CONSUMER ALERT
This statement from Medicare has been released to all Medicare Beneficiaries.
If you suspect a fraud situation, contact the Medicare office that processed your claim.
MediCARE Software is specifically designed to help protect you and the Medicare program from abuse.
Help protect yourself and the Medicare program by using these simple tips to help you recognize and guard against possible health care fraud and abuse.
Contact the Medicare office that processed your claim:
- If you are billed for services you did not receive.
- If you are billed for more than your deductible or coinsurance amount.
- If you are billed for duplicate services.
- If you are billed for services that should have been paid by another insurance.
Treat your Medicare Card like a credit card.
- Question charges you do not understand.
- Remember, no one should use your card to receive health care benefits but you.
- Read your Medicare statements and hospital/doctor bills. Review them as carefully as you would review your bank statement.
- Be alert to mistakes. Even clerial errors can cause benefits to be paid incorrectly.