{"id":11842,"date":"2020-09-14T10:05:36","date_gmt":"2020-09-14T04:35:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.medicalbillersandcoders.com\/blog\/?p=11842"},"modified":"2025-05-16T09:22:29","modified_gmt":"2025-05-16T09:22:29","slug":"how-can-your-patients-prevent-medicare-fraud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.medicalbillersandcoders.com\/blog\/how-can-your-patients-prevent-medicare-fraud\/","title":{"rendered":"How can your patients prevent Medicare fraud?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Con artists can try to get your patients\u2019 Medicare Numbers or personal information so they can steal their identity and commit Medicare fraud. Medicare fraud results in higher health care costs and taxes for everyone. So, you will have to take care of all HIPAA compliances. Whether you have outsourced medical billing<\/a> or hired staff to do the billing at your premises, you have to follow all HIPAA guidelines to make sure every patient’s information is safe and secure.<\/p>\n

Medicare Open Enrollment Period<\/h2>\n

This year\u2019s Medicare Open Enrollment Period starts on Oct 15 to Dec 7 2020 is near, which means con artists may try to steal the patient\u2019s identity and commit Medicare fraud. Medicare has taken action to make Medicare cards safer by replacing Social Security Numbers with more secure ID numbers. But even with those efforts, fraudsters may still try to take advantage of patients during Open Enrollment.<\/p>\n

How to prevent Medicare fraud?<\/h2>\n

The most important thing your patients can do is guard their Medicare card like it\u2019s a credit card. They should not share their Medicare card or Number to anyone except you or people they know. Medicare has published some guidelines for patients to avoid fraud in CY 2020.<\/p>\n

Patient\u2019s guidelines to protect Medicare Card:<\/h3>\n