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 |