|
AAA |
American
Academy of Audiology |
| AABR |
Automated
Auditory Brainstem Response |
| AAFP |
American
Academy of Family Physicians |
| AAOHNS |
American
Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery |
| AAP |
American
Academy of Pediatrics |
| ABR |
Auditory
Brainstem Response |
| ACOG |
American
College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists |
| AEP |
Auditory Evoked
Potentials |
| AMA |
American
Medical Association |
| AMCHP |
Association of
Maternal and Child Health Programs |
| ANA |
American Nurses
Association |
| ASDC |
American
Society for Deaf Children |
| ASHA |
American
Speech-Language-Hearing Association |
| BAER |
Brainstem
Auditory Evoked Response |
| BSER |
Brainstem
Evoked Response |
| BTNRH |
Boys Town
National Research Hospital |
| CBC |
Center for
Beneficiary Choices (new under CMMS) |
| CDC |
Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention |
| CEC |
Council for
Exceptional Children |
| CHCP |
Child Health
Care Providers |
| CMM |
Center for
Medicare Management (new under CMMS) |
| CMMS |
Centers for
Medicare and Medicaid Services
(new agency replacing HCFA - see also CMM, CBC, CMSO) |
| CMSO |
Center for
Medicaid and State Options (new under CMMS) |
| CMV |
Cytomegalovirus |
| CPT |
Current
Procedural Terminology |
| CSHCN |
Children with
Special Health Care Needs |
| DHHS |
Department of
Health and Human Services |
| DPOAE |
Distortion
Product Otoacoustic Emissions |
| DRF |
Deafness
Research Foundation |
| DSHPSHWA |
Directors of
Speech and Hearing Services for State Health and Welfare Agencies |
| EHDI |
Early Hearing
Detection and Intervention |
| EOAE |
Evoked
Otoacoustic Emissions |
| EPSDT |
Early and
Periodic Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment |
| FACCT |
The Foundation
for Accountability |
| FERPA |
Family
Educational Rights and Privacy Act |
| FICC |
Federal
Interagency Coordinating Council |
| HCFA |
former Health
Care Financing Administration (now see CMMS) |
| HEDIS |
Health Plan
Employer Data and Information Set |
| HIPAA |
Health
Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 |
| HRSA |
Health
Resources and Services Administration |
| ICC |
Interagency
Coordinating Council |
| ICD |
International
Classification of Diseases |
| IDEA |
Individuals
with Disabilities Education Act |
| IEP |
Individualized
Educational Plan |
| IFSP |
Individualized
Family Service Plan |
| JCAHO |
Joint Committee
on Accreditation in Health Organizations |
| JCIH |
Joint Committee
on Infant Hearing |
| MCHB |
Maternal and
Child Health Bureau |
| MDNC |
Marion Downs
National Center |
| NACHO |
National
Association of County Health Officers |
| NAD |
National Association of the Deaf |
| NBS |
Newborn Screening |
| NCBDDD |
National Center for Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities |
| NCCC |
National Center for Cultural Competence |
| NCHAM |
National Center for Hearing Assessment and Management |
| NCHH |
National Campaign for Hearing Health Women Infants and Children |
| NCMHI |
National Center for Medical Homes
Initiatives |
| NCQA |
National Center for Quality Assurance |
| NECTAS |
National Early Childhood Technical Assistance System |
| NIDCD |
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communicative Disorders |
| NIH |
National Institutes of Health |
| NOMS |
National Objective Measurement System |
| OSERS |
Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services |
| PCHP |
Primary Health Care Providers |
| PCP |
Primary Care Providers |
| PHI |
Protected Health Information |
| PKU |
Phenylketonuria |
| PTIC |
Parent Training Information Centers |
| RFP |
Request for Proposal |
| SABR |
Screening Auditory Brainstem Response |
| TEOAE |
Transient Evoked Otoacoustic Emissions |
| UNHS |
Universal Newborn Hearing Screening |
| VNA |
Visiting Nurse Association |
| WIC |
Women Infants and Children |
