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Press Releases Select a Press Release - - - - - 2002 - - - - - -HHS Awards $4.5 Million For    Senior Medicare Patrol Projects - - - - - 2001 - - - - - -HHS Awards $9.3 Million for    Senior Medicare Patrol Projects - - - - - 2000 - - - - - -AoA Announces Consumer    Protection Resource Center    Grants to Combat Medicare/Medicaid    Fraud and Abuse -AoA Announces New Grants    to Help Spot Waste, Fraud    and Abuse in Medicare    and Medicaid - - - - - 1999 - - - - - -AoA’s Medicare Fraud Program    to be Honored -HHS Announces Expanded "Senior    Patrol" Grants to Help    Spot Waste, Fraud and Abuse    in Medicare and Medicaid -Assistant Secretary for Aging    to Participate in National    Medicare Anti-Fraud and Abuse    Outreach Campaign in Chicago -AoA Announces Grant Competition To Train Senior    Volunteers On Combating Health    Care Waste, Fraud & Abuse - - - - - 1998 - - - - - -Medicare Expands Crackdown On    Waste, Fraud And Abuse In    Community Mental Health Centers -HHS Announces Program To Reward Reports Of    Medicare Fraud July 3, 2002 Contact: Moya Benoit Thompson 202-401-4541 HHS Awards $4.5 Million For Senior Medicare Patrol Projects Overview HHS Secretary Tommy G. Thompson today announced the award of $4.5 million to programs that train retired professionals to help older Americans become better health care consumers, help identify and prevent billing errors and potential fraud. The 51 Senior Medicare Patrol Project grants include 28 new projects and 23 continuations that are distributed in 45 states plus the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. "These projects are helping older Americans better understand their Medicare and Medicaid billing statements, so that they can take appropriate steps to correct errors," Secretary Thompson said. "Through these kinds of programs, beneficiaries can become better health care consumers and play an important role in helping the Medicare and Medicaid programs avoid payment errors." State and local organizations receive these grants from HHS' Administration on Aging (AoA) to help older Americans identify and prevent potential both unintended billing errors and potentially deliberate abuses. The Senior Medicare Patrol projects teach volunteer retired professionals, such as doctors, nurses, accountants, investigators, law enforcement personnel, attorneys and teachers, to help Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries to be better health care consumers. Since 1997, these projects and other AoA grants have trained more than 48,000 volunteers and conducted more than 60,000 community education events reaching nearly 10 million people. "The contributions made by thousands of extraordinary volunteers who serve as peer educators in communities across the United States have made this program a success,"Assistant Secretary for Aging Josefina G. Carbonell said. "Their personal time and commitment is helping us to protect the integrity of the Medicare and Medicaid programs." The new Senior Medicare Patrol Project grants and the amount of each award are as follows: Alabama Department of Senior Services, Montgomery, Alabama -- $160,000 Alaska Department of Administration, Juneau, Alaska -- $149,482 Arizona Department of Economic Security, Phoenix, Arizona -- $159,930 Arkansas Department of Human Services, Little Rock, Arkansas -- $160,000 Colorado Division of Insurance, Denver, Colorado -- $189,279 Connecticut Department of Social Services, Hartford, Connecticut -- $160,000 Friendship House Association, Inc., Washington, D.C. -- $159,970 Legal Counsel for the Elderly, Washington, D.C. -- $160,000 National Hispanic Council on Aging, Washington, D.C. (and southern Texas) -- $191,497 Delaware Department of Health and Social Services, New Castle, Delaware -- $160,000 Florida Department of Elder Affairs, Tallahassee, Florida -- $160,000 Atlanta Regional Commission, Atlanta, Georgia -- $160,000 Georgia Department of Human Resources, Atlanta, Georgia -- $160,000 Idaho Commission on Aging, Boise, Idaho -- $160,000 Elder Services of the Merrimack Valley Inc., Lawrence, Massachusetts -- $176,152 Maine Department of Human Services, Augusta, Maine -- $160,000 Area Agencies on Aging Association of Lansing, Michigan -- $160,000 Missoula Area Agency on Aging, Missoula, Montana -- $200,000 Nevada Office of the Attorney General, Las Vegas, Nevada -- $160,000 New Mexico State Agency on Aging, Santa Fe, New Mexico -- $200,000 Central Ohio Area Agency on Aging, Columbus, Ohio -- $123,128 Pro-Seniors, Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio -- $124,863 Oklahoma Insurance Department, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma -- $160,000 Seniors and People with Disabilities, Salem, Oregon -- $160,000 Governor's Office of Elderly Affairs, Santurce, Puerto Rico -- $160,000 Better Business Bureau Education Foundation, Houston, Texas -- $101,165 Virginia Association of Area Agencies on Aging, Richmond, Virginia -- $160,000 Washington State Office of the Insurance Commissioner, Olympia, Washington -- $160,000 The states where continuation grants have been awarded are California, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, West Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming. Select a Press Release - - - - - 2002 - - - - - -HHS Awards $4.5 Million For    Senior Medicare Patrol Projects - - - - - 2001 - - - - - -HHS Awards $9.3 Million for    Senior Medicare Patrol Projects - - - - - 2000 - - - - - -AoA Announces Consumer    Protection Resource Center    Grants to Combat Medicare/Medicaid    Fraud and Abuse -AoA Announces New Grants    to Help Spot Waste, Fraud    and Abuse in Medicare    and Medicaid - - - - - 1999 - - - - - -AoA’s Medicare Fraud Program    to be Honored -HHS Announces Expanded "Senior    Patrol" Grants to Help    Spot Waste, Fraud and Abuse    in Medicare and Medicaid -Assistant Secretary for Aging    to Participate in National    Medicare Anti-Fraud and Abuse    Outreach Campaign in Chicago -AoA Announces Grant Competition To Train Senior    Volunteers On Combating Health    Care Waste, Fraud & Abuse - - - - - 1998 - - - - - -Medicare Expands Crackdown On    Waste, Fraud And Abuse In    Community Mental Health Centers -HHS Announces Program To Reward Reports Of    Medicare Fraud

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