On Wednesday, December 3 at 1:30 p.m., representatives from Senior Medicare Patrol (SMP) will host a group discussion at Kent Memorial Library on the latest Medicare frauds impacting our local communities. SMP is a federally funded, nationwide program whose mission is to empower and assist Medicare beneficiaries, their families, and caregivers to prevent, detect, and report health care fraud, errors, and abuse. The SMP program is federally funded by the Administration for Community Living (ACL). The CT SMP program is operated by the State Unit on Aging in cooperation with the regional Area Agencies on Aging.
Health care fraud drains billions of dollars out of our pockets every year, with Medicare one of the leading programs within the federal government where the loss is extremely high.
Attendees of this program will learn:
- How to protect themselves or a loved one from financial exploitation.
- How Medicare fraud, abuse and errors are defined.
- How to detect Medicare fraud and abuse.
- About some of the most common types of Medicare scams.
This important group event will assist in empowering you to protect against, detect, and report suspected Medicare fraud and abuse. There will be Q & A at the end of the discussion. Please register on the library website at https://suffield-library.libcal.com/event/15567067.