Protect Yourself from DME Fraud

For many Medicare recipients, the first sign that they have been targeted by a multibillion-dollar fraud scheme isn’t someone stealing their money. Sometimes, it’s a confusing item on their Medicare statement for supplies they’ve never used or potentially didn’t receive. Fraudulent durable medical equipment (DME) providers exploit low-oversight items; one of these items, a urinary catheter, has silently become a very profitable DME scheme. Learn how to protect yourself in a story written by the Senior Medicare Patrol on the National Council on Aging website.

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