High -priced medical equipment sold… Medicare scam

#. Corona scam

When Corona 19 was the most popular, the frauders provided a free corona inspection kit to collect Medicare numbers and personal information and to claim in the name of the victim. I suggest that I will send a test kit by calling a call that I did not request. They claim as if they were sending without actually sending them, and use or sell the victims’ information maliciously.

#. Diabetes Bandon

The fraudster claims to Medicare of the victims who do not have diabetes and do not receive a monitoring device. Victims only get the damage to the Medicare summary.

#. Low quality medical equipment

It has been a long time as a fraud for Medicare beneficiaries. The frauders provide a knee protector or other medical equipment by informing the Medicare number. You may receive a cheap protector that you can live in a pharmacy or may not receive any protection. The frauders claim the cost of a high -end assistant for Medicare, and the beneficiaries’ Medicare number is further charges for other devices.

#. Fake genetic test

A $ 2.1 billion genetic test fraud has been caught, but false advertising is still a problem. At the Health Expo, you will be wiped out with a cotton swab to check the sample to check if there is a genetic predisposition to cancer. In fact, Medicare rarely bears genetic tests. The frauds are charged with all kinds of fraudulent fees.

#. Hospice

The scammers register those who are not terminal diseases in the hospice. Medicare beneficiaries believe that they join additional benefits such as home cleaning, home care or shower chairs. They diagnose the patient and send documents to Medicare to claim thousands of dollars in the hospice. Medicare beneficiaries are damaged by legitimate non -hose pieces.

#. Medicaid’Dism

Medicaid beneficiaries, a federal health insurance, did not need to be re -certified by the beneficiaries during the fan Demix. Since April 1, 2023, the company has ended the entry of unqualified beneficiaries. And the state has been able to return to normal qualifications and registration procedures for up to 12 months. This upheaval was a great opportunity for the scammers. A scammer said he had to call Medicaid beneficiaries and pay money to avoid losing Medicade.

#. Next -generation Medicare Card

Medicare increased significantly when the government sent a new card with no social security numbers to all beneficiaries in 2018. This kind of fraud reappeared in 2023, a new card, probably a scammer who suggests a plastic card with chips.

Scammers require money for a new card or a Medicare number. Medicare does not call to provide a new card. Cards are made of paper and can be printed on an online Medicare account at any time. Medicare does not make a call without a reservation.

#. Remote medical session

You can call you to sell something, or you may be charged with a remote medical consultation. Occasionally, fraud is related to fake genetic tests and poor medical equipment, and frauders add remote medical reservations to the bill.

Reporter Jang Byung -hee