Acronyms
Acronyms Commonly Used In Mental Health Services
Acronym | Name | |
ACM | Adult Case Manager | |
ACS | The fiscal Intermediary (formerly Consultec) | |
ACT | Assessment, Course and Treatment (DUI School or ACT Training) | |
ADA | Americans with Disabilities Act | |
ADC | Average Daily Census | |
ADIS | Alcohol and Drug Abuse Information System | |
ADRT | Admission and Discharge Review Team | |
ADT | Adult Day Treatment (Center) | |
AMDD | Addiction & Mental Disorders Division (of DPHHS) | |
AOD | Alcohol and Other Drugs | |
AOT | Assisted Outpatient Treatment | |
APRN | Advanced Practice Registered Nurse | |
APS | Adult Protective Services | |
ARM | Administrative Rules of Montana | |
ASAM | American Society of Addiction Medicine | |
ASIS | Applied Suicide Intervention Skills | |
ATTC | Addiction Technology and Transfer Center | |
AWACS | Agency-Wide Accounting and Client System | |
BHIF | Behavioral Health Inpatient Facility | |
BOV | Board of Visitors (Gov.'s Office) | |
CAPS | Child & Adult Protective Services System | |
CALM | Consumers Asserting Leadership in Montana | |
CASSP | Child and Adolescent Service System Project | |
CCISC | Comprehensive Continuous Integrated Systems of Care | |
CD | Chemical Dependency | |
CFR | Code of Federal Regulation | |
CFSD | Child and Family Services Division | |
CHIP | Children's Health Insurance Plan | |
CIP | Community Incentive Program | |
CIT | Crisis Intervention Team | |
CLO | Community Liaison Officer | |
CMH | Center for Mental Health (Great Falls) | |
CMHB | Children's Mental Health Bureau | |
CMHC | Community Mental Health Center | |
CMHF | Center for Mental Health (formerly Golden Triangle) | |
CMHS | Center for MEntal Health Services (block grant) | |
CMHSP | Children's Mental Health Services Plan | |
CMS | Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Service (formerly HCFA) | |
CMT | Care Management Team | |
COMPASS | Co-Morbidity Program Audit and Self-Survey | |
CNS | Comprehensive Neuro-Sciences | |
CON | Certificate of Need | |
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 Behavior Therapy | |
DIG | Data Infrastructure Grant | |
DME | Durable Medical Equipment | |
DOC | Department of Corrections | |
DPHHS | Department of Public Health & Human Services | |
DRM | Disability Rights Montana (Formerly MAP) | |
DUI | Driving Under the Influence | |
DUR | Drug Utilization Review | |
EMCMHC | Eastern Montana Community Mental Health Center (Miles City) | |
EPSDT | Early Periodic Screening & Diagnosis & Treatment | |
ESAA | Eastern Service Area Authroity | |
FAIM | Families Achieving Independence in MT | |
FFS | Fee For Services | |
FFY | Federal Fiscal Year | |
FMAP | Federal Medical Assistance Percentage | |
FY | Fiscal Year | |
GBMI | Guilty but Mentally Ill | |
GTCHMHC* | See CMH or C$MH (formerly Golden Triangle Community Mental Health Center) | |
GTCMHC | See CMH (Golden Triangle Community Mental Health Center) | |
HCBS | Home & Communicty-Based Services | |
HCFA | Health Care Financing Administration ( Now CMS) | |
HIDTA | High Impact Drug Traffic Area | |
HIFA | Health Insurance Flexibility & Accountability (Waiver) | |
HIPAA | Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act | |
HPSA | Health Professional Shortage Area | |
HIDTA | High Impact Drug Traffic Area | |
HRC | Human Resources Council | |
HRD | Health Resources Division | |
ICBR | Intensive Community-Based Rehabilitation | |
ICM | Intensive Care Management | |
ICMs | Intensive Case Managers | |
IDEA | Individuals with Disabilities Education Act | |
IEP | Individual Education Plan | |
IHS | Indian Health Service | |
IMD | Institute for Mental Disease — Medicaid prohibits funding anyone over 21 nd under 65 who is in an IMD. MSH is an IMD & have currently requested feds to make a ruling on MCDC. | |
IMR | Illness Management & Recovery | |
IOP | Intensive Outpatient | |
I-OP | Intensive Outpatient (mental health) | |
IOPT | Intensive Out-Patient Treatment | |
JCAHO | Joint Commission of Accreditation of Health Care Organizations | |
KMA | Kid's Management Authority | |
LAC | Licensed Addictions Counselor (formerly 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 MT) | |
MASP | Montana Addiction Service Providers | |
MCA | Montana Codes Annotated | |
MCC | Montana Children's Coordinating Committee | |
MCDC | Montana Chemical Dependency Center (Butte) | |
MCI | Montana Children's Initiative (provider association) | |
MCO | Managed Care Organization | |
MCMHCA | Montana Clinical Mental Health Counselors Association | |
MDS | Minimum Data Center | |
MHOAC | Mental Health Oversight Advisory Council | |
MHA | Mental Health America | |
MHA-MT | Mental Health America Montana | |
MHC | Mental Health Center | |
MHP | Mental Health Professional | |
MHSB | Mental Health Services Bureau | |
MHSIP | Mental Health Statistics Improvement Program | |
MHSP | Mental Health Services Plan | |
MIAMI | MT Initiative for the Abatement of Mortality in Infants | |
MIP | Minor in Possession | |
MMA | Medicare Modernization Act | |
MMHA | Montana Mental Health Association | |
MMHNCC | Montana Mental Health Nursing Care Center (Lewistown) | |
MMIS | (Montana) Medicaid Management Information System | |
MOE | Maintenance of Effort | |
MOMs | Montana Operating Manuals | |
MonAMI | Montana Alliance on Mental Illness | |
MOU | MEmorandum of Understanding | |
MPN | Montana Peer Network | |
MSH | Montana State Hospital (Warm Springs) | |
MVR | Montana Vocational Rehabilitation | |
NAMI | National Association of Mental Illness | |
NAMI MT | NAMI National Association of Mental Illness Montana | |
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 | |
NCADI | National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information | |
NFC | New Freedom Commission | |
NFR | The National Family Register | |
NGBMI | Not Guilty But Mentally Ill | |
NIATx | Network for the Improvement of Addiction Treatment | |
NPI | National Provider Identifier | |
NPN | National Prevention Network | |
OCD | Obsessive/Compulsive Disorder | |
OPI | Office of Public Instruction | |
PACT | Program of Assertive Community Treatment | |
PASRR | Preadmission Screening and Resident Review (program) | |
PATH | Projects for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness | |
PERQS | Purchasing, Entry, Receiving, Query System | |
PPCIIR | Patient Placement Criteria II REvised Manual | |
PRU | Psych-Rehab Unit | |
PSA | Prevention & Stabilization Account | |
PSDS | Psychiatric Service Dog Society | |
PSO | Provider Service Organization | |
RADAR | RADAR Network – Regional Alcohol & Drug Information Resource Network | |
RFI | Request for Proposal | |
RFP | Request for Proposal | |
RTC | Residential Treatment Center | |
SAA | Service Area Authority | |
SABHRS | Statewide Accounting, Budgeting & Human Reources System | |
SADAP | State Alcohol and Drug Abuse Profile | |
SAMHSA | Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration | |
SAMS | Substance Abuse Management System | |
SAPT | Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment (Block Grant) | |
SCMHC | South Central Mental Health Center | |
SCRMHC | South Central Regional Mental Health Center (Billings) | |
SDMI | Severe & Disabling Mental Illness (adult diagnosis) | |
SED | Severe Emotional Disturbance (youth diagnosis) | |
SFY | State Fiscal Year | |
SIG | State Incentive Grant (MT used term CIP Community Incentive Program) | |
SMHA | State Mental Health Authority | |
SOAR | SSI/SSDI Outreach Access Recovery (training) | |
SOC | System of Care | |
SSPFSIG | Strategic Prevention Framework State Incentive Grant | |
STEP | Secure Treatment and Evaluation Program (MSH) | |
SURS | Surveillance and Utilization Review Section | |
TAC | Technical Assistance Center | |
TAC | Transportation Advisory Council | |
TANF | Transitional Assistance to Needy Families | |
TCM | Targeted Case Management (adult and youth) | |
TEAMS | The Economic Assistance Management System | |
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 | |
WMAS | Western Montana Addiction Services | |
WMCMHC | Western Montana Community Mental Health Center | |
WMMHC | Western Montana Mental Health Center | |
WRAP | Wellness Recovery Action Plan | |
WSAA | Western Service Area Authority | |
YBGR | Yellowstone Boys and Girls Ranch | |
YDI | Youth Dynamic, Inc. | |
72HPE | 72-Hour Presumptive Eligibility |