{"id":75383,"date":"2025-08-11T19:24:19","date_gmt":"2025-08-11T19:24:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/75383\/"},"modified":"2025-08-11T19:24:19","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T19:24:19","slug":"genetic-testing-scams-on-the-rise-in-mississippi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/75383\/","title":{"rendered":"Genetic testing scams on the rise in Mississippi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The state Senior Medicare Patrol says there is a rise in genetic testing scams happening.<\/p>\n<p>Beneficiaries are reporting that they are receiving calls from medical providers with offers of genetic testing that is covered by Medicare.<\/p>\n<p>Senior Medicare Patrol officials say scammers are spoofing phone numbers and using false information.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019ve received a call, you are advised to call the hotline at 1-877-272-8720.<\/p>\n<p>The Senior Medicare Patrol is telling all beneficiaries not to give out personal information or accept screening services.<\/p>\n<p>They also say to be suspicious of anyone offering a free test, you should go to your own doctor to assess any condition.\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The state Senior Medicare Patrol says there is a rise in genetic testing scams happening. Beneficiaries are reporting&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":75384,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[200,79],"class_list":["post-75383","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-genetics","tag-genetics","tag-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75383","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=75383"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75383\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/75384"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75383"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75383"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75383"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}