Background Report for the Request for Public Comment on Initial, Recommended Core Set of Children's Healthcare Quality Measures for Voluntary Use by Medicaid and CHIP Programs
Background Report on request for public comment on initial, recommended core set of Children's Healthcare Quality Measures for voluntary use by Medicaid and CHIP Programs.
Appendixes
Appendix A-1. Acronyms and Abbreviations
| Abbreviation | Full Name |
|---|---|
| A1c | Glycated hemoglobin |
| AAP | American Academy of Pediatrics |
| ABCD | Assuring Better Child Health and Development initiative |
| ACIP | Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices |
| ADHD | Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder |
| AHRQ | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality |
| AMA PCPI | American Medical Association Physician Consortium for Performance |
| ARRA | American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 |
| BMI | Body mass index |
| CAHMI | Child and Adolescent Health Measurement Initiative |
| CAHPS® | Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems |
| CCS | Clinical Classification Software |
| CDC | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
| CHIP | Children's Health Insurance Program |
| CHIPRA | Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act |
| CHIRI™ | Children's Health Insurance Research Initiative |
| CLABSI | Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infection |
| CMQC | California Maternal Quality Collaborative |
| CMS | Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services |
| CMSO | Center for Medicaid and State Operations |
| CPT | Current Procedural Terminology (coding scheme) |
| C-section | Cesarean section |
| DSM-IV | Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders |
| DTaP | Diphtheria tetanus and pertussis vaccine (used for children) |
| ED | Emergency department |
| EHR | Electronic health record |
| EPSDT | Early Periodic Screening, Diagnosis and Treatment |
| FEC | Family Experiences of Care |
| FFS | Fee for service |
| FMAP | Federal Medical Assistance Percentage |
| HCPC | Healthcare Common Procedure Coding (a CMS system) |
| HCUP | Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project |
| HCUPNet | Web site for the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) |
| Health IT | Health information technology |
| HEDIS | Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set |
| Hep B | Hepatitis B |
| HHS | U.S. Department of health and Human Services |
| Hib | Haemophilus influenzae type b |
| HRSA | Health Resources and Services Administration |
| ICU | Intensive Care Unit |
| IPSD | Index Prescription Start Date |
| IPV | Inactivated Polio Vaccine |
| IT | Information technology |
| KID | Kids' Inpatient Database |
| MCO/HIO | Managed Care Organization/Health Insuring Organization |
| MCV4 | Meningococcal vaccine |
| MDC 14 | Major Diagnostic Code for pregnancy, childbirth, and the puerperium (HCUP) |
| MDD | Major Depressive Disorder |
| MDE | Major Depressive Episode |
| MEPS | Medical Expenditure Panel Survey |
| MMC | Medicaid Managed Care |
| MMDLN | Medicaid Medical Directors Learning Network |
| MMR | Measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine |
| MSIS | Medicaid Statistical Information System |
| NAC | AHRQ National Advisory Council on Healthcare Research and Quality |
| NCQA | National Committee for Quality Assurance |
| NE | North East |
| NEJM | New England Journal of Medicine |
| NHSN | National Healthcare Safety Network |
| NICU | Neonatal Intensive Care Unit |
| NIS | National Immunization Survey |
| NPI | National provider information |
| NR | Not Reported |
| NSCH | National Survey on Children's Health |
| NTSV | Nulliparous term singleton vertex |
| NVSS | National Vital Statistics System |
| OB/GYN | Obstetrician/Gynecologist |
| OME | Otitis Media with Effusion |
| PCCM | Primary care case management |
| PCP | Primary Care Physician |
| PHP | Prevention and Health Promotion |
| PICU | Pediatric Intensive Care Unit |
| QI | Quality improvement |
| QOC | Quality of care |
| RAND | RAND Corporation |
| S/AL | State of Alabama |
| SCHIP | State Children's Health Insurance Program |
| SNAC | Subcommittee (on Children's Healthcare Quality Measures for Use by Medicaid and CHIP Programs) of the National Advisory Council |
| Td | Combined diphtheria and tetanus vaccine |
| Tdap | Diphtheria, Tetanus, and Pertussis vaccine (used for adults) |
| URI | Upper respiratory infection |
| USPSTF | United States Preventive Services Task Force |
| VFI | Validity, feasibility, importance |
| VZV | Varicella zoster virus |
| WCV | Well Child Visit |
