North Carolina's mental health, developmental disabilities and substance abuse service system is full of acronyms. This "ABC soup" can make it hard to participate in the recovery process if you don't understand terms that others are using. Below is a common list of ABC soup that should help make sense of all those acronyms.
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| 122C |
NC Statutes for public behavioral healthcare |
| 42CFR |
Federal Statutes for substance abuse confidentiality |
| AMHA |
Area Mental Health Authority |
| AP |
Area Program |
| ACTT |
Assertive Community Treatment Team (intensive response for high-risk consumers) |
| ADATC |
Area Drug & Alcohol Treatment Center |
| BHP |
Behavioral Health Plaza |
| CAP/MR-DD |
Waiver of Medicaid regulations that allow 1:1 staff to consumer care |
| CARF |
Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities |
| CASP |
Cross Area Services Program |
| CDW |
Consumer Data Warehouse (required reporting of consumer data to the state) |
| CFAC |
Consumer and Family Advisory Committee |
| CPHS |
CenterPoint Human Services |
| CSS |
Community Support Services |
| CTSP |
Comprehensive Treatment Services Program (at-risk children/adolescents) |
| DD |
Developmental Disabilities |
| Division |
Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities and Substance Abuse Services |
| DMH/DD/SAS |
Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities and Substance Abuse Services |
| DMA |
Division of Medical Assistance (Medicaid) |
| DHHS |
Department of Health and Human Services |
| DSM IV |
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (Psychiatric diagnoses |
| DSS |
Department of Social Services |
| ER/ED |
Emergency Room/Emergency Department |
| ESR |
Experiment in Self-Reliance |
| FY |
Fiscal Year (July 01 - June 30) |
| HB |
House Bill |
| Health Choice |
An insurance plan for children |
| HEARTS |
Healthcare Enterprise Accounts Receivable Tracking System (data used for tracking state hospital utilization) |
| HIPAA |
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (affects confidentiality and data security) |
| HSRI |
Human Services Research Institute |
| HUD |
Housing and Urban Development |
| IPRS |
Integrated Payment and Reporting System (state’s payment system for Area Programs) |
| JCPC |
Juvenile Crime Prevention Council |
| Living Room |
A program which provides qualifying consumers with a voluntary 3 - 5 day stay in a home-like setting to prevent inpatient hospitalization. |
| LBP |
Local Business Plan |
| LOC* |
Level of Care (types of services that can be provided based on consumer functioning) * Also: Legislative Oversight Committee |
| LOS |
Length of Stay (time from admission to discharge, usually for inpatient programs) |
| LME |
Local Management Entity |
| MCMT |
Mobile Crisis Management Team |
| MH |
Mental Health |
| MHA |
Mental Health Association |
| MOA/MOU |
Memorandum of Agreement/Understanding (written document for how one of more agencies will work together) |
| NAMI |
National Alliance on Mental Illness |
| NC-SNAP |
NC-Support Needs Assessment Profile (used with persons who have developmental disabilities) |
| NC-TOPPS |
NC Treatment Outcomes and Program Performance System |
| NWCCNC |
Northwest Community Care North Carolina |
| PAP |
Patient Assistance Program |
| QI |
Quality Improvement (continuous improvement of services, outcomes, processes) |
| RFA |
Request For Application |
| SA |
Substance Abuse |
| SAMHSA |
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration of the Federal Government |
| SOC |
System of Care |
| UCR |
Unit Cost Reimbursement (referring to non-Medicaid fee-for-service payments made to providers) |
| UM |
Utilization Management (regulates services in relation to system capacity) |
| UR |
Utilization Review (case review to access appropriateness of care) |
| Ward |
A Person who has been adjudicated incompetent or an adult or minor for whom a guardian has been appointed |
| WRAP |
Wellness Recovery Action Plan |
| WFUBMC |
Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center |
| YTD |
Year-To-Date |