Glossary of Terms

Acronym List – Access Alliance of Michigan:

AAM

Access Alliance of Michigan

ALOS

Average Length of Stay

ATP

Ability to Pay

COB

Coordination of Benefits

CALOCUS

Children and Adolescent Level of Care Utilization System

HEIDIS

Health Plan Employer Data Information Set (accrediting body)

LOCUS

Level of Care Utilization System

LOS

Length of Stay

PMPM

Per Member Per Month

SARF

Service Authorization Request Form

SED

Serious Emotional Disturbance

SAC

Service Activity Code

SPMI

Serious Persistent Mental Illness

Acronym List – General

AFC

Adult Foster Care

AFP

Application for Participation

ACT

Assertive Community Treatment

AMI

Alliance for the Mentally Ill

ARC

Former acronym for Association for Retarded Citizens. Now goes by ARC

BABHA

Bay-Arenac Behavioral Health Authority

BHPI

Behavioral Health Professionals, Inc.

BMHRC

Behavior Management/Human Rights Committee

CAFAS

Child & Adolescent Functional Assessment Scale

CARF

Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities

CEO

Chief Executive Officer

CFO

Chief Financial Officer

CLT

Clinical Leadership Team

CMHSP

Community Mental Health Services Program

COA

Council on Accreditation

CO-IDDT Co-Occuring Integrated Dual Disorder Treatment

COO

Chief Operating Officer

CSLC

Customer Satisfaction & Loyalty Committee

CSM

Casemanager

CSSN

Comprehensive Specialty Services Network

DBT

Dialectical Behavioral Therapy

DD

Developmentally Disabled

DHS

Department of Human Services

EBP

Evidence Based Practice

ES

Emergency Services

FTE

Full Time Equivalent (staff)

FY

Fiscal Year

GF

General Fund

HBH

Huron Behavioral Health

HBS Home Based Services

HIPAA

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act

HMO

Health Maintenance Organization

HR

Human Resources

IAPRS

International Association of Psychosocial Rehabilitation Services

IMH Infant Mental Health

ISA

Information Systems Alliance

JCAHO

Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations

MACMHB

Michigan Association of Community Mental Health Boards

MCBH

Montcalm Center for Behavioral Health

MCO

Managed Care Organization

MDCH

Michigan Department of Community Health

MI

Mentally Ill

MHP

Medicaid Health Plan

MCPN

Managed Care Provider Network

MMPRC

Medication Management/Peer Review Committee

MPA

Michigan Psychiatric Associates

MPBA

Michigan Psychiatric and Behavioral Associates

NCQA

National Committee for Quality Assurance

NGRI

Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity

OHCA

Organized Health Care Arrangement

PATH

Program to Assist in Transitions from Homelessness

P&F Comm.

Personnel & Finance Committee

PhD

Doctor of Philosophy

PHP

Prepaid Health Plans and Partial Hospitalization Program

PIC

Performance Improvement Council

PIHP

Pre-Paid Inpatient Hospital Program

PPO

Preferred Provider Organization

QAPIP

Quality Assessment and Performance Improvement Program

RCA

Riverhaven Coordinating Agency

RMC

Risk Management Committee

RR

Recipient Rights

RRAC

Recipient Rights Advisory Committee

SA

Substance Abuse

SA/CA

Substance Abuse Coordinating Agency

SC

Supports Coordination

SCCMH

Saginaw County Community Mental Health

SCCMHS

Shiawassee County CMH Services

SLT

Strategic Leadership Team

TBHS

Tuscola Behavioral Health Systems

TOPS

Treatment Outcome Profile System

XIX

Medicaid (Title 19)

YTD

Year-To-Date