Medical Identity Theft On The Rise

NPR/WBUR: Medical identity theft - in which thieves use stolen social security numbers, names and insurance information to seek treatment under an assumed identity -is on the rise. “Over the past 12 months, [CoxHealth Hospital in Missouri] has seen nine instances of identity theft - four in the past 45 days, says Betty Breshears, vice president of corporate integrity at the hospital…

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Filed under: Medicare / Medicaid / Tricare on March 5th, 2010