Acronym Glossary

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• I&A

  Information and assistance

• I&R

  Information and referral.

• iC

  InterChange

• ICD

  International Classification of Diseases

• ICD-9-CM

  International Classification of Diseases, 9th edition, Clinical Modification.

• ICF

  Intermediate Care Facility

• ICU

  Intensive Care Unit; treatment unit within most hospitals which care for patients with critical or emergency conditions.

• IDEA

  Individuals with Disabilities Education Act

• IDP

  Intoxicated Driver Program

• IM

  Income Maintenance; federal program which helps provide supplemental income for households within a certain income threshold.

• IMAC

  Income Maintenance Advisory Committee; committee which reviews and discusses developments in policy, quality, and systems related to Income Maintenance (IM).

• IMD

  Institution for mental disease.

• Include, Respect, I Self-Direct (IRIS)

  A long-term care program for adults with disabilities and elderly people who want to manage their own services.

• Independent Living Center

  An agency that provides or arranges for services to help severely disabled individuals live as independently as possible.

• Indirect Services

  Services to people provided by the Department through various public and private agencies under aid formulas, purchase agreements or contracts.

• Institutional Medicaid

  Long-term care services for people age 65 or older who are blind or have a disability and have been living or expect to live in a medical institution at least 30 days in a row.

• IOC

  Inspection of Care

• IRB

  Institutional review board, for protection of human subjects of research. Required by 42 CFR 46 in every institution and agency conducting research involving human subjects with HHS funds.

• ISN

  intensive skilled nursing

• ISP

  Information Systems Plan. Each DHS division's plan/budget for data processing for a given fiscal year.

• IT

  Information technology.

• ITF

  Inpatient treatment facility.