About the Ohio Senior Medicare Patrol

The SMP projects receive grants from the Administration for Community Living (ACL) to recruit and train people to prevent, recognize, and report health care fraud, errors, and abuse. SMP team members participate in outreach events to help educate Medicare beneficiaries how to protect themselves from medical identity theft.

The COVID-19 pandemic continued to present challenges for the SMP projects that limited their in-person activities. In 2023, the 54 SMP projects had a total of 5,532 active team members who conducted a total of 22,356 group outreach and education events, reaching an estimated 1,244,697 people. In addition, the projects had 270,348 individual interactions with, or on behalf of and Medicare beneficiary.

For 2023, the SMP projects reported $111,277,683 in expected Medicare recoveries. For more detailed information, visit the OIG Report.

We are Fraud Fighters helping to stop scammers in their tracks!