Report to Medicare

• Charges on your Medicare statement for services you did not receive
• Callers asking for your Medicare number to send a brace, test kit or card
• Providers billing for equipment that never arrived
• Medicare Advantage and drug plan billing fraud

1. 1

   Compare the dates on your statement

   Medicare tells people to check the dates and services on their statements against what actually happened. Anything you cannot account for is what you report.

2. 2

   Call 1-800-MEDICARE

   That is 1-800-633-4227, the main line for reporting suspected fraud on your own Medicare record.

3. 3

   Or report online to the Inspector General

   The HHS Office of Inspector General takes reports at oig.hhs.gov/fraud/report-fraud/. It is the route to use if you would rather submit in writing.

4. 4

   Use the drug plan line for Advantage or Part D

   Fraud involving a Medicare Advantage plan or a drug plan goes to the Investigations Medicare Drug Integrity Contractor on 1-877-772-3379, which spells 1-877-7SAFERX.

• Your Medicare number
• The dates and services from the statement in question
• The provider name and any claim number shown

Medicare does not publish a timeline for investigating a report. Guard the number itself in the meantime, since a stolen Medicare number is what makes the next false claim possible.