-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 04/16/2014 10:36 AM, Bill Wood wrote: > On Wed, 2014-04-16 at 09:01 -0400, shawn wilson wrote: >> On Wed, Apr 16, 2014 at 8:54 AM, John Hasler >> <jhas...@newsguy.com> wrote: > . . . >>> What is medical identity theft? > > Theft of patient identity information, usually for the purpose of > insurance fraud. > >> I'd also be interested seeing the proof for the claim (I think >> he means medical data breaches but IDK anyone has disclosed that >> information). > > My brother was heavily involved in bringing hospitals into HIPAA > compliance after the Act was implemented in, I think, 1996. He > subsequently consulted for the state government and hospital > systems defining security and privacy policies and conducting > audits until his retirement a few years ago. He told me yesterday > (U.S. CDT) about the sharp rise in patient identity theft in recent > years. His comment was that ID theft occurred more often as 1-1 > cases than as massive breaches like the recent Target exploits. > Apparently the goal is usually to obtain health services and > prescriptions from another person's insurance. The consequences of > the corruption of the victim's medical records can be devastating. >
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