Senior Medicare Patrol Projects - Empowering Seniors to Prevent Health Care Fraud

The summary for the Senior Medicare Patrol Projects - Empowering Seniors to Prevent Health Care Fraud grant is detailed below. This summary states who is eligible for the grant, how much grant money will be awarded, current and past deadlines, Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) numbers, and a sampling of similar government grants. Verify the accuracy of the data FederalGrants.com provides by visiting the webpage noted in the Link to Full Announcement section or by contacting the appropriate person listed as the Grant Announcement Contact. If any section is incomplete, please visit the website for the Administration for Community Living, which is the U.S. government agency offering this grant.

Senior Medicare Patrol Projects - Empowering Seniors to Prevent Health Care Fraud: The Senior Medicare Patrol (SMP) Program includes 53 project grants in all states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam. SMP projects have made great progress in recruiting and training volunteers on Medicare errors, fraud and abuse. These volunteers 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.
SMP projects actively work to disseminate SMP fraud prevention and identification information through the media, outreach campaigns, community events and also working with beneficiaries who present with complex cases such as compromised Medicare numbers. Through these efforts, beneficiaries contact the projects with inquiries and complaints regarding Medicare, Medicaid and other health care or related consumer issues.
With this funding opportunity ACL anticipates awarding up to 1 new cooperative agreement.This award will be subject to the availability of federal funds and have a project period of up to two years .One SMP grant will be awarded to cover the US Virgin Islands.

An informational teleconference will be held on Tuesday, March 1, 2016 at 1:00 pm
(ET).

The call in number is: 1-866-650- 5631; Passcode: 8104320

Federal Grant Title:	Senior Medicare Patrol Projects - Empowering Seniors to Prevent Health Care Fraud
Federal Agency Name:	Administration for Community Living
Grant Categories:	Income Security and Social Services
Type of Opportunity:	Discretionary
Funding Opportunity Number:	HHS-2016-ACL-CIP-MP-0147
Type of Funding:	Cooperative Agreement
CFDA Numbers:	93.048
CFDA Descriptions:	Special Programs for the Aging_Title IV_and Title II_Discretionary Projects
Current Application Deadline:	Apr 11, 2016 Electronically submitted application
Original Application Deadline:	Apr 11, 2016 Electronically submitted application
Posted Date:	Feb 4, 2016
Creation Date:	Feb 4, 2016
Archive Date:	May 11, 2016
Total Program Funding:	$96,100
Maximum Federal Grant Award:	$96,100
Minimum Federal Grant Award:	$0
Expected Number of Awards:	1
Cost Sharing or Matching:	No

Applicants Eligible for this Grant: Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
City or township governments
County governments
Special district governments
Private institutions of higher education
Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
State governments
Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
Additional Information on Eligibility: Foreign entities are not eligible to compete for, or receive, awards made under this announcement.
Link to Full Grant Announcement: http://www.acl.gov/Funding_Opportunities/Announcements/Index.aspx
Grant Announcement Contact: Stacey Platte [email protected]
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Administration for Community Living 202-357-3436
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