Medicare fraud is when a person knowingly submits false information or misuses the Medicare system to achieve personal financial gain or to receive benefits for which they are ineligible. Medicare has ...

Last year, Jean Bound received a package with COVID tests that she hadn’t ordered. She called the company whose name was on the packing list to say she hadn’t ordered them. In response, she was told ...

Medicare abuse involves improper billing or unnecessary services. Medicare fraud involves falsifying claims. The main difference is intent, abuse is often done without intent. Medicare abuse and fraud ...

The cost of prescription drugs, home care and other medical expenses is one less thing to worry about thanks to Medicare, which assists people aged 65 and older with their medical costs. Unfortunately ...

Medicare fraud spikes during open enrollment. Here’s how to protect yourself. Medicare’s open-enrollment period is a time for beneficiaries to make important healthcare decisions, but the annual ...

When I took on the role of leading Medicare, one of my primary goals was to crush the chronic fraud, waste, and abuse in the program. Ensuring that taxpayer dollars are used responsibly and that ...

Several viewers have written to ‘2 Helps You’ to report receiving Medicare mail addressed to other people, raising concerns about potential identity theft as the annual Medicare open enrollment period ...

The Massachusetts Senior Medicare Patrol (SMP) Program Urges Beneficiaries to Protect, Detect, and Report Medicare Fraud. "It harms the Medicare program, and costs beneficiaries time, health, and ...

Two men in the Houston area found that thousands of dollars in medical supplies were billed to their Medicare accounts for items they never ordered or received. The bills listed a Florida company, ...

WILLARD, Box Elder County — Linda Karlinsey is a dissectologist. That's a fancy term for someone who loves jigsaw puzzles. But she is no fan of the puzzling charges that recently hit her Medicare ...