What Can You Do to Fight Health Care Fraud?
Here
are simple fraud fighting steps that will help keep you from becoming a health
care fraud victim:
- If you suspect health care
fraud, report it. Call your
insurance company right away – or contact the agency in your state
responsible for fighting health care fraud.
- Keep good records regarding
your medical care and pay close attention to any bills you receive. Look closely at all your medical
bills. Make sure that all charges
are for services you actually received.
- Pay attention to documents
from your health insurance company.
Check the Explanation of Benefits (EoB) statements that your
insurer sends you. Check to be sure
that the EoB lists only services you actually received.
- Keep your health insurance
ID card secure. Don’t give out your
health insurance policy information to salesmen or over the phone. If you lose your insurance ID card,
report it to your insurance company immediately.
- Beware of offers that are
too good to be true. Too-good-to-be-true
offers might be from criminals trying to get your information so they can
use it for fraudulent billing.