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abuse through outreach, counseling, and 

education in the virtual space. 

There is one SMP state grantee project 

in each of the 50 States, the District of 

Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the 

U.S. Virgin Islands. In 2019, the most 

up-to-date complete year of data, the 54 

SMP projects had a total of 6,875 active 

team members who conducted a total of 

28,146 group outreach and education 

events, reaching an estimated 1.6 

million people. In addition, the projects 

had 320,590 individual interactions 

with, or on behalf of, a Medicare 

beneficiary. For 2019, the SMP projects 

reported $2.4 million in expected 

Medicare recoveries. This program has 

successfully operated since its inception 

23 years ago. 

The current grantees are closely 

monitored and are successfully meeting 

all programmatic goals under the 

current SMP state grants. 

Dated: July 12, 2021. 

Alison Barkoff, 

Acting Administrator and Assistant Secretary 

for Aging, Administration for Community 

Living. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Administration for Community Living 

Intent To Award One Single-Source 

Supplement for Current Senior 

Medicare Patrol National Resource 

Center (SMPNRC) Grantee 

ACTION: Announcing the intent to award 

one single-source supplement for 

current Senior Medicare Patrol National 

Resource Center (SMPNRC) grantee. 

SUMMARY: The Administration for 

Community Living (ACL) announces the 

intent to award one administrative 

supplement in the form of cooperative 

agreement to existing SMP National 

Resource Center (SMPNRC) grantee to 

support the expansion and 

enhancement of virtual capacity for the 

SMP program. This effort will benefit 

the SMPNRC, and the 54 SMP project 

grantees which are located in each state, 

the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto 

Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The 

purpose of the existing SMPNRC 

grantee’s work is to support SMP 

projects nationally in empowering and 

assisting Medicare beneficiaries, their 

families, and caregivers to prevent, 

detect, and report health care fraud, 

errors, and abuse through outreach, 

counseling, and education. As a result 

of the COVID–19 pandemic and related 

travel and congregation limitations and 

public health concerns, it has been 

identified that focus on expansion of 

virtual capacity is crucial at this time. 

The administrative supplement to the 

SMNPRC for FY 2021 will be 

distributed according to identified need 

and will total $405,312. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information or comments 

regarding this program supplement, 

contact Marissa Whitehouse, U.S. 

Department of Health and Human 

Services, Administration for 

Community Living, Center for Integrated 

Programs, Office of Healthcare 

Information and Counseling; telephone 

(202) 795–7425; email 

Marissa.Whitehouse@acl.hhs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Program Name: Senior Medicare 

Patrol National Resource Center. 

Recipient: One current grantee. 

Current grantee 

FY21 ACL 

recommended 

supplement 

amount 

Northeast Iowa Area Agency 

on Aging ............................ $405,312.00 

Period of Performance: The award 

will be issued for the Fiscal Year 2021 

project period of September 1, 2021 

through August 31, 2022. 

Total Award Amount: $405,312 total 

in FY 2021. 

Award Type: Cooperative Agreement. 

Statutory Authority: The statutory 

authority is contained in the HIPAA of 

1996 (Pub. L. 104–191). 

Basis for Award: Upon request for 

access to FY 2021 HCFAC Wedge 

funding, the Department granted 

approval for ACL’s Office of Healthcare 

Information & Counseling to access $2 

million in additional, one-time funding. 

This funding is intended to expand and 

enhance the virtual capacity of the 

existing SMP program and will be used 

in a number of ways to support the 

virtual expansion and capabilities of the 

SMP program efforts nationally. As a 

result of the COVID–19 pandemic and 

related travel and congregation 

limitations and public health concerns, 

it has been identified that focus on 

expansion of virtual capacity is crucial 

at this time. 

The current SMPNRC is funded to 

support the SMP project mission for the 

period of September 1, 2020 through 

August 31, 2025. Much work has 

already been completed and further 

tasks are currently being accomplished. 

It would be unnecessarily time 

consuming and disruptive to the SMP 

program, and the beneficiaries being 

served, for ACL to establish a new 

grantee to focus on this intended virtual 

expansion of the program since the 

intent of this funding is to expand the 

current program’s efforts. This 

administrative supplement will allow 

the SMPNRC grantee to expand their 

current capacity to work virtually at the 

national level to empower Medicare 

beneficiaries, their families, and 

caregivers to prevent, detect, and report 

health care fraud, errors, and abuse 

through outreach, counseling, and 

education. The existing SMPNRC is 

uniquely placed to continue and expand 

this work. Efforts supported through 

this funding will include development 

of marketing and outreach materials, 

targeted SMP project grantee resources, 

and continued progress toward a new 

public-facing program-specific phone 

application. 

The SMPNRC was created in 2003 to 

provide training, support, and technical 

assistance to SMP projects nationwide. 

The goal of this Center is to provide 

professional expertise, training, and 

technical support to maximize the 

effectiveness of the SMP projects in 

Medicare fraud prevention outreach and 

education. The SMPNRC ensures a fully 

consolidated, national approach to 

reaching Medicare beneficiaries with 

the SMP message and forges national 

visibility for the program. The SMPNRC 

provides technical assistance through 

online training (webinars), workshops, 

and the SMP networking opportunities. 

The current grantee is closely monitored 

and is successfully meeting all 

programmatic goals under the existing 

grant. 

The current grantee is closely 

monitored and is successfully meeting 

all programmatic goals under the 

current SMPNRC grant. 

Dated: July 12, 2021. 

Alison Barkoff, 

Acting Administrator and Assistant Secretary 

for Aging, Administration for Community 

Living. 

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