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Decision Making to Avoid Medicare Scams and Fraud

Vikki SpritzMedicare Specialist

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Have knee pain? On Medicare?

You may not be getting all the Medicare

benefits you’re entitled to!

Medicare Advantage

Original Medicare

with Supplement

I need you to tell me your Medicare number…

Hello. This is Medicare calling…

Do you have your Medicare Card in your wallet today?

• A) Yes

• B) No

• C) I don’t know

• D) What does my Medicare card look like?

A Quick Quiz

Carry a copy of your Medicare card with blocked out numbers

Carry only your Advantage Plan card if not on original Medicare

Keeping your Medicare card safe

What could go wrong at a health fair?What could go wrong at a health fair?

Why you need to read your:Medicare Summary Notices (MSN) and/or Explanation of Benefits (EOBs)

I’d never fall for that!

The Fraud that’s hard to seeThe fraud that’s hard to see

PROTECT, DETECT, and REPORT Medicare Fraud

520-546-2011

This project was supported, in part by grant number 90SA0032, from the U.S. Administration for Community Living, Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, D.C. 20201. Grantees undertaking projects under government sponsorship are encouraged to express freely their findings and conclusions. Points of view or opinions do not, therefore, necessarily represent official Administration for Community Living policy.

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