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A person can report suspected Medicare fraud by calling 800-MEDICARE (800-633-4227). They can also submit a complaint online through the Office of the Inspector General .
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 .
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 ...
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 ...
Jul. 28—(Family Features) Every day, criminals target older Americans with one goal — to steal their Medicare numbers and other protected health information. To fraudsters, this information is ...
Stark Law is a set of United States federal laws that prohibit physician self-referral, specifically a referral by a physician of a Medicare or Medicaid patient to an entity for the provision of designated health services ("DHS") if the physician (or an immediate family member) has a financial relationship with that entity.
Ghost network refers to a form of healthcare insurance fraud where providers are listed as in a health insurance plan, but are unable to provide care. These ghost providers may no longer be eligible to practice, may have retired, may no longer accept new patients, may not actually part of the network, or may not exist.
Treat your Medicare card like a credit card and only give your Medicare number to your health care providers, your health insurance company, and people you trust that work with Medicare, such as ...