MS 1015 (2)

The following abbreviations and acronyms are commonly used in the Division of Family Support Operations Manuals.

ABI / Acquired Brain Injury
AR / Authorized Representative
BIC / Beneficiary Identification Code
BWE / Blind Work Expense
CD / Certificate of Deposit
CDO / Consumer Directed Option
CIS / Community Integration Supplementation
CMS / Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
COLA / Cost of Living Adjustment
CSV / Cash Surrender Value
DAC / Disabled Adult Child
DCBS / Department for Community Based Services
DFS / Division of Family Support
DMS / Department for Medicaid Services
DPL / Deferred Payment Loan
ECF / Electronic Case File
[EDG / Eligibility Determination Group]
EPSDT / Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment
FCH / Family Care Home
FMV / Fair Market Value
FPL / Federal Poverty Level
FV / Face Value
HCBS / Home and Community Based Services
HEP / Home Equity Plan
HIB / Hospital Insurance Benefits
ICF IID / Intermediate Care Facility for Individuals with an Intellectual Disability
IMD / Institution for Mental Diseases
IRS / Internal Revenue Service
IRWE / Impairment Related Work Expense
KTAP / Kentucky Transitional Assistance Program
LIS / Low Income Subsidy
LTC / Long Term Care
MA / Medicaid
[MAGI / Modified Adjusted Gross Income]
MCO / Managed Care Organization
MFP / Money Follows the Person
MRT / Medical Review Team
MSBB / Medical Support and Benefits Branch
[MSP / Medicare Savings Program]
NEMT / Non-Emergency Medical Transportation
NF / Nursing Facility
OLS / Office of Legal Services
PASS / Plan for Achieving Self-Support
PCH / Personal Care Home
PCP / Primary Care Provider
[PE / Presumptive Eligibility]
PNA / Personal Needs Allowance
POA / Power-of-Attorney
PRO / Peer Review Organization
PRTF / Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facility
QDWI / Qualified Disabled Working Individuals
QI1 / Medicare Qualified Individuals Group 1
QIT / Qualifying Income Trust
QMB / Qualified Medicare Beneficiaries
RAM / Reverse Annuity Mortgage
RFI / Request for Information
RSDI / Retirement, Survivors, Disability Insurance
SCL / Support for Community Living
SGA / Substantial Gainful Activity
SLMB / Specified Low-Income Medicare Beneficiaries
SMI / Supplementary Medical Insurance
SSA / Social Security Administration
SSI / Supplemental Security Income
SSN / Social Security Number
SSP / Self Service Portal
[TOA / Type of Assistance]
TPL / Third Party Liability
VA / Veteran’s Administration