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FAE
Fetal Alcohol Effects |
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Family Care Home
Family care home means an adult care home having two to six residents. The structure of a family care home may be no more than two stories high and none of the aged or physically disabled persons being served there may be housed in the upper story without provision for two direct exterior ground-level accesses to the upper story. |
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Family Support
Persons identified by the consumer as either family members or significant others who provide the necessary support for furthering quality of life, attainment of personal life goals or recovery. |
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Family Support Services
Help designed to keep the family together, while coping with mental health problems that affect them. These services may include consumer information workshops, in-home supports, family therapy, parenting training, crisis services, and respite care. |
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Family Therapy
The efforts aimed at helping a patient's family understand and cope with the patient's disorder and help in the patient's recovery |
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Family-Centered Services
Help designed to meet the specific needs of each individual child and family. Children and families should not be expected to fit into services that do not meet their needs. Also see appropriate services, coordinated services, wraparound services, and cultural competence. |
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Family-Like Arrangements
A broad range of living arrangements that simulate a family situation. This includes foster care and small group homes. |
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FAS
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome |
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Federal Confidentiality Law Governing Alcohol And Drug Abuse Patient Records, 42 CFR, Part 2
A federal statute regulating the release of alcohol and drug abuse patient records and patient identifying information. |
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Federal Financial Participation (FFP)
The technical term for federal Medicaid matching funds paid to states for allowable expenditures for Medicaid services or administrative costs. States receive FFP for expenditures for services at different rates, FMAPs, depending on their per capita incomes. FFP for administrative expenditures also varies in its rate, depending upon the type of administrative cost. See FMAP. |
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Federal Medicaid Assistance Program (FMAP)
The statutory term for the federal Medicaid matching rate i.e., the share of the costs of Medicaid services or administration that the federal government bears. In the case of covered services, FMAP varies from 50 to 83 percent depending upon a state's per capita income; on average, across all state, the federal government pays at least 57 percent of the costs of Medicaid. FMAPs for administrative costs vary not by state, but by function. The general FMAP for administrative costs is 50 percent; some functions (e.g., survey and certification, fraud control units) qualify for enhanced FMAPs of 75 percent or more. |
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Federal Poverty Level (FPL)
The federal government's working definition of poverty that is used as the reference point for the income standard for Medicaid eligibility for certain categories of beneficiaries. Adjusted annually for inflation and published by the Department of Health and Human Services in the form of Poverty Guidelines, the FPL in calendar year 2001 was $14, 630 for a family of 3 in the U.S., $18, 290 in Alaska, and $16,830 in Hawaii. |
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Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC)
States are required to include services provided by FQHCs in there basic Medicaid benefits package. FQHC services are primary care and other ambulatory care services provided by community health center and migrant health center funded under section 330 of the Public Health Service Act, as well as by look alike clinics that meet the requirements for federal funding but not actually receive federal; grant funds. FQHC status also applies to health programs operated by Indian tribes and tribal organizations or by urban Indian organizations. |
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Fee For Service
The most-used method of payment for health care. A payer pays a service provider for each reimbursable treatment, upon submission of a valid claim, and according to agreed upon business rules. |
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Financial Eligibility
In order to qualify for Medicaid, an individual must meet both categorical and financial eligibility requirements. Financial eligibility requirements vary from state to state and from category to category, but they generally include limits on the amount of income and the amount of resources an individual is allowed to have in order to qualify for coverage. |
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Financial Management and Accountability
Carrying out business functions in an efficient and effective manner. |
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FMLA
Family Medical Leave Act |
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Follow-Up
Checking on the progress of a person who has completed treatment or other services, has been discharged or has been referred to other services and supports. |
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Food And Drug Administration (FDA)
The FDA is a federal agency charged with ensuring that the food supply in the United States is safe and wholesome, that cosmetics are not harmful, and that medicines, medical devices, and radiation-emitting consumer products are safe and effective. |
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Forensic
Term used to describe a person with mental illness, developmental disability or substance abuse who is involved in the criminal justice system. This includes persons found Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity (NGRI), those who are Incompetent to Stand Trial, or who are in jails or prisons or referred to the mental health system by criminal courts for evaluation and treatment. |
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Forensic Psychiatry
Branch of psychiatry that decides regarding fitness to stand trial, the need for commitment, or responsibility for criminal behavior in a court of law. |
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Formulary
A list of drugs that are considered preferred therapy for a given condition and are to be used by providers in prescribing medications. |
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Foster Care
Provision of a living arrangement in a household other than that of the client's/patient's family. |
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FSN
Family Support Network (UNC-CH) |
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FTE/FTEE
Full Time Equivalent / Full Time Employee Equivalent (denoting staff positions) |
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Functional Status
A service consumer's ability to perform the activities of daily living. |
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