1. Health Promotion and Preventive Services
Review of MIPPA Grant Focus #3
April 12, 2017

2. MIPPA 2014 Grant
Provide outreach to Medicare beneficiaries with particular focus on
Identifying people with limited incomes who are likely eligible for Low Income Subsidies (LIS) and Medicare Savings programs (MSPs)
Providing general Medicare Part D outreach and assistance in rural areas
Promoting activities aimed at preventing disease and promoting wellness.
Today we are going to review focus area 3 – Preventing Disease and Promoting Wellness

3. Health Promotion (HP) Programs
Part of Older Americans Act (OAA) – Title IIID
Must be over 60 to qualify for programs funded through OAA
Focus on healthy living and disease prevention
Evidence based – different levels
Fit nicely with Medicare Preventive Services
Promoting Medicare’s Preventive Services is the most common way MIPPA grantees work on focus area 3. Another way county programs work at preventing disease and promoting wellness is by offering “health promotion” workshops. These are partially funded through Title IIID of the Older Americans Act. All people age 60+ are to be served with these funds. Some programs/workshops are “evidence based” which means they are proven to be effective. Only high level EB programs can be funded with OAA money. Other classes/programs are also available but these are covered with other funding sources. Partnering with HP programs is a perfect fit. People who sign up for classes are likely to also be interested in making the most of their preventive health benefits.

4. Four Common HP Workshops
The Wisconsin Institute for Healthy Aging coordinates these high level, evidence based programs:
Living Well with Chronic Conditions
Healthy Living with Diabetes
Stepping On
Powerful Tools for Caregivers
List of upcoming classes is on their website:
You have probably heard of all these classes and hopefully they are being offered in your area. These are all highest level evidence based. You can search your county for a particular class, or search for a particular class in the state.

5. Living Well with Chronic Conditions
Often just called Living Well
6 week class
Targets people with arthritis, diabetes, heart disease, etc.
Also for caregivers of people with chronic conditions
Taught ways to live with their life-long conditions.

6. Healthy Living with Diabetes
Responding to large number of people with diabetes and pre-diabetes
475,000 people in WI living with diabetes
6 week class

7. Stepping On Falls prevention workshop 6 week workshop
Exercises – balance, strength, flexibility
Vision and falls
Medication side effects
Safety at home and in community
6 week workshop

8. Powerful Tools for Caregivers
For people caring for loved ones who are frail or have dementia
Spouses, adult children, friends/neighbors
6 week class
Qualification is different for Title IIIE – caregiver funds – does not have to be 60+
May not be on Medicare but likely are caring for someone who is

9. Other classes Strong Bones Tai Chi
Arthritis Foundation Exercise Classes
Lighten Up
Med Wise
Chair Yoga or other Yoga
Beneficial Bites
There are other health promotion classes that are commonly offered that are not high level evidence based, but are still beneficial and attract people interested in staying healthy.

10. Partnering with HP Coordinator
Share target audience and message
Physical Health + Financial Health = Overall Health
Meet your county coordinator
Updated list is on WIHA website
See MIPPA Partnership with Health Promotion for tips
Educate each other about your programs
Use Brief Program Descriptions
Partner with your HP program coordinator to extend your reach and theirs! Target audience and message are same or similar – physical health plus financial health means better overall health.
Make an effort to meet the coordinator and have a conversation about how you can work together on your outreach

11. Best ways to collaborate
Communicate frequently about upcoming events
Give Preventive Services information for class participants
Possibly do a presentation before or after class (but not during)
Give flyers for upcoming HP workshops to your clients
Work together on outreach events and materials
Share advertising ideas and costs
Again, people taking HP classes will likely be interested in their Preventive Services benefits. There are several ways the HP coordinator and you can collaborate to share outreach materials/activities.
You can also give other MIPPA information to share. Phys health + financial health = overall health.
Leaders have to follow scripts for high level EB classes so won’t be able to talk about MIPPA info during class, but could have materials available before or after class.
Be sure to share info about upcoming HP workshops when you are doing your MIPPA outreach, too.
Take each others’ materials to any vendor events
Consider sharing media advertising costs

12. Preventive Services outreach materials
Promotional materials available on our website
Medicare's Preventive Visits
Preventive Services Chart - 8½ x 11 or Legal Size
Preventive Services Chart With Flyer
Preventive Services Chart With Word Search
Medicare Prevention Wellness Placemat
MIPPA brochure with HP insert
Several articles
Again, the main way MIPPA coordinators promote healthy living is by making sure people are aware of the preventive service benefits through Medicare. There are a number of promotional materials on the website that can be used.

13. Sharing/Discussion What activities have you done? What was successful?
What didn’t work?
Any ideas for future outreach?