Volunteers for Senior Medicare Patrol Program

The Senior Medicare Patrol  program is seeking to recruit volunteers. 

Volunteers are needed from Hancock, Henderson, McLean, Ohio, Union, and Webster counties to help Medicare beneficiaries avoid, detect, and prevent health care fraud.

SMP volunteers teach beneficiaries how to protect their personal information, identify and report errors on healthcare statements, recognize scams such as illegal marketing, providing unnecessary services, and charging for services that were not provided, and how to report medical fraud and abuse.

Tina Mattingly, GRADD SMP coordinator says that medicare paperwork can often be "overwhelming".  “Our goal is to educate beneficiaries and caregivers so they can better understand Explanation of Benefits  and Medicare Summary Notices” Mattingly says.

Extensive free training will be provided for 25 new volunteers, who will be equipped to provide assistance to at least 1,000 seniors across the region. The U.S. Department of Justice estimates that Medicare fraud costs taxpayers $60 to $90 billion annually, with Kentucky ranking among the top five of offending states (behind only California, Texas, New York and Ohio).

For more information or to become an SMP volunteer, please contact Tina Mattingly at

1-800-928-9094

or- tinamattingly@gradd.com