79 FR 124 pgs. 36528-36529 - Availability of Program Instructions for MIPPA Funds Program Title: Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act: State Plans for Medicare Savings Program, Low Income Subsidy & Prescription Drug Enrollment Outreach and Assistance
Type: NOTICEVolume: 79Number: 124Pages: 36528 - 36529
Pages: 36528, 36529FR document: [FR Doc. 2014-15149 Filed 6-26-14; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration on Community Living
Availability of Program Instructions for MIPPA Funds Program Title: Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act: State Plans for Medicare Savings Program, Low Income Subsidy & Prescription Drug Enrollment Outreach and Assistance
Announcement Type: Initial.
Funding Opportunity Number: AOA-MI-14-001
Statutory Authority: The Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008-Section 119, Public Law (PL) 110-275 as amended by the Patient Protection andAffordable Care Act of 2010 (Affordable Care Act), reauthorized by the AmericanTaxpayer Relief Act of 2012 (ATRA) and reauthorized by section 110 of the ProtectingAccess to Medicare Act of 2014.
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 93.071.
DATES:
The deadline date for the submission of MIPPA state plans is 11:59PM EST 08/04/2014.
I. Funding Opportunity Description
The purpose of the funding is to enhance efforts through statewide and local coalitionbuilding focused on intensified outreach activities to help beneficiaries likely to beeligible for the Low Income Subsidy program (LIS), Medicare Savings Program (MSP),Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage (Part D) and in assisting beneficiaries in applyingfor benefits. ACL will provide funding to State Health Insurance Assistance Programs(SHIPs), Area Agencies on Aging (AAAs), and Aging and Disability Resource Centerprograms (ADRCs), to inform older Americans about available Federal and Statebenefits. ACL seeks plans from states that will describe how the MIPPA funds will beused for beneficiary outreach and education over the next three years.
ACL requests that states submit a three year state plan with specific project strategies toexpand, extend, or enhance the outreach efforts to beneficiaries on Medicare Part D andfor those with limited incomes. States should describe how the SHIP, AAA, and ADRCefforts will be coordinated to provide outreach to beneficiaries with limited incomesstatewide, for general Medicare Part D outreach and assistance to beneficiaries in ruralareas, and for outreach activities aimed at Medicare prevention and wellness benefits aswell as the improvements in the Part D program under the Affordable Care Act asmandated by Section 3306 of the Act. States are asked to review their 2013 MIPPA plansand update these plans to reflect successes achieved to date and direct their efforts toenhance and expand their MIPPA outreach activities.
State agencies may prepare either one statewide plan or separate plans for each eligible State agency.
II. Award Information
1. Funding Instrument Type
These awards will be made in the form of grants to State Agencies for each MIPPAPriority Area.
Priority Area 1-Grants to State Agencies (the State Unit on Aging or the StateDepartment of Insurance) that administer the State Health Insurance Assistance Programsto provide enhanced outreach to eligible Medicare beneficiaries regarding their benefitsand enhanced outreach to individuals who may be eligible for the LIS or for the MSP.
Priority Area 2-Grants to State Units on Aging for AAAs to provide enhanced outreachto eligible Medicare beneficiaries regarding their benefits and enhanced outreach toindividuals who may be eligible for the LIS, MSP, Medicare Part D and Part D in ruralareas.
Priority Area 3-Grants to State Units on Aging that administer the Aging and DisabilityResource Centers to provide outreach to individuals regarding the benefits availableunder Medicare Part D and under the MSP. Funds will be allocated to ADRCs via aformula patterned after the statutory formula used for SHIPs and AAAs.
2. Anticipated Total Priority Area Funding per Budget Period
[top] ACL intends to make available, under this program announcement, grant
Priority Area 1-SHIP: $7.5 million in FY 14 for state agencies that administer the SHIPProgram.
Priority Area 2-AAA: $7.5 million in FY 14 for SUAs for Area Agencies on Aging andfor Native American programs. Funding for Native American Programs ($264,000) isdeducted from Priority 2 and is being allocated through a separate process.
Priority Area 3-ADRC: $5 million in FY 2014 for state agencies that administer ADRCprograms that were established prior to March 2014.
III. Eligibility Criteria and Other Requirements
1. Eligible Applicants
MIPPA Priority Areas 1, 2 and 3: Awards made under this announcement, by statute, willbe made only to agencies of State Governments.
Priority Area 1: Only existing SHIP grant recipients are eligible to apply.
Priority Area 2: Only State Units on Aging are eligible to apply.
Priority Area 3: Only State Agencies that received an ACL and CMS Aging andDisability Resource Center (ADRC) grant where the ADRC was established by March,2014 are eligible in FY 2014. Eligibility may change if future funding is available.
2. Cost Sharing or Matching
Cost Sharing does not apply.
3. DUNS Number
All grant applicants must obtain and keep current a D-U-N-S number from Dun andBradstreet. It is a nine-digit identification number, which provides unique identifiers ofsingle business entities. The D-U-N-S number can be obtained from: https://iupdate.dnb.com/iUpdate/viewiUpdateHome.htm .
4. Intergovernmental Review
Executive Order 12372, Intergovernmental Review of Federal Programs, is not applicableto these grant applications.
IV. Submission Information
1. Application Kits
Application kits/Program Instructions are available at www.grantsolutions.gov. Instructions for completing the application kit will be available on the site.
2. Submission Dates and Times
To receive consideration, applications must be submitted by 11:59 p.m. Eastern time onAugust 4, 2014.
VII. Agency Contacts
Direct inquiries regarding programmatic issues to U.S. Department of Health and HumanServices, Administration on Aging, Office of Supportive and Caregiver Services,Washington, DC 20201, attention: Katherine Glendening or by calling 202-357-3859, orby email Katherine.Glendening@acl.hhs.gov .
Dated: June 24, 2014.
Kathy Greenlee,
Administrator and Administration on Aging.
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