Health Navigators, University of

Georgia

Program Overview

DHHS Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services

awarded $67 million in Navigator Cooperative

Agreements to 105 entities to serve in the 34

Federally-facilitated and State Partnership Marketplaces.

http://www.cms.gov/CCIIO/Programs-and-Initiatives/Health-

Insurance-Marketplaces/Downloads/navigator-list-8-15-

2013.pdf

UGA’s College of Family and Consumer Sciences

was the recipient of one of these awards.

Purpose & Goals

Purpose: To deliver consumer information and education

and to support Navigators to assist consumers and

employers with the new federally-facilitate health

insurance marketplace.

Goals:

Develop and implement a Marketplace awareness campaign in

local communities,

Engage state and local partners in educating the community

about the Marketplace, and

Provide navigation and individual assistance to consumers,

employers, and employees.

Timeline & Progress

12 Navigators have been hired

Will complete 20-hour online HHS Navigator training and

pass exam

Will complete 10-hour Georgia Department of Insurance

online training and pass exam

Will participate in Navigator training September 23 – 26

Starting October 1, will work in their assigned

communities to educate and enroll as many uninsured

Georgians as possible

Health Navigator Locations

Navigator County Location Total Number of

Uninsured in PUMA

Microdata Area*

Percentage of

Uninsured in PUMA

Area Counties

(range)

Gordon County CES 106,743 19%-27%

Habersham County CES 103,204 16%-28%

Dawson County CES 107,330 15%-26%

Coweta County CES 132,066 13%-22%

Newton County CES 164,977 18%-27%

Wilkes County CES 73,920 16%-26%

Johnson County CES 83,449 18%-23%

Bulloch County CES 109,244 19%-32%

Liberty County CES 99,120 17%-26%

Upson County CES 97,988 16%-27%

Thomas County CES 119,509 17%-36%

UGA Athens-Clarke County 1.7 million (all GA) 20.7%

*2011 ACS Data CMS.gov

Resources

https://healthcare.gov

http://marketplace.cms.gov/

1-877-7NAVIGATE (877-762-8442)

www.uganavigators.org

How can you assist?

Work with UGA Navigators by providing space and

organizing meetings

Apply to become a Certified Application Counselor

Organization

http://marketplace.cms.gov/help-us/cac.html

Become a champion for coverage

http://marketplace.cms.gov/help-us/champion.html