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Article: NEVADA ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE RECEIVES $540,000 FROM ADMINISTRATION ON AGING FOR SENIOR MEDICARE PATROL PROJECT
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- July 13, 2006
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The Nevada Attorney General issued the following news release:
Nevada Attorney General George Chanos announced today that the Attorney General's Senior Medicare Fraud Patrol (SMFP) program has received a three year grant totaling $540,000 from the United States Administration on Aging. The money will be used to fund the SMFP and train retired professional volunteers to help their peers become better health care consumers.
The volunteers work to educate older Nevadans about the importance of reviewing their Medicare notices to identify billing errors as well as potentially fraudulent activity. Program volunteers also encourage seniors to report discrepancies to the SMFP project, so that the ...