Beneficiary Card Sharing Risks
Guidance for Beneficiary card sharing risks, including fact sheet, educational video, postcard and handouts.
Final
Issued by: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Issue Date: July 15, 2020
Medicaid fraud, waste, and abuse can result when bad actors obtain beneficiaries’ Medicaid cards or numbers - even if the beneficiary did not intend it. This toolkit educates beneficiaries about the risks and negative consequences of sharing such information with others.
- Beneficiary Card Sharing Risks Fact Sheet (PDF) (4 pages)
- Beneficiary Card Sharing Risks Postcard (PDF) (2-sided postcard)
- Beneficiary Card Sharing Risks Educational Video (YouTube-20 minutes)
- Beneficiary Card Sharing Risks Educational Video Handout (PDF) (11 pages)
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