Archive for the ‘Medical Identity Theft’ Category
Medical identity theft an increasing problem, health organizations ill-prepared
Monday, October 3rd, 2011A new survey from PricewaterhouseCoopers stated that nearly four out of 10 doctors offices and hospitals have caught someone trying to obtain medical services by using someone else's identity. In fact, people using fake identities was listed as the second most common privacy or security issue reported by healthcare providers. Medical ...
New study shows one in seventeen U.S. adults become victims of medical identity theft
Thursday, March 4th, 2010A new study done by the National Study on Medical Identity Theft polled over 156,000 people and came up with a very interesting figure. A whopping 5.8% reported having been victims of medical identity theft in the past. That percentage translates to nearly 1 in 17 adults or 1.42 million ...
