LDH Acronyms

LDH Acronyms

PLEASE NOTE: Some acronyms may stand for more than one phrase.

A&A	Aid and Attendance
AA	Adaptive Aids Alcoholics Anonymous Appointing Authority
AAA	Area Agencies on Aging
AAC	Average Acquisition Cost Average Actual Cost
AADC	Advanced Alcohol and Drug Counselor
AAFP	American Academy of Family Physicians
AAHSD	Acadiana Area Human Services District
AAIDD	American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
AAMC	Average Annual Medicaid Cost
AAN	American Academy of Neurology
AAP	American Academy of Pediatrics
AAPCC	Adjusted Average Per Capita Cost
AAR/IP	After Action Report/Implementation Plan
AARP	American Association of Retired Persons
ABA	Applied Behavior Analysis
ABC	American Board for Certification in Orthotics and Prosthetics
ABD	Aged, Blind and Disabled
ABH	Aetna Better Health
ABI	Adult Brain Injury
ABLE	Achieving a Better Life Experience
ABP	Alternative Benefit Plan
ABU	Alternative Birthing Unit
AC	Administrative Coordinator Aid Category Application Center
ACA	Affordable Care Act (formally known as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act)
ACAA	Air Carrier Access Act
ACATAX	Affordable Care Act Insurance Tax
ACD	Automated Call Distribution
ACE	Adverse Childhood Experience Angiotensin Converting Enzyme
ACH	Automated Clearing House
ACHC	Accreditation Commission for Health Care
ACIP	Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices
ACL	Administration for Community Living
ACLA	AmeriHealth Caritas of Louisiana
ACO	Accountable Care Organization
ACOG	American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
ACP	American College of Physicians
ACR	Average Commercial Rate
ACS	Address Correction Service American Community Survey
ACT	Assertive Community Treatment
AD	Active Directory Addictive Disorders Alzheimer’s Disease
ADA	American Dental Association Americans with Disabilities Act
ADC	Adult Day Care Alcohol and Drug Counselor Average Daily Census
ADD	Attention Deficit Disorder
ADHC	Adult Day Health Care Adult Day Health Care Waiver
ADHD	Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Adult Day Health Care
ADJ	Adjustment
ADL	Activities of Daily Living
ADMS	Assistive Devices Medical Supplies
ADR	Adverse Drug Reaction
ADRA	Addictive Disorders Regulatory Authority
AE	Accountable Entity
AED	Automatic External Defibrillator
AEDS	Alcohol Epidemiological Data System
AEMT	Advanced Emergency Medical Technician
AEPSi	Assessment, Evaluation and Programming System for Infants and Children
AFC	Adult Foster Care
AFDC	Aid to Families with Dependent Children
AFHPSFAP	Armed Forces Health Professionals Scholarship and Financial Assistance Program
AFHS	Age-Friendly Health Systems
AFS	Advantage Financial System
AG	Adult Group Attorney General
AGPS	Advanced Government Purchasing System
AGPS/ISIS	Advanced Government Purchasing System/Integrated Statewide Information System
AHA	American Hospital Association
AHEC	Area Health Education Center
AHRQ	Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
AHS	American Health Systems
AI	Artificial Intelligence
AIA	Approved Incentive Arrangement
AICPA	American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
AIDS	Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
AIP	Human Services Accountability and Implementation Plan
AIR	Accident/Injury Reports
ALJ	Administrative Law Judge
ALM	Application Lifestyle Management
ALOS	Average Length of Stay
ALS	Advanced Life Support Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease)
ALW	Assisted Living Waiver
AM	Accountability Matrix
AMA	American Medical Association
AMP	Average Manufacturer Price
AMPAR	Annual Management and Program Analysis Report
AMRP	Access Monitoring Review Plan
ANA	American Nurses Association
ANSI	American National Standards Institute
AO	Accrediting Organization Administrative Order
AOD	Alcohol or Other Drug
AP	Accountability Plan Associated Press
APA	American Psychiatric Association American Psychological Association
APC	Ambulatory Patient Classification
APD	Advance Planning Document
APG	Ambulatory Patient Groups
API	Application Programming Interface
APIGW	Application Programming Interface Gateway
APM	Alternative Payment Model
APPLETREE	ATSDR’s Partnership to Promote Local Efforts to Reduce Environmental Exposure
APRN	Advanced Practice Registered Nurse
APS	Adult Protective Services Ambulance Placarding Site
APTC	Advanced Premium Tax Credit
AR	Alcohol Related Authorized Representative
ARA	Assistant Regional Administrator
ARAMIS	Accounts Receivables and Management Information System
ARB	Angiotensin II Receptor Blocker
ARC	Adult Residential Care
ARCP	Adult Residential Care Provider
ARMVC	Alcohol-Related Motor Vehicle Crash
ARNIs	Angiotensin Receptor-Neprilysin Inhibitors
ARP	Annual Performance Report
ARPA	Advanced Research Projects Agency American Rescue Plan Act of 2021
ARR	Annual Resident Review
ARRA	American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
ART	Assistance Response Team Assisted Reproductive Technology
AS	Assistant Secretary
ASA	Advanced Storage Area
ASAM	American Society of Addiction Medicine
ASAP	As Soon as Possible Automated Standard Application for Payments
ASC	Accredited Standards Committee Ambulatory Surgical Center
ASD	Autism Spectrum Disorder
ASI	Addiction Severity Index
ASIST	Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training
ASL	American Sign Language
ASN	Acute Stabilization Needs
ASO	Administrative Service Organization Administrative Services Only
ASP	Average Sales Price
ASTHO	Association of State and Territorial Health Officers
AT	Assistive Technology
ATC	Alcohol and Tobacco Control
ATM	Automated Teller Machine
ATP	Asset Transfer Penalty Assistive Technology Professional
ATSDR	Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
ATTC	Addiction Technology Transfer Center
AU	Assistance Unit
AUCD	Agreed Upon Completion Date
AUD	Alcohol Use Disorder
AVP	Asset Verification Program
AVR	Automated Voice Response
AVRS	Automated Voice Response System
AVS	Asset Verification Service
AWP	Average Wholesale Price

BA	Boil Advisory
BacT	Bacteriological
BAR	Budget Administrative Request
BAS	Benefit Assessment Service
BAT	Batch Environment
BBA	Balanced Budget Act
BBRA	Balanced Budget Refinement Act
BBS	Bed Based Services Bulletin Board System
BCBA	Board Certified Behavior Analyst Board of Certified Behavior Analysts
BCBS	Blue Cross Blue Shield
BCC	Breast and/or Cervical Cancer
BCCP	Breast and Cervical Cancer Program
BCDPHA	Bureau of Chronic Disease Prevention and Healthcare Access (Well-Ahead Louisiana)
BC/DRP	Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Plans
BCIS	Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services Bureau of Communications and Inquiry Services
BCOS	Budget Category of Service
BCP	Bureau of Community Preparedness Business Continuity Plan
BCPHE	Bureau of Community Partnerships and Health Equity
BEER	Beneficiary Earnings Exchange Record
BEMS	Bureau of Emergency Medical Services
BEMS TOC	Bureau of Emergency Medical Services Technical Operations Center
BENDEX	Beneficiary Data Exchange Benefit Earnings and Data Exchange
BEST	Budget Estimate
BF	Breastfeeding
BFH	Bureau of Family Health
BFPC	Breastfeeding Peer Counselor
BFS	Bureau of the Fiscal Service
BG	Block Grant
BH	Bayou Health Behavioral Health
BHCC	Behavioral Health Crisis Care
BHCCP	Behavioral Health Clinical and Community Program
BHI	Bureau of Health Informatics
BHO	Behavioral Health Organization
BHP	Basic Health Plan Basic Health Program
BHPIHP	Behavioral Health Prepaid Inpatient Health Pan
BHS	Behavioral Health Services
BHSF	Bureau of Health Services Financing (Medicaid)
BHTF	Behavioral Health Task Force
BI	Buy-In
BIA	Bureau of Indian Affairs
BIC	Behavior Intervention Committee Beneficiary Identification Card Beneficiary Identification Code
BID	Bureau of Infectious Disease Epidemiology
BIM	Business Interactive Model
BIN	Bank Identification Number
BIP	Balance Incentive Program Behavior Intervention Plan
BIPOC	Black, Indigenous, People of Color
BIPP	State Balancing Incentive Payments Program
BLS	Basic Life Support
BMAC	Bureau of Media and Communications
BMHAP	Bureau of Minority Health Access and Promotions
BMI	Body Mass Index
BN	Boil Notice
BOE	Basis of Eligibility
BONS	Bureau of Nutrition Services
BOR	Louisiana Board of Regents
BP	Blood Pressure Business Plan
BPAO	Benefits Planning and Outreach
BPL	Blood Products Litigant
BPM	Business Process Management Business Process Model
BPMI	Business Process Modeling Initiative
BPMN	Business Process Modeling Notation
BPP BP2	Bureau of Planning and Performance
BPR	Business Process Re-engineering
BRCO	Bureau of Regional and Clinical Operations
BRE	Business Rules Exchange
BREATHE	Bringing Respiratory Health Equity for Asthmatics Through Healthier Environments
BRFSS	Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
BRG	Baton Rouge General
BSD	Business Services Definition
BSE	Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (also known as mad cow disease)
BSP	Behavior Support Plan
BV	Bacterial Vaginosis
BWA	Boil Water Advisory

CaBA	Certified Assistant Behavior Analyst
CAC	Certified Addiction Counselor
CADA	Council on Alcohol and Drug Abuse
CAF	Credible Allegations of Fraud
CAFE	Common Access Front End
CAH	Critical Access Hospital
CAHPS	Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems
CAHSD	Capital Area Human Services District
CAJUN	Correction and Justice Unified Network
CAL	Case Activity Log
CALOCUS	Child and Adolescent Level of Care Utilization System
CAN	Change Agent Network
CANS	Child and Adolescent Needs and Strengths
CAP	Community-Acquired Pneumonia Corrective Action Plan
CAPM	Certified Associate of Project Management
CAPS	Client Assessment Protocols Clinical Assessment Protocols
CAPTA	Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act
CAQH	Center for Affordable Quality Healthcare
CARC	Claims Adjustment Reason Code
CARES	Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act
CARF	Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities
CART	Child and Adolescent Response Team
CARTS	CHIP Annual Report Template System
CAS	Community Attendant Services Cost Allocation Services
CASA	Court Appointed Special Advocate
CASSP	Child and Adolescent Service System Program
CAT	Crisis Action Team
CAU	Centralized Appeals Unit
CAUTI	Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections
CB	Compliance Buy (WIC)
CBA	Corporate Business Account Cost Benefit Analysis
CBCS	Community Brief Crisis Support
CBO	Community-Based Organization Congressional Budget Office
CBPR	Community-Based Participatory Research
CBT	Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
CC	Children’s Choice Waiver Communications Coordinator Cost Center
CCAD	Community Care for the Aged and Disabled
CCAT	Community Care Assesment Tool
CCB	Configuration Control Board
CCBHC	Certified Community Behavioral Health Center
CCI	Coordinated Care Initiative
CCIIO	Center for Consumer Information and Oversight
CCM	Carrier Code Management Chisholm Class Member
CCN	Card Control Number Coordinated Care Network
CCO	Coordinated Care Organization
CCP	Crisis Counseling Assistance and Training Program Code of Civil Procedure Comprehensive Care Program
CCPH	Center for Community and Preventive Health
CCQP	CommunityCARE Quality Profiles
CCR	CommunityCARE Reports Consumer Confidence Report Cost to Charge Ratio
CCRP	Code of Criminal Procedure
CCS	Certified Clinical Supervisor
CCT	Community Care Team
CCUR	CommunityCare Utilization Reports
CCW	Community Choices Waiver
CCYS	Caring Communities Youth Survey
CD	Certificate of Deposit
CDBG	Community Development Block Grant
CDC	U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
CDE	Clinical Diagnostic Evaluation Comprehensive Diagnostic Evaluation
CDI	Chronic Disease Indicators Clinical Data Inquiry Clinical Drug Inquiry Application
CDL	Commercial Driver’s License
CDP	Census Designated Place
CDPS	Chronic Illness and Disability Payment System
CDR	Child Death Review Critical Design Review
CDS	Consumer Directed Services Controlled Dangerous Substance
CDT	Current Dental Technology
CDU	Chemical Dependency Unit
CE	Continuous Eligibility Covered Entity
CEA	Cooperative Endeavor Agreement
CEC	Coroner’s Emergency Certificate
CEF	Claim and Encounter Processing and Financial Management
CEHRT	Certified Electronic Health Record Technology
CEO	Chief Executive Officer
CEP-FM	Claim and Encounter Processing and Financial Management
CERC	Crisis and Emergency Risk Communications
CET	Community Engagement Toolkit
CEU	Continuing Education Unit
CF	Contract Form
CFDA	Catalogue of Federal Assistance
CFMS	Contract Financial Management System
CFO	Central Financial Office Chief Financial Officer
CFR	Code of Federal Regulations
CFS	Community Forensic Services
CFT	Child and Family Team
CHA/CHIP	Community Health Assessment/Community Health Improvement Plan
CHAMP	Child Health and Maternity Program
CHAMPUS	Civilian Health and Medical Program of the United Services
CHAP	Community Health Accreditation Program
CHAVI	Center for HIV/AIDS Vaccine Immunology
CHC	Community Health Clinic
CHD	Coronary Heart Disease
CHER	Center for Health Equity Research (Northern Arizona State University)
CHIP	Children’s Health Insurance Program
CHIPRA	Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009
CHOW	Change of Ownership
CHR-P	Clinical High Risk for Psychosis
CHT	Community Health Team
CHW	Community HealthWays Community Health Worker
CI	Crisis Intervention Critical Incident Configuration Item
CIA	Cooperative Involvement Agreement Corporate Integrity Agreement
CICS	Customer Information Control System
CID	Community Integration Development
CIO	Chief Information Officer
CIR	Critical Incident Report
CISO	Chief Information Security Officer
CIT	Counselor in Training Crisis Intervention Team
CITM	Change Implementation Team Members
CIU	Crisis Intervention Unit
CJ/MH	Criminal Justice/Mental Health Consensus Project
CKD-MBD	Chronic Kidney Disease – Mineral Bone Disorder
CLAS	Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services
CLASS	Community Living Assistance and Support Service
CLC	Certified Lactation Counselor
CLEAR	Council on Licensure, Enforcement and Regulation
CLHSD	Central Louisiana Human Services District
CLI	Certified Language International COVID-like Illness
CLIA	Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments
CLO	Community Living Option
CLS	Community Living Supports
CLSH	Central Louisiana State Hospital
CLHSD	Central Louisiana Human Services District
CLSSC	Central Louisiana Supports and Services Center
CM	Case Management Configuration Management
CMA	Certified Medical Assistant Certified Medication Assistant
CMAP	Cenla Medication Access Program
CMC	Care Management Center
CMCS	Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services
CME	Care Management Entity Continuing Medical Education
CMHBC	Community Mental Health Block Grant
CMHC	Community Mental Health Center Community Mental Health Clinic
CMHI	Children’s Mental Health Initiative (SAMHSA)
CMHS	Center for Mental Health Services
CMIS	Case Management Information System
CMMI	Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation
CMO	Chief Medical Officer Children’s Medicaid Option
CMP	Civil Monetary Penalty Competitive Medical Plan
CMPAS	Consumer Managed Personal Attendant Services
CMS	Content Management System U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
CMS 64	Quarterly Medicaid Statement of Expenditures for the Medical Assistance Program
CNA	Certified Nursing Aide Certified Nursing Assistant
CNE	Certified Network Engineer
CNM	Certified Nurse Midwife
CNP	Certified Nurse Practitioner
CO	Central Office (OCDD) Compliance Order
COA	Code of Admission Council on Accreditation Council on Aging
COB	Close of Business Coordination of Benefits
COBA	Coordination of Benefits Agreement
COBOL	Common Business-Oriented Language
COBRA	Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985
COC	Chain of Custody
COCOMO-II	Constructive Cost Modeler
COD	Co-Occurring Disorder
CODI	Co-Occurring Disorders Institute
COE	Center of Excellence Conditional Offer of Employment
COIRS	Central Office Incident Reporting System
COLA	Cost of Living Adjustment Cost of Living Allowance
CON	Certificate of Need
COO	Chief Operating Officer Concept of Operations
COOP	Continuity of Operations Plan
COPD	Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
CORE	Committee on Operating Rules for Information Exchange
CORF	Comprehensive Outpatient Rehabilitation Facilities
COS	Category of Service Community Outreach Specialist
COSIG	Co-Occurring State Infrastructure Grant
COTA	Certified Occupational Therapist Assistant
COTS	Commercial-off-the-Shelf
COWS	Clinical Opiate Withdrawal Scale
CP	Cerebral Palsy Claims Processing Commercial Plan
CPA	Competent Professional Authority (WIC) Controller of Public Accounts
C-PASS	Community Integrated Personal Assistance Services and Supports
CPD	Community Partnership Database
CPE	Certified Public Expenditure Cost Per Event
CPHP	Centers for Public Health Preparedness
CPI	Consumer Price Index Continuous Process Improvement
CPM	Continuous Performance Management
CPOC	Comprehensive Plan of Care
CPOE	Computerized Physician Order Entry
CPR	Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
CPRN	Community Preparedness Response Network
CPS	Child Protective Services Cost Proposal Score Current Population Survey
CPS ASEC	Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplement
CPSS	Certified Peer Support Specialist Credentialed Peer Support Specialist
CPST	Community Psychiatric Support and Treatment
CPT	Common Procedural Terminology Current Procedural Terminology
CPU	Correspondence Processing Unit
CQI	Continuous Quality Improvement
CQL	The Council on Quality and Leadership
CQO	Chief Quality Officer
CR	Change Request
CRC	Clinical Review Committee Colorectal Cancer Crisis Receiving Center
CRCC	Children’s Respite Care Center
CRNA	Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist
CRP	Collegiate Recovery Programs Comprehensive Resettlement Plan
CRR	Certified Report Request Code Review Request
CS	Community Spouse Crisis Stabilization
CSAT	Center for Substance Abuse Treatment
CSC	Coordinated Specialty Care
CSE	Center for Software Engineering
CSFP	Commodity Supplemental Food Program
CSHNC	Children with Special Health Care Needs
CSHS	Children’s Special Health Services
CSI	Claims Status Inquiry
CSN	Children with Special Needs
C-SNAP	Chronic Condition Special Need Plans
CSoC	Coordinated System of Care
CSoC-SED	Coordinated System of Care – Severely Emotionally Disturbed Waiver
CSPD	Comprehensive System of Personnel Development
CSRA	Community Services Regional Administrator
CSS	Community Support Specialist
CST	Central Standard Time Community Support Team
CSTE	Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists
CSU	Customer Service Unit
CSV	Cash Surrender Value Community Safety Variable
CT	Claim Type
CTA	Call to Action
CTC	Child Tax Credits
CTI	Certification of Terminal Illness
CTM	Claim Type Modifier Core Team Member
CTNS	Critical Transportation Needs Shelter
CTS	Community Tracking Study
CVB	Cash Value Benefit
CVD	Cardiovascular Disease
CVO	Credentials Verification Organization
CVV	Cash Value Voucher
CWD	Child Welfare Division
CWO	Child Welfare Office
CWP	Consolidated Waiver Program
CWS	Community Water System
CY	Calendar Year
CYFS	Children, Youth and Family Services

D&E	Diagnosis and Evaluation
DA	Displacement Assistance District Attorney
DAC	Data Accountability Center Disabled Adult Child
DAHS	Daily Activity and Health Services
DAL	Division of Administrative Law
DARPA	Defense Department Advanced Research Projects Agency
DAS	Deputy Assistant Secretary
DAW	Dispense as Written
DBA	Database Administrator Doing Business As
DBMD	Deaf Blind/Multiple Disability
DBMS	Database Management System
DBP	Dental Benefit Plan Disinfection Byproduct
DBPM	Dental Benefits Plan Manager
DBT	Dialectical Behavior Therapy
DC	Developmental Center
D/c	Discontinue
DCFS	Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services
DCFSA	Depending Care Flexible Spending Arrangement
DCR	Data Capture and Retrieval Design Change Request Form
DD	Data Definition Developmental Disabilities Direct Deposit
DD SNAP	Developmental Disabilities Support Needs Assessment Profile
DDC	Developmental Disabilities Council Dual Diagnosis Capable
DDCAT	Dual Diagnosis Capability in Addiction Treatment
DDCMHT	Dual Diagnosis Capability in Mental Health Treatment
DD-CNC	Developmentally Disabled – Continuous Nursing
DDD	Data-Driven Deliverable
DDE	Direct Data Entry Dual Diagnosis Enhanced
DDI	Design, Development and Installation
DDQ	Degree of Difficulty Questions
DDS	Disability Determination Services
DE	Data Elements Data Entry Deemed Eligible Demographic and Eligibility
DEA	Drug Enforcement Administration
DED	Data Element Dictionary
DEHPG	Disabled and Elderly Health Programs Group
DEI	Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
DEN	Density
DENV	Dengue Virus
DEQ	Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality
DESI	Drug Efficacy Study Implementation
DFC	District Forensic Coordinator Drug-Free Communities
DFP	Data Facility Product
DHE	Division of Health Economics
DHH	Department of Health and Hospitals (former name of the Louisiana Department of Health)
DHHS	U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
DHS	U.S. Department of Homeland Security
DI	Detailed In
DIAL	Disability Information and Access Line
DIP	Detailed Implementation and Training Plan
DIS	Disease Intervention Specialist
DLE	Detail Level Estimate
DM	Disease Management
DMC	Data Management Contractor
DME	Durable Medical Equipment
DMEPOS	Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics and Supplies
DMIE	Demonstration to Maintain Independence and Employment Grant
DMORT	Disaster Mortuary Operational Response Team
DNP	Developmental Neuropsychiatric Program
DNR	Louisiana Department of Natural Resources
DNS	Do Not Substitute
DO	Detailed Out Doctor of Osteopathy
DOA	Date of Accident Division of Administration
DOB	Date of Birth
DOC	Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections
DOCIS	Disclosure of Ownership and Control Interest Statement
DOD	Date of Death
DOE	Louisiana Department of Education
DOI	U.S. Department of the Interior
DOIF	Disclosure of Ownership Information Form
DOJ	Department of Justice
DOL	U.S. Department of Labor
DOP	Date of Payment
DOS	Date of Service
DOTD	Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development
DPA	Delegated Purchasing Authority
DPAHP	Dental Prepaid Ambulatory Health Plan
DPB	Drug Policy Board
DPPU	Distinct Part Psychiatric Unit
DPS&C	Department of Public Safety and Corrections
DQ	DentaQuest USA Insurance Company, Inc.
DR	Disaster Recovery
DRA	Deficit Reduction Act of 2005
DRC	Disaster Recovery Center (Federal) Disaster Recovery Coordinator (State)
DRF	Discrepancy Report Form
DRG	Diagnosis-Related Group Drug-Related Group
DRLA	Disability Rights Louisiana
DRP	Disaster Recovery Plan
DRR	Deliverable Review Report
DSA	Data-Sharing Agreement
DSCB	Dataset Control Block
DSD	Detailed Specifications Design Detailed Specifications Document Detailed System Design
DSH	Disproportionate Share Disproportionate Share Hospital
DSNP	Delivery System Reform Incentive Payment
D-SNP	Dual Eligible Special Needs Plans
DSP	Direct Service Provider Direct Support Professional
DSRIP	Delivery System Reform Incentive Payment
DSS	Decision Support System Department of Social Services
DSS/DW	Decision Support System/Data Warehouse
DSSAS	Division of Safety/Security and Administrative Services
DSW	Direct Service Worker Direct Support Worker
DTA	Denied Claims Turnaround
DTC	Descriptive Therapeutic Class
DTS	Data Transformation Services
DU	Data Users
DUA	Data Users Agreement Disaster Unemployment Assistance
DUR	Data Upon Request Drug Utilization Review
DURS	Drug Utilization Review System
DVT	Deep Vein Thrombosis
DW	Data Warehouse
DWRLF	Drinking Water Revolving Loan Fund Program
DW/W	Disabled Widows/Widowers
Dx	Diagnosis

E&E	Eligibility and Enrollment
E&T	Employment and Training
EA	Enterprise Architecture External Audit
EAA	Environmental Accessibility Adaptation
EAC	Estimated Acquisition Cost
EAER	Ensure Agency Emergency Readiness
EAL	Emergency Activation Level
EAPG	Enhanced Ambulatory Patient Group
EAS	Emergency Alert System
EB	Enrollment Broker
EBD	Emotional and Behavioral Disorders
EBITA	Earnings Before Tax, Interest and Amortization Expenses
EBP	Evidence-Based Practices Evidence-Based Provider
EBS	Evidence-Based Strategies
EBT	Electronic Benefit Transfer Evidence-Based Treatment
ECC	Electronic Claims Capture
e-CCR	Electronic CommunityCARE Reports
e-CDI	Electronic Clinical Data Inquiry
ECHO	Enterprise Change Order Extension for Community Health Outcomes
ECI	Early Childhood Intervention External Cause of Injury
ECO	Early Childhood Outcomes
ECR	Electronic Case Record Emergency Change Request
e-CSI	Electronic Claims Status Inquiry
ECSS	Early Childhood Supports and Services
ECTA	Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center
ED	Emergency Department Erectile Dysfunction
EDA	Elderly and Disabled Adult Electronic Design Automation
EDB	Medicare Enrollment Database
EDD	Expected Date of Delivery
EDI	Electronic Date Interchange Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
EDGAR	Education Department General Administrative Regulations
EDI/HE	Equity, Diversity and Inclusion and Health Equity
EDMS	Enterprise Document Management System
EDP	Electronic Data Processing
EDPSW	Expanded Dental Services for Pregnant Women
EDT	Employee Development and Training
EE	Employee
EFL	Extended Family Living
E-FMAP	Enhanced Federal Medical Assistance Percentage
EFO	Eligibility Field Operations
EFT	Electronic Funds Transfer
EH	Eligible Hospital(s)
EHB	Essential Health Benefit
eHIP	Electronic Healthy Incentives Project
EHR	Electronic Health Record
EIC	Early Intervention Center
EIDR	Electronic Data Institutional Request
EIDS	Early Intervention Data System
EIN	Employer ID Number
EIP	Early Intervention Program
EIS	Early Intervention Service
EITC	Earned Income Tax Credit
ELE	Express Lane Eligibility
ELMHS	Eastern Louisiana Mental Health System
ELOC	Elevated Level of Care
EMAC	Examination of Master Addiction Counselor
EMC	Electronic Media Claims
EMDAC	Emergency Management Disability and Aging Coalition
e-MEVS	Electronic Medicaid Eligibility Verification System
EMO	Executive Management Officer
EMOD	Environmental Modification
EMR	Electronic Medical Records Emergency Medical Responder
EMRV	Emergency Medical Response Vehicle
EMS	Emergency Medical Services
EMT	Emergency Medical Technician Emergency Medical Transportation Executive Management Team
EMTALA	Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act
ENF	Employee Notification Form
ENH	Enhancement Request Form
EOA	Equity of Access
EOB	Existing Operating Budget Explanation of Benefits
EOC	Emergency Operations Center
EOI	Evidence of Insurability
EOM	End of Message
EOMB	Explanation of Medicare Benefits
EOP	Emergency Operations Plan
EP	Eligible Professional(s) Emergency Preparedness
e-PA	Electronic Prior Authorization
EPA	Environmental Protection Agency
e-PAR	Electronic Personnel Action Request
EPB	Evidence-Based Protocol
ePCCM	Enhanced Primary Care Case Management
e-PE	Electronic Provider Enrollment
ePHI	Electronic Protected Health Information
EPHTP	Environmental Public Health Tracking Program
EPI	Emergeny Public Information
EPLS	Excluded Parties List Serve
EPM	Education Program Manager
EPO	Eligibility Program Operations Emergency Preparedness Officer Exclusive Provider Organization
EPS	Elderly Protective Services Eligibility Policy Section
EPSDT	Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic and Treatment
EQR	External Quality Review
EQRO	External Quality Review Organization
ER	Emergency Room Estate Recovery
ERA	Electronic Referral Authorization Electronic Remittance Advice
ERC	Emergency Response Coordinator
ERD	Entity Relationship Diagrams
ERG	Employee Resource Group
ERISA	Employee Retirement Income Security Act
ERM	Entity Relationship Model
ERS	Emergency Response System
ERT	Entry Review Team
ES	EarlySteps Extraordinary Session
ESAP	Elderly Simplified Application Project
ESB	Enterprise Service Bus
ESF	Emergency Support Function
ESG	Emergency Shelter Grant
ESI	Employer-Sponsored Insurance
ESMI	Early Serious Mental Illness
ESRD	End-Stage Renal Disease
ESS	Eligibility Supports Section
ESSS	Eligibility Special Services Section
EUS	Entry Unit Staff
EVM	Earned Value Management
EVMS	Earned Value Management System
EVV	Electronic Visit Verification
EVVE	Electronic Verification of Vital Events
EWS	Early Warning System
EW/W	Early Widows/Widowers

F&P	Fiscal and Programmatic
F/EA	Financial/Employer Agent Fiscal/Employer Agent
FAC	Family Assistance Center
FACS	Family, Adult and Child Services Financial Accountability and Control Subsystem
FACT	Forensic Aftercare Treatment Forensic Assertive Community Treatment
FADS	Fraud Abuse Detection System
FAERS	FDA Adverse Event Report System
FAM4	OFS Financial Assistance Manual (also known as Chapter 4)
FAPE	Free Appropriate Public Education
FAQ	Frequently Asked Question
FARS	Fatality Analysis Reporting System
FB	Facebook Food Bank
FBI	Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBR	Federal Benefit Rate
FCC	Family Call Center Federal Communications Commission
FCEP	From Conception to End of Pregnancy
FCHCO	Federal Coordinated Health Care Office
FCN	Financial Control Number
FDA	U.S. Food and Drug Administration
FDB	First Databank
FDP	Food Delivery Portal (USDA)
FDSH	Federal Data Services Hub
FDW	Financial Data Warehouse
FEA	Federal Enterprise Architecture Fiscal Employer Agent
FED	Federal Funds
FEHBP	Federal Employee Health Benefits Program (5 U.S.C. 8901, et seq.)
FEIN	Federal Employer Identification Number
FEIS	Financial Economic Impact Statement
FEMA	Federal Emergency Management Agency
FEP	First Episode Psychosis
FERPA	Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act
FFC	Former Foster Care
FFCRA	Families First Coronavirus Response Act
FFF	Feliciana Forensic Facility Flexible Family Funds
FFF-NO	Feliciana Forensic Facility – New Orleans
FFM	Federally-Facilitated Marketplace
FFP	Federal Financial Participation
FFS	Fee for Service
FFT	Functional Family Therapy
FFT-CW	Functional Family Therapy – Child Waiver
FFY	Federal Fiscal Year
FHF	Families Helping Families
FHIR	Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources
FI	Fiscal Intermediary Food Instrument (WIC)
FICA	Federal Insurance Contribution Act
FICU	LDH Fiscal Intermediary Control Unit
FIDE-SNP	Fully-Integrated Dual Eligible Special Needs Plan
FIMS	Fiscal Intermediary Management System
FINS	Families in Need of Services
FIPS	Federal Information Processing Standard
FITAP	Family Independence Temporary Assistance Program (also known as TANF)
FLSA	Fair Labor Standards Act
FM	Files Maintenance Section (Financial Unit)
FMAP	Federal Medical Assistance Percentage
FMB	Financial Measurement Baseline
FMLA	Family Medical Leave Act
FMO	Financial Management and Operations
FMOL	Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System, Inc.
FMP	Financial Management Plan Full Medicaid Payment Full Medicaid Pricing
FMR	Financial Management Review (WIC)
FMS	Family Medical Stations
FMV	Fair Market Value
FNA	Facility Needs Approval
FNC	Forms and Notices Committee
FNR	Facility Needs Review
FNS	Food and Nutrition Service (of USDA)
FOA	Family Opportunity Act Fiscal Office Analysis Funding Opportunity Announcement
FOC	Freedom of Choice
FOIA	Freedom of Information Act
FOP	Family Opportunity Program
FP	Family Planning
FPC	Family Planning Clinic
FPHSA	Florida Parishes Human Services Authority
FPIG	Federal Poverty Income Guidelines
FPL	Federal Poverty Level
FPRS	Food Program Reporting System (USDA)
FPW	Family Planning Waiver
FQHC	Federally Qualified Health Center Federally Qualified Health Clinic
FR	Final Rule
FRC	Financial Review Committee
FS	Focused Study
FSA	Farm Service Agency Flexible Spending Account
FSBC	Free-Standing Birth Center
FSC	Family Support Coordination
FSGR	Fees and Self-Generated Revenue
FSO	Family Support Organization(s)
FSPCA	Food Safety Preventive Controls Alliance
FSTRA	Forensic Supervised Transitional Residential and Aftercare
FTE	Full-Time Employee Full-Time Equivalent
FTI	Federal Tax Information
FTP	Failure to Provide File Transfer Protocol
FTX	Financial Transactions
FUL	Federal Upper Limit
FUTA	Federal Unemployment Tax
FWA	Fraud, Waste and Abuse
FY	Fiscal Year
FYI	For Your Information

GAA	General Appropriation Act
GAAS	Generally Accepted Auditing Standards
GAB	General Appropriation Bill
GACDA	Governor’s Advisory Council on Disability Affairs
GAO	Government Accountability Office
GCP	Google Cloud Platform
GDP	Gross Domestic Product
GED	General Educational Development
GEMS	Governmental Efficiencies Management Support project
GHI	Group Health Incorporated
GHIPP	Group Health Insurance Payment Program
GIS	Geographic Information System
GMC	Geographic Managed Care
GME	Graduate Medical Education
GNOCHC	Greater New Orleans Community Health Connection
GO	Governor’s Office
GOB	General Obligations Bond
GODA	Governor’s Office for Disability Affairs
GOEA	Governor’s Office of Elderly Affairs
GOHSEP	Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness
GOTS	Government Off-The-Shelf
GME	Graduate Medical Education
GP	General Practitioner
GPFSA	General Purpose Flexible Spending Arrangement
GPI	General Performance Information Indicator
GPO	Group Purchasing Organization
GPRA	Government Performance Reporting and Results Act
GPSORC	Guidelines for Planning State Office Review Committee
GR	General Revenue
GSA	General Services Administration Geographical Service Area
GSD	General System Design
GSW	Graduate Social Worker
GT	Gainwell Technologies
GUI	Graphic User Interface
GWR	Ground Water Rule
GYN	Gynecologist

H-0	H Minus Zero (time tropical storm hits coast)
HAC	Health Appropriations Committee
HAI	Healthcare-Associated Infection
HAN	Health Alert Network
HAP	Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia Housing Assistance Contract Housing Payment Standard
HARP	Health and Recovery Plan Hospital Admission Review Program
HAVI	Health Alliance for Violence Intervention
HB	House Bill
HBCUs	Historically Black Colleges and Universities
HBE	Health Benefit Exchange
HBL	Healthy Blue
HBM	Health Benefits Manager
HCAC	Health Care Acquired Condition
HCBP	Come and Community-Based Providers
HCBS	Home and Community-Based Services
HCBSW	Home and Community-Based Services Waiver
HCFA	Health Care Financing Administration
HCERA	Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010
HCPCS	Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System Home and Community-Based Personal Care Services
HCP-LAN	Health Care Payment Learning and Action Network
HCR	House Concurrent Resolution
HCS	Health Care Systems Computer Pharmacy Program
HCV	Hepatitis C Virus Housing Choice Voucher
HDL	Healthnet Data Link
HDX	Healthcare Data Exchange
HE	Health Educator Health Equity
HEAT	Health Equity Action Team
HEDIS	Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set
HF	High Frequency
HgB	Hemoglobulin
HH	Home Health
HHA	Home Health Agency
HHS	U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Home Health Services
HHS SBU	Health and Human Services Strategic Business Unit
HHW	House Health and Welfare
HIC	Health Insurance Claim
HICAP	Health Information Counseling and Advocacy Program
HICL	Hierarchical Ingredient Code List
HICN	Health Insurance Claim Number
HIE	Health Information Exchange
HIM	Health Information Management
HIMSS	Healthcare Information Management Systems Society
HIN	Health Information Network
HIO	Health Insurance Organization
HIPP	Health Insurance Premium Payment
HIPAA	Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996
HIT	Health Information Technology
HITECH	Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act
HIV	Human Immunodeficiency Virus
HJR	House Joint Resolution
HLA	Health LA
HLE	High-Level Estimate
HMO	Health Management Organization
HMS	Health Management Systems Health Management Systems, Inc.
HNA	Health Needs Assessment
HOH	Head of Household
HPAI	Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza
HPE	Hospital Presumptive Eligible
HPEQE	Hospital Presumptive Eligible Qualified Entities
HPM	Health Plan Management
HPSA	Health Professional Shortage Area
HPV	Human Papillomavirus
HQ	Headquarters
HQS	Housing Quality Standards
HR	House Resolution Human Resources
HRA	Health Risk Assessment
HRC	Human Rights Committee
HRD	Human Resource Development
HRET	Health Research and Educational Trust
HRI	Health-Related Illness Heat-Related Illness
HRNU	High Risk Nutrition Education
HRO	House Research Organization
HRSA	Health Resources and Services Administration
HRT	Hormone Replacement Therapy
HSA	Health Savings Account Human Services Authority
HSAIP	Human Services Accountability and Implementation Plan
HSD	Human Services District
HSDA	Human Services District/Authority
HSI	Health Services Initiative
HSIC	Human Services Interagency Council
HSM	Hierarchical Storage Manager
HSRG	Highway Safety Research Group
HSS	Health Standards Section
HST	Housing Support Team
HT	Height
HTS	HealthTech Solutions
HUB	Historically Underutilized Business
HUD	U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUM	Humana Healthy Horizons

IA	Independent Assessment Internal Audit Inventory Audit (WIC)
IAB	Incentive-Based
IADLS	Instrumental Activities of Daily Living
IAM	Identity and Access Management Innovation Access Method
IAP	Innovation Accelerator Program Insurance Affordability Program
IAPD	Implementation Advance Planning Document
IAPDU	Implementation Advance Planning Document Update
IAT	Interagency Transfer
IBCLC	International Board Certified Lactation Consultant
IBNR	Incurred But Not Reported
IBNRS	Incurred But Not Reported Survey System
IC	Incident Commander Intermediate Care Nursing Facility
ICAMA	Interstate Compact on Adoption and Medical Assistance
ICC	Intensive Care Coordination Interstate Compact Coordinator
ICD	Interface Control Document International Classification of Diseases
ICD-10-CM	International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision Clinical Modification
ICE	U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
ICF	Intermediate Care Facility
ICF-DD	Intermediate Care Facility for the Developmentally Disabled
ICF-IID	Intermediate Care Facility for Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities
ICIC	Improving Chronic Illness Care
ICM	Integrated Care Model Integrated Change Management Intensive Case Management
ICN	Internal Claim Number Internal Control Number
ICS	Incident Command System
ICSED	Improve Care for the Substance Exposed Dyad
ICT	Integrated Care Team
ICU	Intensive Care Unit
ID	Identification Intellectual Disabilities
IDC	ID Cards
IDD	Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
IDE	Integrated Development Environment
IDEA	Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
ID-Epi	Infectious Disease Epidemiology Program
IDIQ	Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity
IDS	Inter-Disciplinary Staffings
IDT	Interdisciplinary Team
IEB	Interim Emergency Board
IEE	Independent Education Evaluation
IEP	Individualized Education Plan
IER	Individual Entry Review
IESWTR	Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
IFDHE	Institute for Diversity and Health Equity
IFLA	Injury-Free Louisiana Academy
IFS	Individual and Family Support
IFSP	Individualized Family Services Plan
IG	Instagram
IGT	Intergovernmental Transfer
iHC	interRAI Home Care
IHCP	Indian Health Care Provider
IHI	Institute for Healthcare Improvement
IHP	Individualized Habilitation Plan
IHS	Indian Health Service
IHSS	In-Home Support Services
IID	Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities
IIS	Immunization Information Systems
ILI	Influenza-Like Illness
IL/SB	Independent Living/Skills Building
ILT	Instructor-Led Training
ImCAL	Imperial Calcasieu Human Service Authority
IM	Incident Management
IMD	Institution for Mental Diseases
IME	Incurred Medical Expense Indirect Medical Education
IMS	Information Management System
IMT	Interdepartmental Monitoring Team
INA	Immigration and Naturalization Act
I/O	Input/Output
IOC	Inorganic Chemical
IOM	Institute of Medicine
IOP	Intensive Outpatient Program
IOS	International Organization for Standardization
IP	Inpatient Institutional Placement Internet Protocol
IPA	In-Person Assistance
IPF	Inpatient Psychiatric Facility
IPG	Interim Program Guideline
IPIA	Improper Payments Information Act
IPoC	Individualized Plan of Care
IPPS	Inpatient Prospective Payment System
IPS	Individual Placement and Support
IR	Institutional Risk
IRA	Individual Responsibility Agreement Individual Retirement Account
IRB	Institutional Review Board
IRC	Institutional Review Committee Internal Revenue Code of 1986 Internet Relay Chat
IRCA	Immigration Reform and Control Act
IRO	Independent Review Organization
IRS	U.S. Internal Revenue Service
IS	Information System Institutionalized Spouse
IS RA	Information Security Risk Assessment
ISA	Industry Standard Architecture Interoperability Standards Advisory
ISC	Interagency Service Coordination
ISCA	Information Systems Capabilities Assessment
ISD	Intensity, Severity and Discharge
ISDM	Information Systems Development Methodology
ISDN	Integrated Services Digital Network
ISIS	Integrated Statewide Information System
ISM	In-Kind Support and Maintenance
I-SNP	Institutional Special Needs Plans
ISO	International Standards Organization
ISP	Individualized Service Plan Internet Service Provider
ISPF	Interactive System Productivity Facility
ISR	Individual Supports Review
IST	Incompetent to Stand Trial Information Security Team
IT	Information Technology
ITL	Information Technology Laboratory
ITP	Incompetent to Proceed
ITS	Individual Tracking System
IU	Income Unit
IV	Intravenous Medications/Fluids
IV&V	Independent Validation and Verification
IVDU	Intravenous Drug Use Intravenous Drug User
IVR	Interactive Voice Response
IZ	Immunization Program

JAD	Joint Application Design Joint Application Development
JAMIS	Joint Accounting and Management Information System
JCAH	Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals
JCAHO	Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
JCL	Job Control Language
JES2	Job Entry Subsystem 2
JFO	Joint Field Operations
JIC	Joint Information Center
JIS	Joint Information System
JLCB	Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget
JOC	Joint Operations Center
JPHSA	Jefferson Parish Human Services Authority
JSURS	Java Surveillance and Utilization Review Subsystem
JSYH	Jump Start Your Heart
JTPA	Job Training Partnership Act

KBA	Knowledge-Based Authentication
KCSP	Kinship Care Subsidy Program
KM	Knowledge Management
KPI	Key Performance Indicators
KSA	Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

LA	Annual Leave Local Agency
LA BEOC	Louisiana Business Emergency Operations Center
LaBOR	Louisiana Board of Regents
LA HAN	Louisiana Health Alert Network
LAA	Louisiana Ambulance Alliance
LaAAP	Louisiana American Academy of Pediatricians
LAALS	Louisiana Adverse Actions List Search
LAC	Licensed Addiction Counselor Louisiana Administrative Code
LaCAN	Louisiana Council’s Advocacy Network
LACAN	Louisiana Citizens for Action Now
LaCHIP	Louisiana Children’s Health Insurance Program
LaCOADA	Louisiana Council on Aging Directors Association
LA-CRS	Louisiana Crisis Response System
LAD	Louisiana Association of the Deaf
LADCP	Louisiana Public Employees Deferred Compensation Plan
LADDC	Louisiana Developmental Disabilities Council
LaDUR	Louisiana Drug Utilization Review
LaHDPPS	Louisiana Hospital Directed Payment Program Support
LaHEC	Louisiana Higher Education Coalition
LaHIE	Louisiana Health Information Exchange
LaHIPP	Louisiana Health Insurance Premium Payment
LAHP	Louisiana Association of Health Plans
LALA	Louisiana Assisted Living Association
LaMEDS	Louisiana Medicaid Eligibility Determination System
LAMHA	Louisiana Mental Health Association
LAMI	Louisiana Automated Management Information
LAMIG	Louisiana Medicaid Infrastructure Grant
LaMOMS	Louisiana Moms
LAN	Local Area Network
LANET	Louisiana MMIS Network
LANG	Louisiana National Guard
LAP	LaCHIP Affordable Plan Language Access Plan Louisiana Medicaid POS
LaPAC	Louisiana Procurement and Contract Network
LaPAS	Louisiana Performance Accountability System
LaPFS	Louisiana Partnerships for Success
LaPOP	Louisiana Personal Options Program
LaPOST	Louisiana Physician Order for Scope of Treatment
LaPQC	Louisiana Perinatal Quality Collaborative
LAPRIMS	Louisiana Pharmacy Rebate Information Management System
LAR	Legislative Appropriations Request
LARC	Legal, Audit, Regulatory and Compliance
LASACT	Louisiana Association of Substance Use Counselors and Trainers
LASCA	Louisiana Support Coordination Application
LASERS	Louisiana State Employees’ Retirement System
LASES	Louisiana Support Enforcement Services
LaSOR	Louisiana State Opioid Response
LaSRS	Louisiana Services Reporting System
LAST	Louisiana Service Tracking Louisiana State Tracking System
LATAN	Louisiana Assistive Technology Access Network
LAVA	Louisiana Volunteers in Action
LAWIN	Louisiana WIC Information Network
LAWRRIS	Louisiana Registry and Recipient Information System
LB	Sick Leave
LBAB	Louisiana Behavior Analysts Board
LBCHP	Louisiana Breast and Cervical Health Program
LBHA	Local Behavioral Health Authority
LBHAC	Louisiana Behavioral health Advisory Council
LBHP	Louisiana Behavioral Health Partnership
LBLN	Louisiana Business Leadership Network
LCA	Louisiana Counseling Association
LCC	Linkage to Care Coordinators
LCD	Local Coverage Determination Louisiana Commission for the Deaf
LCLE	Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement
LCMHC	Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor
LCP	Louisiana Cancer Program
LCPC	Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor
LCR	Lead and Copper Rule
LCRC	Louisiana Cancer Research Center
LCRI	Lead and Copper Rule Improvements
LCRR	Lead and Copper Rule Revisions
LCS	Louisiana Clinical Services
LCSW	Licensed Clinical Social Worker
LCSW-BACS	Licensed Clinical Social Worker – Board Approved Clinical Supervisor
LDAF	Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry
LDDO	Local Developmental Disabilities Office
LDEQ	Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality
LDET	Louisiana Department of Employment and Training
LDH	Louisiana Department of Health
LDH EOC	Louisiana Department of Health Emergency Operations Center
LDI	Leadership Development Institute Louisiana Department of Insurance
LDN	Licensed Dietitian/Nutritionist
LDNR	Louisiana Department of Natural Resources
LDOA	Louisiana Department of Administration
LDOE	Louisiana Department of Education
LDR	Louisiana Department of Revenue
LDWF	Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries
LEA	Local Education Agencies Local Education Authority
LED	Louisiana Department of Economic Development
LEEDS	Louisiana Early Event Detection System
LEER	Louisiana Electronic Event Registration System
LEIE	List of Excluded Individuals/Entities
LEO	Louisiana Employees Online
LEP	Limited English Proficiency
LEPA	Louisiana Emergency Preparedness Association
LERN	Louisiana Emergency Response Network
LESA	Louisiana eProcurement Solutions by Ariba
LFO	Legislative Fiscal Office
LFS	Louisiana Family Services
LGBTQ+	Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and Others
LGE	Local Governing Entity
LGR	Legislative and Governmental Relations
LGSI	Louisiana Guardianship Services, Inc.
LHA	Louisiana Health Access Louisiana Hospital Association
LHC	Louisiana Housing Corporation
LHCC	Louisiana Healthcare Connections
LHCQF	Louisiana Health Care Quality Forum
LHEC	Louisiana Health Equity Consortium
LHIS	Louisiana Health Insurance Survey
LHSC	Louisiana Highway Safety Commission
LHWC	Longshore and Harbor Worker’s Compensation
LI	Local Initiative
LIACH	Louisiana Interagency Action Council on Homelessness
LIFC	Low-Income Families with Children
LIFT	Louisiana Information Form Tracking System
LINCAA	Low-Income and Needy Care Collaboration Agreements
LINKS	Louisiana Immunization Network for Kids
LIS	Low-Income Subsidy
LITS	Louisiana Integrated Treatment System
LIW	Low-Income Women
LLA	Local Lead Agencies Louisiana Legislative Auditor
LLC	Limited Liability Corporation
LLI	Louisiana Leadership Institute
LMAC	Louisiana Maximum Allowable Cost
LMFT	Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
LMGMA	Louisiana Medical Group Managers Association
LMHA	Local Mental Health Authority
LMHC	Licensed Mental Health Counselor
LMHP	Licensed Mental Health Professional
LMMIS	Louisiana Medicaid Management Information System
LMS	Learning Management System
LMSW	Licensed Master Social Worker
LNHA	Louisiana Nursing Home Association
LOC	Level of Care
LOCET	Level of Care Eligibility Tool
LOCUS	Level of Care Utilization System
LODSS	Louisiana Opioid Data and Surveillance System
LOE	Level of Effort
LOI	Letter of Intent
LOS	Length of Stay Letter of Support
LOT	Local Oversight Team
LPA	Louisiana Press Association
LPAA	Louisiana Property Assistance Agency
LPC	Licensed Professional Counselor Lowest Proposal Cost
LPCA	Louisiana Primary Care Association
LPCC	Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor of Mental Health
LPC-S	Licensed Professional Counselor – Supervisor
LPFSA	Limited Purpose Flexible Spending Arrangement
LPHI	Louisiana Public Health Institute
LPN	Licensed Practical Nurse
LPR	Lawful Permanent Resident
LQN	Louisiana Quality Network
LRECL	Logical Record Length
LRHA	Louisiana Rural Health Association
LRS	Louisiana Rehabilitation Services
LSBME	Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners
LSBN	Louisiana State Board of Nursing
LSBSWE	Louisiana State Board of Social Work Examiners
LSMS	Louisiana State Medical Society
LSOC	Leave – State Office Closure
LSP	Louisiana State Police
LSS	Lean Six Sigma
LSSC	Louisiana Sickle Cell Commission
LSU	Louisiana State University
LSU SREC	Louisiana State University Social Research and Evaluation Center
LSUHSC	Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center
LSUHSC-NO	Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center – New Orleans
LSUMC	Louisiana State University Medical Center
LSU-S	Louisiana State University-Shreveport
LSUSD	Louisiana State University School of Dentistry
LT	Length Long-Term Care
LTC	Long-Term Care
LTCH	Long-Term Care Hospital
LTMH	Long-Term Mental Health
LTCP	Long-Term Care Partnership
LTPCS	Long Term-Personal Care Services
LTR	Lawful Temporary Resident Louisiana Tumor Registry
LTSS	Long-Term Supports and Services
LWB	Louisiana Web Batch
LWC	Louisiana Workforce Commission

M&O	Maintenance and Operations
MA	Maximum Allowable Cost Medicaid Administrative Claiming Medicaid Application Center Medicaid Analyst Medicare Advantage Medical Assistance Monitored Anesthesia Care
MAC	Maximum Allowable Cost
MACBIS	Medicaid and CHIP Business Information Solutions Council
MACPAC	Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission
MACPIE	Medicaid and CHIP Policy Implementation and Evaluation
MACRA	Medicare and CHIP Reauthorization Act
MAGI	Medicaid Adjusted Gross Income Modified Adjusted Gross Income
MAM	Medicaid Administrative Memorandum Medicaid Area Manager
MAN	Metropolitan Area Network
MAO	Medical Assistance Only
MAP	Medical Assistance Program Medicare Advantage Plan
MAPIL	Medical Assistance Program Integrity Law
MAPP	Mobilizing for Action through Planning and Partnerships
MAR	Medicaid Administration Record
MARA	Medicaid Assistant Regional Administrator
MARC	Medicaid Automated Response Chatbot
MARS	Management Administrative Reporting Subsystem Medication Administration Record Sheet
MARX	Medicare Advantage Prescription Drug System
MAS	Maintenance Assistance Status Medicaid Analyst Supervisor Medicaid Application System
MAT	Medication-Assisted Treatment
MATF	Medical Assistance Trust Fund
MAU	Medicaid Administrative Unit Multi-Station Access Unit
MAUD	Medication for Alcohol Use Disorder
MAX	Medicaid Analytic eXtract
MAX-PM	Maximus Project Management
MBB	Medicaid Briefing Book
MBES/CBES	Medicaid and CHIP Budget and Expenditure System/State Children’s Health Insurance Program, Budget and Expenditure System
MBHS	Medicaid Behavioral Health Section
MBI	Medicare Beneficiary Identifier
MBP	Mary Bird Perkins
MBR	Member
MBSEI	Mother Baby Substance Exposure Initiative
MC	Managed Care
MCAC	Medical Care Advisory Committee
MCD	Medicaid/CHIP Division
MCE	Managed Care Entity
MCIP	Managed Care Incentive Payment Managed Care Incentive Program
MCNA	Managed Care of North America, Inc.
MCH	Maternal and Child Health
MCL	Maximum Contaminant Level My Choice Louisiana
MCLG	Maximum Contaminant Level Goal
MCO	Managed Care Organization
MCP	Managed Care Plan
MCR	Mobile Crisis Response
MD	Medical Doctor Muscular Dystrophy
MDBT	Medicaid Detailed Budget Table
MDCP	Medically Dependent Children Program
MDDB	Multi-Dimensional Database
MDE	Multi-Disciplinary Evaluation
MDF	Medicaid Disclosure Form
MDM	Master Data Management
MD-POS	Physician Point of Service Claim Capture System
MDR	Medicaid Drug Rebate
MDRL	Maximum Residual Disinfectant Level
MDRLG	Maximum Residual Disinfectant Level Goal
MDRP	Medicaid Drug Rebate Program
MDS	Minimum Data Sets
MDS-HC	Minimum Data Set – Home Care
MDS-NF	Minimum Data Set – Nursing Facility
MDT	Multi-Disciplinary Team
MDU	Multiple Disabilities Unit
MDW	Mainframe Data Warehouse MARS Data Warehouse
ME	Management Evaluation (WIC) Medicaid Eligible
MEC	Medical Eligibility Card Minimum Essential Coverage
MedPAC	Medicare Payment Advisory Commission
MEDRRP	Medicaid Eligibility Determination Recipient Reimbursement Program
MEDS	Medicaid Eligibility Data System
MEDT	Medical Eligibility Determination Team
MEF	Medicaid Exclusion File
MEG	Medicaid Eligibility Group
MEM	Medicaid Eligibility Manual
MEPS	Medical Expenditure Panel Survey
MEQC	Medicaid Eligibility Quality Control
MER	Medicaid Enrollment Ratio
MERS	Medicaid Escrow Reconciliation System
MES	Medicaid Enterprise System
MEVS	Medicaid Eligibility Verification System
MFAR	Medicaid Fiscal Accountability Regulation
MFCC	Marriage, Family and Child Counselor
MFCU	Medical Fraud Control Unit
MFFS	Managed Fee for Service
MFM	Medicaid Forms Manual
MFP	Money Follows the Person
MFR	Memorandum for the Record
MGM	Miner, Gregory & Miller Consulting, LLC
MH	Mental Health
MHBG	Mental Health Block Grant
MHC	Mental Health Center
MHERE	Mental Health Emergency Room Extension
MHIOP	Mental Health Intensive Outpatient Program
MHP	Mental Health Plans
MHPAEA	Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act
MHPHP	Mental Health Partial Hospitalization Program
MHR	Mental Health Rehabilitation
MHRS	Mental Health Rehabilitation Services
MHRS-IS	Mental Health Rehabilitation Services Information System
MHSD	Metropolitan Human Services District
MHSIP	Mental Health Statistics Improvement Project
MI	Mental Illness
MIECHV	Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting
MIEP	Medical Institution Evacuation Plan
MID	Medical ID Number
MIG	Medicaid Infrastructure Grant Medicaid Integrity Group
MIHC	Managed In-Home Caregiving Monitored In-Home Caregiving
MII	Medicaid Integrity Institute
MIL	Minimum Income Level
MIP	Medicaid Integrity Program
MIPPA	Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act
MIS	Management Information System
MIS-C	Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children
MITA	Medicaid Information Technology Architecture
MLR	Medical Loss Ratio
MLTSS	Managed Long-Term Services and Supports
MMA	Medicare Modernization Act of 2003
MMC	Medicaid Managed Care
MMCDCS	Medicaid Managed Care Data Collection System
MMCO	Medicare-Medicaid Coordination Office
MMD	Major Mental Disorder
MME	Marketing and Member Education
MMEW	Marketing and Member Education Worksite
MMIS	Medicaid Management Information Systems
MMNA	Minimum Monthly Needs Allowance
MMRC	Maternal Mortality Review Committee
MMT	Methadone Maintenance Therapy
MMWR	Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
MN	Medical Necessity
MNIES	Medically Needy Income Eligibility Standard
MNP	Medically Needy Program
MOE	Maintenance of Effort
MOF	Means of Finance
MOU	Memorandum of Understanding
MOUD	Medications for Opioid Use Disorder
MP	Medical Psychologist (Licensed)
MPH	Master of Public Health
MPH-IH	Master of Public Health – Indigenous Health
MPI	Master Person Index
MPL	My Place Louisiana
MPP	Medicaid Purchase Plan
MPS	Minimum Protection Standards
MPSW	Medicaid Program Support and Waivers
MQ	Minimum Qualifications
MQT	Medicaid Qualifying Trust
MR	Mental Retardation
MRA	Medicaid Regional Administrator
MRC	Mortality Review Committee
MR/DD	Mental Retardation/Developmental Disabilities Waiver
MRFIU	Medicaid Recipient Fraud Investigative Unit
MRI	Magnetic Resonance Imaging
MRSA	Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus
MSA	Metropolitan Service Area Metropolitan Statistical Area
MSD	Member Services Division
MSIS	Medicaid Statistical Information System
MSN	Master of Nursing
MSNS	Medical Special Needs Shelter
MSP	Medicare Savings Program Medicare Secondary Payer
MSS	Mandatory State Supplement
MST	Multi-Systemic Therapy
MSU	McNeese State University
MSUD	Medication for Substance Use Disorder
MSW	Master of Social Work
MTD	Medicaid Technology Development Month to Date
MTFE	Medicaid Trust Fund for the Elderly
MTP	Medical Transportation Program
MTS	Medicaid Technology Services
MU	Meaningful Use
MUA	Medically Underserved Area
MUE	Medically Unlikely Edits
MUM	Minor Unmarried Mother
MUP	Medically Underserved Population
MVA	Medical Vendor Administration Motor Vehicle Accident
MVC	Motor Vehicle Crash
MVE	Mass Vaccination Event
MVP	Medical Vendor Payments Medical Vendor Program
MY	Measurement Year

NA	Narcotics Anonymous
N/A	Not Applicable
NAADAC	National Association for Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors
NAADGS	National Association of Administrators for Disordered Gambling Services
NACHA	National Automated Clearing House Association
NACCHO	National Association of County and City Health Officials
NADA	National Automobile Dealers Association
NADAC	National Average Drug Acquisition Cost
NAMCS	National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey
NAMD	National Association of Medicaid Directors
NAMI	National Alliance on Mental Illness
NAPHSIS	National Association for Public Health Statistics and Information Systems
NAS	Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome
NASADAD	National Association of State Alcohol and Drug Agency Directors
NASBO	National Association of State Budget Officers
NASDDDS	National Association of State Directors of Developmental Disability Services
NASHP	National Academy of State Health Policy
NASMHPD	National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors
NASOMH	National Association of State Offices of Minority Health
NASPO	National Association of State Procurement Officials
NASW	National Association of Social Workers
NATCEP	Nurse Aid Training and Competency Program
NBCC	National Board for Certified Counselors
NBCCEDP	National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program
NCAL	National Center for Assisted Living
NCAPPS	National Center on Advancing Person-Centered Practices and Symptoms
NCBA	National Caucus and Center on Black Aging
NCCI	National Correct Coding Initiative
NCI	National Core Indicators
NCOA	National Change of Address Service
NCPDP	National Council for Prescription Drug Programs
NCPG	National Council on Problem Gambling
NCQA	National Committee for Quality Assurance
NCSL	National Conference of State Legislatures
NCVHS	National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics
NCWS	Non-Community Water System
NDA	Nondisclosure Agreement
NDC	National Drug Code
NDEAM	National Disability Employment Awareness Month
NDMS	National Disaster Medical System
NE	Nutrition Education
NEAT	Non-Emergency Ambulance Transportation
NECTAC	National Early Childhood Technical Assistance
NEDHSA	Northeast Delta Human Services Authority
NEMT	Non-Emergency Medical Transportation
NF	Nursing Facility
NF LOC	Nursing Facility Level of Care
NFA	Nursing Facility Administrator Nursing Facility Admissions
NFI	New Freedom Initiative
NFIP	National Flood Insurance Program
NFP	Nurse-Family Partnership
NFPA	National Fire Protection Association
NGA	National Governors Association
NGBRI	Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity
NHC	National Hurricane Center
NHE	National Health Expenditure
NHFP	National Health Policy Forum
NHIN	Nationwide Health Information Network
NHIS	National Health Interview Survey
NHSCS	National Health Service Corps Scholarship
NHSN	National Healthcare Safety Network
NIAD	Nurturing Independence through Artistic Development
NICU	Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
NIDA	National Institute on Drug Abuse
NIH	National Institutes of Health
NIMS	National Incident Management System
NIPT	Non-Institutional Provider Team
NIRT	National Institutional Reimbursement Team
NIST	National Institute of Standards and Technology
NLHSD	Northwest Louisiana Human Services District
NLSCAF	Northeast Louisiana Sickle Cell Anemia Foundation
NMEH	National Medicaid EDI Healthcare Mailing List National Medicaid EDI HIPAA Workgroup
NMGH	Non-Medical Group Home
NMP	Notice of Monetary Penalty
NNDSS	National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System
NO	National Office
NOA	Notice of Action Notice of Award
NOAA	National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NOAH	New Orleans Adolescent Hospital
NOFO	Notice of Funding Opportunity
NOHD	New Orleans Health Department
NOHSEP	New Orleans Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness
NOI	Notice of Intent
NOMS	National Outcome Measures
NOV	Notice of Violation
NOW	New Opportunities Waiver
NP	Nurse Practitioner
NPDL	Non-Preferred Drug List
NPDWR	National Primary Drinking Water Regulation
NPI	National Provider Identifier
NPPES	National Plan and Provider Enumeration System
NPRM	Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
NQF	National Quality Forum
NREMT	National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians
NRF	National Response Framework
NRP	National Response Plan
NRI	NASMHPD Research Institute
NSA	Nurse Staffing Agency Nutrition Services Administration
NSAID	Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drug
NSB	Non-Consensual Sexual Behavior
NSCH	National Survey of Children’s Health
NSCSHCN	National Survey of Children with Special Health Care Needs
NSECD	Nonpublic Schools Early Childhood Development
NSSP	National Syndromic Surveillance Program
NTNCWS	Non-Transient Non-Community Water System
NTU	Nephelometric Turbidity Unit
NUBC	National Uniform Billing Committee
NUCC	National Uniform Claim Committee
NVDRS	National Violent Death Reporting System
NVRA	National Voter Registration Act of 1993
NVRAP	National Voter Registration Policy
NWA	National WIC Association
NWS	National Weather Service

O&M	Operations and Maintenance
OA	Operational Adjustment Funds (WIC)
OAA	Older Americans Act
OAAS	Office of Aging and Adult Services
OACT CMS	Office of the Actuary
OADES	Optical Assisted Data Entry System
OAG	Office of the Attorney General
OAPD	Operational Advance Planning Document
OAPUD	Operational Advance Planning Document Update
OASDI	Old Age Survivors and Disability Insurance
OB	Obstetrician
OBA	Outcomes-Based Assessment
OB/GYN	Obstetrician/Gynecologist
OBH	Office of Behavioral Health
OBHIIS	Office of Behavioral Health Integrated Information System
OBOT	Office-Based Opioid Treatment
OBRA	Omnibus Reconciliation Act
OCDD	Office for Citizens with Developmental Disabilities
OCH	Other Charges
OCR	Office of Civil Rights Optical Character Recognition
OCS	Office of Community Services
OCSE	Office of Child Support Enforcement
ODC	Other Direct Cost
OE	Otitis Externa
OED	Office of Economic Development
OEM	Original Equipment Manufacturer
OEP	Open Enrollment Period
OES	Office of Economic Stability
OESE	Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (USDE)
OFAC	Office of Foreign Assets Control
OFS	Office of Family Services Office of Family Support
OFT	Online Financial Transactions
OGB	Office of Group Benefits
OHCDS	Organized Health Care Delivery Systems
OHSEP	Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness
OI	Operational Instruction
OIG	Office of Inspector General
OIS	Office of Information Systems
OJJ	Office of Juvenile Justice
OLA	Online Application
OLAP	Online Analytical Processing
OLOL	Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center
OLTP	Online Transaction Processing
OMB	U.S. Office of Management and Budget
OMF	Office of Management and Finance Operations Management Framework
OMG	Object Management Group
OMHIIS	Office of Mental Health Integrated Information System
ONC	Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology
OOM	Order of Magnitude
OON	Out of Network
OOO	Out of Office
OOS	Out of State
OP	Operational Plan
OPA	Optional Pay Adjustment
OPB	Office of Planning and Budget
OPD	Outpatient Department
OPH	Office of Public Health
OPM	U.S. Office of Personnel Management
OPO	Organ Procurement Organization
OPOC	Opioid Prevention Outreach Coordinator
OPPS	Outpatient Prospective Payment System
OPT	Opioid Pharmacotherapy Treatment
OPR	Ordering, Prescribing, Referring
OPTS	Office of Aging and Adult Services Participant Tracking System
ORM	Office of Risk Management
ORN	Opioid Response Network
ORR	Office of Refugee Resettlement Ongoing Report Request Operational Readiness Review
OS	Office of the Secretary
OSEP	Office of Special Education Programs
OSFM	Louisiana Office of State Fire Marshal
OSG	Office of the Surgeon General
OSHA	Occupational Safety and Health Administration
OSHPD	Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development
OSP	Office of State Procurement
OSR	Office of State Register
OSS	Optional State Supplement
OT	Occupational Therapy
OTC	Over the Counter
OTIS	Online Tracking Incident System
OTP	Opioid Treatment Program Opioid Treatment Provider
OTS	Office of Technology Services
OUD	Opioid Use Disorder
OWHCH	Office on Women’s Health and Community Health
OYD	Office of Youth Development
OYOH	Own Your Own Health

P2P	Point-to-Point Protocol
P4P	Pay for Performance
P&QI	Policy and Quality Improvement
P&T	Pharmaceutical and Therapeutic Committee
PA	Participating Addendum Physician’s Assistant Post Authorization Prior Authorization
PAC	Pricing Action Code
PACAP	Public Assistance Cost Allocation Plan
PACE	Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly
PAHP	Prepaid Ambulatory Health Plans
PAI	Patient Access and Interoperability
PAL	Preparation for Adult Living Prior Authorization Liaison Public-Academic Liaison
PAMR	Pregnancy-Associated Mortality Report
PAP	Prohibited AFDC Provisions
PARC	Public Affairs Research Council
PARIS	Public Assistance Reporting Information Systems
PARTS	Prior Authorization Request Tracking System
PAS	Personal Assistance Services
PAS/LOS	Patient Activity Study/Length of Stay
PAS/RAS	Preadmission Screening/Readmission Screening
PASRR	Pre-Admission Screening and Resident Review
PATH	Project for Assistance in the Transition from Homelessness
PAU	Prior Authorization Unit
PAUI	Prior Authorization Inquiry
PBC	Prepared By Client
PBM	Pharmacy Benefit Management Pharmacy Benefit Manager
PBP	Peer-Based Provider Profiles
PBPPP	Peer-Based Provider Profiling Program
PBRC	Pennington Biomedical Research Center
PBV	Project-Based Vouchers
PBX	Private Branch Exchange
PC	Individual Proposal Cost Peer Counselor Personal Computer Production Control
PCA	Personal Care Agreement Personal Care Attendant
PCCM	Primary Care Case Management
PCF	Patient’s Compensation Fund
PCG	Public Consulting Group
PCM	Patient-Centered Management
PCMH	Patient-Centered Medical Home Primary Care Medical Home
PCN	Personal Care Needs Primary Care Network
PCP	Person-Centered Planning Primary Care Physician Primary Care Provider Provider-Centered Planning
PCQI	Preventive Controls Qualified Individual
PCR	Parents and Caretaker Relative Group
PCS	Personal Care Services
PCSP	Person-Centered Service Plan
PCT	Partners in Community Treatment Team Project Core Team
PDD	Pervasive Developmental Disorder Postpartum Depression
PDF	Procedure, Diagnosis and Formulary File Professional Dispensing Fee Program Development Facility
PDHC	Pediatric Day Health Care Pediatric Day Health Center
PDI	Performance Development and Improvement
PDL	Preferred Drug List
PDMP	Prescription Drug Monitoring Program
PDP	Person-Directed Plan Prescription Drug Plan Primary Dental Provider
PDPM	Patient-Driven Payment Model
PDR	Physician’s Desk Reference Preliminary Design Review
PDS	Partitioned Data Set
PE	Presumptive Eligibility Provider Enrollment
PECC	Pediatric Emergency Care Coordinator
PECI	Provider Enrollment Compliance Implementation
PECOS	Medicare Provider Enrollment, Chain and Ownership System
PERM	Payment Error Rate Measurement
PERS	Personal Emergency Response System
PERT	Program, Evaluation and Review Technique
PERU	Post-Eligibility Review Unit
PES	Performance Evaluation System
PETI	Post Eligibility Treatment of Income
PFA	Patient Fund Account Psychological First Aid
PFII	Patient/Family Intervention (Intensive)
PFL	Program’s Project Firstline
PGAM	Problem Gambling Awareness Month
PHA	Public Housing Authority
PHAB	Public Health Accreditation Board
PHC	Primary Home Care
PhD	Doctor of Philosophy
PHE	Public Health Emergency
PHERC	Public Health Emergency Response Coordinator
PHI	Patient Health Information Protected Health Information
PHN	Public Health Nutritionist
PHP	Partial Hospitalization Program Prepaid Health Plan
PHS	Public Health Service Act
PHU	Parish Health Unit
PI	Performance Improvement Performance Indicator Personal Information Program Increment Program Integrity Promoting Independence
PIAC	Promoting Independence Advisory Committee
PICU	Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
PID	Pelvic Inflammatory Disease Public Information Director
PIF	Patient Information of Finances
PIHP	Prepaid Inpatient Health Plans
PII	Personally Identifiable Information
PIL	Phone Interface Language
PIM	Post-Implementation Monitoring
PIO	Public Information Officer
PIP	Patient Information Profile Performance Improvement Plan Performance Improvement Project
PIS	Provider Impact Statement
PIU	Program Integrity Unit
PIV	Paid in Voucher
PKI	Public Key Infrastructure
PLI	Patient Liability Patient Liability Income Personal Liability Individual Professional Liability Insurance
PLMFT	Provisionally Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
PLMHP	Provisionally Licensed Mental Health Professional
PLPC	Provisionally Licensed Professional Counselor
PLT	Provider Locator Tool
PM	Portfolio Management Program Management Project Management Project Manager Provisional Medicaid
PMAB	Prevention and Management of Aggressive Behavior
PMC	Pain Management Clinic
PMI	Project Management Institute
PMM	Provider Management Module
PMO	Pasteurized Milk Ordinance Project Management Office
PMP	Prescription Monitoring Program Project Management Plan Project Management Professional
PMPM	Per Member Per Month
PMS	Payment Management System
PMT	Project Management Team
PMV	Presumed Maximum Value
PN	Public Notice Public Notification
PO	Program Operations
POA	Power of Attorney
POC	Plan of Care Plan of Correction
PODs	Points of Distribution
PODS	Public Outreach Depression Screening
POM	Personal Outcome Measure
POMS	Psychosocial Outcomes Monitoring Scales
POPS	Provider Online Process System
POS	Place of Service Point of Sale
POW	Personal Outcomes Worksheet
PP	Postpartum
PPA	Prior Period Adjustment Project Process Agreement
PPACA	Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (also known as the Affordable Care Act, or ACA)
PPCL	Provider-to-Provider Consultation Line
PPE	Personal Protective Equipment
PPG	Performance Partnership Grant
PPHR	Project Public Health Ready
PPI	Public-Private Indicator
PPM	Policy and Procedure Memorandum
PPMO	Project and Portfolio Management Office
PPN	Public Process Notice
PPO	Preferred Provider Organization
PPP	Point-to-Point Protocol Public-Private Partnership
PPRC	Physician Payment Review Commission
PPS	Prospective Payment System
PPT	PowerPoint
PR	Press Release Problem Report Provider Relations Public Relations
PRA	Paperwork Reduction Act of 1985
PRAMS	Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System
PRC	Proposal Review Committee
PRM	Performance Reference Model Provider Reimbursement Manual
PRO	Peer Review Organization
PRR	Public Records Request
PRTF	Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facility
PRTT	Project Review and Test Team
PRUCOL	Permanent Residence Under Color of Law
PRWORA	Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act
PSA	Public Service Announcement
PSAO	Pharmacy Services Administration Organization
PSC	Private Support Coordinator Professional Services Contract
PSH	Permanent Supportive Housing
PSN	Personal Service Network Provider Services Network
PSP	Physicians Supplemental Payment Primary Service Provider Prohibited SSI Providers Prohibited SSI Provisions
PSR	Psychosocial Rehabilitation
PSRO	Professional Standards Review Organization
PSS	Peer Support Specialist Peer Support Services Provider Sub-Specialty
PSSC	Pinecrest Supports and Services Center
PST	Procurement Support Team
PsyD	Doctor of Psychology
PT	Physical Therapy
PTA	Physical Therapy Assistant Pretreatment Assessment
PTL	Problem Tracking Log
PTTC	Prevention Technology Transfer Center
PUM	Pregnant Unmarried Minor
PUPP	Public University Partnership Program
PW	Pathway Pregnant Women
PWE	Primary Wage Earner
PWID	People Who Inject Drugs
PWS	Public Water System
PY	Performance Year

Q&A	Question and Answer
Q&I	Quality and Instruction
QA	Quality Assurance
QAPI	Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement
QARI	Quality Assurance Reform Initiative
QAS	Quality Assurance Specialist
QC	Quality Control Quality Council
QDDP	Qualified Developmental Disabilities Professional
QDWI	Qualified Disabled and Working Individual
QE	Quality Enhancement
QHCP	Qualified Healthcare Professional
QHP	Qualified Health Plan
QI	Qualified Individual Qualifying Individual Quality Improvement Quality Indicator
QIC	Quality Improvement Collaborative
QIDP	Qualified Intellectual Disability Professional
QIO	Quality Improvement Organization
QIS	Quality Improvement Strategy
QM	Quality Management
QMB	Qualified Medicare Beneficiary
QMHP	Qualified Mental Health Professional
QMP	Quality Management Plan
QM/QI	Quality Management/Quality Improvement
QMRP	Qualified Mental Retardation Professional
QOC	Quality of Care
QP	Qualified Provider
QRG	Quick Reference Guide
QWULA	Quit With Us, Louisiana

RA	Regional Administrator Regional Authorities Remittance Advice Requirements Analysis
RAC	Recovery Audit Contractor Regional Advisory Committee Registered Addiction Counselor
RACF	Resource Access Control Facility
RAD	Rapid Application Development Requirements Analysis Document
RAHD	Requirements and High-Level Design
RAI	Request for Additional Information
RAIB	Review, Advise and Inform Board
RAM	Random Access Memory Request for Additional Material Responsibility Assignment Matrix Reverse Annuity Mortgage
RARC	Remittance Advice Remark Codes
RATE	Rate and Audit Section
RAU	Regional Administrative Unit
RBRVS	Resource-Based Relative Value Scale
RC	Related Condition Resource Center
RCA	Refugee Cash Assistance Root Cause Analysis
RCO	Regional Care Organization
RD	Registered Dietitian
RDA	Recommended Daily Allowance
RDBMS	Relational Data Base Management System
RDFI	Receiving Depository Financial Institution
REC	Regional Extension Center Revenue Estimating Conference
RECFM	Record Format
REH	Rural Emergency Hospital
REMS	Prolia Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy
REOMB	Recipient Explanation of Medical Benefits
REVS	Recipient Eligibility Verification System
RFA	Request for Applications
RFI	Request for Information Request for Innovation
RFP	Request for Proposal
RFPSS	Recognized Family Peer Support Specialist
RFSR	Request for Services Registry
RHC	Rural Health Clinic Rural Hospital Coalition
RHD	Resources for Human Development
RI	Request for Information
RICC	Regional Interagency Coordinating Committee
RIDP	Remote Identification Proofing
RISE	Reinforce Insure Shutter Elevate
RJWF	Robert Johnson Wood Foundation
RLS	Regular Legislative Session
RLT	Regional Leadership Team
RM	Routine Monitoring
RMA	Refugee Medicaid Assistance
RMADA	Research, Measurement, Assessment, Design and Analysis
RMD	Regional Medical Director
RME	Retroactive Medicaid Eligibility
RMF	Resource Management Facility
RMP	Risk Management Plan
RMTS	Random Moment Time Study
RN	Registered Nurse
RNCHI	Religious Nonmedical Health Care Institution
RNM	Regional Nutrition Manager
RO	Regional Office
ROI	Release of Information Return on Investment
ROW	Residential Options Waiver
RPA	Recovery and Premium Assistance
RPC	Remote Procedure Call
RPSS	Recognized Peer Support Specialist
RR	Receipt Reimbursements System Regional Representative
RRA	Refugee Resettlement Agency
RS	Regular Session
R.S.	Revised Statute
RSD	Requirements Specification Document
RSDI	Retirement, Survivors and Disability Insurance (Social Security)
RSP	MMIS Replacement System Project
RSS	Regional Staging Site Residential Support Services
RSV	Respiratory Syncytial Virus
RTCR	Revised Total Coliform Rule
RTDC	Richmond Technical Development Center
RTE	Real-Time Eligibility
RTM	Requirements Traceability Matrix
RTO	Recovery Time Objective
RUG	Resource Utilization Group
RV	Rotavirus
RVU	Relative Value Unit
RX	Pharmacy Claims
Rx	Pharmacy Prescription
RxPA	Pharmacy Prior Authorization System
RxPOS	Pharmacy Point-of-Service System

S.Ed	Supported Education
S+C	Shelter Plus Care
S+L HHS	State and Local Health and Human Services
SA	Service Authorization State Agency (WIC) Substance Abuse
SaaS	Software as a Service
SAC	State Advisory Committee
SAM	System for Award Management
SAMHSA	Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
SAPR	State Annual Performance Report
SAPT	Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Block Grant
SAR	SYSOUT Archive and Retrieval
SARBOO	Search and Rescue Base of Operations
SAR/PC	SAR for Personal Computers
SAS	Statistical Analysis Software Statistical Analysis System
SAVE	Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlement Programs
SAWS	Statewide Automated Welfare System
SB	Senate Bill
SBH	School-Based Hospital
SBHC	School-Based Health Center School-Based Health Clinic
SBHS	Specialized Behavioral Health Services
SBIRT	Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment
SBM	State-Based Marketplace
SBS	School-Based Services
SC	Service Coordination Service Coordinator Support Coordination Support Coordinator
SCA	Support Coordination Agency
SCCC	State Combined Charitable Campaign
SCD	Sickle Cell Disease Support Coordination Contact Documentation
SE	Supported Employment
SELN	State Employment Leadership Network
SCHIP	State Children’s Health Insurance Program
SCI	Support Coordination Interview
SCLC	Smoking Cessation Leadership Center
SCLHSA	South Central Louisiana Human Services Authority
SCM	Software Configuration Management Support Coordination Monitoring
SCMP	Software Configuration Management Plan
SCR	Senate Concurrent Resolution
SCS	State Civil Service Support Coordination Supervisor
SCSI	Small Computer Systems Interface
SCT	Spoke Care Team
SCTR	Source Control Transfer Request
SDA	Standard Dollar Amount
SDD	System Design Document
SDF	Software Development Firm
SDLC	Software Development Life Cycle Synchronous Data Link Control System Development Life Cycle
SDM	Service Definitions Manual Structured Development Methodology
SDMP	System Development Management Plan
SDM-NP	Spend Down Medically Needy Program
SDOH	Social Determinants of Health
SDSF	System Display and Search Facility
SDWA	Safe Drinking Water Act
SDX	State Data Exchange
SE	Supported Employment
SEA	State Educational Agency
SED	Serious Emotional Disturbance
SEDS CHIP	Statistical Enrollment Data System
SEET	Section of Environmental Epidemiology and Toxicology
SEHBP	State Employee Health Benefits Plan
SEI	Software Engineering Institute
SELH	Southeast Louisiana Hospital
SELU	Southeastern Louisiana University
SEM	Search Engine Marketing
SEO	Search Engine Optimization
SEP	Simplified Employee Pension
SERG	State Emergency Response Grant
SES	(Child) Support Enforcement Services
SET	Secure Electronic Transaction
SEU	Strategic Enrollment Unit
SEW	State Epidemiology Workgroup
SFC	Senate Finance Committee Substitute Family Care
SFF	Secure Forensic Facility
SFL	Service Frequency Limits Substantial Functional Limitations
SFP	Solicitation for Proposal Standards for Payment
SFTP	Secure File Transfer Protocol
SFY	State Fiscal Year
SG	Surgeon General
SGA	Southern Governors’ Association Substantial Gainful Activity
SGF	State General Fund
SHA	State Health Assessment
SHARe	Service Hour Allocation of Resources Exceptions
SHARS	School Health and Related Services
SHCN	Special Healthcare Needs
SHHP	STD/HIV/Hepatitis Program
SHIIP	(Louisiana) State Health Insurance Information Program
SHIP	State Health Improvement Plan State Health Insurance Assistance Program
SHIPS	State Health Insurance Assistance Programs
SHOP	Small Business Health Options Program
SHOT	Syphilis Home Observed Treatment Program
SICC	State Interagency Coordinating Council
SIDS	Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
SIEVS	State Income Eligibility Verification System
SIL	Special Income Level Supported Independent Living
SILC	Statewide Independent Living Council
SIMM	Single In-Line Memory Module
SIMPLE	Savings Incentive Match Plan for Employees
SIMS	Statewide Incident Management System
SIP	Supervised Independent Living
SIPP	Survey of Income and Program Participation
SIS	Support Intensity Scale
SitRep	Situation Report
SIU	Special Investigation Unit
SJS	Stevens-Johnson Syndrome
SL	Supported Living
SLA	Service Level Agreement
SLMB	Specified Low-Income Medicare Beneficiary
SM	Social Media
SMA	State Medicaid Agency
SMART	Specific, Measurable, Actionable, Realistic and Time-Bound
SMCAC	Statewide Managed Care Advisory Committee
SMCL	Secondary Maximum Containment Level
SMD	State Medicaid Director
SME	Specialized Medical Equipment Subject Matter Expert
SMF	System Management Facility
SMHA	State Mental Health Authority
SMHS	Specialty Mental Health Services
SMI	Serious Mental Illness State Median Income Supplemental Medical Insurance
SMM	State Medicaid Manual
SMO	Statewide Management Organization
SMOPR	Statewide Management Organization Provider Registry
SMP	Symmetric Multi-Processing
SMS	Short Message Service Storage Management System
SMT	Senior Management Team
SMTP	Simple Mail Transport Protocol
SNA	Serious Needs Assistance
SNAP	Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
SNCD	Strengths, Needs and Cultural Discovery
SNF	Skilled Nursing Facility (Medicare/Medicaid)
SNF/ID	Skilled Nursing Facility/Infectious Diseases
SNF/NRTP	Skilled Nursing Facility/Neurological Rehabilitation Treatment Program
SNF/TDC	Skilled Nursing Facility/Technology Dependent Care
SNIP	Strategic National Implementation Process
SNMP	Simple Network Management Protocol
SNP	Special Needs Plans
SNRI	Serotonin/Noreprinephrine Reuptake Inhibitor
SNS	Strategic National Stockpile
SNT	Special Needs Trust
SO	State Office
SO&S	Specialized Operations and Support Unit
SOA	Statement of Approval
SOAR	Solutran Online Account Reporting (WIC) SSI/SSDI Outreach, Access and Recovery
SOB	Shortness of Breath
SOBRA	Sixth Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act
SOC	Service Organization Controls Report Span of Control Synthetic Organic Chemical
SOD	Statement of Denial
SOE	Statement of Eligibility Summary of Evidence
SOGI	Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
SOLQi	State Online Query interface
SOLS	State Online Query
SOP	Standard Operating Procedure
SoSMUG	Southeastern States MHSIP Users Group
SOTA	State Operations and Technical Assistance Initiative
SOW	Scope of Work Statement of Work
SP	SharePoint Supervisory Plan Support Plan Support Profile
SPA	State Plan Amendment
SPARS	SAMHSA Performance Accountability and Reporting System
SPAS	State Personal Assistance Services
SPF	System Productivity Facility
SPIP	Software Process Improvement Plan
SPMI	Serious and Persistent Mental Illness
SPOE	Single Point of Entry
SPOE ES	System Point of Entry (EarlySteps)
SPP	State Performance Plan
SPQM	Services Process Quality Management
SPR	Systems Performance Review
SPS	Statewide Payment System
SPSS	Statistical Program for the Social Services
SPT	Systems Project Tracking
SQL	Structured Query Language
SR	Senate Resolution
SRC	Source Code
SRCE	Source Code
SRCMHS	Southern Regional Conference on Mental Health Statistics
SRF	Special Reequest/Report Form State Revolving Fund
SRI	Statistical Resources, Inc.
SRO	Service Responsibility Option Single Room Occupancy
SRP	Service Review Panel
SSA	Single State Agency Social Security Act Social Security Administration Specified State Agencies
SS-A	State Self-Assessment
SSAE	Statements on Standards for Attestation Engagements
SSBG	Social Services Block Grant
SSBM	Supported State-Based Marketplace
SSC	Supports and Services Center
SSD	Social Services Designee
SSDI	Social Security Disability Income Social Security Disability Insurance
SSDMF	Social Security Death Master File
SSDMI	Social Security Death Master Index
SSD1	Special School District 1
SSI	Supplemental Security Income
SSIP	Statewide System Improvement Plan
SSN	Social Security Number
SSO	Single Sign On
SSP	Self-Service Portal Support Service Provider Syringe Service Program System Security Plan
SSRI	Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor
ST	Speech Therapy
STARS FNS	Store Tracking and Redemption System (USDA)
STAT DED	Statutory Dedication
STC	State Transmission/Transfer Component
STCs	Special Terms and Conditions
STD	Sexually Transmitted Disease
STEAM	Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Math
STEM	Science, Technology, Engineering, Math
STEP	Strategies to Empower People Program
STI	Sexually Transmitted Infection
STO	State Treasury Office
STP	Significant Traditional Provider
STRAP	Secure Transitional Residential Aftercare Program
SU	Southern University and A&M College
SUD	Substance Use Disorder
SUID	Sudden Unexplained Infant Death
SUM	Stimulant Use/Misuse
SUN	Screening for Urgency of Need
SUPPORT	Substance Use Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment Act
SUPTRS	Substance Use Prevention, Treatment and Recovery Services Block Grant
SURS	Surveillance Utilization Review Subsystem
SUTA	State Unemployment Tax
SVI	Social Vulnerability Index
SVMF	Service Members, Veterans and Families
SW	Supports Waiver
SWRO	Southwest Regional Office (USDA)
SWRT	Surface Water Treatment Rule

TA	Technical Assistance Time Administrator Travel Authorization
TAC	Technical Assistance Center Tribal Advisory Committee
TACL	Taking Aim at Cancer in Louisiana
TAD	Turn-Around Document
TANF	Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
TAP	Task Application Plan
TARU	Technical Assistance Review Unit
TB	Tuberculosis
TBA	To Be Arranged
TBD	To Be Determined
TBI	Traumatic Brain Injury
TBQ	Territory Beneficiary Query
TC	Transition Coordinator Type Case
TCM	Targeted Case Management
TCOC	Total Cost of Care
TCP	Take Charge Plus
TCR	Total Coliform Rule
TCS	Transactions and Code Sets
TDD	Telecommunications Device for the Deaf
TDMF	Amdahl’s Transparent Data Migration Facility
TDR	Transaction Discrepancy Report
TDUR	Therapeutic Drug Utilization Review
TDURS	Therapeutic Drug Utilization Review System
TDY	Temporary Duty Station
TE	Travel Expense
TEC	Therapeutic Equivalence Codes
TEDS	Treatment Episode Data Sets
TEFCA	Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement
TEFRA	Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982
TEN	Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis
TEPA	Transitional Expenses Planning and Approval
TERFA	Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act
TFC	Therapeutic Foster Care
TGH	Therapeutic Group Home
THSCI	Traumatic Head and Spinal Cord Injury
TIC	Trauma-Informed Care
TIN	Taxpayer ID Number
TISC	Transition Intensive Support Coordination
TJC	The Joint Commission (on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations)
TLC	Transition to Living in Community
TM	Transitional Medicaid
TMA	Transitional Medical Assistance
TMaH	Transforming Maternal Health
TMJ	Temporomandibular Joint
TMOSA	Temporary Medical Operations and Staging Area
TMS	Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
T-MSIS	Transformed Medicaid Statistical Information System
TO	Table of Organization
TOA	Type of Assistance
TOC	Tactical Operations Center Technical Operations Center
TOMS	Telesage Outcomes Measurement System
TOP	Temporary Operating Procedure
TORFR	Task Order Request for Response
TOS	Type of Service
TP	Teleprocessing
TPs	Talking Points
TPL	Third-Party Liability
TPL-HMS	Third-Party Liability Module Implementation
TPN	Total Parenteral Nutrition
TPO	Treatment, Payment and Health Care Operations
TPR	Third-Party Recovery
TPS	Temporary Protected Status
TRRS	Transaction Receipt and Retrieval System
TSF	Transition Services Form
TSIP	Time Study Implementation Plan
TSL	Tenant Service Liaison
TSM	Tenant Services Management
TSO	Time Sharing Option Transition Services Officer
TSO/E	Time Sharing Option/Extensions
TT	Treatment Technique
TTI	Technology Transfer Initiative Transformation Transfer Initiative
TTST	Transition and Technical Support Team
TTY	Teletype
TTY/TDY	Teletypewriter/Telecommunications Device for the Deaf
TWS	Transient Non-Community Water System
TWWIIA	Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act of 1999
Tx Pln	Treatment Planning

U&C	Usual and Customary
UA	User Acceptance
UAE	Unidentified Application Error
UAL	Unit Availability List
UAT	User Acceptance Testing
UC	Uncompensated Care
UCB	Unemployment Compensation Benefits
UCC	Uncompensated Care Cost
UCG	Unified Command Group
UCS	Unified Command System
UHC	UnitedHealthcare Community Plan
UHRC	Unified Health Record Committee
UID	User ID
ULL	University of Louisiana at Lafayette
ULM	University of Louisiana at Monroe
UM	Utilization Management
UMCNO	University Medical Center New Orleans
UNC	Uniform Naming Convention Universal Naming Convention
UNO	University of New Orleans
UPIC	Unified Program Integrity Contractor
UPIN	Unique Physician Identification Number
UPL	Upper Payment Limit
UPN	User Principal Name
UPS	Uninterruptable Power Supply
UR	Utilization Review
URAC	Utilization Review Accreditation Commission
URS	Uniform Reporting System
USC	United States Code
USCIS	U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
USDA	U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDE	U.S. Department of Education
USLF	Unmatched State and Local Funds
USPS	U.S. Postal Service
UTI	Urinary Tract Infection
UTMA	Uniform Transfers to Minors Act
UTOPiA	Utilization, Tracking, Oversight and Prior Authorization
UV	Ultraviolet

V&V	Verification and Validation
VA	Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Administration
VAC	Vendor Advisory Committee (WIC)
VAP	Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia
VBC	Value-Based Care
VBP	Value-Based Payments
VCL	Verification Check List
VDD	Version Description Document
VDP	Vendor Drug Program
VDT	Video Display Terminal
VFC	Vaccines for Children
VFMC	Villa Feliciana Medical Complex
VHA	Veterans Health Administration
VHF	Very High Frequency
VIPS	Voice Information Processing Subsystem
VLP	Verify Lawful Presence
VM	Virtual Medicine
VOA	Volunteers of America
VOA GBR	Volunteers of America, Greater Baton Rouge
VOA GNO	Volunteers of America, Greater New Orleans
VOAD	Volunteer Organizations Active in Disasters
VOC	Verification of Certification (WIC) Volatile Organic Chemical
VoIP	Voice Over IP
VOLAG	Voluntary Resettlement Agency
VMDK	Virtual Machine Disk
VMO	Vendor Management Office
VPN	Virtual Private Network
VR	Vocational Rehabilitation
VRA	Voter Registration Application
VRD	Voter Registration Declaration
VRR	Vital Records Registry
VSM	Value Share Mapping
VTAM	Virtual Telecommunications Access Method
VTIE	Vocational Trade and Industrial Education
VTOC	Virtual Table of Contents

WAA	Wrap-Around Agency
WAC	Waiver Assistance and Compliance Wholesale Acquisition Cost
WAE	When Actually Employed
WAL	Well-Ahead Louisiana
WAN	Wide Area Network
WATS	Wide Area Telephone Service
WB	Web-Based
WBS	Work Breakdown Structure
WC	Workers’ Compensation
WCMSA	Workers’ Compensation Medicare Set-Aside Arrangement
WEDI	Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange
WF	Wraparound Facilitation Wraparound Facilitator
WFD	Workforce Development
WFS	Women for Sobriety
WHL	Whole Health Louisiana
WHO	World Health Organization
WHP	Women’s Health Program
WIB	Workforce Investment Board
WIC	Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants and Children
WIP	Work in Progress
WIS	Welfare Information System
WNV	West Nile Virus
WODM	Website Operational Decision Management
WOW	Without Waiver Funding
WP	Worker Portal
WRAP	Wellness Recovery Action Planning
WRTF	Work Request Tracking Form
WSDL	Web Services Definition Language
WT	Weight
WTD	Week to Date
WTPY	Wire Third-Party Query System
WUI	Web User Interfaces
WW	With Waiver Funding
W/W/DS	Widow/Widower/Divorced Spouse
WYSIWYG	What You See is What You Get

XOA	Crossover (institutional)
XOB	Crossover (professional)

YAOFC	Youth Aging Out of Foster Care
YAP	Young Adult Program
YLF	Youth Leadership Forum
YTD	Year to Date
YRBSS	Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System
YSAT	Youth Support and Training

ZTEL

Telecommuting

LDH Acronyms

Surgeon General Ralph L. Abraham, M.D.

Secretary Bruce D. Greenstein