What is the SMP Program?

Senior Medicare Patrol programs help Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries prevent, detect and report health care fraud. In doing so, they not only protect older persons, they also help preserve the integrity of the Medicare and Medicaid programs. Because this work often requires face-to-face contact to be most effective, SMPs nationwide recruit and teach nearly 5,000 volunteers every year to help in this effort. Most SMP volunteers are both retired and Medicare beneficiaries and thus well-positioned to assist their peers.

SMPs are grant-funded projects of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), U.S. Administration for Community Living (ACL). In Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Vermont the SMP program is administered by AdviseWell, Inc.