Preventing Healthcare Fraud
Because many are responsible for helping older family members with their healthcare, ‘Ohana Caregivers are in a unique position to help protect their loved ones from healthcare fraud. This is a very important job because healthcare fraud is a huge problem for elders in our State. In Hawai‘i, as well as nationally, approximately 10% of the money spent on the Medicare program is estimated to be lost due to healthcare fraud, waste, and abuse.
This comes out to approximately:
- $80,000,000 dollars every year
- $861,000 dollars every week
- $123,000 dollars every day or
- $85 dollars every minute
This money could be used to provide better health care services for our kupuna.
Understanding Healthcare Fraud
Healthcare fraud is widespread. Each year, it causes thousands of older adults to become victims and billions of dollars to be lost by Medicare and Medicaid.
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Healthcare Fraud is a Family Matter
It takes an ‘Ohana to care for older family members. One person might drive them to their doctor’s appointments, another might help them with housework and still another might make sure that they eat properly.
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