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New York officials say senior monitoring helps thwart medicare scammers

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While officials in New York say its the role of seniors to actively police medicare fraud, Greg Olsen, the acting director of New York's Office for the Aging notes that seniors are adept at spotting fraud because many of them are so well-versed in medicare coverage, according to the Times Union.

Federal and state level oversight of medicare works hard to identify instances of fraud, but medicare scams are difficult to identify in some cases, and officials say that by properly monitoring medicare charges and reporting any discrepancies, seniors provide an invaluable service to officials. Tim Kovarik, an anti-fraud manager at the Office for the Aging, says he sees about three instances of fraud weekly, according to the source.

There are many different types of insurance scams, ranging from advertisements for free powered scooters to cases of internet fraud, sometimes perpetrated through social networking sites like Facebook.

According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Medicare is available to people 65 years old or older as a form of disability insurance to senior citizens, as well as people of any age who suffer from permanent kidney failure or require dialysis. The three branches of Medicare coverage are Part A, which covers hospital bills, Part B, which cover private doctors like primary care physicians, and prescription drug coverage.

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