Senior Medicare Patrol

Senior Medicare Patrol (SMP) volunteers work in their communities to provide education to Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries, their family members and their caregivers about preventing health care fraud and abuse.

The SMP empowers Medicare beneficiaries through increased awareness of health care programs to protect them from the economic and health-related consequences of Medicare fraud, errors and abuse. The Oregon SMP provides services around the state through partnerships with the Senior Health Insurance Benefits Assistance (SHIBA) program, the Office of the Long-Term Care Ombudsman (LTCO) and the Association for Oregon Centers for Independent Living (AOCIL).

Tools for coordinators

Training and resources

SMP Resource Center
Online SMP Training
Fraud Schemes - Learn to identify fraud schemes associated with health-related services and issues
How to Read Your Medicare Summary Notice (MSN) - Covers the basics of how to read your MSN

Outreach materials

This project was supported in part by grant 90MPPG0002, from the U.S. Administration for Community Living, Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, D.C. 20201. Grantees undertaking projects with government sponsorship are encourages to freely express their findings and conclusions. Points of view or opinions do not, therefore, necessarily represent official ACL policy.