Starting in April of this year, those who are on Medicare will receive a new Medicare card. The new cards are designed to help improve your security and protect your identity. Therefore, they will include a Medicare number (that is unique to you). Also, your benefits and coverage will stay the same. Medicare will automatically send out new cards to the addresses they have on file with … [Read more...]
Learn About The New Medicare Cards
Starting April of this year, 2018, those who are on Medicare will receive a new Medicare card. The new Medicare card is designed to help improve your security and protect your identity. Therefore, your new cards will include a Medicare number (that is unique to you). Also, all your benefits and coverage will stay the same. In addition, another change you will see on the new cards is the … [Read more...]
Fight Medicare Fraud
It has been awhile since we’ve talked about Medicare fraud, but this does not make it any less important for you to stay alert. According to a report released by congress, every year billions of American taxpayer money was lost to fraud, waste, abuse and improper payments. That is more than 10 percent of Medicare’s total budget! The official U.S. government site for Medicare, Medicare.gov, … [Read more...]
Protect Your Medicare Number!
You know that you should not give your social security number to a stranger. Did you know this also applies to your Medicare number? It’s an unfortunate reality that fraudsters and identity thieves are constantly increasing their efforts to get and abuse Medicare numbers from people like you. These fraud schemes often revolve around identity thieves obtaining Medicare numbers through … [Read more...]
10 Tips for Medicare Fraud Prevention
Please read below to learn about the top 10 tips for Medicare fraud prevention, from U.S. Postal Inspector Shari M. Delaney. Medicare Fraudsters contact potential victims in various ways. Person to person Via phone or fax Via the U. S. Mail TIP #10 - Be Suspicious!!! We are far too trusting, which is a good thing, but scammers use it to their advantage. "If it sounds too good to … [Read more...]
Medicare Advice: Learn About Medicare Fraud
Are you tired of rising health care costs? One contributing factor is Medicare fraud. Most health care professionals who work with Medicare are honest. Unfortunately, a handful of dishonest providers and individuals cost the Medicare system millions of dollars every year. These costs are passed on to you in the form of higher co-payments and health care costs. What You Don't Know About Medicare … [Read more...]
