Annual Statistical Supplement, 2005
Abbreviations
- AB
- Aid to the Blind
- ACF
- Administration for Children and Families
- ACR
- Adjusted Community Rate
- AET
- Annual earnings test
- AFDC
- Aid to Families with Dependent Children
- AFDC-UP
- Aid to Families with Dependent Children-Unemployed Parents
- AIDS
- Acquired immune deficiency syndrome
- AIME
- Average indexed monthly earnings
- AMW
- Average monthly wage
- APTD
- Aid to the Permanently and Totally Disabled
- BBA
- Balanced Budget Act of 1997
- BC/BS
- Blue Cross/Blue Shield
- CDR
- Continuing disability review
- CHAMPVA
- Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs
- CLIA
- Clinical Laboratory Improvement Act
- CMP
- Competitive medical plans
- CMS
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
- COBRA
- Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act
- COLA
- Cost-of-living adjustment
- CPI-U
- Consumer price index for all urban consumers
- CPI-W
- Consumer price index for urban wage earners and clerical workers
- CPS
- Current Population Survey
- DA&A
- Drug addiction and alcoholism
- DHHS
- Department of Health and Human Services
- DI
- Disability Insurance
- DME
- Durable medical equipment
- DOE
- Department of Energy
- DOL
- Department of Labor
- DRG
- Diagnosis-related group
- EA
- Emergency Assistance
- EBT
- Electronic benefit transfer
- EPSDT
- Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic, and Treatment program
- ESRD
- End-stage renal disease
- FDA
- Food and Drug Administration
- FERS
- Federal Employees Retirement System
- FFS
- Fee for service
- FICA
- Federal Insurance Contributions Act
- FMAP
- Federal medical assistance percentage
- FPL
- Federal poverty level
- FQHC
- Federally qualified health center
- FRA
- Full retirement age
- FUTA
- Federal Unemployment Tax Act
- FY
- Fiscal year
- GDP
- Gross domestic product
- HCBS
- Home and community based services
- HCFA
- Health Care Financing Administration
- HHA
- Home health agency
- HHS
- Department of Health and Human Services
- HI
- Hospital Insurance
- HIV
- Human immunodeficiency virus
- HMO
- Health maintenance organization
- ICF
- Intermediate care facility
- ICFs/MR
- Intermediate care facilities for the mentally retarded
- JOBS
- Job Opportunities and Basic Skills Training
- LIHEAP
- Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program
- LTC
- Long-term care
- MA
- Medicare Advantage
- MBC
- Monthly benefit credited
- MBR
- Master Beneficiary Record
- MCCA
- Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act
- MCCRA
- Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Repeal Act
- MN
- Medically needy
- MOE
- Maintenance of effort
- MSA
- Medical savings account
- NEW
- Native Employment Works
- NRC
- National Research Council
- OAA
- Old-Age Assistance
- OASDI
- Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance
- OASI
- Old-Age and Survivors Insurance
- OBRA
- Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act
- OEO
- Office of Economic Opportunity
- OMB
- Office of Management and Budget
- PACE
- Programs of all-inclusive care for the elderly
- PDP
- Prescription Drug Plan
- PESS
- Property essential to self-support
- PIA
- Primary insurance amount
- PIB
- Primary insurance benefit
- PPO
- Preferred provider organization
- PPS
- Prospective payment system
- PRO
- Peer review organization
- PSO
- Provider-sponsored organization
- QC
- Quarter of coverage
- QDWIS
- Qualified disabled working individuals
- QI
- Qualified individual
- QMB
- Qualified Medicare beneficiary
- REACH
- Residential Emergency Assistance Challenge
- RVS
- Relative value scale
- SCHIP
- State Children's Health Insurance Program
- SECA
- Self-Employment Contributions Act
- SGA
- Substantial gainful activity
- SIPP
- Survey of Income and Program Participation
- SLMB
- Specified low-income Medicare beneficiary
- SMI
- Supplementary Medical Insurance
- SNF
- Skilled nursing facility
- SSA
- Social Security Administration
- SSI
- Supplemental Security Income
- TANF
- Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
- TEFRA
- Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act
- TFP
- Thrifty Food Plan
- TWP
- Trial work period
- USDA
- U.S. Department of Agriculture
- VA
- Department of Veterans Affairs
- VEAP
- Veterans' Educational Assistance Program
- WEP
- Windfall Elimination Provision
- WIN
- Work Incentive Program