NCOA Offers Two New Tools for Seniors in Need of Benefits

The National Council on Aging’s National Center for Benefits Outreach & Enrollment (NCBOE) has developed a new data mapping tool that allows users to search for information about eligibility and enrollment trends in Medicare and Medicaid benefits programs. The map also provides statistics on the number of individuals eligible for or enrolled in programs such as Medicare Part D Extra Help.

For guidance on how to navigate the map, please go to http://ssl4.benefitscheckup.org/datamap/

NCBOE also has published a new issue brief called Extra Help to Keep Extra Help: Assisting LIS Beneficiaries Who Lose Their Deemed Status. It offers promising strategies using list-driven communications to help beneficiaries adversely affected by the redeeming process regain and retain the Medicare Part D Low-Income Subsidy.

To download a copy of the http://www.centerforbenefits.org/NCBOE%20Issue%20Brief%206.pdf

To learn more about the National Council on Aging’s National Center for Benefits Outreach & Enrollment, please go to http://www.ncoa.org/