ABN – Advance Beneficiary Notice
ALJ – Administrative Law Judge
BAPCPA – Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005
CMS – Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
CPR – Cardiopulmonary resuscitation
DHHR – WV Department of Health & Human Resources
DNR – Do Not Resuscitate Order
DRA – Deficit Reduction Act of 2005
ERISA – Employee Retirement Income Security Act
FCRA – Fair Credit Reporting Act
FDCPA – Fair Debt Collection Practices Act
FHEO – (Office of) Fair Housing & Equal Opportunity
FICA – Federal Insurance Contributions Act (Commonly called Social Security Tax)
HMO – Health Maintenance Organization
HUD – U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
LC – Limiting Charge
MNIL – Medically Needy Income Limit
NHR – Nursing Home Reform
PAS 2005 – Pre-Admission Screening Test (for Medicaid eligibility)
POC – Period of Consideration
PRO – Peer Review Organization
PSC – Public Service Commission
QDRO – Qualified Domestic Relations Order
QI-1 – Qualifying Individual
QMB – Qualified Medicare Beneficiary
SHIP – State Health Insurance Program
SLIMB – Specified Low-Income Beneficiary
SNF – Skilled Nursing Facility
SSA – Social Security Administration
SSI – Supplemental Security Income
TTY – Telephone Typewriter (also called TDD, Telephone Device for the Deaf)
UDAP – West Virginia Unfair or Deceptive Acts or Practices Statute
WVMI – West Virginia Medical Institute