Over Four Million Medicare Summary Notices Mailed to Beneficiaries Were not Delivered in 2012.

摘要

Medicare Summary Notices The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) uses claims processors to perform the day-to-day claims administration for the Medicare fee-for-service program.1 As part of their responsibilities, claims processors must provide MSNs to approximately 37 million. MSNs and Fraud Detection MSNs serve as a fraud detection tool that beneficiaries can use to ensure that Medicare is paying for services or items that were actually provided to them. CMS recommends that beneficiaries check their MSNs carefully for suspicious charges, as services or items appearing on an MSN that were never provided may be a sign of fraudulent activity. In June 2013, a CMS official stated that beneficiaries best defense against fraud is to check their MSNs for accuracy and to diligently protect their health information for privacy.5 An OIG report found that in 2001, almost half.