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HCBW Home and Community-Based Waiver HIPAA HIPAA is the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. A HIPAA Standard Plan is any group health care plan that provides medical care to covered individuals and/or their dependents directly or through insurance, reimbursement, or by some other means. Medical care means amounts paid for diagnosis, cure, mitigation (moderation), treatment or prevention of disease; or amounts paid for the purpose of affecting any structure or function of the body. A policy that pays for a doctor's services in either an in-patient or outpatient setting qualifies as a HIPAA plan. The amount or type of benefits paid; co-insurance, deductibles, caps, etc., do not matter as long as the plan meets the HIPAA Standard Plan criteria. The health care plan cannot be limited to a single type of covered service or only accessible in a very defined circumstance. Plans limited to accident, disability, vision, long term care or dental are not examples of HIPAA plans. HIPP Health Insurance Premium Payment. HIPP pays the employee's portion of the employer subsidized health care coverage when the Fiscal Agent determines it is more cost effective to buy the employer's insurance than enroll them in BC+ or MAPP. IHS Indian Health Services IM income maintenance IMD Institute for Mental Disease Immigration Status The legal status conferred on a non-citizen by immigration law INA Immigration and Nationality Act INS Immigration and Naturalization Service IPV Intentional Program Violation IRA