Acronym List
A collection of frequently used acronyms and what they stand for.
A
●ABAWD (Able Bodied Adults Without Dependents)
●ACE (AHCCCS Customer Eligibility)
●ACTS (Automated Change Tracking System)
●ADHS (Arizona Department of Health Services)
●ADHS/DBHS (Arizona Department of Health Services - Division of Behavioral Health Services)
●AFPU (AHCCCS Fraud Prevention Unit)
●AFIP (Arizona Fingerprint Imaging Program)
NOTE AFIP requirements were eliminated on 08/09/2017.
●AG (Attorney General)
●AH (AHCCCS Health Insurance)
●AHCCCS (Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System)
●AKA (Also Known As)
●ALJ (Administrative Law Judge)
●ALTCS (Arizona Long Term Care System)
●AP (Assistance Payments or Absent Parent)
●ARICS (Accounts Receivable Integrated Collection System)
●ARMS (Arizona Random Moment Sample)
●ASVS (Automated Status Verification System (Verification Information System, VIS) )
●AZCARES (Arizona Case Record System)
●AZTECS (Arizona Technical Eligibility Computer System)
B
●BENDEX (Beneficiary and Earnings Data Exchange)
●BHS (Behavioral Health Services)
●BIA (Bureau of Indian Affairs)
C
●CA (Cash Assistance)
●CAP (Community Action Program or Corrective Action Plan)
●CATS (Case Accuracy Tracking System)
●CHEP (Cuban Haitian Entrant Program)
●CIB (Certificate of Indian Blood)
●CLS (Community Legal Service)
●CMS (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services)
●CMV (Current Market Value)
●CO (Central Office)
●COA (Class of Admission)
●COE (Cost of Employment)
●COLA (Cost-of-Living Adjustment)
●CR (Change Report)
●CRS (Children's Rehabilitative Services)
●CS (Child Support)
D
●DBME (Division of Benefits & Medical Eligibility)
●DBHS (Division of Behavioral Health Services)
●DCS (Department of Child Safety)
●DCSS (Division of Child Support Services)
●DDD (Division of Developmental Disabilities)
●DDSA (Disability Determination Services Administration)
●DES (Department of Economic Security)
●DERS (Division of Employment and Rehabilitative Services)
●DHS (Department of Homeland Security)
●DRS (Disqualified Recipient System)
E
●EA (Emergency Assistance)
●EBT (Electronic Benefit Transfer)
●EDD (Expected Date of Delivery)
●EEOC (Equal Employment Opportunity Commission)
●EI (Eligibility Interviewer)
●EIC (Earned Income Credit)
●EITC (Earned Income Tax Credit)
●EMPOWER (Employing and Moving People Off Welfare and Encouraging Responsibility)
●EPC (Electronic Pay Card)
●E&T (Employment and Training)
F
●FAA (Family Assistance Administration)
●FBCP (Family Benefit Cap 60 Month Time Period)
●FES (Federal Emergency Services)
●FICA (Federal Insurance Contribution Act)
●FIS (Fidelity Information Services)
●FMLA (Family and Medical Leave Act)
●FNS (Food and Nutrition Service)
●FS (Food Stamp)
NOTE Effective 10/01/2008, the FS program is known as Nutrition Assistance (NA) in Arizona
●FSIU (Food Stamp Issuance Unit)
G
●GA (General Assistance)
●GLA (Group Living Arrangement)
H
●HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996)
●HOB (HOSC to OnBase)
●HOME (Project Helping Others Manage Effectively)
●HUD (Housing and Urban Development)
I
●ID (Identification)
●IDA (Individual Development Account)
●IHS (Indian Health Services)
●IPV (Intentional Program Violation)
●IRP (Income Request Period)
●IV-A (Cash Assistance)
●IV-D (DCSS - Child Support, Medical Support and Paternity Establishment)
●IV-E (Foster Care or Adoption Subsidy)
●IVR (Interactive Voice Response)
J
●Jobs (Job Opportunities and Basic Skills)
●JS (Job Service)
K
●KBB (Kelley Blue Book)
●KEDS (KidsCare Eligibility Determination System)
L
●LEDS (Long Term Care Eligibility Determination System)
●LEP (Limited English Proficiency)
●LIBL (Lifetime Benefit Limit)
●LIHEAP (Low Income Housing Energy Assistance Program)
●LPG (Legal Permanent Guardian)
●LO (Local Office)
M
●MA (Medical Assistance)
●MAC (Mid Approval Contact)
●ME (Management Evaluation)
●MEQC (Medicaid Eligibility Quality Control)
●MG (Matching Grant Program)
●MMA (Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act)
●MSP (Medicare Savings Program)
N
●N/A (Not Applicable)
●NA (Nutrition Assistance)
●NEW (Native Employment Works)
●NFAT (No Further Action Taken)
●NOAA (Notice of Adverse Action)
●NOE (Notice of Expiration)
●NPA (Non Public Assistance)
O
●OARC (Office of Accounts Receivable & Collections)
●OP (Overpayment)
●OPE (Office of Program Evaluation)
NOTE Effective 12/2016, OPE changed to Quality Management Administration (QMA)
●OPU (Overpayment Unit)
●ORR (Office of Refugee Resettlement)
●OSI (Office of Special Investigations)
●OST (Office Support Team)
P
●PA (Public Assistance or Program Administrator)
●PARIS (Public Assistance Reporting Information System)
●PASS (Preapplication Screening System)
●PC (Policy Clarification)
●PCN (Personnel Control Number)
●PI (Primary Informant)
●PM (Program Manager)
●PMMIS (Pre-paid Medical Management Information System)
●POP (Potential Overpayment)
●PRA (Personal Responsibility Agreement)
●PRUCOL (Permanently Residing Under Color of Law)
●PRWORA (Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act)
●PSN (Participant States None)
●PST (Policy Support Team)
●PWE (Primary Wage Earner)
Q
●QC (Quality Control)
●QI (Qualified Individual)
●QMA (Quality Management Administration)
●QMB (Qualified Medicare Beneficiary)
●QR (Quality Review)
●QST (Quality Support Team)
R
●R&A (Research and Analysis Unit)
●RBHA (Regional Behavioral Health Authority)
●RCA (Refugee Cash Assistance)
●RR (Railroad Retirement)
●RRP (Refugee Resettlement Program)
●RSDI (Retirement Survivor's Disability Insurance)
●RTW (Return to Work)
S
●SAVE (Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements)
●SDX (State Data Exchange)
●SECA (Self-employment Contribution Act)
●SHARE (Service to Help Arizonans with Relief on Energy)
●SLMB (Specified Low Income Medicare Beneficiary)
●S.O.B.R.A. (Sixth Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act)
●S-5 (Application Form for Social Security Numbers)
●SSA (Social Security Administration)
●SSI (Supplemental Security Income)
●SSI MAO (Supplemental Security Income Medical Assistance Only)
●SSN (Social Security Number)
●SVES (State Verification Exchange System)
T
●TAPP (Tribal Assistance and Projects Program)
●TCC (Transitional Child Care)
●TI (Time Limited)
●TLAP (Time Limited Assistance 60 Month Time Period)
●TPEP (Two Parent Employment Program)
●TPL (Third Party Liability)
●TPQY (Wire Third Party Query)
●TWEP (Tribal Work Experience Program)
U
●UI (Unemployment Insurance)
●UMP (Unwed Minor Parent)
●URM (Unaccompanied Refugee minor)
●USCIS (U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service)
●USDA (United States Department of Agriculture)
●UWE (Unpaid Work Experience (Jobs) )
V
●VA (Veteran's Administration)
●VIS (Verification Information System)
●VOLAG (Voluntary Agency)
●VR (Vocational Rehabilitation)
W
●WC (Welcome Corps)
●WIC (Women, Infants, and Children Nutritional Program)
●WIOA (Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act)