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Acronyms anct InitiaTisms
ACRONYMS AND INITIALISMS
AAA
AAHA
AARP
ADL
AHCA
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Area Agency on Aging
American Association of Homes for the Aging
American Association of Retired Persons
Activities of Daily Living
American Health Care Association
AoA - Administration on Aging
ASHFLCD- Association of State Health Facility Licensing
and Certification Directors
DRG - Diagnosis-Related Group
GAO - U.S. General Accounting Office
HCFA - Health Care Financing Administration (U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services)
HEW - U.S. Department of Health, Education, and
Welfare
HHA - Home Health Agency
HHS - U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
HSQB - Health Standards Quality Bureau (U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services,
Health Care Financing Administration)
ICE - Intermediate Care Facility
IOC - Inspection of Care
IOM - Institute of Medicine
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406 / ACRONYMS AND INITIALIS3IS
IPR - Independent Professional Review
JCAH - Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals
MMACS - Medicare Medicaid Automated Certif ication
System
NCCNHR - National Citizen's Coalition for Nursing Home
Reform
NCHS - National Center for Health Statistics
NIA - National Institute on Aging
NNHS - National Nursing Home Survey
OAA - Older Americans Act
ONHA - Office of Nursing Home Affairs
ORD - Office of Research and Development (U.S.
- Department of Health and Human Services,
Health Care Financing Administration)
OTA - Office of Technology Assessment (U.S.
Congress)
PRO - Professional Standards Review Organization
SNF - Skilled Nursing Facility
SSA - Social Security Administration
SSI - Supplemental Security Income
UR - Utilization Review
VA - U.S. Veterans Administration
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care financing
