National Hispanic Senior Medicare Patrol

Post Date

July 1st 2011

Application Due Date

August 1st 2011

Funding Opportunity Number

HHS-2011-AOA-MP-1116

CFDA Number(s)

93.048

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Cooperative Agreement

Funding Activity Categories

Income Security and Social Services

Number of Awards

1

Eligibility Categories

State Governments
County Governments
City or Township Governments
Public and State Controlled Institutions of Higher Education
Federally Recognized Native American Tribal Governments
Non-Profits With 501 (c) (3) Status With The IRS (Except Higher Education Institutions)
Private Institutions of Higher Education
Other

All domestic entities except individuals, including public or private non-profit entities including state and local governments, Indian tribal governments and organizations (American Indian/Alaskan Native/Native American), faith-based organizations, community-based organizations, hospitals, and institutions of higher education are eligible to apply under this program announcement. To be considered for funding under this program announcement, applicants must demonstrate the following: a) A history of work with older Hispanic adults; b) A history of work in health care fraud prevention education and outreach in the Hispanic community; c) Experience with operating a volunteer-based program; and d) Experience with the Senior Medicare Patrol progam. These four elements are considered responsiveness criteria (see Section 3 below).

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $225000

• Award Range:

  $0 - $225000

Grant Description

The overall NHSPM goals for the cooperative agreement will be to: (1) enhance the skills, knowledge, and capacity of the SMP network to enable SMP projects to: effectively reach Hispanic older adults with the message of health care fraud prevention, identification and reporting; and respond to complaints from Hispanic older adults, their families and caregivers, of potential Medicare and other health care fraud identified as a results of this increased awareness; (2) provide in-depth research-based, tailored technical assistance to selected regional SMPs with high Hispanic populations, especially Hispanic older adults; (3) develop innovative outreach strategies and approaches designed to enhance awareness of Hispanic older adults, their families and caregivers about Medicare fraud; and (4) conduct direct outreach and education in selected high Hispanic population area(s), utilizing the outreach activities to test and refine the outreach strategies developed.

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of Health and Human Services

• Office:

  Administration on Aging

• Agency Contact:

  Sean Lewis
  sean.lewis@aoa.hhs.gov
  

• Agency Mailing Address:

  Grants Policy

• Agency Email Address:

  sean.lewis@aoa.hhs.gov

• More Information:

  http://www.aoa.gov/AoARoot/Grants/Funding/index.aspx