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West Virginia
To celebrate Consumer Protection Week, the WV SMP teamed up with Governor Joe Manchin III, the AG’s Office and AoA for a series of activities culminating with a Reverse Boiler Room Operation (RBO). During the RBO, 50 volunteers, including Barbara Dieker, Director of the Office of Elder Rights for AoA and Keith Fulton, President of Verizon WV phoned nearly 3000 older West Virginians to warn them about Medicare, telemarketing, and wire fraud. Stay tuned for a feature in the upcoming Sentinel!

 

The Center maintains a list of fraud protection related links. Please e-mail info@smpresource.org with any suggestions for additions to the list!

To view the list, Click here…


Since 1997, the SMP program:
  • recovered $4.5 million in Medicare funds
  • reported over $3.1 million in savings to beneficiaries
(April 2008 OIG Report)


The National Consumer Protection Technical Resource Center
1.877.808.2468 • email: info@smpresource.org
Website development was supported in part by grant No. 90AM2806, from the Administration on Aging, Department of Health and Human Services. Grantees undertaking technical resource centers under government sponsorship are encouraged to express freely their findings and conclusions. Therefore, points of view or opinions do not necessarily represent official Administration on Aging policy.