Senior Medicare Patrol
Update from Senior Medicare Patrol about a new Medicare Fraud Trend
SMP Sees Cardiovascular Genetic Testing Used in New Fraud Trend
Every time there’s a medical advance, there’s a scammer waiting around the corner to exploit it.
The latest growing genetic testing fraud trend focuses on cardiovascular genetic testing. Scammers are offering Medicare beneficiaries genetic testing cheek swabs to obtain their Medicare information for fraudulent billing purposes or possibly medical identity theft. The scams may be called many things such as cardio genetic testing; comprehensive cardiovascular panel; hereditary cardiovascular profile.
Please click the links below to visit SMP’s website, and learn more about their fraud prevention services!
Beware of COVID-19 Vaccine Scams: Now that COVID-19 vaccines are available to everyone in the State of California, SMP expects scammers and fraudsters to take advantage of seniors who have not yet received the vaccine.
- Click this link to learn more about the latest Medicare Fraud Alerts from Senior Medicare Patrol, from vaccine fraud to offers for free medical equipment: Latest Medicare Fraud Alerts.
Help Stop Medicare Fraud & Abuse: According to SMP, fraud costs Medicare billions of dollars each year and damages the program and its recipients by raising the cost of healthcare for everyone. You can help prevent Medicare fraud by: protecting your personal information, monitoring any charges to your Medicare account, and reporting all suspected fraud.
- Learn more about these steps, and how to protect yourself, by clicking this link: Protect, Detect, and Report Medicare Fraud and Abuse
New Hospice Fraud Alert from Senior Medicare Patrol
Download the Senior Medicare Patrol hospice fraud alert available in English and Spanish.
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