The Administration for Community Living (ACL) is soliciting proposals for its Senior Medicare Patrol State Project Grants.
Donor Name: Administration for Community Living (ACL)
State: All States
County: All Counties
U.S. Territories: Puerto Rico, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 02/15/2023
Size of the Grant: $1,700,000
Grant Duration: 60 months
Details:
The mission of the Administration for Community Living (ACL) Senior Medicare Patrol (SMP) program is to empower and assist Medicare beneficiaries, their families, and caregivers to prevent, detect, and report health care fraud, errors, and abuse. Through outreach, counseling, and education, the SMP program increases awareness and understanding of health care programs to protect Medicare beneficiaries from the economic and health-related consequences associated with Medicare fraud, errors, and abuse. ACL currently provides grant funding to support 54 SMP state projects, including grantees in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the US Virgin Islands.
The SMP projects use this funding to provide local outreach, education, and assistance to Medicare beneficiaries through a trained workforce, many of which are volunteers. SMP projects teach Medicare beneficiaries to protect their Medicare numbers, to detect billing discrepancies on their Medicare statements, and to report suspicious activity for further investigation. In addition, SMP projects actively disseminate fraud prevention and identification information through the media, outreach campaigns, and community events. As a result of these efforts, beneficiaries contact the SMP projects with inquiries and complaints regarding potential Medicare fraud, errors, and abuse.
SMPs provide in-depth counseling and assistance to help beneficiaries who present with questions and issues. With this funding opportunity, ACL anticipates awarding up to 56 cooperative agreements to support SMP projects in each state, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. ACL plans to award one cooperative agreement per state and territory listed above.
Objectives
Applicants must address each of the following strategic program objectives as part of their project narrative to further the goal of preventing Medicare fraud:
- Provide group education and one-on-one assistance to Medicare beneficiaries on a statewide basis, with a specific emphasis on those with greatest need.
- Recruit, train, and retain a diverse, sufficient, effective, and representative workforce equipped to provide high-quality education and one-on-one support.
- Monitor and assess SMP results through operational and quality measures.
- Position SMP to nimbly and effectively respond to changes in the programmatic landscape.
Funding Information
- Award Ceiling: $1,700,000
- Award Floor: $90,000
Project Period
60-month project period with five 12-month budget periods.
Eligibility Information
- For FY 2023 the below guidance is provided to advance the Administration’s policy, as stated in E.O. 13985, to “pursue a comprehensive approach to advancing equity for all, including people of color and others who have been historically underserved, marginalized, and adversely affected by persistent poverty and inequality.” This guidance is intended to begin to address inequities in HHS programs, processes, and policies that may serve as barriers to equal opportunity. By advancing equity in our NOFOs, they can “create opportunities for the improvement of communities that have been historically underserved, which benefits everyone.”
- Domestic public or private non-profit entities including state governments; county governments; city or township governments; special district governments; public and state controlled institutions of higher education; Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized); Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments); nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education; Nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education; or private institutions of higher education.
Under this competition, ACL plans to fund fifty-six (56) SMP projects for a 60-month project period.
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
