Medicare Fraud
- Medicare and Medicaid depend on you to tell them about fraud. They pay bills submitted on your behalf--if you don’t tell them you didn’t get the service billed, or they are billing for a more expensive service than they provided, they won’t know they shouldn’t have paid the bill.
Protect Yourself Against Health Care Fraud
- Here are some tips about how to protect yourself from Medicare and Medicaid fraud.
Doctors Medicare and Inadvertent Billing Errors
- Can a physician be fined or prosecuted because they mistakenly send improper bills to Medicare? Many physicians think so, but the federal Office of Inspector General (OIG) says no.
Your Medicare Matters. Protect it! (Printable publication)
- A protective "Toolkit" with a list of questions you should ask before signing up for a Medicare Advantage Plan to make sure you know what you're getting. Includes information on the Medicare Advantage Plan options to the Original Medicare Plan, sales marketing potholes to avoid, and tips to help you be a savvy consumer.
- Seniors are often targets of phone scams. Don't provide your personal information to anyone who calls you on the phone.
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