Category Archives: Medical Identity Theft

Is Your Family Prepared for an Aged Parent’s Life Events?

Posted on August 12, 2012 by Bruce Demarest

You cannot know all the future holds, but it is possible to prepare for the legal challenges that you, your parents and your loved ones may face as all grow older. Seniors and their children must prepare now to meet … Continue reading →

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Identity Thieves are Destroying Our Children’s Future

Posted on August 6, 2012 by Bruce Demarest

Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement Hearing “Document Fraud in Employment Authorization: How an E-Verify Requirement Can Help” April 18, 2012 Testimony of Jennifer Andrushko Mother of child victim of SSN identity theft by an illegal alien for the … Continue reading →

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Why does Medicare put Seniors at Risk?

Posted on April 2, 2012 by Bruce Demarest

Medicare still puts your Social Security number on your Medicare card 44 million Americans are carrying in their wallet or purse their Medicare card. Medicare cards contain the person’s Social Security number. Placing SSNs on Medicare cards unnecessarily places millions … Continue reading →

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Medicare: Will it stop using my SSN? – Answer Man – bnd.com

Posted on March 25, 2012 by Bruce Demarest

Re-Post of Medicare: Will it stop using my SSN? – Answer Man – bnd.com. BY ROGER SCHLUETER – News-Democrat Q. Credit card companies and financial institutions have gone to great lengths to protect us from identity theft. However, the U.S. government … Continue reading →

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Medical Identity Theft Exploding

Posted on January 2, 2012 by Bruce Demarest

Ponemon Institute: “Our study found that the number of data breaches among healthcare organizations participating in the 2010 and 2011 studies is still growing—eroding patient privacy and contributing to medical identity theft. On average, it is estimated that data breaches … Continue reading →

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Are you a Victim of Medical identity theft?

Posted on December 30, 2011 by Bruce Demarest

Medical identity theft is the fraudulent use of an individual’s health information to obtain access to obtain medical services or goods. Medical identity theft often results in erroneous entries in existing medical records, leading to inappropriate and potentially life-threatening decisions … Continue reading →

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Culture of Security in Your Family

Posted on December 1, 2011 by Bruce Demarest

Throughout the history of man the basic unit of security has been the family. As the need for support increased the family expanded to tribes to villages finally to counties. The core unit for building a Privacy Security Culture still … Continue reading →

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Are you living and working in a culture of security?

Posted on November 23, 2011 by Bruce Demarest

Recently I was asked, “What is your purpose?” I loved the question and the more I thought about it the more I loved it. Why do I do what I do? Why do I blog and tweet? Why do I … Continue reading →

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Medical Identity Theft Could be Dangerous to Your Health

Posted on October 12, 2011 by Bruce Demarest

Medical Identity Theft may be the most dangerous form of Identity Theft, because it could mean life or death. It may change your medical and health insurance records. A record is created with the imposter’s medical information which might be … Continue reading →

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