United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2004-03-26 monographic deposited born digital 46 p. GA 1.13:GAO-04-363 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-363 P0b002ee180390e38 f:d04363 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-363 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-363 GAO-04-363 Beneficiaries Disadvantaged persons Eligibility criteria Eligibility determinations Government information dissemination Health care programs Health insurance Mailing lists State-administered programs Managed health care Medicare Program Medicare Qualified Disabled and Working Individual Program Other Written Product A09585 To assist low-income beneficiaries with their share of premiums and other out-of-pocket costs associated with Medicare, Congress has created four Medicare savings programs. Historic low enrollment in these programs has been attributed to several factors, including lack of awareness about the programs, and cumbersome eligibility determination and enrollment processes through state Medicaid programs. Concerned about this low enrollment, Congress passed legislation as part of the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Benefits Improvement and Protection Act of 2000 (BIPA) requiring the Social Security Administration (SSA) to notify low-income Medicare beneficiaries of their potential eligibility for Medicare savings programs. The statute also required GAO to study the impact of SSA's outreach effort. GAO examined what outreach SSA undertook to increase enrollment, how enrollment changed following SSA's 2002 outreach, and how enrollment changed in selected states following SSA's outreach and what additional outreach efforts these states undertook. GAO reviewed information obtained from SSA and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), analyzed enrollment data provided by SSA and CMS, and interviewed officials in and obtained data from six selected states (Alabama, California, Louisiana, New York, Pennsylvania, and Washington). https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-363/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-363.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-363/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-363.pdf GAO-04-363 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-363 Other Written Product GAO-04-363; Medicare Savings Programs: Results of Social Security Administration's 2002 Outreach to Low-Income Beneficiaries; Beneficiaries Disadvantaged persons Eligibility criteria Eligibility determinations Government information dissemination Health care programs Health insurance Mailing lists State-administered programs Managed health care Medicare Program Medicare Qualified Disabled and Working Individual Program Volume 112 Page 2681 112 Stat. 2681 Volume 114 Page 2763 Volume 114 Page 2763A-584 114 Stat. 2763 114 Stat. 2763A-584 Public Law 105-277 Public Law 106-554