A
AAA Area Agency(ies) on Aging.
AABD Assistance to the Aged (65+), Blind, or Disabled (for longer term disabilities).
ABAWD Able Bodied Adults without Dependents
ADA American Dental Association. OR Americans with Disabilities Act.
ADC/AFDC Aid to Dependent Children/Aid to Families with Dependent Children.
ADC/UP Aid to Dependent Children/Unemployed Parent (aka AFDCUP).
AFCARS Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System.
Aion Declarative software language from Platinum that is used for N-FOCUS expert systems development.
Alert A system- or worker-generated message within N-FOCUS that notifies the worker of something that has either already occurred or that will occur in the future to impact the ARP, the Master or Program case, or service approval.
ALOS Average Length of Stay (in in-patient facility).
ALP Agency Legal Person.
AMA American Medical Association.
AP Absent Parent.
APD Advance Planning Document.
AppCon Application Consistency team.
AppDev Application Development team.
APS Adult Protective Services.
AR Applicant Recipient (person receiving some benefit via state).
ARP Agency Related Person.
AS Administrative Support.
ASP Agency Staff Person.
B
BCBS Blue Cross Blue Shield.
BDE Bendex Data Exchange (Beneficiary Data Exchange system).
BSDC Beatrice State Developmental Center.
CCAP Community Action Programs. Client Assistance Program (CHARTS).
CC Child Care. Court Case (JUSTICE). Care Connection (NMMCP).
CFS Children and Family Services.
CHARTS Children Have a Right to Support. A Nebraska state government automated child support system.
CHIP Comprehensive Health Insurance Pool.
Check Out/Check In (Master Cases) The process of downloading and uploading N-FOCUS Master Cases from and back to the enterprise server. These actions are initiated from N-FOCUS user workstations around the state.
CMAP Children's Medical Assistance Program
CMS Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services
CP Custodial Party
CPS Child Protective Services now known as Children and Family Services.
CSE Child Support Enforcement.
CSFP Commodity Supplemental Food Program.
CSSN Child Support Services of Nebraska. A private company that provides child support services for Douglas County.
CWIS Child Welfare Information System. Area within NDHHS that represents the state Child Welfare programs.
D
Data Collection Task Collect information, but no eligibility determination is made in the task itself (e.g., no status is changed).
DDD Division of Developmental Disabilities.
DEP Dependent
DMV Department of Motor Vehicles.
DPFS Disabled Persons and Family Support.
E
EA Emergency Assistance Program.
EAP Energy Assistance Program (also known as LIEAP). Or Employee Assistance Program.
EF Employment First. Nebraska's Welfare Reform family program. Also known as TANF.
ELIGIBILITY STATUSES:
ACTIVE: The case/person has been determined eligible to receive assistance.
CLOSED: The case/person had been in an active or spenddown status, but is now no longer eligible for assistance.
DENIED: The case/person was determined ineligible for assistance.
EXEMPT: The case/person is exempt from a program requirement.
INELIGIBLE: This status is used to close a case retroactively, after assistance has been authorized.
PREMIUM DUE: The premium is a monthly amount, which must be paid for the person to receive Medicaid.
PENDING An application has been received, but no eligibility has been determined, and no benefits issued.
SANCTIONED: The case/person has failed to cooperate with policy, and is not eligible for full benefits.
SPEND DOWN OR SHARE OF COST: The amount the client must obligate towards their medical care each month, before Medicaid will cover any medical expenses.
TRANSITIONAL: This status is for cases where eligibility fails, but the clients retain eligibility due to specific policy regulations.
EMAC Enhanced Medical Assistance for Children.
EMR Emergency/Interim Release. A formal N-FOCUS release strategy followed for the highest priority of SIR. EMR’s become the top priority of technical and business staff, are worked on immediately and changes are released as soon as they are complete.
ES Expert System.
F
FC Foster Care.
FCCH Family Child Care Home.
F & S Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services Finance and Support Division.
FPL Federal Poverty Level.
FW Former Ward
G
GIVH Grand Island Veterans' Home.
H
HCFA Health Care Financing Agency. Health Care Financing Administration.
HIPAA Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
HIPP Health Insurance Premium Payment
HIR Health Information Report.
HRC Hastings Regional Center.
I
ICC Issuance and Collections Center.
ICF Intermediate Care Facility (nursing home).
ICF/MR Intermediate Care Facility for the Mentally Retarded.
IRF Interim Report Form
IL Independent Living.
IRS Internal Revenue Service.
IS&T Information Systems and Technology. Area within NDHHS.
IUC Integrated Unemployment Compensation (from NE Dept. of Labor).
IV-A [4-A] State agency that administers the Federal Aid to Families with Dependent Children programs. Also, the section or title of the Federal Social Security Act that authorizes the Aid to Families with Dependent Children program. States participate in this program.
IV-D [4-D] State agency responsible for the administration of the federal child support enforcement programs. Also, the section or title of the Federal Social Services Act that authorizes the Aid to Families with Dependent Children program, which created Child Support Enforcement programs.
IV-E [4-E] Federal finding type for Child Welfare services.
IWD Integrated Wage Data.
J
JC Juvenile Court
JUSTICE Judicial User System To Improve Court Efficiency. System currently used by Nebraska courts to execute the State's child support distribution process. This system has data prior to December 22, 2001. Any data on or after December 22, 2001 was converted to CHARTS
K
L
LIEAP Low Income Energy Assistance Program. Also known as EAP.
LRC Lincoln Regional Center.
LTC Long Term Care.
M
MA Medical Assistance Program (Medicaid). Also known as MED.
MAC Medical Assistance for Children
Master Case The N-FOCUS data file that contains information on all persons within a household, including all Program Cases to which they belong. Users statewide download ("check out") these files to workstations for reference and update.
Master Case Persons All members of a particular Master Case.
MC Master Case.
MCH Maternal and Child Health.
MED Medical Assistance Program (Medicaid). Also known as MA.
MHCP Medically Handicapped Children's Program.
MIWD Medicaid Insurance for Workers with Disabilities
MMIS Medicaid Management Information System.
MODE The business process to which the program case has been assigned; ie. Interviewing, Processing, Change Management or Assigned.
MSP Medicare Savings Program
N
N-FOCUS Nebraska Family Online Client User System. A software application designed to automate the delivery of integrated NDHHS services to Nebraska citizens. NDHHS officially converted to N-FOCUS on July 1, 1998.
Navigator Controls the flow of information to be collected in the N-FOCUS Expert System.
NCANDS National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System.
NCP Non-Custodial Party.
NMAP Nebraska Medical Assistance Program (Medicaid).
NPA Non-public Assistance. Does not receive ADC or SSI. Clients with child support but not on welfare (CHARTS).
NRC Norfolk Regional Center.
NVH Norfolk Veteran's Home.
O
OCSE Office of Child Support Enforcement.
OMB Office of Management and Budgeting.
OMH Office of Minority Health.
OMR Office of Mental Retardation.
OP Overpaid Party
ORH Office of Rural Health.
P
PA Public Assistance (aka Economic Assistance). Receives either ADC grant or SSI.
PAE Public Assistance Eligibility.
PCR Project Change Request. CHARTS staff request, assign, track, and release new programs or program changes using the electronic Project Change Request (in Lotus Notes) and its associated forms. Here is a link to this database:
PIM Payment Information Management. One of three N-FOCUS design areas (others are RIM and CIM). Contains payment processing functionality.
Program Case Information on the programs being applied for/received by Master Case Persons. This information resides in the Master Case file.
PRWORA Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (aka Welfare Reform). CHARTS II is being developed in accordance with the financial distribution component defined in this act.
PSI Production Support Issues. Policy Studies Incorporated (contract services with NDHHS).
Q
QMB Qualified Medicare Beneficiary.
QRF Quarterly Report Form.
R
R & L NDHHS Regulation and Licensure Division.
RACF Resource Access Control Facility: Used to handle security within the CHARTS/N-FOCUS environment.
Release Notes Provided with software releases. For N-FOCUS, these are written within the Production Support and Communications - Business team.
Ribicoff CMAP program for children
RIM Resource Information Management. One of three N-FOCUS design areas (others are CIM and PIM). Contains provider and services creation and maintenance functions.
RSDI Retirement, Survivors, Disabled Income Program. Retirement, Survivors & Disability Insurance. Also known as Social Security or SSA.
RSVI Rehabilitation Services for the Visually Impaired.
S
SA Subsidized Adoption.
SAM School Age Medical assistance program for children.
SAVE Systematic Alien Verification Eligibility.
SCR System Investigation Request. Document used to record the need for changes to the N-FOCUS application. A SIR can be written for application problems, new application development, deferred application development, research/analysis, documentation tasks, or any other work assignment to be tracked. Used to track the progress of the change, to indicate what modules of the code need to be changed, who is going to work on it (business and technical), what platform the change needs to take place on, and other information required to effect the change.
SDP State Disability Program.
SDU State Disbursement Unit.
SDX State Data Exchange (from Social Security Administration).
SEMAC Super Enhanced Medical Assistance for Children
SEW State Employer Wage file.
SG Subsidized Guardianship.
SIMP Spousal Impoverishment Program.
SNAP Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
SNF Skilled Nursing Facility.
SON: is an established figure determined by unit size and other specific Program rules and regulations setting forth a baseline of income needed to maintain a minimal standard of living. Prorated Standard of Need is a formula for benefits that provides a percentage of the Standard of Need based upon the number of people who are eligible for benefits divided by the number of people in the program case.
SPD Staff and Partnership Development.
SRT State Review Team.
SSA Social Security Administration (popular name for RSDI).
SSA LIS Social Security Administration Low Income Subsidy application.
SSAD Social Services to the Aged and Disabled. Vendor program set up by Title XX Block Grants (1973). Includes such services as snow shoveling and transportation.
SSCF Social Services to Children and Families.
SSI Supplemental Security Income. Assistance program administered by the SSA to low-income aged, disabled, or blind persons.
SSN Social Security Number.
SUR and SURS Surveillance and Utilization Review System, orSurveillance and Utilization Review Subsystem
SVP Services Vendor Payment.
System Test Test plans are developed by Business Requirements and Testing team members (Business analysts) identifying and organizing business conditions in each functional area. Business analysts perform online testing. Technical analysts execute batch tests.
T
TANF Temporary Assistance to Needy Families. Also known as EF.
TFVH Thomas Fitzgerald Veterans' Home, Omaha.
TMA Transitional Medical Assistance.
TSR Technical Support Request. The form used to request involvement from the N-FOCUS Application Support Level 2 Help Desk. Forms are stored and updated electronically on the "DCS L2 TSRs" Lotus Notes database.
U
UNMC University of Nebraska Medical Center.
URA UnReimbursed Assistance
USDA US Department of Agriculture.
V
VA Veterans' Administration.
VR Vocational Rehabilitation.
W
WCP Women's Cancer Program
WIC Women, Infants, and Children (a special supplemental food program).
WNVH Western Nebraska Veterans' Home, Scottsbluff.
WORK TASK Notification that an action is needed on a Master Case.
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