Illinois SMP Fraud Alert March 5, 2024

Fiercehealthcare.com Interviews IL SMP Director on Alleged $2 Billion Urinary Catheter Scam

Travis Trumitch, Director of the Illinois SMP, was interviewed by Fierce Healthcare to address the ongoing Urinary Catheter scams that have plaguing not only Illinois but states across the country.

"Illinois Senior Medicare Patrol Director Travis Trumitch said its office hotline began receiving tips from individual Medicare beneficiaries in early December. He said these Medicare scams usually work by capturing Medicare numbers and private information through a data breach or on the dark web."

"Typically, observant beneficiaries will see incorrect Medicare summary notices and payments from outside states. His department sends reports off to the OIG. That same month, member organizations alerted NAACOS of strange billing activity."

You can read the whole article from the Fierce Healthcare here.

The Illinois SMP is also here to offer assistance if you feel you have been affected by any suspicious billing on your Medicare Summary Notice, please call the Illinois SMP at AgeOptions at (800) 699-9043 or visit www.illinoissmp.org.

March 2024 SMP Workshops

March 7, 2024, at 11:00 am - SMP Bingo with Attorney General’s Office

Aging Care Connections (111 W Harris Ave. La Grange, IL 60525)

March 7, 2024, at 2:00 pm – BINGO Grace View Senior Living Apartments

Grace View Senior Living Apartments (825 Talcott Avenue Lemont, IL 60439)

March 14, 2024, at 11:00 am – Lansing Public Library SMP Bingo

Lansing Public Library (2750 Indiana Ave. Lansing, IL 60438)

March 16, 2024, at 12:00 pm – Senior Fair

St. Paul Lutheran Church (6201 Vollmer Rd. Matteson, IL 60443)

March 18, 2024, at 11:00 am – Lansing Public Library SMP Bingo

Homewood Public Library (17917 Dixie Hwy. Homewood, IL 60430)

March 21, 2024, at 11:00 am – Richton Park Village and SMP Bingo at Richton Park Public Library

Richton Park Public Library District (22310 Latonia Ln. Richton Park, IL 60471)

March 26th at 10:30 am – SMP Bingo

West Suburban Senior Services in Bellwood (439 Bohland Ave., Bellwood, IL)

March 28, 2024, at 10:00 am – Chicago Ridge Public Library SMP Bingo

Chicago Ridge Public Library (10400 S Oxford Ave. Chicago Ridge, IL 60415)

Have a wonderful week!

Travis Trumitch

travis.trumitch@ageoptions.org

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This project was supported, in part by grant number 90MPPG0036, from the U.S. Administration for Community Living, Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, D.C. 20201. Grantees undertaking projects under government sponsorship are encouraged to express freely their findings and conclusions. Points of view or opinions do not, therefore, necessarily represent official Administration for Community Living policy.

The Illinois SMP at AgeOptions partners with agencies across the state to empower and assist Medicare beneficiaries, their families, and caregivers to prevent, detect, and report health care fraud, errors, and abuse through outreach, counseling, and education.

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