Do you get mail from Medicare survey companies?

Do you get mail from a CMS c/o DDS Research company wanting you to fill out a survey for the Medicare Health Outcomes survey? They claim our answers will help the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and our health plan improve the quality of care for people with Medicare. I have gotten several and each one has gone in the trash. I don't like the idea of doing surveys and sending them back. It may not but it seems like it would be sending an invitation for more surveys. Today, I received a reminder to fill out the survey and send it back in. They will be sending another copy of the survey in the mail soon and they want me to fill it out and send it in. But, on each one they have sent, they state that I don't have to fill it out. If I don't have to fill it out, why are they pestering me to death about it then? Do you fill them out and send them back in?

treeguy64

Hari Om, y'all!

I had two, self-inking, rubber stamps made: "

SeaBreeze

Endlessly Groovin'

I got a lot of Medicare Advantage spam mail in my box, but never a survey. i wouldn't fill it out either April, especially if they had the nerve to send me a reminder.

AprilSun

Senior Member

I had two, self-inking, rubber stamps made: "

LOL. I love this and may try it myself!

I got a lot of Medicare Advantage spam mail in my box, but never a survey. i wouldn't fill it out either April, especially if they had the nerve to send me a reminder.


I'm not going to do anything unless it is what treeguy64 did. If I don't do that, it goes to my trash. I did another search online yesterday and found that this same company has been pestering people by calling them not just once but repeatedly. That made me start thinking that I probably have their phone number blocked so they can't call me so they are making it up my sending me junk mail. I'm not giving them anything that they want to know. In the search results, some were saying that our insurance company gave them our names to find out how they can improve their service and that is why they are doing this. They are going to have to find out from someone else if that is true. These days you can't be too careful.

JustBonee

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I'm not going to do anything unless it is what treeguy64 did. If I don't do that, it goes to my trash. I did another search online yesterday and found that this same company has been pestering people by calling them not just once but repeatedly. That made me start thinking that I probably have their phone number blocked so they can't call me so they are making it up my sending me junk mail. I'm not giving them anything that they want to know. In the search results, some were saying that our insurance company gave them our names to find out how they can improve their service and that is why they are doing this. They are going to have to find out from someone else if that is true. These days you can't be too careful.

This is the first year that I've received that survey in the mail, and I've been on Medicare for 10 years. Like you, I trashed it, then got the follow-up card reminder with the mention of another survey coming. Also will trash that one when it comes.
I will not do surveys!!
I've had insurance companies coming out of the woodwork lately digging for information. Have no idea what it's all about, but it sure is annoying.