Medicare recipients soon will see simplified benefit statements with added protections against Medicare fraud.
CMS has revamped its Medicare Summary Notices, which are the billing statements beneficiaries receive in the mail every three months. Larger type and explanations of services in plain English make these easier to read and understand.
Additionally, Medicare offers a $1,000 reward to beneficiaries who report potential cases of fraud, but until now, the reward has never been spelled out on the form. The newly designed forms are online but won’t be available in paper form until 2013.
Click here to see a side-by-side comparison of the current and new statements.