!! SMP Consumer Fraud Alerts!!
Medicare Fraud Prevention Week focuses on the actions everyone can take to prevent Medicare fraud, errors, and abuse.
Medicare Fraud Prevention Weeks Runs the Week of 6/5!
The best way to stop fraud from happening is to stop it in the first place. Remember the three steps from the SMP: Prevent, Detect, Report!
Learn how to prevent and detect health care fraud, errors, and abuse and teach your client or loved ones how. Look out for things like boxes of knee braces (durable medical equipment, or DME) lying around the house. This clue may mean your client or loved one has been a victim to a scam.
Talk to your loved ones about protecting their Medicare number just as they would a credit card number. Help your loved ones create a Medicare.gov account to access their Medicare claims online or remind them to review their statements when they come in the mail every three months.
Celebrate Medicare Fraud Prevention Week by sharing SMP information on social media, referring clients and consumers to the SMP, and inviting the SMP to speak during an event.
Celebrate by talking to patients about health care-related scams such as those related to durable medical equipment and genetic testing schemes. Needed medical items should never be ordered through TV ads or unsolicited calls.
As a community, we can participate by looking out for our older neighbors and community members.
Every day during the week, there will be a takeaway for beneficiaries, caregivers, families, professionals, health care providers, and the entire community! Learn how you can protect yourself and your loved ones from Medicare fraud by joining the SMP for Medicare Fraud Prevention week!
The best way to stop fraud from happening is to stop it in the first place. Learning how to prevent Medicare fraud, errors, and abuse and then sharing what you learn is the best place to start.
Remember the three steps from the SMP: Prevent, Detect, Report!
Prevent: Open and read your Medicare statements.
Detect: Look for things like double charges or services you don’t recognize.
Report: Contact the SMP for questions or concerns.
Caregivers, you can participate in Medicare Fraud Prevention Week by teaching yourself and your clients or loved ones how to prevent and detect health care fraud, errors, and abuse.
Be on the lookout for things like boxes of knee braces (known as durable medical equipment, or DME) lying around the house. This is a common scam and may mean your client or loved one has been a victim.
To report potential Medicare fraud, contact the local Senior Medicare Patrol (SMP) for help.
Families, take part in Medicare Fraud Prevention Week by talking to your loved ones about protecting their Medicare number just as they would a credit card number.
Families, encourage your loved one to check their Medicare statements for fraud, errors, or abuse and never give out their Medicare number over the phone for any reason.
Partners and professionals, celebrate Medicare Fraud Prevention Week by sharing SMP information on social media, referring clients and consumers to the SMP, and inviting the SMP to speak during a shared event.
Are you looking to partner? This Medicare Fraud Prevention Week, identify ways your organization can collaborate on mission-related topics and information with the SMP!
Health care providers, celebrate Medicare Fraud Prevention Week by talking to patients about health care-related scams such as those related to durable medical equipment and genetic testing schemes.
Health care providers, remind your patients that products and services should only be ordered by physicians they regularly see, like you, and that needed medical items should never be ordered through TV ads or unsolicited calls.
As a community, we can all participate in Medicare Fraud Prevention Week by looking out for our older neighbors and community members.
For example, when you are out in public, be aware of older people purchasing gift cards in large amounts. If you see this, ask questions or mention gift card scams. So many people have helped stop a scam in its tracks by stepping in and asking questions.
You can report these types of scams to the @FTC.
Serving The Entire State Of New Jersey
WE HELP STOP MEDICARE FRAUD
JFS of Middlesex County is the designated agency for New Jersey’s Senior Medicare Patrol (SMP).
This national program educates Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries about preventing, detecting and reporting health care fraud.
Attention New Jerseyans!
If You Or Someone You Know Is Having Trouble Figuring Out The Medicare Maze Or Thinks They’ve Been Scammed Or Cheated, Call Senior Medicare Patrol of New Jersey
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