Consumer Alert Be Careful Of Scams Related To The Homeowner Assistance Scammers are offering medicare beneficiaries orthotic braces that are supposedly free to them and covered by medicare. fraudsters (1) may call beneficiaries directly to offer braces or (2) use television or radio advertisements to encourage beneficiaries to order free braces by calling the phone number provided. October 25, 2019. scammers have been targeting medicare recipients with a scheme to get “free or low cost” back and knee braces. they’re calling, running television ads, and mailing letters to get people to give their medicare information. but if you give them your information, they’ll use it to fraudulently bill medicare for braces or.
Consumer Alert Brace Scam Youtube Fraudsters (1) may call beneficiaries directly to offer braces or (2) use television or radio advertisements to encourage beneficiaries to order free braces by calling the phone number provided. if a beneficiary provides or verifies personal or medicare information, a brace is sent even if it is not requested by the beneficiary or medically. Here are some other steps you can take: call your doctor and tell him or her about the attempted scam. call the medicare fraud hotline: 800 633 4227 (800 medicare) file a complaint at bbb.org. If you receive a call from someone offering you a free brace that will be billed to medicare, hang up immediately. review the explanation of benefits notices for any services not ordered. if unordered medical equipment is delivered, don't accept it unless your personal health care provider ordered it. refuse delivery or return it to the sender. If you believe you have been the target or victim of a scam in which someone impersonated hhs or hhs oig officials, please report this contact to the hhs oig hotline at 1 800 hhs tips (1 800 447 8477) or online. the u.s. department of health and human services office of inspector general is alerting the public about a fraud scheme involving.
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