Medicare Savings Program

Author : Government Accountability Office
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781974259014
Total Pages : 34 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (59 download)

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Download or read book Medicare Savings Programs written by Government Accountability Office and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-08-08 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: " Congress established four MSPs and the LIS program to help low-income beneficiaries pay for some or all of Medicare's cost-sharing requirements. Historically low enrollment in MSPs has been attributed to lack of awareness about the programs and cumbersome enrollment processes through state Medicaid programs. MIPPA included requirements for SSA and state Medicaid agencies aimed at eliminating barriers to MSP enrollment. Most notably, MIPPA created a new pathway to MSP enrollment by requiring SSA, beginning January 1, 2010, to transfer the information from a LIS application to the relevant state Medicaid agency, and the state must initiate an application for MSP enrollment. MIPPA also required GAO to study the effect of these requirements. This report describes (1) SSA's implementation of the requirements; (2) how MSP enrollment levels have changed from 2007 through 2011 and the factors that may have contributed to those changes; and (3) the effects of the MIPPA requirements on states' administration of MSPs. GAO reviewed documents and data on SSA's efforts to transfer applications and implement other MIPPA requirements, analyzed MSP enrollment data from CMS, surveyed Medicaid officials from the 50 states and the District of Columbia, and contacted officials from 6 states selected, in part, because they accounted for over 20 percent of"