The U.S. Social Security Administration (Social Security) awarded UMass Medical School’s BenePLAN program a five-year Work Incentives Planning and Assistance (WIPA) cooperative agreement to continue providing WIPA services. Pending the availability of annual funds, the cooperative agreement provides annual funding of $240,000 for BenePLAN through June 30, 2020.  

Experts from UMass Medical School’s Commonwealth Medicine division present on strategies to increase access to benefits while saving money for Medicaid programs at the Medicaid Enterprise Systems Conference Aug. 17-20 in Des Moines, Iowa.