Other “telltale warning signs” of a Medicare scam include being told you are eligible for a refund because of a change in your plan, or getting “offers involving no-cost medical supplies, medical care or prescription medications ,” said the National Council on Aging (NCOA), a nonprofit that serves seniors.

It is estimated that Medicare fraud costs taxpayers over $60 billion dollars nationally per year. To help combat this illicit industry StateWide announced its Fraud of the Month program in 2022 to highlight these scams being perpetrated on the State's seniors.

Seniors often report ever-convincing calls from people claiming to be from health care or Medicare, but these are fraudsters.

An Oklahoma chiropractor and owner of Back Pain Home Supplies LLC, doing business as EZ Medical Supply, has been indicted for allegedly orchestrating a $30 million health care fraud scheme.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WTAP) - Medicare scams were the top leading scams for West Virginia in 2025. The West Virginia Attorney General’s Office released a list of the top 10 fraud complaints they received last year. Medicare scams were at the top of the list, with robotic calls coming second.