{"id":1692,"date":"2011-02-09T18:58:27","date_gmt":"2011-02-10T02:58:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.cosaint.net\/?p=1692"},"modified":"2023-03-01T17:11:09","modified_gmt":"2023-03-01T17:11:09","slug":"medical-identity-theft-advice-from-the-ftc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.empowerelearning.com\/blog\/medical-identity-theft-advice-from-the-ftc\/","title":{"rendered":"Medical Identity Theft &#8211; Advice from the FTC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-990\" title=\"medicalrecords2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.empowerbpo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/medicalrecords2.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.empowerelearning.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/medicalrecords2.gif 150w, https:\/\/www.empowerelearning.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/medicalrecords2-100x100.gif 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>The FTC has posted a useful guide to &#8220;medical identity theft&#8221; for health care providers and insurers.<\/p>\n<p>Medical identity theft occurs when someone obtains health care services e.g. treatment, prescription drugs &#8230; using the identity of someone else, or when they use another person&#8217;s identity to submit false bills. The guide &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ftc.gov\/tips-advice\/business-center\/guidance\/medical-identity-theft-faqs-health-care-providers-health-plans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Medical Identity Theft: FAQs for Health Care Providers and Health Plans<\/a> &#8211; covers:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>red flags that might indicate a problem,<\/li>\n<li>advice on responding to incidents, and<\/li>\n<li>how to help your patients avoid identity theft.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The FTC has posted a useful guide to &#8220;medical identity theft&#8221; for health care providers and insurers. Medical identity theft occurs when someone obtains health care services e.g. treatment, prescription drugs &#8230; using the identity of someone else, or when they use another person&#8217;s identity to submit false bills. The guide &#8211; Medical Identity Theft: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1692","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-infosec"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.empowerelearning.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1692","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.empowerelearning.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.empowerelearning.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.empowerelearning.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.empowerelearning.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1692"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.empowerelearning.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1692\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.empowerelearning.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1692"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.empowerelearning.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1692"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.empowerelearning.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1692"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}