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Como reconocer FBI Warns of Hospice Fraud Scheme Targeting Medicare Recipients?

TLDR

The FBI is alerting the public to an emerging hospice fraud scheme that enrolls Medicare recipients in end of life care they do not need, or enrolls them without their knowledge, so scammers can bill Medicare for fictitious services....

Como funciona

The FBI is alerting the public to an emerging hospice fraud scheme that enrolls Medicare recipients in end of life care they do not need, or enrolls them without their knowledge, so scammers can bill Medicare for fictitious services....

Señales de alerta

  • : Unsolicited visits or calls offering free home services in exchange for choosing a specific hospice provider. Pressure to sign hospice enrollment paperwork when you have no terminal diagnosis. Medicare Summary Notices or Explanation of Benefits listing unknown providers or hospice charges for services never received

Qué hacer

  1. 1: Never share your Medicare number with anyone who is not your doctor
  2. 2treat it like a credit card. Decline gifts, gift cards, or cash offered in return for signing up for hospice care. Verify any hospice provider on Medicare's Hospice Compare tool and review every Medicare Summary Notice for u

Fuente

fbi-ic3

Fuente verificada por Mythos Forensic Team

https://www.ic3.gov/PSA/2026/PSA260603

FAQ

Es FBI Warns of Hospice Fraud Scheme Targeting Medicare Recipients una estafa real?

Si. Trata el mensaje, la llamada o la solicitud de pago como sospechosos hasta que los verifiques por un canal oficial.

Cuales son las primeras senales?

: Unsolicited visits or calls offering free home services in exchange for choosing a specific hospice provider. Pressure to sign hospice enrollment paperwork when you have no terminal diagnosis. Medicare Summary Notices or Explanation of Benefits listing unknown providers or hospice charges for services never received

Que debo hacer primero?

: Never share your Medicare number with anyone who is not your doctor; treat it like a credit card. Decline gifts, gift cards, or cash offered in return for signing up for hospice care. Verify any hospice provider on Medicare's Hospice Compare tool and review every Medicare Summary Notice for u

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