Wednesday, January 15, 2025
1/15/2025
North Carolina Department of Insurance (DOI) through their Seniors' Health Insurance Information Program (SHIIP) will begin its Senior Medicare Patrol Project ('Medicare Lookout'). The goal is to enable Medicare beneficiaries to understand the Medicare system better, to understand their Medicare notices, and to report problems to the appropriate project partner. Our statewide focus will build upon the North Carolina Division of Aging (DOA) Senior Medicare Patrol Project. We will use core Specialists (community-based organizations, senior volunteers) to form 6-12 regional core Medicare Lookout initiatives. These Specialists will recruit exemplary SHIIP volunteers to overcome the barriers to reaching Medicare beneficiaries identified by DOA's project and by those of other states. We will build upon DOA's successes by expanding the innovative presentations using skits and plays throughout the state, targeting special populations, and concentrating outreach through a dedicated core of volunteers. DOA will assist in our start-up and will continue to support the project through its duration. Our Medicare mission and vast network make us a logical home for this project. By the middle of the 3rd project year, we will have in place a plan and structure to continue the effort without AoA funds.
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