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Grantee Spotlight
Senior Medical Patrol Project of the Association of Area Agencies on Aging,
Richmond, Virginia
On May 10, the Virginia Senior Medicare Patrol Project of the Virginia
Association of Area Agencies on Aging (V4A) was honored to receive the
"Medicare Fraud, Waste and Abuse Prevention" award, presented by the
National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare at its 2001
Awards Ceremony in Washington, D.C. Begun in 1999, the National
Committee's Awards Program honors innovation, creativity, exceptional
service and concern for others.
E. Harris Spindle, Chief Executive Officer of the V4A and Marian Dolliver,
Program Manager of the Virginia Senior Medicare Patrol Project, were
presented with the award by Martha McSteen, President of the National
Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare. In her remarks, Ms.
McSteen noted that the Project, presently completing its second year of
operation, is a statewide, collaborative effort involving V4A and its
membership of 25 area agencies on Aging and other community stakeholders.
Representatives of rural areas, minorities, non-English speakers, the
disabled, state government and the business community voluntarily serve on
an advisory board ensuring that all Virginians are covered by outreach
efforts. Recent Project activities have successfully focused on outreach to
rural seniors and non-English speaking seniors.
A particularly innovative partnership presently being developed by the
Project is with the Virginia travel and tourism industry for the purpose of
disseminating information on Medicare and Medicaid fraud, waste and abuse,
and to advertise Patrol volunteer opportunities on the Eastern Seaboard to
retired tourists and their families traveling in and/or through Virginia.
Information would be disseminated at major interstate tourist and retail
establishments, such as the Williamsburg Pottery Center, and to other
tourist and hotel industries that cater to interstate travelers. Plans
include customizing the AoA brochure with contact information for the Patrol
Projects in other states.
The Administration on Aging congratulates Harris Spindle, Marian Dolliver,
and everyone associated with the Virginia Senior Medicare Patrol Project
upon its receipt of the National Committee's award.
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" From left to right: Harris Spindle, Marian Dolliver, and Martha McSteen. " |
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