tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2015 Issue 11

Privacy: Safeguard Your Medical Identity In 8 Steps

Compromised NPI could land you with fraud charges. Medicare beneficiaries and providers are equally at risk of becoming victims of identity theft if thieves get their hands on your NPI. That’s the word from CMS’s training course, “Safeguarding Your Medical Identity,” which the agency recently updated with new information on how to prevent becoming a victim of this growing trend. Know What’s At Risk “Medical identity theft is the inappropriate or misuse of a patient’s or physician’s unique medical identifying information to obtain or bill public or private payers for fraudulent...

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