Kristen Gerencher of the Wall Street Journal reports:
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At Blue Shield of California, which has 3.3 million insured members, fraud investigators have seen about 10 medical identity theft cases over the last 18 months, said Michael Brandt, senior manager of the company’s special investigations in El Dorado Hills, Calif.
The incidents so far have been low-tech as opposed to organized criminal activity, he said.
“In some of the cases we’ve had, it’s people that were known to the member who took the card and got a service or got prescription drugs they were not entitled to.”
Blue Shield of California flags victims’ insurance files to help them avoid further problems and restore their records, Brandt said. The company also encourages them to file a police report, check their credit rating and contact the Federal Trade Commission’s investigative arm if necessary.
Full story – WSJ