Medical Identity Theft – Advice from the FTC

The FTC has posted a useful guide to “medical identity theft” for health care providers and insurers.

Medical identity theft occurs when someone obtains health care services e.g. treatment, prescription drugs … using the identity of someone else, or when they use another person’s identity to submit false bills. The guide – Medical Identity Theft: FAQs for Health Care Providers and Health Plans – covers:

• red flags that might indicate a problem,
• advice on responding to incidents, and
• how to help your patients avoid identity theft.