AoA Introduces Personal Health Care Journals Personal Health Care Journals were created and distributed to SMPs for the public to record what happens at health care appointments to compare to their Medicare statements.

Referrals to Medicare SMP projects refer 1,700 cases to Medicare contractors for follow-up.

The National Consumer Protection Technical Resource Center (The Center) is Established Hawkeye Valley Area Agency on Aging (now Northeast Iowa Area Agency on Aging), along with its partner the American Health Quality Foundation (AHQF), acts as an equal partner in the development and operation of the National Consumer Protection Technical Resource Center (The Center) to…

The SMP program has projects in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. AoA convenes three regional Health Care Fraud and Abuse Control Program conferences in the Washington, D.C. area, Dallas, and Seattle. The SMP program has projects in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico.

AoA convenes its first National Health Care Fraud and Abuse Control Program Conference AoA convenes its first National Health Care Fraud and Abuse Control Program Conference in Washington, D.C. Its purpose is to share successful practices, strengthen collaboration between federal, state, and local partners, and honor outstanding senior volunteers. Fifty-one Senior Medicare Patrol (SMP) projects,…

SMP Program Grows to 18 Cooperative Agreements In the program’s first year, more than 3,600 volunteers deliver 1,300 education and counseling sessions that reach 41,000 people. AoA increases the number of cooperative agreements for the program from 12 to 18.

SMP Program is Established The Omnibus Consolidated Appropriations Act of 1997 (P.L.104-208) affirmed AoA’s role as a key partner in the fight against health care fraud by establishing the program that would come to be called the Senior Medicare Patrol program in 12 local demonstration projects. Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) offered legislative language that directed…