Identifying medical identity theft early can help reduce the expense and harm to patients. Tell your patients to closely scrutinize their medical bills. They also should verify whom they are speaking with when they are asked to provide medical information. Medical identity thieves often pose as insurance company representatives, doctor's offices, and pharmacies in order to steal patients' personal information.
Patients need to be vigilant in looking for other signs of medical identity theft such as receiving bills for services that were never provided, calls from medical debt collectors, or collection notices from healthcare providers that never provided services to the patients. A more advanced case might be detected when the patient gets
Patients need to be vigilant in looking for other signs of medical identity theft such as receiving bills for services that were never provided, calls from medical debt collectors, or collection notices from healthcare providers that never provided services to the patients. A more advanced case might be detected when the patient gets