Medicare 1144 Outreach

The purpose of this exchange is to identify any Medicare beneficiary who may be eligible for Medicare cost sharing under the Medicaid program, notify these potential Medicare buy-in eligible beneficiaries about the Medicare cost-sharing programs, and inform the states of potential buy-in eligible beneficiaries. Medicare Savings Programs are state-administered Medicaid programs which subsidize Medicare beneficiary costs. These programs usually follow SSI methods for counting income and resources but have higher limits. The income tests are based on a percentage of the Federal poverty guidelines and vary by program. Each year, two separate files will be created. The first file is scheduled for April and includes the QMB/SLMB/QI file. The second file is scheduled for November and includes the QDWI file.