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Title
Cancer Prevention and Treatment Demonstration for Ethnic and Racial Minorities
Project Officer(s)
Diana Ayres
Start Date
End Date
Award
Cooperative Agreement
Description
Section 122 of BIPA 2000 mandated this demonstration to test the feasibility of implementing patient navigation in Medicare to reduce cancer screening, diagnosis, and treatment disparities. While the navigation programs offered by the six demonstration sites vary, their services include assistance in scheduling appointments, providing transportation assistance, coordination of care among providers, arranging for translation/interpretation services, and providing other services to overcome the barriers encountered during cancer care.
Funding
$5,402,270.00
Principal Investigator(s)
Jean Ford
Project Number
1A0CMS300066/01
Status
Section 122(b)(3) of BIPA provides that if the initial Report to Congress on the demonstration projects contains an evaluation that the demonstration projects: 1) reduce Medicare expenditures under title XVIII of the Social Security Act or 2) do not increase Medicare expenditures, reduce racial and ethnic health disparities in the quality of health care services provided to target individuals, and increase beneficiary and provider satisfaction, then the Secretary shall continue the existing demonstration projects and may expand the number of demonstration projects. Given that the demonstration sites initially took so long to enroll participants, the limited time for the interventions being tested to take effect, and insufficient participant Medicare claims data to permit measurement of the demonstration's impact, the first two Reports to Congress have been unable to definitively address either of the above two issues yet. The third and final Report to Congress is due September 2012. The 4-year demonstration, which started September 2006, is scheduled to end December 2010.
Awardee Address
615 N. Wolfe St., Room E6650
Baltimore, MD 21205
United States
Awardee Name
Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public Health