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Abbreviations

Abbreviations and Glossary

List of Abbreviations

ACMHA
AHCPR
AIDS
AMBHA
APWA
ASAM
ASAMPPC-2
CARP
CBO
CDC
CMHC
CMHS
COA
CSAP
CSAT
DEC
DSM-IV
ECP
EPSDT
FFCMH
FTA
HCFA
HEDIS
HIV
HMO
IDEA
IEP

IHS
IMD
IOM

JCAHO
LAAM
MBHO
MCO
MHMA
MHSIP
MIS
NACBHD
NAMI
NASADAD
NASDDDS
NASMHPD
NCQA
NIAAA
NIDA
NMHA
OMT
PERMS
PSN

QM

RFI

RFP
SAMHSA
SAPT

SED

SMI

SPMI

SSI

STD

TAP

TIP

UM

UR

American College of Mental Health Administration
Agency for Health Care Policy and Research
acquired immunodeficiency syndrome

American Managed Behavioral Healthcare Association
American Public Welfare Association

American Society of Addiction Medicine

ASAM's Patient Placement Criteria/or the Treatment of Substance-Related Disorders, 2nd ed.

Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation (formerly the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities)

community-based organization

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
community mental health center

Community Mental Health Services (Block Grant)

Council on Accreditation of Services for Families and Children
Center for Substance Abuse Prevention

Center for Substance Abuse Treatment

Digital Equipment Corporation

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, 4th ed. (American Psychiatric Association)
essential community provider

Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment (services)
Federation of Families for Children's Mental Health

Family Treatment Association

Health Care Financing Administration
Health Plan Employer Data Information Set
human immunodeficiency virus

health maintenance organization
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
Individualized Education Plan

Indian Health Service

institution for mental disease

Institute of Medicine

Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organizations
levo-alpha-acety l-methadol

managed behavioral healthcare organization
managed care organization

Mental Health Management of America
Mental Health Statistics Improvement Program
Management Information System

National Association of County Behavioral Health Directors
National Alliance for the Mentally III

National Association of State Alcohol and Drug Abuse Directors

National Association of State Directors of Developmental Disabilities Services
National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors

National Committee for Quality Assurance

National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
National Institute on Drug Abuse

National Mental Health Association

opioid maintenance therapy

Performance-Based Measures for Managed Behavioral Health Care Programs
provider-sponsored network

quality management

request for information

request for proposal

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment (Block Grant)
serious emotional disturbances

serious mental illness

Serious and persistent mental illness
Supplemental Security Income
sexually transmitted disease
Technical Assistance Publication
Treatment Improvement Protocol
utilization management

utilization review