Iowa Senior Medicare Patrol (SMP)

a Project of Northeast Iowa Area Agency on Aging (NEI3A)

January 2017 News You Can Use

Make it count this year!

·  Forget breaking a habit

·  No exercise required

·  Skip the diet

Your One and ONLY Resolution is:

Check your Medicare Summary Notice (MSN)

Review your MSN for errors, fraud, and abuse:

·  Services, supplies, or equipment not provided

·  Improper coding to obtain higher payment

·  Billing for excessive medical supplies

Thank You 2016 Iowa Senior Medicare Patrol Team Members
Throughout 2016 Iowa SMP had 75 active team members who invested 9,670 hours. Our team conducted 340 outreach and educational events and we reached 10,858 people with our message. Together we make a difference, one beneficiary at a time. Thank you for making Iowa SMP great!

News distributed by Iowa Senior Medicare Patrol Program, Northeast Iowa Area Agency on Aging (NEI3A), Waterloo, IA, 1-800-423-2449.

Permission granted to AAAs to reprint these articles with credit given to Iowa SMP. This document was supported, in part, by Grant #90MP0200, from the Administration for Community Living, US Department of Health and Human Services. Grantees undertaking projects under government sponsorship are encouraged to express freely their findings and conclusions. Points of view or opinions do not, therefore, necessarily represent official Administration for Community Living policy.