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there are many of them

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-- Assistive Care Services

ACT Assertive Community Treatment

ACTION Advocates Committed to Improving Our Nursing

ACTS ASPEN Compaints/Incidents Tracking System

ACYF` HHS Administration for Children, Youth and Families

AD -- Advance Directive

-- Alzheimer's Disease

ADA -- Aged/Disabled Adult waiver

-- American Dental Association

-- Americans with Disabilities Act

ADAPT Alzheimer's Disease Anti-Inflammatory Prevention Trial

ADC -- AAHSA Development Corporation

-- Adult Day Care

ADD -- Administration on Developmental Disabilities

-- Attention Deficit Disorder

Add Health National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health

ADEA Age Discrimination in Employment Act

ADH Arkansas Department of Health

ADHD Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

ADI Alzheimer's Disease Initiative

ADL Activity of Daily Living

ADR Adverse Drug Reaction

ADRD Alzheimer's Disease or a Related Disorder

ADS Automated Discharge Summary

ADSA Aging and Disability Services Administration

ADT Admission, Discharge, Transfer

AE Adaptive Environment

AEM ASPEN Enforcement Module

AFC Adult Foster Care

AFCARS Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System

AFCH -- Adult Family-Care Home

-- Adult Foster Care Home

AFDC Aid to Families with Dependent Children

AFH -- Adult Family Home

-- Adult Foster Home

AFMC Arkansas Foundation for Medical Care

AGH Adult Group Home

AGI Adjusted Gross Income

AHA American Hospital Association

AHC Academic Health Centers

AHCA -- Agency for Health Care Administration

-- American Health Care Association

AHCCCS Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System

AHCPR HHS Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (now the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality)

AHEAD Asset and Health Dynamics Among the Oldest Old

AHEC Area Health Education Center

AHIC American Health Information Community

AHIMA American Health Information Management Association [Direct Link]

AHRQ HHS Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (previously the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research)

AHS American Housing Survey

AIDS Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome

AIG American International Group

AIME Average Indexed Monthly Earning

AIP Annual Implementation Plan

AK Alaska

AL Alabama

AL+ Assisted Living Plus

AL/RC Assisted Living/Residential Care

ALC Assisted Living Community

ALE Assisted Living for the Elderly waiver

ALF Assisted Living Facility

ALFA Assisted Living Federation of America

ALP Assisted Living Program

ALR Assisted Living Residence

ALR-RC Assisted Living Residence-Residential Care

ALR-SRHC Assisted Living Residence-Supported Residential Health Care

ALS Assisted Living Score

ALSA Assisted Living Service Agency

ALTCS Arizona Long-Term Care Systems

ALU Assisted Living University

ALW Assisted Living Workgroup

ALWPP Assisted Living Waiver Pilot Project

AMA American Medical Association

AMCRA American Managed Care and Review Association

AMDA American Medical Directors Association

AMSO American Medical Specialty Organization [Direct Link]

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