The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has awarded Affiliated Service Providers of Indiana (ASPIN) a Navigator Cooperative Agreement Award to serve as Navigators in Federally-facilitated Marketplace (FFM) in Indiana. For the 2020 Plan Year Open Enrollment, CMS awarded a total of $10 million to 34 organizations, matching the annual level of funding awarded last year. ASPIN was awarded $600,000 over the next two years for Indiana. This award will support the work of ASPIN as they offer assistance to consumers searching, shopping for, and enrolling in health coverage for 2020.
The program will target veteran families, small business owners, seasonal staff, immigrants, part-time workers, farmers, rural, and individuals with addictions or mental health diagnoses involved with the criminal justice system. In addition, navigators will assist consumers whose income fluctuates between income guidelines for Marketplace insurance coverage and Medicaid. Marketplace Open Enrollment is from November 1 to December 15. ASPIN has navigators that help year-round!
Affiliated Service Providers of Indiana, Inc. (d.b.a. ASPIN) is a 501 (C) 3 not for profit network that operates four major service lines: third party administration, training and workforce development, health improvement, and grants management. The mission of ASPIN is to provide innovative educational programs, resource management, program development, and network management in collaboration with all healthcare entities to address health disparities and whole health management.
Call ASPIN’s toll-free call center to connect to a Navigator to ask questions about HIP, Medicaid, CHIP or Marketplace or request an appointment to enroll. The toll-free number is 877-313-7215 or visit ASPIN’s website https://aspinhealthnavigator.org/ to request an appointment. All services provided are free of charge.
“The ASPIN Health Navigator Project is supported by Funding Opportunity Number CA-NAV-19-001 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.The contents provided are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of HHS or any of its agencies.”