What happens when you try to prevent ID theft by imposing new requirements on entities? Everyone wants out from under. Cheryl Clark reports on today’s installment of “Not me, please:”
The Council of Medical Specialty Societies, which represents some 650,000 U.S. physician specialists in 34 societies, has announced its participation in a lawsuit to exempt doctors from requirements of the “Red Flags Rule” scheduled to take effect by year end.
Groups such as the American Medical Association object to the Federal Trade Commission’s requirement for physicians to verify the true identity of their patients before they agree to treat them if the patients are not paying in full at the time of the visit. The intention of the requirement is to prevent potential cases of identity theft.
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