Arkansas SMP highlights Medicare Fraud Prevention Week
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (June 2, 2025) — The Senior Medicare Patrol (SMP), housed within the Arkansas Insurance Department, announces Medicare Fraud Prevention Week, taking place June
The SMP Mission
Senior Medicare Patrols (SMPs) empower and assist Medicare beneficiaries, their families, and caregivers to prevent, detect, and report health care fraud, errors, and abuse through outreach, counseling, and education. This program was developed to help you understand more about health care fraud. It involves recruiting retired persons to teach Medicare and Medicaid clients to recognize and report health care fraud.
If you have questions or concerns about health care fraud, are interested in volunteering, or would like to schedule a free speaker, call Arkansas SMP at 1-866-726-2916 or email [email protected]
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Arkansas SMP Articles & Press Releases
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Medicare Fraud Prevention Week 2024
MEDICARE FRAUD PREVENTION WEEK 2024June 3-9, 2024 How to Prevent Medicare Fraud Medicare fraud is a serious problem. Medicare loses an estimated $60 billion each
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Medicare Fraud Prevention Week starts June 5
For Immediate Release:June 1, 2023 Medicare Fraud Prevention Week starts June 5 Everyone can prevent Medicare fraud Little Rock, Ark. – Fraud costs Medicare an
Newsletters
- Arkansas SMP Newsletter January – March 2025
- Arkansas SMP Newsletter October – December 2024
- Arkansas SMP Newsletter July – September 2024
- Arkansas SMP Newsletter April – June 2024
- Arkansas SMP Newsletter January – March 2024
- Arkansas SMP Newsletter October – December 2023
- Arkansas SMP Newsletter July – September 2023
- Arkansas SMP Newsletter April – June 2023
Volunteer Only Newsletters
Fraud in the News
- National Health Care Fraud Takedown
- Cardiovascular Genetic Testing Used in New Fraud Trend
- 2020 Health Care Fraud Takedown Details
- New Medicare Cards with new numbers are being mailed from July 2018 until the end of 2019. Are you ready?
- Largest Health Care Fraud Enforcement Action in Department of Justice History – 76 Doctors Charged – 84 Opioid Cases
- Largest Health care Fraud Takedown in History–412 People Charged
Scam and Fraud Alerts
- Urinary Catheter Scam – January 2025
- FAKE Quick Response Codes (QR Codes) – February 2024
- KATV CH 7 Airing July 12, 2023 “Arkansans Plagued by Unsolicited COVID Test Scams” – Media
- COVID-19 TEST KITS SCAM ALERT – April 2023
- Fraudulent Flu Products Alert – January 2023
- Four Signs That It’s A Scam
- New Medicare Card Scam – September 2022
- Five Things To Do To Protect Yourself Online
- Census Bureau Survey – Is It Legit? – July 2022
- Top 10 Scams – June 2022
- Law Enforcement Impersonator Scam – June 2022
- Durable Medicare Equipment (DME) Fraud & Scams – May 2022
- Cardiovascular Genetic Testing Fraud – May 2022
- New Medicare Card Scam – May 2022
- Pharmacy and Prescription Drug Fraud – March 2022
- Romance Scams – February 2022
- Annual Wellness Visit Phone Questionnaire – February 2022
- COVID 19 At-home Test Scams – January 2022
- Money Mule Scam Alert – December 2021
- Protect Yourself from Home Health Care Fraud – December 2021
- Medicare Open Enrollment Flags – October 2021
- New Medicare Card Scam Alert – October 2021
- Cardiovascular Genetic Testing Fraud – August 2021
- New Medicare Card 2021 Scam Alert – July 2021
- Is This Really Medicare? – July 2021
- Protect Yourself from Nursing Home Fraud – July 2021
- Medicare, is That Really You?
- Medical Identity Theft – May 2021
- Durable Medical Equipment Fraud and Scams – May 2021
- COVID-19 Vaccination Card Fraud Alert – April 2021
- Avoid Scams When Searching for Vaccine – April 2021
- Vaccine Survey Scam – March 2021
- Ignore Bogus COVID-19 Vaccine Surveys – March 2021
- New Card Scam Alert – March 2021
- SCAM ALERT – Healthcare.gov SEP Scams – March 2021
- Medicare and Covid19 Vaccine Scams – February 2021
- Avoid COVID-19 Vaccine Scams – January 2021
- Medicare Card 2021 Scam Alert – January 2021
- Contact Tracing Scam – July 2020
- Scammers Using Social Security in Coronavirus (COVID-19) Scams – June 2020
- Economic Impact Payment Visa Debit Card Publication– June 2020
- Economic Impact Payment Scam Alert – May 2020
- Coronavirus Fraud Scheme – May 2020
- COVID 19 SCAMS – April 2020
- Coronavirus Scam Alert March 2020 – Image
- Imposter Scam – Who’s Really Calling? – February 2020
- Durable Medical Equipment (DME) Scam — Have you received unwanted package(s) containing braces? – April 2019
- Genetic Testing — When to suspect fraud – March 2019
- COVID-19 Consumer Tip Sheet
- COVID-19 Consumer Alert
- Coronavirus Scam Watch Infographic
Videos
- Recognizing and Avoiding Fraud and Scams – Ask the Experts (Duration 33 min, 31 sec)
- Watch Out for Medicare Phone Scams (Duration 45 seconds)
- DME Fraud: The Facts (Duration 3 minutes, 17 seconds)
- Genetic Testing Medicare Fraud (Duration 1 minute, 25 seconds)
- SMP National Resource Center 10 Examples of Hospice Fraud (Duration: 56 seconds)
- Understanding Medicare: Episode 1 – Bill Learns About SMP (Duration: 2 Minutes, 42 seconds)
- Understanding Medicare: Episode 2 – Bill Learns About Keeping Track of His Medicare Statements (Duration: 2 minutes, 52 seconds)
- Understanding Medicare: Episode 3 – Bill Learns How to Read His MSN (Duration: 3 minutes, 53 seconds)
- Understanding Medicare: Episode 4 – Bill finds a Quick Fix (Duration: 3 minutes, 10 seconds)
- 2021 Medicare Card Scam Alert (Duration: 3 minutes, 31 seconds)
- Fraud and Scams Related to COVID-19 (Duration: 26 minutes, 59 seconds)
- New Medicare Cards Are Coming June 2018 through December 2019 Must see video and please share! (Duration: Three minutes, 50 seconds)
- Arkansas SMP Group Volunteer Recruitment in Senior Housing (Duration: One minute, 54 seconds)
- Watch out for Scammers with New Medicare Cards (KTHV Channel 11 Segment)
- Recognizing the Bad Guys (English) (Duration: 7 minutes, 38 seconds)
- Recognizing the Bad Guys (Espanol) (Duration: 7 minutes, 35 seconds)
- Don’t be a Target of Healthcare Fraud: Joining the Good Guys (Duration: 10 minutes, 22 seconds)
Radio/PSAs
- Preventing Medicare Fraud from Seniors (Duration: 60 seconds)
American Sign Language Videos
- New Medicare Card/Social Security Card Scam (Duration: 3 minutes, 56 seconds)
- Arkansas SMP Free Glucose Monitors Scam (Duration: 3 minutes, 43 seconds)
Spanish Language Resources
Videos
- Tips to Help Prevent Medicare Fraud for Beneficiaries (Duration 27 seconds)
- Tips to Help Prevent Medicare Fraud for Families and Caregivers (Duration: 32 seconds)
- Preventing Medicare Fraud from Seniors (Duration: 60 seconds)
Print Materials
Use this information to share with Medicare/Medicaid consumers and caregivers to help spread information that will empower everyone and to avoid Medicare and Medicaid Fraud.
- Medicare Protection Toolkit
- How to Read Your Medicare Summary Notice
- Arkansas SMP Fraud Prevention Information
- Arkansas SMP History
- Diabetes Scam Prevention Brochure: English | Spanish
- Arkansas Senior Medicare Patrol Brochure
- Scam – Protect. Detect. Report.
Contact Arkansas SMP
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Toll Free: 1-866-726-2916
Email: [email protected]