Formula Grant 2501MDMIAA

This $158,559.00 FY 2025 Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act (MIAA) Formula Grant was awarded on September 1, 2025 by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Community Living (ACL) to the Massachusetts Executive Office of Elder Affairs. The funding supports the Medicare Enrollment Assistance Program (CFDA 93.071), which provides outreach, education, and application assistance to Medicare beneficiaries in Massachusetts, particularly those with...

The $748,153 FY 2025 MISH - Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act: Priority 1 for SHIPS formula grant, awarded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Community Living, supports the Ohio Department of Aging's Medicare Enrollment Assistance Program (CFDA 93.071). This program provides comprehensive outreach, education, and application assistance to Medicare beneficiaries, particularly those with limited incomes and assets, to help them access...

This Project Grant award from the National Institute on Aging (CFDA 93.866 - Aging Research) provides $110,644.00 to Vanderbilt University to investigate aspects of the Medicare Advantage (MA) program that may pose problems for beneficiaries with serious illnesses, specifically focusing on provider networks for skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) and oncology care. The key objectives are: 1) To describe the breadth and quality of SNFs included in MA plan networks, hypothesizing that plans will...

This $1,085,783 federal Formula Grant award, titled "FY2024 MIPPA: PRIORITY 1 FOR SHIPS," is provided by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Community Living through the Medicare Enrollment Assistance Program (CFDA 93.071). The grant supports outreach, education, and application assistance to help Medicare beneficiaries, especially those with limited incomes, access preventive, wellness, and other healthcare benefits. Key services include conducting...

This Project Grant award of $794,956 from the National Institute on Aging (NIA) Aging Research program (CFDA 93.866) aims to evaluate the effectiveness of Transitional Care Management (TCM) and Chronic Care Management (CCM) services in improving health outcomes and reducing healthcare costs for older adult Medicare beneficiaries. The research will employ a target trial emulation approach to compare TCM and CCM services to usual care, with a focus on outcomes such as home time, survival, and...

The National Institute on Aging (NIA) awarded a 5-year, $849,993 Project Grant (CFDA 93.866 - Aging Research) to The Ohio State University to develop an electronic health record (EHR) navigator that collates geriatric care information based on the "4Ms" framework (What Matters, Mentation, Medications, Mobility) to improve hospital care for older adults. The project aims to engage stakeholders, including experts from five national geriatric quality improvement programs, to design the...

This Project Grant award of $384,883 from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) under the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research program (CFDA 93.307) supports the development and assessment of the ACTIVATE artificial intelligence accessibility (AIA) engine by Health Tequity LLC. The ACTIVATE AIA prototype will provide multilingual (English, Spanish, and Tagalog) mobile app and voice navigation capabilities to improve accessibility and care...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the Administration on Aging (CFDA 93.470 - Alzheimer's Disease Program Initiative) provides $749,814 to MAC Inc.'s Living Well Center of Excellence to enhance the workforce capacity of Area Agencies on Aging (AAAs) to increase access to person-centered dementia services for family caregivers and persons living with dementia (PLWD) in Maryland. The key products and services to be delivered include: 1) Establishing a cadre of 3 county-based community health...

The National Institute on Aging (NIA) awarded a Project Grant totaling $2,283,522 to Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health on September 17, 2024 under the NIA's Aging Research Federal Grant Program (CFDA 93.866). This 3-year project aims to evaluate the impact of a new Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) policy, the "80% Rule," on enrollment changes of Medicare-Medicaid dual eligible beneficiaries from non-integrated "look-alike" plans into integrated care...

This Project Grant award of $643,089 from the National Institute on Aging (CFDA 93.866 - Aging Research) will support research to assess medication self-administration (MSA) as an early indicator of cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD). The research will be conducted by the University of Massachusetts Medical School (UMASS Medical) from September 2025 to August 2026. The key objectives are to: 1) cross-sectionally associate MSA errors and...