Monday, October 3rd, 2011
A 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 ...
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Friday, August 19th, 2011
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Wednesday, July 13th, 2011
Identity theft is usually thought of in the context of financial transactions. But it also happens in medical care.
According to the Federal Trade Commission, medical identity theft occurs when someone uses another person's name or insurance information to obtain medical treatment, prescription drugs or surgery. It also takes place when ...
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Thursday, March 4th, 2010
A 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 ...
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