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American Health Information Management Association
Mitigating Medical Identity Theft: AHIMA Journal Provides Patient Tools to Secure Health Information
July 27th, 2008
Healthcare consumers can take several steps to prevent the theft of their medical identity and follow a "checklist" of recovery steps even if they are victimized by medical identity theft, according to a new practice brief, "Mitigating Medical Identity Theft," published in the July issue of the Journal of AHIMA. According to the brief, there are at least nine measures consumers can take to prevent and detect the theft of their medical identity, from "sharing personal and health insurance information only with trusted providers," to "questioning 'free' medical services or treatments" where it's unclear what services are being offered and who is paying for them. The...
Source: Pharma Investments, Ventures & Law Weekly (2008-07-27)
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