Medical identity theft is often an “inside job”
February 24th, 2008 Posted by: Dr. Dobson
When physicians look to protect their patients from medical identity theft, they may want to start by examining their office staff.
That’s because, while patients may try to use another person’s identity fraudulently to receive medical care, many thefts happen when a hospital, clinic or practice employee sells patient information to organized crime or gang leaders, experts said. Then the information is used to conduct fake billing or obtain goods such as wheelchairs and prescription drugs to sell on the black market, said Pam Dixon, executive director of the World Privacy Forum, a nonprofit research and consumer education organization.
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