Specifications include, but are not limited to: The South Dakota Department of Social Services’ Division of Adult Services and Aging is the designated grant administrators for the Senior Health Insurance Program (SHIP), Senior Medicare Patrol (SMP) and Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act (MIPPA) in the state of South Dakota. SHIP’s are responsible for coordinating and providing a comprehensive statewide education program on Medicare, Medicare Part D, long term care insurance, Medicare supplements, and Medicare Advantage programs. SMP’s empower and assist Medicare beneficiaries, their families, and caregivers to prevent, detect, and report health care fraud, errors, and abuse through outreach, counseling, and education. MIPPA grant recipients provide Medicare prescription drug (Part D) counseling, screening for low income subsidies, and education on preventive services to areas and individuals that are difficult to reach (isolated, rural, culturally and ethnically diverse populations and low-income). Funded by the listed grants, this program has been known as the Senior Health Information and Insurance Education (SHIINE) program in South Dakota. The Department of Social Services is soliciting proposals for grants with $388,357 of funding available to provide a regional presence of the SHIINE program. This includes but is not limited to recruiting, managing and retaining volunteers and partners, providing senior health insurance education and assisting Medicare beneficiaries in comparing coverage options, helping beneficiaries apply for low income subsidies and reporting fraud, errors and abuse across South Dakota. The state has been divided into 3 regions with funding distributed based on 2010 Census data considering 90% population percentage for region and 10% for the land mass percentage for region. You are invited to submit a proposal for one, two or three regions.
