STANDARD — As quickly as they’re detected and defeated — new, more complex scams take their place. Health care is a common target. To help residents avoid these swindles, the Putnam County Community Center in Standard recently held a program teaching how to detect and report these types of fraud.
Presented on Aug. 17 by Amy Phillips, program coordinator for the Western Illinois Area Agency on Aging (WIAAA) and Senior Medicare Patrol (SMP) representative, the event included steps which can be taken to detect health care billing errors, fraud and abuse, as well as ways to protect personal information.