| Subject: | Medicare Beneficiaries and Phone Scams |
| Category: | Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
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| Published: | Tue, 4 Apr 2006 - 11:43 am |
| CMS is warning seniors and people with disabilities to be aware of a scheme that asks Medicare beneficiaries for money and checking account information to help them enroll in a Medicare Prescription Drug Plan.
Healthcare providers should advise patients that no Medicare drug plan can ask a person with Medicare for bank account or other personal information over the telephone. No beneficiary should ever provide that kind of information to a caller.
This scheme is called the "$299 Ring" for the... The full article is available to StayAlert subscribers. Click here for a free trial subscription. |
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