Nearly $46.5 million for basic grant funding will be distributed to State Health Insurance Assistance Programs to help people with Medicare get more information about their health benefits and choices according to CMS.
The fiscal year 2012 grant is a non-competitive continuation of the SHIP grant from the prior annual grant period. These grants are available to the 54 SHIP organizations in the United States and its territories. The funding is available to SHIPs for the grant year April 1, 2012 through March 31, 2013.
These grants are the first of two rounds of funding to be distributed to SHIPs in fiscal year 2012. Performance grants will be distributed to SHIPs in September based on their performance and accomplishments in the prior grant year. Performance award grant funding will allow SHIPs to expand and develop new strategies to strengthen their community-based networks.
CMS will continue to support the SHIPs with training and technical assistance to ensure that the community networks remain fully capable of accessing CMS’ 1-800-MEDICARE (1-800-633-4227) information line and regional office resources, as well as the online tools at www.medicare.gov to provide assistance to Medicare beneficiaries.
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