September 12th represents the National Report Medicare Fraud Day. Medicare fraud affects us all. Ten percent of all Medicare funds are lost due to fraud. The government spends $650 billion a year on Medicare, and $65 billion a year is lost to Medicare fraud.
Resources:
CMS.gov - Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: Reporting Fraud, https://www.cms.gov/medicare/medicaid-coordination/center-program-integrity/reporting-fraud
Medicare.gov: Reporting Medicare fraud & abuse, https://www.medicare.gov/basics/reporting-medicare-fraud-and-abuse
New York State Office of the Medicaid Inspector General: About Medicaid Fraud, Waste, and Abuse, https://omig.ny.gov/medicaid-fraud/about-medicaid-fraud-waste-and-abuse
Senior Medicare Patrol (SMP): Medicare Fraud, https://smpresource.org/medicare-fraud/
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General: Submit a Hotline Complaint, https://oig.hhs.gov/fraud/report-fraud/