tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2010 Issue 13

Industry News: CMS Issues Fraud Alert As "Doughnut Hole" Rebate Checks Are Mailed

Fraudsters, in the meantime, are already in action! On June 18, Jane Glenn Haas of the Orange County Register wrote in her post on www.seattletimes.nwsource.com that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) had started mailing out "doughnut hole" checks to around 80,000 people across the nation. Over the course of the next year, Jane goes on to say in her post, CMS estimates 4 million seniors, about 10 percent of those covered by Medicare, will receive these rebate checks which are one-time rebates for eligible seniors who have entered the Medicare Part D...

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