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Medicare Enrollment Assistance Program

Program Information

Popular name

MIPPA

Program Number

93.071

Program objective

To provide enhanced outreach to eligible Medicare beneficiaries regarding their preventive, wellness, and limited income benefits; application assistance to individuals who may be eligible for LIS or MSPs; and outreach activities aimed at preventing disease and promoting wellness. The benefits available under title XVIII of the Social Security Act, including the Medicare prescription drug benefit under Part D of title XVIII of the Social Security Act and under the Medicare Savings Program, and to coordinate efforts to inform older Americans about benefits available under Federal and state programs.

Program expenditures, by FY (2023 - 2025)

This chart shows obligations for the program by fiscal year. All data for this chart was provided by the administering agency and sourced from SAM.gov, USASpending.gov, and Treasury.gov.

For more information on each of these data sources, please see the About the data page.

Additional program information

Single Audit Applies (2 CFR Part 200 Subpart F):

For additional information on single audit requirements for this program, review the current Compliance Supplement.

OMB is working with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and agency offices of inspectors general to include links to relevant oversight reports. This section will be updated once this information is made available.

  1. The Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008—Section 119, Public Law (PL) 110–275 as amended by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (Affordable Care Act), reauthorized by the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 (ATRA), reauthorized by section 110 of the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014 and reauthorized by the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 and Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 (P.L. 115-123, BBA of 2018). and most recently, the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2018, Public Law 115-141.

Program details

Categories & sub-categories

Health

Program types

Eligible beneficiaries

  • Disabled (e.g. Deaf, Blind, Physically Disabled)
  • Individual/Family
  • Low Income
  • Mentally Disabled
  • Minority group
  • Physically Afflicted (e.g. TB, Arthritis, Heart Disease)

Additional resources