Safety and Health Administration

MSP Medicare Savings Programs

MSS Managed Support Service


REVISED – 7/29/2019

MSW Master of Social Work

MTSS-B Multi-tiered Systems of Supports for Behavioral Health and Wellness

MU Meaningful Use

MUA Medically Underserved Area

MUPL Medicare Upper Payment Limit

N/M Neutral/Monitor

NACCHO National Association of County and City Health Officials

NADA National Automobile Dealers Association

NAMI National Alliance on Mental Illness

NAPIS National Aging Program Information System

NARR National Association of Recovery Residences

NAS Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome

NASMHPD National association of State Mental Health Program Directors

NAT’L EST National Estuary Program

NCADD National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence

NCANDS National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System

NCAQ National Committee for Quality Assurance (Health Care Accreditation Organization)

NCCD National Council on Crime and Delinquency

NCCI National Correct Coding Initiative

NCHHSTP National Center for HIV/Aids, Viral Hepatitis, STD & TB Prevention

NCHS National Center for Health Statistics

NCI National Cancer Institute

NCIPC National Center for Injury Prevention and Control

NCJFCJ National Council for Juvenile and Family Court Judges

NCOA National Council on Aging

NCP Non-Custodial Parent

NCPCP National Cancer Prevention and Control Program

NCPDP National Council for Prescription Drug Programs

NCSC National Center for State Courts

NCVHS National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics

NCWLI National Child Welfare Leadership Institute

NDC National Drug Code

NDI National Death Index

NE Non Eligibility

NEACWCD New England Association of Child Welfare Commissioners and Directors

NECSES New England Child Support Enforcement System

NEDSS National Electronic Disease Surveillance System

NEHEN New England Health Exchange Network

NE RJOI New England Regional Judicial Opioid Initiative

NEMT Non-Emergency Medical Transportation

NESCSO New England States Consortium Systems Organization


REVISED – 7/29/2019

NEWCC Non-Emergency Walk-In Clinic

New HEIGHTS New Hampshire Empowering Individuals to Get Help Transitioning to Self-Sufficiency

NF Nursing Facility

NFCSP National Family Caregivers Support Program

NFI Northern Family Institute

NFQA Nursing Facility Quality Assessment

NGA National Governors Association

NH New Hampshire

NH Nursing Home

NHAC New Hampshire Association of Counties

NHADSA New Hampshire Adult Day Services Association

NHAIM New Hampshire Automated Information Management System

NHAIMH New Hampshire Association for Infant Mental Health

NHANA New Hampshire Association of Nurse Anesthetists

NH Bridges New Hampshire Bridges Children’s Information System

NHCBHA NH Community Behavioral Health Association

NHCF New Hampshire Charitable Foundation

NHCFRC New Hampshire Child Fatality Review Committee

NHCRCSP New Hampshire Colorectal Cancer Screening Program

NHCSW New Hampshire commission on the Status of Women

NHCTC New Hampshire Community Technical College

NHCTF New Hampshire Children’s Trust Fund

NHDES New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services

NHEP New Hampshire Employment Program

NHES New Hampshire Employment Security

NHF New Hampshire First

NHFAPA New Hampshire Foster and Adoptive Parent Association

NHFCSP New Hampshire Family Caregiver Support Program

NHFPI New Hampshire Fiscal Policy Institute

NHFPP New Hampshire Family Planning Program

NHH New Hampshire Hospital

NHHA New Hampshire Hospital Association

NHHF New Hampshire Healthy Families

NHHFA New Hampshire Housing Finance Authority

NHHKC New Hampshire Health Kids Corporation

NHHPP New Hampshire Health Protection Program

NHIFS New Hampshire Integrated Financial System

NHIHPP New Hampshire Institute for Health Policy and Practice

NHIP New Hampshire Immunization Program

NHIS Neighborhood Health Improvement Strategy

NHJB New Hampshire Judicial Branch


REVISED – 7/29/2019

NHLA New Hampshire Legal Assistance

NHLBI National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute

NHNPA New Hampshire Nurse Practitioner Association

NHOES New Hampshire Office of Employment Security

NHRA Nursing Home Reform Act

NHRAPP New Hampshire Relatives as Parents Projects

NHSCR New Hampshire State Cancer Registry

NHSLAN New Hampshire Senior Legal Access Network

NHVRIN New Hampshire Vital Records Information Network

NICS National Instant Criminal Background Check System

NIH National Institute of Health (federal)

NIMS National Incident Management System

NINDS National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Strokes

NIOSH National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

NIST National Institute for Standards and Technology

NHLA New Hampshire Legal Assistance

NLM National Library of Medicine

N/M Neutral/Monitor

NMSN National Medical Support Notice

NNESAM Northern New England Society of Addiction Medicine

NOAEL No Observed Adverse Effect Level

NOD Notice of Decision

NOFA Notice of Funding Availability

NOM National Outcome Measurement

NOMS National Outcome Measurement Standards

NP Nurse Practitioner

NPA Non Public Assistance

NPI National Provider Identifier

NPRM Notice of Proposed Rulemaking

NQF National Quality Forum

NRC Nuclear Regulatory Commission

NRCOI National Resource Center for Organizational Improvement

NSA Nutrition Services and Administration

NSDUH National Survey on Drug Use and Health

NSIP Nutritional Services Incentive Program

NSWF Nutrition Supplement Working Families

NT New Technology

NTLs Non-quantitative Treatment Limits

NTW Networking

NVDR National Violent Death Reporting System

O & M Operations and Maintenance

OA Office of Administration


REVISED – 7/29/2019

OAA Old Age Assistance

OAA Older Americans Act

OADAP Office of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention

OADP Office of Alcohol and Drug Policy

OMA Office of Application Management

OSA Office of Administrative Services

OASDI Old Age, Survivors, Disability Insurance

OASIS Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards

OASIS Outcome and Assessment Information Set

OBO Office of Business Operations

OBOT Office Based Opioid Treatment

OBRA Omnibus Budget

OBTP Outcome Based Treatment Planning

OCC HLTH Occupational Health

OCLS Office of Client and Legal Services

OCOM Office of the Commissioner

OCPD Office of Community Planning and Development

OCR Office of Civil Rights

OCSE Office of Child Support Enforcement

ODP Office of Data Processing

ODTS Organization Training and Development Services

OECA Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance

OEM Office of Emergency Management

OEP Office of Emergency Preparedness

OES Office of Emergency Services

OESS Office of E-Health Standards and Services

OF Office of Finance

OFA Office of Family Assistance

OFS Office of Family Services

OGAM Office of Grants and Acquisition Management

OH Oral Health

OHCDS Organized Health Care Delivery System

OHE Office of Health Equity

OHM Office of Health Management

OHPM Office of Health Planning and Medicaid

OIG Office of Inspector General

OII Office of Improvement and Integrity

OIS Office of Information Services

OIT Office of Information Technology

OJJDP Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

OJT On the Job Training

OLBA Office of the Legislative Budget Assistant


REVISED – 7/29/2019

OLTCO Other Long Term Care Ombudsman

OMB Office of Management and Budget

OMBP Office of Medicaid Business and Policy

OMH Office of Minority Health

OMHRA Office of Minority Health and Refugee Affairs

OMMIS Office of Medicaid Management Information Systems

OMS Office of Medical Services

OOA Office of Administration

OOA Office of Operations Analysis

OOF Office of Finance

OOF NF OOF Non Federal

OOO Office of the Ombudsman

OOS Office of Operations Support

OOSPI Office of Operations Support and Program Integrity

OPA Office of Population Affairs

OPA Office of Pharmacy Affairs

OPAL Office of Procurement, Assistance and Logistics

OPHPR Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response

OPI Over the Phone Interpretation

OPS Operations Division

OPS Operations

OPS Office of Program Support

OPPS Outpatient Prospective Payment System

OPR Office of Planning and Research

ORA Office of Research and Analysis

ORC Operational Research Consultants

ORR Operational Readiness Review

ORS Operational Reporting System

OSEP Office of Special Education Program

OSHA Occupational Safety and Health Administration

OSI Office of Special Investigations

OT Occupational Therapy

OTC Over the Counter

OTP Opioid Treatment Programs

OTP Ought to Pass

OTPA Ought to Pass as Amended

OUD Opioid Use Disorder

PA Prior Authorization

PA Public Assistance

PACAP Public Assistance Cost Allocation Plan

PAHP Prepaid Ambulatory Health Plan

PAID Project to Avoid Increasing Delinquency


REVISED – 7/29/2019

PANFLU Pandemic Influenza

PAP Premium Assistance Program

PAPD Planning Advanced Planning Document

PAR Permanency, Adolescent and Resource Staff

PAR Personal Activity Report

PASARR Pre-Admission Screening and Annual Resident Review

PASRR Pre-Admission Screening and Resident Review

PASS Plan for Achieving Self Support

PAT Parents As Teachers Program

PATH Projects for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness

PATT Project for Adolescent Trauma Treatment

PAU Program Appropriation Unit

PBM Pharmacy Benefit Management

P-COAT Patient Centered Opioid Addiction Treatment

PC Personal Computer

PC Politically Correct

PC/PE/PM Process Continuum/Project Engineer/Project Manager

PCA Personal Care Assistant

PCB Production Control Board

PCG Public Consultant Group

PCI Payment Card Industry

PCP Primary Care Physician

PCRI Primary Care Rate Increase

PCS Personal Care Services

PDAFN Person(s) with Access and Functional Needs

PDL Preferred Drug List

PDMP Prescription Drug Monitoring Program

PDN Private Duty Nurse

PDSA Plan, Do, Study Act Cycle

Ped NSS Pediatric Nutrition Surveillance System

PEI Performance, Evaluation and Innovation

PERM Payment Error Rate Management

PERS Personnel Emergency Response System

PERT Planning, Evaluation, Research and Training

PES Provider Electronic Solutions

PFAS Perfluoroaklyl Substances

PFCs Perfluorochemicals

PFI Personal Financial Information

PFS Partnership for Success

PH Public Health

PHAC Public Health Advisory Council

PHEP Public Health Emergency Preparedness


REVISED – 7/29/2019

PHHBG Preventive Health and Health Services Block Grant

PHI Primary Health Integration

PHI Protected Health Information

PHIAP Public Health Improvement Action Plan Advisory Committee

PHIN Public Health Information Network

PHL Public Health Laboratories

PHNA Public Health Network Areas

PHO Physician-Hospital Organization

PHP Prepaid Health Plan

PHR Personal Health Record

PHR(N) Public Health Region (Network) – Region and Network are used interchangeably (13 Public Health Regions, 7 of which are CRI Regions)

PHS Public Health Services

PHSA Public Health Service Act

PHSBG Public Health Services Block Grant

PHSIC Public Health Services Improvement Council

PIC Parents Information Center

PIHP Prepaid Inpatient Health Plan

PI Personal Information

PII Practice Improvement Initiative

PII Personal Identifiable Information

PIL Protected Income Level

PIN Personal Identification Number

PIO Public Information Office

PIP Program Improvement Plan

PIP Performance Improvement Post

PIRS Program Integrity Review Summary

PIU Program Integrity Unit

PL Poverty Level

PLC Poverty Level Children

PLW Poverty Level Women

PMH Physical and Mental Health Integration

PM Project Manager

PMH Physical and Mental Health Integration

PMO Project Management Office

PMP Project Management Plan

PNA Personal Needs Allowance

PNHS Psychiatric Nursing Home Services

PNMI Private Non-Medical Institution

PNSS Pregnancy Nutrition Surveillance System

PO Purchase Order

PO Privacy Office


REVISED – 7/29/2019

POC Point of Contact

PoD Point of Departure

POD Pont of Dispensing

POP Peer Outcomes Protocols

POS Point of Sale

POS Point of Services

PPACA Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

PPCC Pandemic Preparedness Coordinating Committee

PPHF Prevention and Public Health fund

PPNNE Planned Parenthood of Northern New England

PPP Priority Primary Providers

PPS Prospective Payment System

PPT Permanency Planning Team

PPT Power Point

PQA Prior Quarter Adjustment

PQRI Physician Quality Reporting Initiative

PR Post Retirement

PRAMS Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System

PRC Psychiatric Research Center

PREP Personal Responsibility Education Program

PRESCR Improving Prescription Practices

PRN Printer

PRO Peer Review Organization

PRVS Preventive Health Block Grant (payment system)

PRWORA Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act

PS Partner Services

PSAs Peer Support Agencies

PSN Project Safe Neighborhood

PSP Proportionate Share Payments (also Pro-Share)

PSSF Promoting Safe and Stable Families

PSSMCE Policy Studies, System Monitoring and Cost Evaluation of DBH Support Services

PSU Plymouth State University

PSW Psychiatric Social Worker

PT Part Tim Position

PUR Period Under Review

PV Payment Voucher

PVH Preschool Vision and Hearing

PW Pregnant Women

PWE Primary Wage Earner

QA Quality Assurance

QAQI Quality Assurance and Quality Improvement

QC Quality Control


REVISED – 7/29/2019

QDWI Qualified Disabled Working Individual

QE Quarter Ending

QHP Qualified Health Plan

QIDBH Quality Improvement for DBH Supported Services

QIO Quality Improvement Organization

QIP Quality Improvement Plan

QM Quality Management

QMB Qualified Medicare Beneficiaries

QMB-MA Qualified Medicare Beneficiary – Medical Assistance

QROA Quarterly Rebate Offset Amount

QSR Quality Service Review

QTLs Quantitative Treatment Limits

R/O Rule Out

RA Remittance Advice

RA Resource Assessment

RAC Recovery Audit Contractors

RAD Radiological Health

RADS Radiological Administration Data System

RAI Request for Additional Information

RAMS Registration and Messaging System

RAPE Rape Prevention and Education

RARs Risk Assessment Reports

RAS Reporting and Analysis Services

RCA Refugee Care Assistance

RCC Regional Coordinating Committee

RCHF Residential Care and Health Facility

RCCT Residential Counselor Core Training

RCO Recovery Community Organizations

RCSG Real Choice Starter Grant

RDN Regional Distribution Node

RDTS Random Day Time Study

RE Refugee

REaL Race, Ethnicity and Language

REAP Referral, Education, Assistance and Prevention Program

REC Regional Extension Center

REDE Redetermination

RERP Radiological Emergency Response Plan

REST Representational State Transfer

REV FND Revolving Fund

RFA Regulatory Flexibility Act

RFA Request for Assistance

RFA Request for Applications


REVISED – 7/29/2019

RFB Request for Bids

RFI Request for Information

RFP Request for Proposals

RGNL Regional

RHC Rural Health Clinics/Centers

RID Recipient Identification

RIP Repaid Implementation Planning

RJP Realistic Job Preview

RMA Refugee Medical Assistance

RMCT Riverbend Mobile Crisis Team

RMF Risk Management Framework

RMS Random Moment Sampling

RMS Rhabdomyosarcoma

RMS Responder Management System

RMTS Random Moment Time Study

RN Registered Nurse

RO Rule Out

RP Reports

RPHN Regional Public Health Network

RPT Reports

RQNS Revitalizing Quality Nutrition Services

RRLAP Refugee Repatriation Loan Assistance Program

RRP Renovation, Repair and Painting

RSA Revised Statues Annotated

RSAT Residential Substance Abuse Treatment

RSDI Retirement, Survivor, Disability Insurance

RSG Reforming States Group

RSS Regional Support Services

RSS Receive, Stage, Store (Warehouse)

RSVP Retired Senior Volunteer Program

RT Recreational Therapy

RWJ Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

S/W Software

SA Services Authorization

SABG Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Block Grant

SACWIS Statewide Automated Child Welfare Information System

SAE Severe Adverse Events

SAMSHA Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

SAP Student Assistance Program

SAPP Substance Abuse Prevention Program

SAPT Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment

SARS Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome


REVISED – 7/29/2019

SAS Substance Abuse Specialist

SAU School Administrative Unit

SB Senate Bill

SBT Sub Totaled

SCCH St. Charles Children’s Home

SCHIP State Children’s Health Insurance Program

SCLP Senior Citizens Law Project

SCOA State Committee on Aging

SCTM Security Controls Traceability Matrix

SDE State Designated Entities

SDI System Development Initiative

SDM Structured Decision Making

SDO Standards Development Organizations

SDOH Social Determinants of Health

SDP Staff Development Partnership

SDS Supplemental Data Set

SDTB Staff Development and Training

SDTU Staff Development and Training Unit

SDU State Disbursement Unit

SDX State Data Exchange

SDY Sudden Death in the Youth Registry

SE Supported Employment

SECCS State Maternal and Child Health Early Childhood Comprehensive Systems Grant

SED Serious Emotional Disturbance

SEO Sequence

SEOW State Epidemiologist Outcomes Workgroup

SERESC Southeastern Regional Education Services Cooperative

SEQ Sequence

SFI Strengthening Families Initiative

SFU Standard Filing Unit

SFY State Fiscal Year

SH Supported Housing

SHARP Strategic Health IT Advanced Research Projects

SHIP Small Rural Hospital Improvement Program

SHIP State Health Improvement Plan

SHIP State Health Insurance Assistance Programs

SI Special Investigations

SI Systems Integrator

SIG State Incentive Grant

SIM State Innovation Models

SIPOC Supplier Input Process Output Customer

SIT Systems Integration Test


REVISED – 7/29/2019

SITP Strategic Information Technology Plan

SIU Special Investigations Unit

SLEP Shelf Life Extension Program

SLMB Special Low-Income Medicare Beneficiaries

SLRC ServiceLink Resource Center

SMA Supplemental Medical Assistance

SMD State Medical Director

SME Subject Matter Expert

SMHP State Medicaid HIT Plan

SMI Severe Mental Illness

SMP Senior Medicare Patrol

SMP Skilled Medical Professional

SMP Substance Misuse Prevention

SMPP Senior Medicare Patrol Project

SMS Special Medical Services

SNAP Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program

SNF Skilled Nursing Facility

SNHS Southern New Hampshire Services

SNHU Souther New Hampshire University

SNOMED CT Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine Clinical Terms

SNS Strategic National Stockpile

SO State Office

SOA Services Oriented Architecture

SOAP Simple Object Access Protocol

SOC System of Care

SOF Source of Funds

SOGI Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity

SON Standard of Need

SoNH State of New Hamsphire

SOP Strategic and Operational Plans

SOPS State Office Park South

SOR State Opioid Response

SORT State Office Response Team

SOS Secretary of State

SOW Subjective Opioid Withdrawal

SOW Statement of Work

SP Strategic Planning

SPA State Plan Amendment

SPDC State Phase Down Contribution

SPE Single Point of Entry

SPEDIS Special Education Information System

SPF Strategic Prevention Framework


REVISED – 7/29/2019

SPG State Partnership Grant

SPMI Serious and Persistent Mental Illness

SPOA State Plan on Aging

SPP State Performance Plan

SPSS/PC Special Program for Social Services - Software

SPU Secure Psychiatric Unit

SQL Structured Query Language

Sr. PSW Senior Psychiatric Social Worker

SRD Systems Requirements Document

SS Social Services

SS State Supplemental

SSA Single State Authority

SSA Social Security Administration

SSBG Social Services Block Grant

SSBGDCY DCYF Share of SSBG

SSBGES SHS Share of SSBG

SSDI Social Security Disability Insurance

SSI Supplemental Security Income

SSN Social Security Number

SSP State Supplemental Program

SSPs System Security Plans

ST4Y System Transformation for Youth

STCs Special Terms and Conditions

STD Sexually Transmitted Disease

STEMS Syndrome Tracking and Encounter Management System

STP State Plan Amendment

STR State Targeted Response

SAU School Administrative Unit

SUA Standard Utility Allowance

SUD Substance Use Disorder

SUD-TRA Substance Use Disorder Treatment & Recovery Access

SUI Special Investigation Unit

SUID Sudden Unexpected Infant Death

SUPP Support

SUR Surveillance and Utilization Review

SURS Surveillance and Utilization Review Subsystem

SVES State Verification and Exchange System

SVP Sexually Violent Predators

SW Social Worker

SWCAP State-Wide Cost Allocation Plan

SWRE State Welfare Reform Evaluation

SYSC Sununu Youth Center Services


REVISED – 7/29/2019

SYTP State Youth Treatment Planning

TA Transitional Housing

TABS Temperament and Atypical Behavior Scale

TAC Technical Advisory Committee

TANF Temporary Assistance for Needy Families

TANF-Incap Temporary Assistance for Needy Families – Incapacitated Parent

TANF-UP Temporary Assistance for Needy Families – Unemployed Parent

TAP Transitional Assessment of Planning

TB Tuberculosis

TBI Traumatic Brain Injury

TCN Transaction Control Number

TCM Targeted Case Management

TCP Therapeutic Cannabis Program

T&D Training and Development

TDB Tobacco Control Prevention and Control Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Grant

TECHS Technicians

TECMH Training and Education for Community Mental Health Center Providers

TF-CBT Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

TFGH Task Force for Global Health

TH Transitional Housing

THS Transitional Housing Services

TLAS Time, Leave and Attendance System

TLFR Time Limited Family Reunification

TN Transmittal Notice

TN Transaction Notice

TNC Transaction Control Number

TPCP Tobacco Prevention and Cessation Program

TPL Third Party Liability

TPP Teen Pregnancy Prevention

TPR Termination of Parental Rights

TRANS Transaction

TSCA Toxic Substances Control Act

TSG Technical Support Group

TSM Transactions Screen Management System

TSR Telecommunication Service Request

TSS Technical Support Services

TTI Transformation Transfer Initiative

TWWIIA Ticket to Work and Work Incentive Improvement Act

U & C Usual and Customary

UAD Under Age Drinking

UAT User Acceptance Testing

UC Unemployment Compensation


REVISED – 7/29/2019

UCB Unemployment Compensation Benefits

UCF Uncompensated Care Fund

UCP Uncompensated Care Pool

UCUM Unified Code for Units of Measure

UD Underage Drinking

UDDI Universal Description, Discovery and Integration

UFs Uncertainty Factors

UIFSA Uniform Interstate Family Support Act

UMLS Unified Medical Language System

UNH University of New Hampshire

UNII Unique Ingredient Identifier

UOM Unit of Measure

UP Unemployed Parent

UPL Upper Payment Limit

URESA Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act

UROA Estimated Quarterly Rebate Offset Amount

USC United State Code

USDA United States Department of Agriculture

USDHHS United States Department of Health and Human Services

USDOE United States Department of Education

USDOJ United States Department of Justice

USDOL United States Department of Labor

USEPA United States Environmental Protection Agency

USHUD United States Department of Housing and Urban Development

USNH University System of New Hampshire

USNR United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission

USO Uniform Support Order

V Title V, see Children with Special Health Care Needs

VA Veteran’s Administration

VAERS Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System

VBP Value-Based Purchasing

VFC Vaccines for Children

VHA Veterans Health Administration

VHF Very High Frequency (148-174mhz)

VHP Volunteer Health Professionals

VII Title VII of the Social Security Act, see Food Stamps

VIN Vehicle Identification Number

VIS Vaccine Information Statements

VLER Virtual Lifetime Electronic Health Record

VMSG VMSG (Vision, Mission, Services, and Goals) Dashboard Public Health Performance Management System

VNA Visiting Nurse Association


REVISED – 7/29/2019

VoIP Voice of Internet Phone

VPD Vaccine Preventable Disease

VPN Virtual Private Network

VR Vital Records

VR Vocational Rehabilitation

VRIF Vital Records Improvement Fund

VRV Vital Records Vision

VRV2000 Vital Records Vision 2000

VSE Virtual Storage Extended

WAC Wholesale Acquisition Cost

WAN Wide Area Network

WDT Web Development Team

WEP Work Experience Placement

WFD Work Force Development Committee

WIA Workforce Investment Act

WIC Women, Infant and Children

WIDIP Weekend Impaired Driver Intervention Program

WINS Windows Internet Naming System

WIOA Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act

WISDOM Web-based Interactive System for Direction and Outcome Measures

WITS Web Infrastructure for Treatment Services

WMG Watch Me Grow

WNV West Nile Virus

WP Work Programs

WRAP Wellness Recovery Action Plan

WRI Without Regard to Income

WRQS Web Reporting Query System

WSD Web Services Division

WtW Welfare to Work

X Title X of the Public Health Service Act, see Family Planning

XIX Title XIX of the Social Security Act, see Medicaid

XVIII Title XVIII of the Social Security Act, see Medicare

XX Title XX of the Social Security Act, see SSBG

XXI Title XXI of the Social Security Act, see CHIP and SCHIP

YAB Youth Advisory Board

YC Youth Counselor

YDC Youth Development Center

YDSU Youth Detention Services Unit

YHEMOP Youth Health Equity Model of Practice

YPI Youth Permanency Initiative

YPSS Youth Peer Support Specialist

YRBS Youth Risk Behaviors Survey


REVISED – 7/29/2019