Dear colleagues:

 

Apologies if you have seen this request before.  We are trying to cast a wide net.

 

The Medicare Rights Center, with support from the National Council on Aging’s (NCOA’s) Center for Benefits Access, is conducting a survey of states that are offering Medicaid to the adult group (expansion Medicaid) as a result of the Affordable Care Act. For this survey, we are seeking information on the processes by which adult group enrollees transition to other Medicaid programs—including Aged, Blind, and Disabled Medicaid (ABD Medicaid) and the Medicare Savings Programs (QMB, SLMB, and QI)—and to Medicare. We seek details on protocols, agencies involved, timing, and barriers to identification, screening, and notification of these enrollees.

 

Over the next several months, Medicare Rights will contact state employees, as well as State Health Insurance Assistance Programs (SHIPs) and advocates. If you have concrete details about or any relevant personal experiences with these state processes, we would be interested in hearing from you.

 

If you have information about a state that has expanded Medicaid to the adult group, please fill out a survey here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/5FQ2W2B​ 

 

If you would prefer, contact Julie Carter of the Medicare Rights Center to arrange for a phone interview: 202-637-0962 or xxxxxx@medicarerights.org.

 

For more information on the Medicare Rights Center, see www.medicarerights.org.

 

For help navigating Medicare, see www.medicareinteractive.org.

 

Thank you for any time you are able to give.

 

Lauren

 

Lauren Popham, PhD

Senior Specialist, Data Analysis and Evaluation

Phone: 571.527.3929

xxxxxx@ncoa.org

 

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