{"id":278696,"date":"2026-11-10T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-11-10T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/english-misleading-medicare-marketing-during-the-annual-enrollment-period-the-medicare-fraud-of-the-month-for-november\/"},"modified":"2026-11-10T11:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-11-10T15:00:00","slug":"english-misleading-medicare-marketing-during-the-annual-enrollment-period-the-medicare-fraud-of-the-month-for-november","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/english-misleading-medicare-marketing-during-the-annual-enrollment-period-the-medicare-fraud-of-the-month-for-november\/","title":{"rendered":"Misleading Medicare Marketing During the Annual Enrollment Period: &#8220;The Medicare Fraud of the Month for November&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"xn-newslines\">\n<h1 class=\"xn-hedline\">Misleading Medicare Marketing During the Annual Enrollment Period: &#8220;The Medicare Fraud of the Month for November&#8221;<\/h1>\n<p class=\"xn-distributor\">PR Newswire<\/p>\n<p class=\"xn-dateline\">ALBANY, N.Y., Nov. 10, 2026<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"legendSpanClass\">ALBANY, N.Y.<\/span>, <span class=\"legendSpanClass\">Nov. 10, 2026<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212; The New York StateWide Senior Action Council (StateWide), a 54-year-old non-profit organization dedicated to serving the needs and well-being of our State&#8217;s more than 3.6 million senior citizens, today announced its <b>Medicare Fraud of the Month<\/b>\u00a0<b>for<\/b>\u00a0<b>November: &#8220;Misleading Medicare Marketing Tactics During the Annual Enrollment Period October 15 through December 7.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The StateWide Fraud of the Month is a component of the <b>Senior Medicare Patrol (SMP)<\/b>, the definitive resource for New York State&#8217;s older adults and caregivers to detect, prevent, and report healthcare fraud, errors, and abuse. StateWide is New York&#8217;s grantee\/administrator for this Federal Program.<\/p>\n<p>Maria Alvarez, Executive Director of StateWide, explains, &#8220;Health insurance companies use TV, radio, events, mailings, phone calls, and texts to market their plans during this time period. There are rules to protect you.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Alvarez added, &#8220;Watch for the following warning signs:&#8221;<\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li><b>Requests For Personal Information:<\/b>\n<ul type=\"circle\">\n<li>Be cautious if someone asks for Medicare numbers, Social Security numbers, or bank information before deciding to enroll.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><b>Claims to be from Medicare<\/b>\n<ul type=\"circle\">\n<li>Plans can&#8217;t claim to represent or be endorsed by Medicare or any government agency.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><b>Use of High-Pressure Tactics<\/b>\n<ul type=\"circle\">\n<li>Take time to review plans! The entire Annual Enrollment Period is there for comparing options.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><b>Unsolicited Flyers or Door Hangers <\/b>\n<ul type=\"circle\">\n<li>There are limits on how plans can contact Medicare beneficiaries including leaving materials at home or on cars.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>StateWide offers the following tips for Seniors to protect themselves:<\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li><b>Opt Out<\/b>\n<ul type=\"circle\">\n<li>Seniors can ask plans to stop sending marketing communications.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><b>Review Medicare Annual Notice of Change Correspondence<\/b>\n<ul type=\"circle\">\n<li>Read it carefully to understand changes to current coverage.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><b>Know What You&#8217;re Agreeing To<\/b>\n<ul type=\"circle\">\n<li>Before meeting with a plan representative, review the Scope of Appointment form.\n<ul type=\"square\">\n<li>It identifies the Medicare products they are authorized to discuss.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li><b>Ask for Everything in Writing<\/b>\n<ul type=\"circle\">\n<li>Before enrolling, understand how the plan will affect current Medicare coverage.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Alvarez concluded, &#8220;StateWide offers certified counselors ready to help. They offer free, personalized, confidential, unbiased information about Medicare options including prescription drug plans. <b>Call our Helpline at 800-333-4374 or visit us at <a href=\"https:\/\/edge.prnewswire.com\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=4819133-1&amp;h=2267015570&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nysenior.org%2F&amp;a=www.nysenior.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.nysenior.org<\/a>.&#8221;<\/b><\/p>\n<p>StateWide also provides information and educational presentations, assistance regarding any Medicare questions, plan comparisons, appeals,\u00a0billing issues and patients&#8217; rights to all seniors throughout New York State.<\/p>\n<p>It is estimated that Medicare fraud costs taxpayers over $60 billion dollars nationally per year. To help combat this illicit industry StateWide announced its <b>Fraud of the Month<\/b>\u00a0program in 2022 to highlight these scams being perpetrated on the State&#8217;s seniors.<\/p>\n<p>SOURCE New York StateWide Senior Action Council, Inc.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Misleading Medicare Marketing During the Annual Enrollment Period: &#8220;The Medicare Fraud of the Month for November&#8221;<br \/>\n                PR Newswire<br \/>\n                ALBANY, N.Y., Nov. 10, 2026<\/p>\n<p>                ALBANY, N.Y., Nov. 10, 2026 \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212; The New York StateWide Senior Action Council (StateWide), a 54-year-old non-profit organization dedicated to serving the needs and well-being of our State&#8217;s more than 3.6 million senior citizens, today announced its Medicare Fraud of the Month\u00a0for\u00a0November: &#8220;Misleading Medicare Marketing Tactics During&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-278696","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-salud"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278696","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=278696"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278696\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=278696"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=278696"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=278696"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}