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The Be Smart (Basic Education for Senior Medicare Awareness
to Restore Trust) About Your Finances and Medical Services education
campaign is funded through a grant from the South Carolina Lieutenant
Governor’s Office on Aging. Be Smart is a cooperative effort
of Clemson Extension and the South Carolina Bureau of Senior and Long Term
This program empowers senior citizens to protect their financial records, Medicare
benefits, and themselves from being victims of consumer fraud. County Extension
agents teach one-third of the program, and focus on record keeping information.
The key points of the Be Smart About Your Finances and Medical Services program
are:
- Keep track of your medical / financial records
- Know where and how long to keep your records
- Let someone you trust know where and how you file your important records
- Never give your personal medical / financial information to people you don’t know
- Know where to report any fraud or scam
- Keep track of your medical appointments and bills
For consumer information or to report consumer fraud, contact the South Carolina http://www.scconsumer.gov/.
To discuss Medicare benefits, Medicare supplements, long-term care insurance,
or to report Medicare fraud, contact the South Carolina Department of Health http://www.dhhs.state.sc.us/dhhsnew/index.asp.
For more information about the Be Smart About Your Finances and Medical Services
program, contact Nancy Porter.
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