Security experts are sounding the alarm after a new wave of Medicare “verification” scam calls started hitting phones across ...

You answer the phone and you’re greeted by a weird tone, followed by a few seconds of silence. Then comes a voice saying “I’m with Health Care Benefits” or “Medicare Services” or something else ...

Hutchinson resident Carole Hannemann’s phone-scam scare may serve as just the right reminder about safe information handling. On April 11, Hannemann could have fallen prey to a Medicare phone scam. A ...

GREENFIELD, Wis. - When a scammer calls, chances are, they’re impersonating Social Security, Medicare or the IRS. Those three agencies consistently rank in the top three in the Better Business ...

Medicare removed Social Security numbers from ID cards in 2018 to help stop scams, but this change won't protect you if you give your number to a stranger on the phone. Medicare will never call you ...

Phone scammers are emptying retirement accounts with one fake Medicare call. Here's how to spot the trap before it costs you.

CHICAGO (CBS) --In one of the largest Medicare fraud busts in U.S. history more than $1.2 billion in taxes was wasted. It's a scheme that CBS 2 Investigator Pam Zekman first exposed last fall. The ...

The Medicare open enrollment period is in high gear, and state-trained volunteers throughout the region are helping seniors to navigate the complex system. Under a federally funded program known in ...