The Health and Human Services Department offers these tips for spotting fraud:
n A charge for a service or equipment you never received.
n Someone offers to provide a service or equipment you haven’t requested.
n Someone uses another person’s Medicare card to get medical care, supplies or equipment.
n Someone bills Medicare for home medical equipment after it was returned.
n A company offers a Medicare drug plan that hasn’t been approved by the government.
n A company uses false information to mislead you into signing up for services.
Reporting fraud
Contact the office of inspector general at Health and Human Services at (800) 447-8477 or HHSTipsoig.hhs.gov. Rewards of up to $1,000 may be paid in certain cases.
Source: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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