Stop Medical Identity Theft: Secure Your Health Records Now

Medical identity theft

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Billing error from your healthcare provider? Maybe. But what if it's medical identity theft ? Learn how to prevent medical ID theft and spot the red flags.

What To Know About Medical Identity Theft

Learn what medical identity theft is, how to protect yourself from it, and how to know and what to do if someone is using your medical information.

How to Prevent Medical Identity Theft While preventing regular identity theft focuses on securing your personal information on documents and devices, preventing medical identity theft takes a more specific approach.

Medical Identity Theft

Medical identity theft is when someone steals or uses your personal information (like your name, Social Security number, or Medicare number), to submit fraudulent claims to Medicare and other health insurers without your authorization.

This booklet outlines the scope and definition of medical identity theft , common schemes using stolen identities, consequences for victims and perpetrators, mitigation strategies, and appropriate actions for potential victims of medical identity theft . The booklet provides examples of adjudicated criminal cases involving stolen provider medical identities and practical approaches providers can ...

How to Avoid Medical Identity Theft

Learn how to avoid medical identity theft , spot red flags and protect your health records, insurance and credit from fraud.

Consumers should know that medical identity theft can happen, whether from a large-scale breach or theft of an individual's data. The result could be thousands of dollars in medical bills.

Medical identity theft follows you into the doctor's office

Medical identity theft can put someone else's claims, prescriptions or diagnoses into your health records, creating problems that can follow you into a doctor's office. (iStock)