Apr 12, 2017
I worked for the company who calls. I completely understand being paranoid and distrustful towards these calls -- if I hadn't been at the other end of the line, I would have blocked them too!
Phone numbers: 866-218-5975, 860-740-3133. Located in FL. They call from "the Doctor's office" (no specific doctor), they have an accent, they make numerous calls a day, every day. They ask for personal information, including your SS#, and they transfer a lot. Four transfers in, you may get to talk to a doctor about some braces through Medicare.
From my experience, this is legit... the catch is, if you're offered these braces, you may or may not get them, who knows! This is the scheme: there are some companies who fabricate braces and offer them to Medicare patients. In order to get Medicare to pay for them (so the final users get them at little to no cost), they need a signed prescription. This is where the Doctor's office comes in: these companies offer the braces AND the telehealth doctor to approve the prescription in a single call, so they make a sale on the spot.
The doctors are actual doctors and are licensed. You may hear a recording mentioning the HIPAA, and it may ask for your consent to get calls from them -- say yes if you're interested in the braces, say no if you're not and politely ask them to put you in their DNC list. They will comply, but only if you explicitly mention the DNC.
They will ask you for your SS# and perform a triage, asking for measurements, medications you're taking, recent visits to the ER, and details about your chronic pain. If you do not feel comfortable giving out this information, politely ask the agent to place your number in their DNC list. Don't simply hang up, they'll call you even more!
The worst that can happen if you let them go forward is not receiving the product.