Provides enforcement of all laws and ordinances, preventing crimes, investigating criminal activity, apprehending, arresting, and detaining suspects, presenting evidence, regulating traffic, investigating traffic accidents, and engaging in other activities that protect lives and property and preserve peace.

Provides methods that the public can use to report to cases of suspected fraud involving claimants, employers, insurance company officials, officials of third-party administrators, insurance agents, lawyers, health care providers, and vocational rehabilitation providers who have lied to obtain a benefit through the Workers Compensation program or to prevent a benefit from being awarded.

SMP staff and volunteers educate and empower Ohio Medicare beneficiaries to recognize, avoid and report suspected Medicare fraud, waste and abuse.

Accepts allegations of fraud, waste, mismanagement or abuse concerning programs of the department. Programs include Medicare, Medicaid, Head Start, Services for Native Americans, health care equipment providers, institutional health caregivers, and grant and contracts. Also accepts reports of suspected crimes by federal department employees or contractors.

Provides Medicare Balance Billing Program, investigates allegations of balance billing and provides an information line for those who seek information about balance billing, to protect Medicare beneficiaries from being billed by health care practitioners for amounts beyond those approved by Medicare, and takes action against those practitioners who violate the law

Ohio SMP staff and volunteers educate and empower Medicare beneficiaries to prevent, recognize, and report health care fraud, errors, and abuse.

Provides a hotline the public can use to report instances where applicants, policyholders, claimants, providers, agents or insurance company employees have made false statements or otherwise intentionally misrepresented the facts during the process of buying, using, selling, or underwriting insurance.

Accepts reports of suspected fraud from individuals with Medicare when they suspect that Medicare is being charged for health care they did not get or when they do not know the provider on the claim.

Dispatches officers to the scene of a crime in progress or a police emergency incident (call 911) also services non emergency calls.

Dispatches police officers to the scene of a crime in progress or a police emergency incident (call 911).

Provides information and referral services, for individuals, to understand the claims process, and to determine if claim hearing of an individual is eligible to receive worker's compensation and the adjudication process of the claim and to her related inquires

Seeks to protect Medicare beneficiaries from illegal billing practices. Investigates complaints regarding health care practitioners who may be billing for amounts beyond those approved by Medicare. Takes action against practitioners who violate the law.

Assists with prevention, detection, and reporting of suspected Medicare fraud, errors, and abuse.

Battles fraud in the health care industry through the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit and the Workers' Compensation Fraud Unit. The Medicaid Fraud Control Unit is responsible for the investigation and prosecution of health care providers accused of defrauding the state's Medicaid program. In addition, this Unit also enforces Ohio's Patient Abuse and Neglect Law, which protects the mentally and physically disabled and the elderly from neglect and abuse in Ohio's long-term care facilities. The Workers' Compensation Fraud Unit is responsible for prosecuting claimants, employers and health care providers who defraud the Ohio Workers' Compensation Program.

Helps Medicare beneficiaries prevent, detect and report health care fraud, errors and abuse, through outreach, education, responding to questions and concerns about suspicious billing/suspected Medicare fraud. Equips SMP volunteers throughout the state to provide outreach and education.

Provides methods that the public can use to report to cases of suspected fraud involving claimants, employers, insurance company officials, officials of third-party administrators, insurance agents, lawyers, health care providers, and vocational rehabilitation providers who have lied to obtain a benefit through the Workers Compensation program or to prevent a benefit from being awarded.

Assists with prevention, detection, and reporting of suspected Medicare fraud, errors, and abuse.

Provides crime prevention and safety programs to Centerville residents in the areas of: bunco/fraud protection, property identification, child abuse prevention, juvenile delinquency prevention, commercial and residential security evaluations, child sexual assault prevention, shoplifting prevention, halloween safety, school safety, bicycle safety, vacation security checks, neighborhood watch programs, traffic safety, and child passenger safety.

The Fraud Unit's mission is to detect, prevent and act as a facilitator regarding consumer/provider insurance fraud in Ohio. The Fraud Unit is a criminal justice agency. The unit will investigate complaints of persons suspected of fraudulently attempting to receive a benefit from an insurance company. The unit will initiate criminal proceedings by presenting evidence of the commission of any criminal offense established under the laws of Ohio relating to insurance to the prosecuting attorney of any county in which the offense may be prosecuted, or to federal prosecutors.

Handles complaints and investigates issues dealing with suspected Medicaid fraud by providers and possible neglect or abuse of residents of long term care facilities in Ohio. Will prosecute if criminal action is found. Complaints addressed include, but not limited to, suspected Medicaid fraud by providers (billing for services not performed, over billing, kickbacks etc.) and possible neglect or abuse of residents of a long term care facility (such as nursing homes, group homes, MR/DD facilities, and hospital long term care units). Does not represent the person making the complaint as a private attorney would.

Seeks to protect Medicare beneficiaries from illegal billing practices. Investigates complaints regarding health care practitioners who may be billing for amounts beyond those approved by Medicare. Takes action against practitioners who violate the law.

Provides methods that the public can use to report to cases of suspected fraud involving claimants, employers, insurance company officials, officials of third-party administrators, insurance agents, lawyers, health care providers, and vocational rehabilitation providers who have lied to obtain a benefit through the Workers Compensation program or to prevent a benefit from being awarded.

Helps Medicare beneficiaries prevent, detect and report health care fraud, errors and abuse, through outreach, education, responding to questions and concerns about suspicious billing/suspected Medicare fraud. Equips SMP volunteers throughout the state to provide outreach and education.

Provides methods that the public can use to report to cases of suspected fraud involving claimants, employers, insurance company officials, officials of third-party administrators, insurance agents, lawyers, health care providers, and vocational rehabilitation providers who have lied to obtain a benefit through the Workers Compensation program or to prevent a benefit from being awarded.

Helps Medicare beneficiaries prevent, detect and report health care fraud, errors and abuse, through outreach, education, responding to questions and concerns about suspicious billing/suspected Medicare fraud. Equips SMP volunteers throughout the state to provide outreach and education.