An attorney with Wisconsin SMP (Senior Medicare Patrol), Kate spoke to us on the scope of Medicare fraud and how to recognize it. The system loses $60 billion annually to fraud … phony claims from physicians, clinics, pharmacists, & medical equipment companies. Some beneficiaries also submit fraudulent claims for partial payment.
How can you help?
Review your Medicare Summary Notice
Protect your personal information
Guard your Medicare number
Educate others
Don’t be afraid to ask questions about your healthcare and how it’s billed
Medicare will never call on the phone and ask for identifying information; if the caller asks for your SS number, address or other ID, hang up the phone. New SS cards are currently being issued that DON’T include your SS number for security purposes.
Our Aug 31 meeting will take place at the 105-acre Pope Farm Conservancy at 7440 Old Sauk Road, about three miles west of the Beltline. Our Club has met here for several years. It offers beautiful vistas, great geological interest, and several different plant environments. We'll be guided by Mel Pope, Conservancy Chairperson, who'll give us an always-insightful overview and take us around to several of the site's features. No sunflower event this year, but there's always lots to see.
We'll have a brief Club meeting before all the sightseeing. We'll have box lunches, BUT YOU'LL NEED TO SIGN UP TO LET US KNOW YOU'RE COMING SO WE HAVE A LUNCH FOR YOU! Make a note in your calendar to do that at the next meeting ... or send an email to jack46ferreri@gmail.com.
Please let me know of any events or special situations in our fellow Rotarians' lives where a card, flowers, or a plant would be appropriate for their situation.
We bike along with hundreds to raise $ for the Boys and Girls Club of Dane County. Our Rotary Club of Madison West Towne-Middleton team is only 3 strong, but other Rotarians made donations.
Rotarian Jerry McAdow organized a Boardman Clark team that we saw often on our 28-mile jaunt. Absolutely lovely Saturday bike ride starting/ending at McKee Farm Farm Park in Fitchburg.
Go to bike4bgc.com to learn more about this event for the Boys and Girls Club of Dane County.
