About Us

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 Senior Medicare Patrols (SMPs) empower and assist Medicare beneficiaries, their families, and caregivers to prevent, detect, and report health care fraud, errors, and abuse through outreach, counseling, and education. SMPs are grant-funded projects of the federal U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), U.S. Administration for Community Living (ACL). 

Jennifer Salazar, Executive Director of the BBB Houston Education Foundation

713-341-6184

jsalazar@bbbhou.org

Mary Ordonez, Executive Assistant

713-341-6162

mordonez@bbbhou.org

Angel Hanzik, State Program Director

713-341-6188

ahanzik@bbbhou.org

Cherie Storey, State Volunteer Manager

713-341-6144

cstorey@bbbhou.org

Veronica Alegria, State Outreach Specialist  

956-332-3360

valegria@bbbhou.org

Robert Obregon, Sr. Program Coordinator

956-969-1804

robregon@bbbhou.org

Eloisa Ramirez, Complex Interaction Specialist

713-341-6185

eramirez@bbbhou.org

Richard Ford, Project Specialist

713-341-6141

rford@bbbhou.org

Valerie Petriciolet, Outreach Specialist

713-341-6121

vpetriciolet@bbbhou.org

 The Better Business Bureau Education Foundation of Metropolitan Houston has joined the fight against Medicare Fraud with the implementation of their Senior Medicare Patrol program. The program became statewide in 2008. Otherwise known as the Texas SMP, the Senior Medicare Patrol is a group of volunteers trained to educate and inform Medicare beneficiaries on how to combat fraud and waste of their Medicare dollars. This is a national program funded through a federal grant awarded by the Administration on Aging, www.smpresource.org.