Senior Medicare Patrol (SMP)
The U. S. Administration on Aging (AOA) funds the SMP project which educates and encourages Medicare beneficiaries and others to report suspected Medicare error, fraud, waste and abuse.
This is the SMP resource center website for volunteers to access
Links for Fraud Prevention
- Fraud: Division of Banking and Securities Message
- Fraud: Download SMP Fraud brochure- English Version (372kb)
- Fraud: Download SMP Fraud brochure- Korean Version (808kb)
- Fraud: Download SMP Fraud brochure- Russian Version (813kb)
- Advocates warn of scam to steal banking information
Seniors are being warned to beware of scammers offering a deal that is too good to be true. Use this link to read the KTUU news story.
- Jeanné Larson of Senior Information and the State Health Insurance Program sets the record straight for seniors getting Medicare benefits
To go the the KTVA I-Team investigation story, Fighting red tape to get your prescription drugs on time, Use this link.
If you have questions about your Medicare benefits, please contact the Senior Information Office at 1-800-478-6065 or 269-3680 in Anchorage.
- For an Associated Press Story on medical billing errors Use this link,
Medical-Bill Errors Increasingly Common (26kb)
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