Wanted to share this veteran alert with all of you…according to a recent post on Gathering of Eagles, a forum for vets, VA clinics have been handing out fliers warning patients of a new scam. Here’s what was written on the fliers:
While at the Vista VA Clinic on 28 Aug 09, VA staff were handing out flyers warning of a VA Scam. Here is the content of the warning flyer:
Veterans are reporting that they are receiving calls from people claiming to be from the VA Pharmacy. The callers are telling veterans that the billing procedure for prescriptions has changed, and that the veteran needs to provide his/her credit card number for prescription payment before Pharmacy will fill their medication requests.
Please alert your veterans that this is a scam! All billing for any V A treatment and/or prescriptions is done through the MCCR Section of the V A. If the veteran wishes to pay his/her account by credit card, the veteran must provide the credit card number to our Agent Cashier. Our Agent Cashier is the only VA employee authorized to accept credit card payments. Thank you.
To contact the VA with questions about health care: 1-877-222-VETS (8387) and you may also want to check out http://www.myhealth.va.gov/, which provides additional information about health care-related issues.
