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Call Medicare at 1-800-MEDICARE or the U.S. Health and Human Service’s fraud hotline (800-447-8477). Report identity theft to the Federal Trade Commission at identitytheft.gov. File a complaint ...
If you or someone you know has experienced Medicare fraud or suspect an offer you've received is a scam, report it as soon as possible. You will never be in trouble for reporting fraud. To learn ...
The Senior Medicare Patrols ( SMP) are a group of volunteer organizations funded by the United States Department of Health and Human Services, which educate U.S. senior citizens on how to prevent, detect, and report Medicare and Medicaid fraud, error, and abuse. From the program's start in 1997 through December 2019, SMP projects and staff have ...
To protect yourself from Medicare fraud: Do not answer calls from numbers you do not recognize. If you receive a voicemail from someone claiming to be a representative of Medicare, do not return ...
Jimmy Carter signs Medicare-Medicaid Anti-Fraud and Abuse Amendments into law. The Office of Inspector General for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, as mandated by Public Law 95-452 (as amended), is established to protect the integrity of Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) programs, to include Medicare and Medicaid programs, as well as the health and welfare of the ...
The Medicare Fraud Strike Force is a multi-agency team of United States federal, state, and local investigators who combat Medicare fraud through data analysis and increased community policing. Launched in 2007, the Strike Force is coordinated by the United States Department of Justice and the Department of Health and Human Services.
The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General, or HHS-OIG, investigates fraud, waste and abuse in federal health care programs, including Medicare. 5 ways to protect ...
Under federal law, health care fraud in the United States is defined, and made illegal, primarily by the health care fraud statute in 18 U.S.C. § 1347 states [4] (a) Whoever knowingly executes, or attempts to execute, a scheme or artifice—. (1) to defraud a financial institution; or. (2) to obtain, by means of false or fraudulent pretenses ...