Empowering Vermont’s Medicare beneficiaries to prevent, detect, and report healthcare fraud, errors, and abuse.
Medicare fraud is a problem that affects all Americans. Medicare funds that could be used to improve healthcare services for Medicare beneficiaries are lost to fraud and waste. In addition, it affects everyone who pays taxes because billions of tax dollars are being wasted each year. However, without some education on Medicare billing and fraud prevention, most seniors will not notice incorrect charges, and will not know where to report any problems.
Vermont SMP works to increase public awareness about both the economic and health-related consequences, teaching Medicare beneficiaries how to prevent, detect, and report healthcare fraud, errors, and abuse.
Learn about Senior Medicare Patrol and how it helps fight healthcare fraud.