What do all these confusing acronyms mean anyway?
USEFUL ACRONYMS
- ACM: Adult Case Manager
- ACT: Assessment, Course and Treatment (Also referred to as DUI School or ACT Training)
- ADA: Americans with Disabilities Act
- ADIS: Alcohol and Drug Abuse Information System
- ADRT: Admission and Discharge Review Team
- AMDD: Addictive and Mental Disorders Division
- APS: Adult Protective Services
- ARM: Administrative Rules of Montana
- ASAM: American Society of Addiction Medicine
- ATTC: Addiction Technology and Transfer Center
- BHIF: Behavioral Health Inpatient Facility
- BOV: Board of Visitors
- CAPS: Child & Adult Protective Services system
- CALM: Consumers Asserting Leadership in Montana
- CASSP: Child and Adolescent Service System Project
- CD: Chemical Dependency
- CFSD: Child and Family Services Division
- CHIP: Children’s Health Insurance Program
- CIP: Community Incentive Program
- CIT: Community Intervention Team
- CLO: Community Liaison Officer
- CMH: Center for Mental Health (formerly Golden Triangle)
- C4MH: Center for Mental Health
- CMHF: Center for Mental Health Foundation
- CMHB: Children’s Mental Health Bureau
- CMHC: Community Mental Health Center
- CMHS: Center for Mental Health Services (block grant)
- CMHSP: Children’s Mental Health Services Plan
- CMS: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (formerly HCFA)
- CMT: Care Management Team
- COMPASS: Co-Morbidity Program Audit and Self-Survey
- CNS: Comprehensive Neuro-Sciences
- COO or COD: Co-Occurring Disorders
- CPO: Community Program Officer
- CRT: Crisis Response Team
- CSAA: Central Service Area Authority
- CSAP: Center for Substance Abuse Prevention
- CSAT: Center for Substance Abuse Treatment
- CSCT: Comprehensive School and Community Treatment
- DASIS: Drug and Alcohol Services Information System
- DBT: Dialectical Behavioral Theory
- DPHHS: Department of Public Health and Human Services
- DRM: Disability Rights Montana (formerly Montana Advocacy Program)
- EPSDT: Early Periodic Screening & Diagnosis & Treatment
- FMAP: Federal Medical Assistance Percentage
- FY: Fiscal Year
- FFY: Federal Fiscal Year
- GBMI: Guilty but Mentally Ill
- GTCMHC* (the former Golden Triangle Community Mental Health Center) See CMH or C4MH
- HCBS: Home and Community Based Services
- HCFA: Health Care Financing Administration (Now CMS)
- HIFA: Health Insurance Flexibility Act
- HIPAA:Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
- HPSA: Health Provider Shortage Area
- HIDTA: High impact drug traffic area
- HRD: Health Resources Division
- ICBR: Intensive Community-Based Rehabilitation
- ICM: Intensive Case Management
- IDEA: Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
- IEP: Individual Education Plan
- HIS: Indian Health Services
- IMR: Illness Management Recovery
- IOP: Intensive Outpatient
- I-OP: Intensive Outpatient (mental health)
- JCAHO: Joint Commission of Accreditation of Health Care Organizations
- KMA: Kids Management Authority
- LAC: Licensed Addiction Counselor (used to be CCDC)
- LAC: Local Advisory Council
- MAADAC: Montana Association of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Counselors
- MACo: Montana Association of Counties
- MAP: Montana Advocacy Program – name changed to: Disability Rights Montana
- MASP: Montana Addiction Service Providers
- MCA: Montana Codes Annotated
- MCC: Montana Children’s Coordinating Committee
- MCDC: Montana Chemical Dependency Center
- MCI: Montana Children’s Initiative (provider association)
- MCO: Managed Care Organization
- MCMHCA: Montana Clinical Mental Health Counselors Association
- MHA: Montana Mental Health Association (now Mental Health America of MT)
- MHOAC: Mental Health Oversight Advisory Council
- MHSB: Mental Health Services Bureau
- MHSIP: Mental Health Statistics Improvement Program
- MHSP: Mental Health Services Plan
- MIP: Minor in Possession
- MMA: Medicare Modernization Act
- MMHNCC: Montana Mental Health Nursing Care Center
- MOE: Maintenance of Effort
- MOU: Memorandum of Understanding
- MSH: Montana State Hospital
- MVR: Montana Vocational Rehabilitation
- NAMI: National Alliance on Mental Illness
- NASADAD: National Association of State Alcohol and Drug Abuse Directors
- NASMHPD: National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors
- NCADD: National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence
- NFC: New Freedom Commission
- NGBMI: Not Guilty But Mentally Ill
- NPI: National Provider Identifier
- NPN: National Prevention Network
- OPI: Office of Public Instruction
- PACT: Program of Assertive Community Treatment
- PATH: Project for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness
- PPCIIR: Patient Placement Criteria II Revised Manual
- PRU: Psych-Rehab Unit
- PSO: Provider Service Organization
- RFP: Request for Proposal
- RTC: Residential Treatment Center
- SAA: Service Area Authority
- SABHRS: Statewide Accounting, Budgeting & Human Resources System
- SADAP: State Alcohol and Drug Abuse Profile
- SAMHSA: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
- SDMI: Severe and Disabling Mental Illness
- SED: Severe Emotional Disturbance (children and adolescents)
- SFY: State Fiscal Year
- SMHA: State Mental Health Authority
- SOAR: SSI/SSDI Outreach Access Recovery (Training)
- SOC: System of Care
- STEP: Secure Treatment and Evaluation Program (MSH)
- SURS: Surveillance and Utilization Review Section
- TAC: Transportation Advisory Council
- TANF: Transitional Assistance to Needy Families
- TCM:Targeted Case Management (adult and youth)
- TEDS: The Treatment Episode Data Set
- TESS: The Eligibility Screening System
- TFC: Therapeutic Foster Care
- TFG: Therapeutic Group Care
- TYCM: Targeted Youth Case Management
- UFDS: The Uniform Facility Data Set
- UR: Utilization Review
- URS: Uniform Reporting System
- WICHE: Western Interstate Commission on Higher Education
- WMCMHC: Western Montana Community Mental Health Center
- WRAP: Wellness Recovery Action Plan
- WSAA: Western Service Area Authority