Blacksburg, Virginia -- Chapter #2613
February Chapter Meeting Tuesday, February 16, 2010 Blacksburg Community Center
The program will focus on
Heath Care Fraud & Abuse
February 16 Chapter Meeting will return to the regular meeting location at the Blacksburg Community Center
beginning at 11:30 a.m. with a brown bag lunch (coffee, tea and water available) with the program starting at noon.
Dr. Matt McMullen who most recently worked as a health care fraud abuse analyst in the Office of the Inspector General of the US Department of Health & Human Services will speak on the current scope of the problem and what individuals can do about it. Please see his article in the Oct, 2009 Chapter Newsletter for background information. Reprints will be available at the meeting.
In addition there will be a review of the scope of the Senior Medicare Patrol by Elyse Politi who heads up the effort for our area at the New River Valley Agency on Aging in Pulaski. There will be time for questions and answers after the presentation, as well as information about joining the local Senior Medicare Patrol.
The Table Top Talk in February will be the Blacksburg Interfaith Food Pantry. Vern Simpson will be briefing the Chapter members on the current needs of the volunteer effort to service the hungry in Blacksburg. All members are urged to bring at least one or two bags of canned fruit or vegetables to help restock the shelves of the pantry. Chapter members brought 60 bags for the Blacksburg Interfaith Food Pantry in the Spring of 2009, and chapter president Brian Allen challenges everyone to bring at least TWO bags this time to meet the 2010 goal of over 100 bags from AARP Blacksburg.