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Report: Medical identity theft increasing
As more patients' medical information is put online, the prospect of medical identity theft is becoming more common. In 2007, which is the last time data was collected, more than 250,000 Americans... Read more...
Johns Hopkins investigating identity theft incident
Authorities are investigating the theft of patient information from Johns Hopkins Hospital, possibly by a former employee. The theft appears to have been part of a scheme to make fraudulent Virginia... Read more...
Express Scripts clients being extorted, too
Earlier this month, Express Scripts broke the news that someone was demanding an undisclosed amount, claiming that if the pharmacy benefits management firm didn't pay up, they would release about 75... Read more...
HHS awards contract for medical identity fraud study
HHS's Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology has awarded a $450,000 conract to Booz Allen Hamilton to scope out the size of the medical identity theft problem in the... Read more...
WellPoint data may have been compromised
While it's not clear what happened, it looks as though clinical and personal data on 130,000-odd WellPoint beneficiaries may have been accessed through the web. WellPoint has announced that during... Read more...
