- Case Management
Case management is a service that helps people with disabilities to coordinate all of their services. A Case Manager is the person who manages this process.
- CCSP
The Community Care Services Program (CCSP) is a Medicaid Waiver program that assists frail, elderly and disabled persons (either age 60 and older, permanently blind or permanently physically disabled) to continue living independently in their own homes and communities.
- Certification
Medicare and Medicaid will only cover government agencies that are certified by law. To become certified certain health care providers (hospitals, home health agencies, nursing homes and dialysis facilities) are required to pass certain standards that are evaluated by a state government agency. Being certified is not the same as being accredited.
- Certified Nurse Aide
(CNA) A Nurse Aide who has taken special training and passed proficiency testing. The certification is given by the state and entitles them to work in a facility or private home.
- CMS
The CMS or Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is a federal agency under the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). It oversees the Medicare, Medicaid, State Children’s Health Insurance Program and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPPA).
- COMP
Georgia's Comprehensive Waiver (COMP) is a Medicaid waiver program that serves individuals with developmental disabilities who require comprehensive, out-of-home services or intensive, in-home services and who do not other wise qualify for the NOW waiver.
- Continence
Bowel or bladder control
- Continuing Care Retirement Communities
Continuing Care Retirement Communities (CCRC) combine independent living, assisted living, and a nursing facility under one roof.
- Continuous Care
Home care services that are provided on an extended basis.
- Convalescent Homes
See Skilled Nursing Facilities
- Custodial Care
Care that primarily deals with activities of daily living like bathing, dressing, and supervision.