ACA |
Affordable Care Act of 2010 [commonly used shortened version of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010] |
ACG |
adjusted clinical group |
ACS |
American Community Survey |
ADL |
activity of daily living |
AGI |
adjusted gross income |
AHRQ |
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality |
ASEC |
Annual Social and Economic Supplement [to the Current Population Survey] |
ASPE |
Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation [in HHS] |
BLS |
Bureau of Labor Statistics |
CBO |
Congressional Budget Office |
CE |
Consumer Expenditure Survey |
CHIP |
Children’s Health Insurance Program |
CPS |
Current Population Survey |
DB |
defined benefit |
DC |
defined contribution |
DCG |
diagnosis cost group form of risk adjustment system |
FPL |
family poverty level |
GDP |
gross domestic product |
HHS |
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services |
HIPAA |
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 |
HMO |
health maintenance organization |
HRET |
Health Research and Education Trust |
HRS |
Health and Retirement Study |
HSA |
health savings account |
HTHS |
Health Tracking Household Survey |
IADL |
instrumental activity of daily living |
IOM |
Institute of Medicine |
IRA |
individual retirement account |
ITWG |
Interagency Technical Working Group [on Developing a Supplemental Poverty Measure] |
JSM |
Joint Statistical Meetings |
LIHEAP |
Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program |
LTC |
long-term care |
MCBS |
Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey |
MCER |
medical care economic risk |
MEPS |
Medical Expenditure Panel Survey |
MPS |
Medical Providers Survey |
NAS |
National Academy of Sciences |
NHIS |
National Health Interview Survey |
NLTCS |
National Long Term Care Survey |
NRC |
National Research Council |
OMB |
U.S. Office of Management and Budget |
RxRisk |
risk adjustment system that uses information from automated outpatient pharmacy data systems to characterize chronic conditions |
SCF |
Survey of Consumer Finances |
SIPP |
Survey of Income and Program Participation |
SNAP |
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program [formerly Food Stamp Program] |
SPM |
Supplemental Poverty Measure |
SPR |
supplemental poverty rate |
TANF |
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families |
TRIM3 |
Transfer Income Model, version 3 |
WIC |
Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children |