December 14, 1999

George Grob

Deputy Inspector General for Evaluation and Inspections

24-Month Performance Data for the HIPAA-Funded Project Grantees (OEI-02-97-00524)

Edwin Walker, Director

Office of Program Operations and Development

Administration on Aging

At the request of the Administration on Aging (AoA), we have continued to collect performance

data for the 18 HIPAA-Funded Project grantees. The attachment presents cumulative performance

data for the first 24 months on the Projects. 

A comparison to data collected from the previous reporting period reveals the following: 

C total number of trainers increased from 8,511 to 9,781. 

C total number of beneficiaries educated more than doubled from 10,727 to 25,556.

C total complaints received increased by half from 6,318 to 9,852.

C total Medicare funds identified for recoupment was $1,400. 

Please note that the data contained in the attachment are self reported, and that we have not verified

their accuracy. However, for reports of dollar savings, we do request documentation. Both New

York and Arizona claimed savings that have not been included in this report pending documentation.

Further, data for New York was presented in our earlier report 24-Month Performance Data for

Senior Medicare Patrol Projects (OEI-02-97-00523). New York receives funding from both

programs but reports only one set of performance data.

We will continue to monitor these projects and provide you with 30-month performance data. If

you have any questions please call me at 202-619-0480 or have you staff call Jack Molnar at 212-

264-1998.

Attachment 
Attachment 

24-Month Performance Data from the HIPAA-Funded Project Grantees 

Activity AZ CA CO FL GA IL LA MA MO NJ (NY) OH OR PA TN TX VA WA TOTAL1 

A. 

# of training sessions conducted for 

network agency staff, volunteers, and 

others. 

60 29 17 15 14 19 13 24 32 0 301 11 590 7 3 72 1 80 987 

# of network agency staff, including 

volunteers, trained 

900 1,003 20 264 630 655 198 19 1,348 1 5,707 810 290 275 95 1,069 80 421 8,078 

# of other staff and volunteers trained 98 119 0 40 0 0 319 0 0 0 1,609 8 300 0 20 799 0 DK 1,703 

Total trained 998 1,122 20 304 630 655 517 19 1,348 1 7,316 818 590 275 115 1,868 80 421 9,781 

B. 

# of media events conducted 10 47 2 85 7 16 4 9 0 0 81 1 9 6 3 112 4 119 434 

# of forums and other public 

information presentations conducted 

90 45 27 64 2 3 2 8 11 13 404 40 2 6 74 64 78 482 1,011 

# of persons attending these forums and 

other public information presentations 

2,576 750 133,00 5,722 65 32 115 1,220 5,200 1,573 226,26 6,420 184 278 3,706 2,054 10,384 37,31 210,59 

0 2 7 6 

C. 

# of trainers currently promoting 

awareness and reporting of health care 

fraud and abuse 

96 22 20 8 6 62 31 19 70 1 1,060 30 240 275 63 67 80 DK 1,090 

# of education and training sessions 

conducted by trainers for network 

agency or for other staff and volunteers 

63 20 311 2 2 5 9 52 0 0 0 DK DK 6 3 DK 0 DK 473 

# of network agency and other staff and 

volunteers attending these sessions 

153 485 460 11 23 380 181 2,205 0 0 0 DK DK 576 285 DK 0 DK 4,759 

# of sessions conducted by trainers for 

beneficiaries, family members, care 

givers, and others 

84 625 32 65 5 62 9 105 9 0 1,044 DK DK 46 0 12 57 DK 1,111 

# of beneficiaries, family members, care 

givers, and others attending these 

sessions 

2,251 1,250 920 5,723 141 1,457 1,357 2,100 567 0 12,758 DK DK 1,975 0 283 7,532 DK 25,556 

Trainers 

Public information 

Activities of trainers 

1 Total excludes NY which was previously reported as a Senior Medicare Patrol Project. 
Attachment 

24-Month Performance Data from the HIPAA-Funded Project Grantees 

Activity AZ CA CO FL GA IL LA MA MO NJ (NY) OH OR PA TN TX VA WA TOTAL 

D. Health care fraud and 

abuse complaint receipt 

and referral activity 

# of complaints received attributable to 

the project 

26 5,799 0 774 14 9 5 2,082 DK 1 129 28 4 DK 0 270 110 730 9,852 

# of complaints referred for follow-up 26 4,349 0 12 12 9 5 DK DK 1 28 1 2 DK 0 75 84 13 4,589 

# of complaints that resulted in some 

action 

8 609 0 DK DK DK DK DK DK 0 27 DK DK DK 0 31 DK 3 651 

Medicare $ identified for recoupment 

attributable to the project 

0 DK 0 DK DK 0 DK DK DK 0 3,008 DK 0 DK 0 DK DK 1,400 1,400 

Other $ identified for recoupment 

attributable to the project 

0 DK 0 DK DK 0 DK DK DK 0 0 DK 0 DK 0 DK DK 22,00 22,000 

0