Healthcare Data Breaches: Handle with Care
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Growing medical identity theft puts patients at risk
By Liv Osby Victims of medical identity theft should file a police report and file a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission at ftccomplaintassistant .gov or at 1-877-438-4338. Victims also can file a complaint with US Department of Health and …
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Schneider says Scammers Targeting Maine Diabetics
"Safeguarding your personal information, including your Medicare number, is the best step Maine consumers can take to prevent medical identity theft." Schneider advises people to be wary of anyone offering free medical equipment or services who then …
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Your Mail: Program guards seniors
Medicare fraud costs taxpayers about $60 billion each year and results in medical identity theft and excessive out-of-pocket costs for thousands of Medicare beneficiaries. SMP volunteers play an important role in addressing this problem by educating …
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