Glossary of Terms, Acronyms & Abbreviations:
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Definition |
| MA
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Medical Assistance (federal)
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| MA WAIVER
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An exemption from a requirement of federal Medical Assistance (Medicaid) law, granted to the Department by the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services under the authority of 42 USC 1396n (b), (c) or (d). Currently the Department has a waiver under which it requires MA recipients in Milwaukee County to participate in HMOs that are under contract to the Department for this purpose, and waivers that enable the Department to provide MA-funded home and community-based services under CIP I-A, CIP I-B, CIP II and COP to MA-eligible elderly and disabled persons who would otherwise need SNF or ICF level of care in nursing homes.
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| MAAC
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Medical Assistance Advisory Committee; advises the Division of Health Care Financing about administration of the MA program.
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| MD
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Muscular dystrophy.
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| MDS
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Minimum data set-a core set of data elements that describe nursing home resident clinical, functional and demographic characteristics, submitted by nursing homes to DHFS on a weekly or monthly basis.
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| MEDICAID
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Title XIX of the federal Social Security Act and 42 CFR 430 to 456; pays for medical care for low-income persons; state-administered; same as Medical Assistance.
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| MEDICAL ASSISTANCE (MA)
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Term for the Medicaid (Title XIX) program, which pays for necessary health care services for eligible persons whose financial resources are not adequate to provide for their health care needs.
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| MEDICARE
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Title XVIII of the federal Social Security Act and 42 CFR 405 to 424; insurance-like payments for medical care of persons aged 65 and over; administered by federal Social Security Administration.
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| MEDS
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Medicaid Evaluation and Decision Support (data warehouse)
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| MH
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Mental health.
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| MIS
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Management information specialist.
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| MJTC
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Mendota Juvenile Treatment Center operated by Mendota Mental Health Institute for male DJC clients.
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| MMHI
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Mendota Mental Health Institute in Madison.
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| MMIS
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Medicaid Management Information System.
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| MOU
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Memorandum of Understanding.
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| MR
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Mental retardation.
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| MS
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Multiple sclerosis.
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| N |
Definition |
| NA
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nursing assistant/nurse aide
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| NAR
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Nurse Aide Registry
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| NASUA
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National Association of State Units on Aging.
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| NATCEP
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nurse aide training and competency evaluation program
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| NFB
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National Federation of the Blind.
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| NFPA
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National Fire Protection Association.
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| NGA
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National Governors' Association.
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| NH
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nursing home
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| NHA
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nursing home administrator
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| NIA
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National Institute on Aging.
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| NIAAA
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National Institute on Alcoholism and Alcohol Abuse.
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| NICU
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Neonatal infant care unit, in a hospital.
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| NIDA
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National Institute on Drug Abuse.
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| NIMH
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National Institute of Mental Health.
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| NLTC
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non-long-term care
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| NORMALIZATION
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A principle employed in the developmental disabilities program area. It refers to using means to establish and/or maintain personal behaviors and characteristics which are as culturally normal as possible.
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| NOV
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Notice of violation, in nursing home regulation.
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| NP
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nurse practitioner
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| NSF
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National Sanitation Foundation.
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| NURSE AIDE REGISTRY
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See REGISTRY OF AIDES
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| NURSING HOME
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A place which provides 24 hour services including board and room to 3 or more unrelated residents who because of their mental or physical condition require nursing care. Nursing homes are licensed by DHFS under ch. HFS 132 Adm. Codes.
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| NWC
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Northern Wisconsin Center, a DHFS residential facility for developmentally disabled persons near Chippewa Falls.
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| O |
Definition |
| OAA
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Older Americans Act, PL 95-478, as amended.
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| OASDI
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Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance Program; social security.
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| OBRA
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Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act
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| OBVI
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Office of the Blind and Visually Impaired in the DHFS Division of Long Term Care.
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| OCI
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Office of the Wisconsin Commissioner of Insurance
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| OCQ
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Office of Caregiver Quality (DQA)
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| ODHH
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Office for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing in the DHFS Division of Long Term Care.
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| OFB
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Office for the Blind and Visually Impaired
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| OLC
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DHFS Office of Legal Counsel.
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| OMB
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Federal Office of Management and Budget; President's staff unit responsible within the executive branch of the federal government for budget development and review, and for management improvement.
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| OPB
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(Formerly) Office of Policy and Budget in DHSS. Is now Office of Strategic Finance in DHFS.
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| OPEN RECORDS LAW
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Sections 19.31 to 19.39 of Wisconsin Statutes.
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| OPRA
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(Formerly) DHFS Office of Program Review and Audit. Is now Program Evaluation and Audit (PEA) located in OSF.
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| ORS
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Office of Refugee Services in DWD.
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| OSF
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DHFS Office of Strategic Finance.
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| P |
Definition |
| PACE
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Program of all-Inclusive Care for the Elderly. Operated in Milwaukee by Community Care for the Elderly and in Dane County by Eldercare, under contract with DHFS.
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| PACT
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Program for Assertive Community Treatment; an outpatient program for adults operated by Mendota Mental Health Institute.
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| PAR
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Position action request; a personnel form used for both hiring and reclassification purposes.
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| PART H
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Early intervention program for infants and toddlers (age 0-2) with disabilities under PL 99-457. This is now Part C of PL 105-17. See BIRTH TO 3.
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| PCU
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Program Certification Unit (OQA)
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| PD
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Position description form, describing the duties, performance expectations, and knowledge required for a position; there is a PD for every position.
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| PDE
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Publication, for DLTC and DMHSAS (formerly DDES)
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| PERSONAL CARE SERVICES
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Mainly refers to assistance with activities of daily living such as eating, dressing, bathing and walking.
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| PIVS
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Personnel Information Verification System in DHSS; formerly known as Personnel Information Control System (PICS).
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| PL
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Public Law; Federal term equivalent to session law in Wisconsin.
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| PL 94-142
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The Education for All Handicapped Children Act; provides basic requirements for the educational system in serving handicapped children.
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| POS
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Purchase of services.
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| POVERTY LEVEL
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See FEDERAL POVERTY LEVEL.
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| PPD
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Performance Planning and Development, a system for improving performance of department employes based on joint supervisor-employe planning and emphasizing results and opportunities for staff development.
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| PPNIC
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Program for Psychotic and Neurologically Impaired Children, at Mendota Mental Health Institute.
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| PR
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Program revenues; consist of revenues paid into a specific fund in payment for a product or service and used to meet the cost of producing or providing that product or service.
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| PREFERRED PROVIDER ORGANIZATION (PPO)
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A limited or preferred group of physicians and hospitals (providers) that offer a discount on their normal charges for services provided to members of an organization which contracts with it.
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| PRF
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Program revenues-Federal; consist of revenues received by the state from the Federal government in support of programs and projects operated by the Department or in reimbursement for the cost of services provided through programs operated by the Department.
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| PRO(a)
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Program revenues-other; consist of fees collected by the Department for licenses or services, and nonfederal grants received.
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| PRO(b)
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Peer Review Organization; federally required physician-sponsored group charged to review necessity, quality and appropriateness of services provided under Medicare, Medicaid and Maternal and Child Health programs in connection with reimbursing providers.
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| PROGRAM ACCESSIBILITY
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Federal/state requirement that each program or activity funded through DHFS be operated so that the program or activity, when viewed in its entirety, is readily accessible to and usable by persons with disabilities.
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| PROSPECTIVE RATE REIMBURSEMENT
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Any method of paying medical care providers under which amounts or rates are established in advance and providers are paid regardless of actual costs.
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| PROTECTIVE PLACEMENT
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Under s. 55.06, Wis. Stats., court-ordered placement of persons found incompetent to manage their own affairs and in need of care and custody; placement is in nursing homes and other non-psychiatric protective living settings.
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| PROTECTIVE SERVICES
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Assistance to protect vulnerable persons from being abused, exploited, or treated in a degrading manner, and to help those who are adults live as independently as possible.
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| PROVIDED SERVICES
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Services for people actually provided by staff of the Department or local human service agencies, rather than purchased.
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| PRS
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Program revenues-service; consist of revenues made up of payments from other state appropriations.
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| PT
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Physical therapy.
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| Q |
Definition |
| QA
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Quality assurance.
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| QMRP
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Qualified mental retardation professional; an employe of a facility for the developmentally disabled or a nursing home who has specialized training in mental retardation or at least one year of experience in treating or working with mentally retarded persons and who has at least a bachelor's degree in a human services field.
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Definition |
| RA
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See RESPONSIBILITY AREA.
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| RANGE
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Salary level within a schedule; each schedule is divided into a number of salary levels/pay ranges.
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| RCAC
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Residential Care Apartment Complex (assisted living)
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| RCI
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regulation compliance investigator (OQA)
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| RCRS
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Resident Care Review Section (OQA)
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| RECLASSIFICATION
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Personnel action which changes a position's job class, usually upward, in recognition of changed duties and/or responsibilities.
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| REGISTRY OF AIDES
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The Department's record of qualified nurse assistants who work in hospitals or nursing homes, home health aides and hospice aides. These have successfully completed training and testing or are otherwise eligible to be included in the registry. Also a source of information for prospective employers about any finding that an aide when employed elsewhere abused or neglected a patient or resident or misappropriated a patient's or resident's property. Registry is operated by Department under ch. HSS 129 rules (qualifications part) and ch. HFS 13 rules (misconduct part).
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| REHABILITATION ACT OF 1973
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Federal vocational rehabilitation and independent living services legislation, 29 USC 701-796, which governs state administration of employment and independent living services for people with disabilities.
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| RESIDENTIAL CARE APARTMENT COMPLEX
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New name for Assisted Living Facility. See Assisted Living Facility.
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| RESPITE CARE
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Temporary, intermittent relief for the family member or other person taking care of an elderly or disabled adult or a child at risk.
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| RESPONSIBILITY AREA
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An organizational unit with a person in charge who is responsible for operation of the unit, to include supervision, fiscal management and program administration; has an operating budget.
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| RFOD
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regional field operations director (OQA)
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| RFOS
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regional field operations supervisor (OQA)
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| RFP
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Request for proposal; a document that solicits proposals from outside parties in a competitive bidding process.
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| RHC
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rural health clinic
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| RN
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registered nurse
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| RO
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regional office (State-Madison) (Federal - Region V - Chicago)
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| RSVP
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Retired Senior Volunteer Program.
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| S |
Definition |
| SA
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state agency
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| SACWIS
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Statewide Automated Child Welfare Information Systems *See WiSACWIS
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| SAMHSA
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Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, part of PHS in HHS.
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| SCAODA
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State Council on Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse, Governor's council established under s. 14.017(2), Wis. Stats.; staffed by DHFS.
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| SCHEDULE
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Pay plan applying to a particular bargaining unit (union) of employes or to non-represented employes.
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| SEA
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Senior Energy Aides; outreach program to reach older adults with offers of energy assistance and weatherization.
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| SECONDARY GRANT
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A grant made from a grant received; usually funds made available by the Department to a local service provider for a particular project from funds provided to the Department by a Federal government agency.
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| SECTION 504
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of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973; prohibits discrimination in service delivery and employment based on handicap.
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| SED
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Severely emotionally disabled, in reference to a child.
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| SESSION LAW
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An act of the State Legislature; equivalent to a public law (PL) enacted by Congress.
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| SEXUAL PREDATOR LAW
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Chapter 980, Wisconsin Statutes.
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| SFY
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State fiscal year, July 1 to June 30.
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| SINGLE AUDIT
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A comprehensive financial and compliance audit pursuant to OMB Circular A-128 of a county receiving federal funds through the Department; reviewed by Department audit staff.
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| SMIC
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Services for Multiply Impaired Children, a unit at Winnebago Mental Health Institute.
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| SNF
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Skilled nursing facility; a federal Titles XVIII and XIX certification term and state licensing term for long-term care facilities that provide care to residents who no longer need the type of care and treatment provided in a hospital but do require some medical attention and continuous skilled nursing observation.
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| SOD
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statement of deficiency (federal)
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| SOM
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state operations manual (CMS)
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| SPOUSAL IMPOVERISHMENT LAW
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Refers to 49.455, Wisconsin Statutes, which is designed to prevent the impoverishment of the noninstitutionalized spouse of an institutionalized Medicaid recipient by reserving part of the couple's income and resources for the support of the spouse who is not institutionalized.
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| SSA
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Social Security Administration in HHS.
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| SSBG
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Social Services Block Grant. A federal grant which provides funds to states for a variety of social services, and which in turn is distributed by the Department on a formula basis to counties which provide or purchase these services for people who need them.
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| SSD
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County social services departments; these administer public assistance and social service programs; same as DSS, CSSD.
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| SSDI
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Social Security Disability Insurance.
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| SSI
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Supplemental Security Income; a federal government income support program for aged, blind and disabled persons; checks are distributed by the federal government; monthly grant includes a state supplement amounting to over 20%.
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| SSI-E
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The state's extra supplement to SSI payments made in recognition of exceptional expenses and available to persons who live in licensed or certified residential care settings or who live at home but receive a high level of supportive services.
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| SSN
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social security number
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| STATE BUILDING CODE
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Chapters Comm 50 to 64 of the Wisconsin Administrative Code.
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| STATE PLAN
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Usually refers to a document prepared by the Department as a condition for receipt of Federal funds; often a compliance document or a record of policy and procedure.
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| STATEMENT OF SCOPE
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For proposed administrative rules. Required since April 1, 1996 under s. 227.135, Stats.
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| STATEWIDE BED LIMIT
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The maximum number of nursing home and FDD beds which may be licensed in the state. Established biennially by the Legislature under s. 150.31, Wis. Stats., with adjustments made by the Department under ch. HSS 122 rules.
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| STATS
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Short-Term Assessment and Treatment Services. A unit for children and adolescents at Winnebago Mental Health Institute.
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| STEP(a)
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A pay increment within a pay range. A range consists of several steps.
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| STEP(b)
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Specialized Treatment for the Exceptional Person; an adult behavior modification treatment unit at Winnebago Mental Health Institute.
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| SUM CERTAIN
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An appropriation providing funding up to but not exceeding a certain amount.
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| SUM SUFFICIENT
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An appropriation providing whatever level of funding is necessary to accomplish the purpose for which it was made.
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| SUPERRULE
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Chapters HFS 101 to 108, Wis. Adm. Code, the Department's rules for administration of the Medical Assistance (MA) program.
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| SUPPORTED EMPLOYMENT
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A VR program which provides supplemental funding to pay for on-the-job skill training and ongoing support services up to 18 months for severely handicapped clients who are placed in jobs and need ongoing training and support services to perform in those jobs.
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| SUPPORTIVE HOME CARE
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Care provided to elderly and disabled persons residing in their own homes; consists of assistance with daily living needs, including household care and personal care.
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| SWC
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Southern Wisconsin Center, a DHFS residential facility for developmentally disabled persons near Union Grove.
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