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Industry Note:

Advise Your Patients To Be On The Lookout For New COVID-19 Scams From Fraudsters

Keep tabs on how the HHS Office of Inspector General is dealing with COVID-19 issues on its new portal at https://oig.hhs.gov/coronavirus.The webpage has “up to date information about our operations, contact information, and COVID-related work,” the OIG says. For example: “Scammers are offering COVID-19 tests to Medicare beneficiaries in exchange for personal details, including Medicare information,” the OIG says.“However, [...]
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