Medical Identity Theft uses the person's identity information to make false claims for medical services or goods

The Nightmare of
Medical Identity Theft

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Financial identity theft is bad enough. But lesser-known medical identity theft could be even worse. This eye-opening report from the World Privacy Forum says it often involves false entries in medical files that could haunt a person for ages and even lead to getting the wrong medical treatment.

Medical identity fraud has already been reported. One victim's record was altered with the wrong blood type. Another person's file was changed to include numerous psychiatric sessions that didn't occur and false diagnoses of severe depression. A Pennsylvania man discovered that an imposter used his identity at five different hospitals to receive more than $100,000 worth of medical treatment. At each hospital, the imposter created medical histories in the victim's name.

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