July NCP3A General Meeting
July 15, 2026 via Zoom
9:30am-11:30am
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The State of APS in Tumultuous Times
Featured Speaker:
WILLIAM F. BENSON
National Policy Advisor, NAPSA
11101 Georgia Ave., #320, Silver Spring, MD 20902
301-335-8470 (cell)
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National Policy Advisor, NAPSA
11101 Georgia Ave., #320, Silver Spring, MD 20902
301-335-8470 (cell)
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
Bill Benson, president of Health Benefits ABCs (HBABCs), providing health and aging policy, educational and strategic planning consulting services, has a long association with efforts to combat elder abuse, neglect and exploitation, health care fraud, and protecting the rights of older adults. Since 1998 Benson has served as National Policy Advisor to the National Adult Protective Services Association, which represents state and local APS programs. Benson played a key role for NAPSA in drafting and enacting the Elder Justice Act and securing the first-ever federal funding for state APS programs. From 2006-2018 Benson worked with AoA’s national resource center for states’ Senior Medicare Program (SMP) providing technical assistance to SMPs in their efforts to educate beneficiaries about fraud and abuse in the Medicare and Medicaid programs. As a former Acting Assistant Secretary for Aging at the U.S. Administration on Aging, he led AoA’s role in Operation Restore Trust, the U.S. Government’s national anti-Medicare and Medicaid fraud initiative, the establishment of the SMP program, and managed the Elder Rights program, among other responsibilities. Benson spent 8 years on Capitol Hill in senior roles and was heavily involved in the nursing home reform provisions of 1987 (0BRA 87) and the 1987 and 1992 reauthorizations of the Older Americans Act including the creation of the Elder Rights Title of the Act.
Benson co-founded in 2002 and is president of the American Association for International Aging (IA2) which focuses on American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) elders. IA2 operates the federally funded Native American Elder Justice Initiative Resource Center and the CDC-funded American Indian and Alaska Native Center on Brain Health. He is a former California State Long-Term Care Ombudsman and is a past president of the National Citizens Coalition for Nursing Home Reform (now Consumer Voice). From 2000-2025 Benson hosted First Person, a series of live conversations with survivors of the Holocaust for the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
Benson co-founded in 2002 and is president of the American Association for International Aging (IA2) which focuses on American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) elders. IA2 operates the federally funded Native American Elder Justice Initiative Resource Center and the CDC-funded American Indian and Alaska Native Center on Brain Health. He is a former California State Long-Term Care Ombudsman and is a past president of the National Citizens Coalition for Nursing Home Reform (now Consumer Voice). From 2000-2025 Benson hosted First Person, a series of live conversations with survivors of the Holocaust for the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
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