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Health Care, Medicaid & Medicare Fraud You, as the Medicare beneficiary, are the most important link in finding Medicare fraud. You know better than anyone what healthcare services you have received. Review your Medicare Summary Notice when you receive it, and make sure you understand all of the items listed. If you beleive that you know of Health Care fraud Medicaid fraud or Medicare Fraud you should contact an attorney. Please provide,
- The provider's name and any identifying number you may have.
- The item or service you are questioning.
- The date on which the item or service was supposedly furnished.
- The amount approved and paid by Medicare.
- The date of the Medicare Summary Notice.
- The name and Medicare number of the person who supposedly received the item or service.
- The reason you believe Medicare should not have paid.
Any other information you may have showing that the claim for the item or service should not have been paid by Medicare. The government's "whistleblower statute" allows for a private individual, or whistleblower with knowledge of past or present fraud on the federal government to receive an award for bringing suit on behalf of the government.
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