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GAO: Medicare ID Cards a Fraud Risk

Posted on October 18, 2013 by Dissent

Marianne Kolbasuk McGee reports:

Citing concerns about identity theft risks, a new Government Accountability Office report urges the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to step up its efforts to remove Social Security numbers from Medicare beneficiaries’ identification cards.

Read more on GovInfoSecurity.com.

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