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“This is what happens to a senior citizen,” fraud victim Gerald D’Ambrosio said. “It’s a disgrace.”
He hasn’t seen his cardiologist since last August, but it’s now that he feels like he’s going to have a heart attack.
“I got a bill, I think two weeks ago, from an ambulance service for $750,” he said.
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He hadn’t been in an ambulance, but someone billed Medicare for transporting him to the ER, and then his stolen Medicare was abused over and over.
His explanation of benefits” showed he also had:
–A knee and chest X-ray
–An EKG
–A psychiatric evaluation
–A battery of blood work
–A slew of doctor visits
It all supposedly took place last November, while the couple spent a quiet Thanksgiving week at home, staying away from kids and grandkids because of COVID. But his medical records show him being taken to the hospital on November 23, and that was just the start of the bogus billing.
“When we got these bills, it was unbelievable,” wife Roseanne D’Ambrosio said. “You know, we were devastated.”
They wound up calling the New York Statewide Senior Action Council, a non-profit organization dedicated to advocating for the needs and…
