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).
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.
Jennifer Salazar
Executive Director of the BBB Houston Education Foundation and
Texas SMP Program Director
713-341-6184
Cherie Storey
State Coordinator of Volunteers
713-341-6144
Angel Hanzik
Sr. State Outreach Coordinator
713-341-6188
Veronica Alegria
State Outreach Specialist
956-332-3360
Robert Obregon
Sr. Program Coordinator
956-969-1804
We also offer presentations about scams and the Senior Medicare Patrol. Schedule a Texas Senior Medicare Patrol Team Member in your community for a presentation!
Please contact:
Angel Hanzik
Email: ahanzik@bbbhou.org
713-341-6188
or
Veronica Alegria
Email: valegria@bbbsouthtexas.org
956-332-3360
Texas Senior Medicare Patrol
1333 West Loop South, Houston, Texas 77027, United States
Copyright © 2022 Texas Senior Medicare Patrol - All Rights Reserved.
This project was supported, in part by grant number 90MPPG0017, from the U.S. Administration for Community Living, Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, D.C. 20201.
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