Nebraska Department Of Insurance

Nebraska Department Of Insurance, a child entity of the State of Nebraska, operates as a federal grant recipient delivering Medicare enrollment assistance, health insurance counseling, and senior fraud prevention services to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) through formula grants, cooperative agreements, and project grants. The entity functions exclusively as a prime recipient — 100% of its 54 federal awards in the source data are prime grants with no subcontractor role — and does not hold federal contracts or contract vehicles.

The Nebraska Department of Insurance's federal footprint centers on Medicare and aging services. HHS Administration for Community Living has awarded the entity 38 grants across formula funding (Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act priority tiers under CFDA 93.071, the Medicare Enrollment Assistance Program) and cooperative agreements supporting the State Health Insurance Assistance Program (SHIP) and Senior Medicare Patrol (SMP) operations. HHS Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has placed 16 awards with the entity. The combined obligated value across all 54 awards totals $33.3 million since 1992. Recent work includes three FY 2026 formula grants awarded September 1, 2026 — a $124,086 Medicare Enrollment Assistance Program award, a $179,556 SHIP priority award, and a separate MIDR (Priority 3 for Aging and Disability Resource Centers) formula grant, all running through August 31, 2028 — complementing a $154,090 FY 2025 SHIP award (September 2025 through August 2027) and a five-year cooperative agreement effective April 1, 2025 through March 31, 2030 supporting expanded volunteer counselor networks and Medicare beneficiary outreach across Nebraska's 93 counties. An additional cooperative agreement with HHS Administration for Community Living (June 1, 2023 through May 31, 2028) funds the Nebraska Senior Medicare Patrol grantee operations, covering consumer fraud education, volunteer recruitment and training, and data collection on healthcare fraud prevention.

Activity has remained stable at four grants per year in 2024 and 2025, with 2026 showing three awards year to date. Seven awards carry ultimate completion dates within the next twenty-four months, exposing the entity to recompete cycles on those funding streams. The entity's award portfolio reflects a narrow customer concentration — five distinct HHS agencies account for 100% of recent funding, with Administration for Community Living dominating the volume and value footprint. The Nebraska Department of Insurance operates as a state agency intermediary, not a commercial vendor, and therefore does not compete in federal procurement markets; it functions as the designated state recipient for Medicare beneficiary services and senior fraud prevention programming under federal aging and healthcare assistance programs.