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Medical identity theft spreads

Posted on August 22, 2008 by Dissent

Judith Graham reports:

The problem of medical identity theft is on the rise, and it’s often an inside job, experts say.

Between 250,000 and 500,000 people have their medical identities stolen each year, said Pam Dixon, who heads the World Privacy Forum, a non-profit group that helps victims of identity theft.

Most of the perpetrators are “people working in the health-care sector”—for instance, billing or housecleaning staff or clerical workers at large hospitals who have access to confidential patient information such as Social Security and health insurance policy numbers, said Dixon, considered the nation’s leading authority on the topic.

Read more in the Chicago Tribune

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1 thought on “Medical identity theft spreads”

  1. Anonymous says:
    August 22, 2008 at 10:48 am

    Now is there any way that we are all going to be assured that we are safe from all these?

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