APPENDICES
Topics in This Section: Acronyms | Connect with HHS
Appendix A: Acronyms
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | V | W
| AA | Associate of Arts |
| ACF | Administration for Children and Families |
| ACL | Administration for Community Living |
| ACO | Accountable Care Organization |
| ADA | Anti-Deficiency Act |
| AFR | Agency Financial Report |
| AGA | Association of Government Accountants |
| AHRQ | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality |
| AICPA | American Institute of Certified Public Accountants |
| ALJ | Administrative Law Judge |
| AOA | Administration on Aging |
| APG | Agency Priority Goal |
| APMs | Alternative Payment Models |
| apps | Applications |
| APTC | Advance premium tax credits |
| ASA | Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration |
| ASC | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
| ASFR | Office of the Assistant Secretary for Financial Resources |
| ASL | Office of the Assistant Secretary for Legislation |
| ASPA | Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs |
| ASPE | Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation |
| ASPR | Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response |
| ATM | Accounting Treatment Manual |
| ATSDR | Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry |
| BA | Bachelor of Arts |
| BARDA | Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority |
| BHP | Basic Health Plan |
| BRAIN | Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies |
| CAHs | Critical Access Hospitals |
| CAIVRS | Urban Development’s Credit Alert Interactive Voice Response System |
| cap(s) | Corrective Action Plan(s) |
| cauti | Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections |
| cbrs | Comparative Billing Reports |
| CCDBG | Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 2014 |
| ccdf | Child Care Development Fund |
| CCIIo | Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight |
| cdc | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
| cder | Common Data Element Repository |
| CEAR | Certificate of Excellence in Accountability Reporting |
| cert | Comprehensive Error Rate Testing |
| cfbnp | Center for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships |
| cfo | Chief Financial Officer |
| CFO Act | Chief Financial Officers Act of 1990 |
| CFR | Code of Federal Regulations |
| cfrs | Consolidated Financial Reporting System |
| chip | Children’s Health Insurance Program |
| chipra | Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 |
| cio | Chief Information Officer |
| CL | Current Law |
| CMA | Computer Matching Agreement |
| CMMI | Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation |
| cmp | Civil Monetary Penalties |
| cms | Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services |
| co-op | Consumer Operated and Oriented Plan |
| cola | Cost of Living Adjustment |
| cots | Commercial Off the Shelf |
| cpi | Consumer Price Index |
| CPI-W | Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers |
| CPIC | Certification Package for Internal Controls |
| cpim | Consumer Price Index-Medical |
| CRC | Commercial Repayment Center |
| CSR | Cost-sharing reductions |
| csrs | Civil Service Retirement System |
| cusp | Comprehensive Unit-Based Safety Program |
| cy | Current Year |
| dab | Departmental Appeals Board |
| Data act | Digital Accountability and Transparency Act of 2014 |
| DEA | Drug Enforcement Agency |
| dhs | Department of Homeland Security |
| DMDC | Defense Manpower Data Center |
| dme | Durable Medical Equipment |
| DMEPOs | Durable Medical Equipment Prosthetics Orthotics and Supplies |
| DMF | Death Master File |
| DNP | Do Not Pay |
| dod | Department of Defense |
| DOI | Department of the Interior |
| doj | Department of Justice |
| dol | Department of Labor |
| DQSA | Drug Quality and Security Act |
| dra | Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 |
| DSWG | Data Standardization Working Group |
| eHr | Electronic Health Records |
| EO | Executive Order |
| epsdt | Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment |
| ERM | Enterprise Risk Management |
| ES | Executive Secretariat |
| esrd | End-Stage Renal Disease |
| FAQ | Frequently Asked Questions |
| fasab | Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board |
| FBIP | Financial Business Intelligence Program |
| fbis | Financial Business Intelligence System |
| fbwt | Fund Balance with Treasury |
| fda | Food and Drug Administration |
| FDASIA | Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act |
| feca | Federal Employees’ Compensation Act |
| fers | Federal Employees’ Retirement System |
| fetp | Field Epidemiology Training Program |
| ffm | Federally Facilitated Marketplace |
| ffmia | Federal Financial Management Improvement Act of 1996 |
| FFRDC | Federally Funded Research and Development Center |
| FFR | Federal Financial Report |
| ffs | Fee-for-Service |
| FGB | Financial Management Governance Board |
| fica | Federal Insurance Contributions Act |
| fifo | First-in/first-out |
| FISCAM | Federal Information Systems Control Audit Manual |
| fisma | Federal Information Security Management Act of 2002 |
| FITARA | Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act |
| fmap | Federal Medical Assistance Percentage |
| fmfia | Federal Managers’ Financial Integrity Act of 1982 |
| FPL | Federal Poverty Level |
| fps | Fraud Prevention System |
| FR | Final Rule |
| FSIP | Financial Systems Improvement Program |
| fsma | Food Safety Modernization Act |
| FVPS | Family Violence Prevention and Services |
| FWA | Fraud, waste, and abuse |
| fy | Fiscal Year |
| gaap | Generally Accepted Accounting Principles |
| gao | Government Accountability Office |
| gdp | Gross Domestic Product |
| GHP | Group Health Plan |
| GMRA | Government Management Reform Act of 1994 |
| GPRA | Government Performance and Results Act of 1993 |
| gsa | General Services Administration |
| hais | Healthcare-Associated Infections |
| HCBS | Home-and community-based- services |
| HEW | Health, Education, and Welfare |
| hfpp | Healthcare Fraud Prevention Partnership |
| HHAs | Home Health Agencies |
| hhs | Department of Health and Human Services |
| hi | Hospital Insurance |
| higlas | Healthcare Integrated General Ledger Accounting System |
| hipaa | Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 |
| hiv | Human Immunodeficiency Virus |
| hrsa | Health Resources and Services Administration |
| HSOPS | Hospital Survey of Patient Safety |
| H5N1 | Avian Influenza |
| ibnr | Incurred But Not Reported |
| ICD-10 | International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision |
| ICOFR | Internal Controls over Financial Reporting |
| ICUs | Intensive Care Units |
| iea | Office of Intergovernmental and External Affairs |
| ievs | Income Eligibility Verification System |
| IHS | Indian Health Service |
| IOs | Immediate Office of the Secretary |
| IP | Improper Payments |
| IPAB | Independent Payment Advisory Board |
| ipera | Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Act of 2010 |
| iperia | Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Improvement Act of 2013 |
| ipia | Improper Payments Information Act of 2002 |
| irs | Internal Revenue Service |
| it | Information Technology |
| LEIE | List of Excluded Individuals & Entities |
| llp | Limited Liability Partnership |
| ma | Medicare Advantage or Part C |
| MACRA | Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act |
| macs | Medicare Administrative Contractors |
| MAO | Medicare Advantage Organizations |
| marx | Medicare Advantage Prescription Drug |
| md&a | Management’s Discussion and Analysis |
| medic | Medicare Drug Integrity Contractors |
| mfcus | Medicaid Fraud Control Units |
| mics | Medicaid Integrity Contractors |
| MIDAS | Multidimensional Insurance Data Analytics System |
| mii | Medicaid Integrity Institute |
| mln | Medicare Learning Network |
| mma | Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003 |
| mmis | Medicaid Management Information Systems |
| MMWR | Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report |
| MOE | Maintenance of Effort |
| msis | Medicaid Statistical Information Systems |
| msp | Medicare Secondary Payer |
| MWWG | Material Weakness Working Group |
| NBI | National Benefit Integrity |
| nbs | NIH Business Systems |
| NCCI | National Correct Coding Initiative |
| ndnh | National Directory of New Hires |
| NGHP | Non-Group Health Plan |
| nhsc | National Health Service Corps |
| nhsn | National Healthcare Safety Network |
| nih | National Institutes of Health |
| NIP | National Provider Identifier |
| NJDCF | New Jersey Department of Children and Families |
| NPRM | Notice of Proposed Rulemaking |
| NYSOCFS | New York State Office of Children and Family Services |
| oact | Office of the Actuary |
| oasdi | Old-Age Survivors and Disability Insurance |
| oash | Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health |
| ocr | Office for Civil Rights |
| oga | Office of Global Affairs |
| ogc | Office of the General Counsel |
| OHR | Office of Health Reform |
| oig | Office of Inspector General |
| omb | Office of Management and Budget |
| OMH | Office of Minority Health |
| omha | Office of Medicare Hearings and Appeals |
| onc | Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology |
| opd | Orphan Products Development |
| OpDiv | Operating Division |
| os | Office of the Secretary |
| paris | Public Assistance Reporting Information System |
| PCS | Personal Care Services |
| pde | Prescription Drug Event |
| pedir | Payment Error related to Direct and Indirect Remuneration |
| pels | Payment Error related to Low-Income Subsidy Status |
| pems | Payment Error related to Medicaid Status |
| PEPPER | Program for Evaluating Payment Patterns Electronic Report |
| pepv | Prescription Drug Event Data Validation |
| perm | Payment Error Rate Measurement |
| PFCRA | Program Fraud Civil Remedies Act |
| PHD | Doctor of Philosophy |
| phs | Public Health Service |
| pip | Program Improvement Plan |
| PMDs | Power Mobility Devices |
| PMO | Program Management Office |
| PMS | Payment Management System |
| pp&e | Property, Plant and Equipment |
| PPS | Prospective Payment System |
| PPV | Plan Payment Validation |
| prrb | Provider Reimbursement Review Board |
| psc | Program Support Center |
| PTC | Premium Tax Credit |
| PUPS | Prisoner Update Processing System |
| PUR | Period Under Review |
| py | Prior Year |
| QAPI | Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement |
| QHP | Qualified Health Plans |
| qio | Quality Improvement Organization |
| QM | Quality Measures |
| qris | Quality Rating and Improvement Systems |
| QRP | Quality Reporting Program |
| rac | Recovery Audit Contractor |
| radv | Risk Adjustment Data Validation |
| rmfob | Risk Management and Financial Oversight Board |
| rsi | Required Supplementary Information |
| RSSI | Required Supplementary Stewardship Information |
| SACWIS | Statewide Automated Child Welfare Information System |
| SAM | General Service Administration’s System for Award Management |
| samhsa | Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration |
| sbir | Small Business Innovation Research |
| SBJA | Small Business Jobs Act of 2010 |
| se | Salmonella Enteritidis |
| seca | Self Employment Contribution Act of 1954 |
| sf | Standard Form |
| sffas | Statement of Federal Financial Accounting Standards |
| sgr | Sustainable Growth Rate |
| SHRAP | Sandy Homeowner and Renter Assistance Program |
| sir | Standard Infection Ratio |
| smi | Supplementary Medical Insurance |
| SMRC | Supplemental Medical Review/Specialty Contractor |
| snap | Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program |
| snf | Skilled Nursing Facility |
| sns | Strategic National Stockpile |
| SPA | State Plan Amendments |
| ssa | Social Security Administration |
| SSAE | Statement on Standards for Attestation Engagements |
| SSBG | Social Services Block Grant |
| ssf | Service and Supply Fund |
| StaffDiv | Staff Division |
| STEM | Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics |
| sttr | Small Business Technology Transfer |
| tanf | Temporary Assistance for Needy Families |
| TBI | Traumatic Brain Injury |
| TIN | Taxpayer Identification Number |
| t-mSIS | Transformed Medical Shared Information Saving Program |
| TNC | Treasury Nominal Coupon |
| TOP | Treasury’s Offset Program |
| treasury | Department of the Treasury |
| ufms | Unified Financial Management System |
| u.s. | United States |
| u.s.c. | U.S. Code |
| usda | U.S. Department of Agriculture |
| ussgl | U.S. Standard General Ledger |
| va | Department of Veterans Affairs |
| VBP | Value-Based Purchasing |
| vfc | Vaccines for Children |
| WIOA | Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act |
Appendix B: Connect With HHS
Thank you for your interest in HHS’s FY 2015 AFR. We welcome your comments on how we can make this report more informative for our readers. Please send your comments to:
Mail: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Office of Finance/Office of Financial Policy and Reporting
Mail Stop 549D
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Washington, DC 20201
Email: [email protected]
Electronic copies of this report and prior years’ reports are available through the Department’s website.
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Also see these sections of the Agency Financial Report:
- Section I: Management, Discussion and Analysis
- Section II: Financial Section
- Section III: Other Information
