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NASUA In the News

The Seattle Times

July 20, 2009 - "Long-term-care reform must provide consumer choice while saving money" 

Oped by Charles Reed, AARP board of directors and former deputy secretary of Washington's Department of Social and Health Services.

Washington Department of Social & Health Services News

July 9, 2009 - "Project 2020" 

By Kathy Leitch, Assistant Secretary for the Aging and Disability Services Administration and former NASUA President

MIPPA News

February 2010

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid offers two recently revised publications to help inform eligible beneficiaries about the services and programs that they are eligible for:

Programs that Can Help You Pay Your Medical Expenses
Pub. 11445 is a three-page fact sheet with information about Federal and state programs for people with limited income and resources. This resource that can be used as a handout for spreading the word to beneficiaries about federal and state assistance programs, or as a general reference for the assistance programs available and where to go to apply for any particular one.

Are You a Hospital Inpatient or Outpatient?
Pub. 11435 is a six-page fact sheet that explains how hospital status (inpatient or outpatient) affects how much a person pays for hospital services and whether their stay in a skilled nursing facility will be covered.

January 2010

The report, NCOA-NASUA Survey of State Units on Aging on the Use of Online Screening and Application Technology, conducted by National Center for Benefits Outreach and Enrollment in partnership with the National Association of State Units on Aging (NASUA) presents the findings of an online survey of the 56 State Units on Aging (SUAs) that assessed the use of online screening and application tools to help seniors and younger adults with disabilities to enroll in public benefits.

In addition, the National Center for Benefits Outreach and Enrollment also partnered with Area Agencies on Aging (AAAs) to produce another report, NCOA-n4a Survey of Area Agencies on Aging on the Use of Online Screening and Application Technology, which presents the results from an online survey sent to AAAs to gauge the use of online screening and application tools to help seniors and younger adults with disabilities to enroll in public benefits.

National Center for Benefits Outreach and Enrollment produced a third report, The Aging Services Network and the Use of Online Screening and Application Technology, which summarizes the findings of the NASUA & AAA surveys.