Medical Fraud: Prevent Becoming A Victim Of Medical ID Fraud |

How Can You Prevent Becoming A Victim Of Medical ID Fraud?

Don’t become the next medical ID theft victim. Here are a few steps you can take to protect yourself:

Check For Health Care Breaches: Use a searchable database, like this one, to find out if your health care information has been compromised.
Secure Your Records: Store paper copies of medical records in a safe or lockbox to prevent unauthorized access. If your health care organization’s system is compromised and records are lost, altered or unable to be accessed, you will be glad you did this.
Shred Documents: Shred any documents with personal information before disposing of them.
Monitor Your Medical Records: Regularly request and review your medical records from your health care providers and look for unfamiliar treatments, diagnoses or other discrepancies.
Review Insurance Bills: Carefully review explanation of benefits (EOB) statements from your insurance provider for any services you did not receive and question unfamiliar or unclear charges. Contact your insurer immediately if you see any charges or services that you don’t recognize. Afterward, report any billing errors to the credit bureaus at IdentityTheft.gov.
Dispose Of Prescription Labels: Remove labels from empty prescription bottles before discarding them! These labels can contain information that, believe it or not, can be used to steal your identity.
Monitor Your Credit: At AnnualCreditReport.com, you are able to get three free reports a year to keep an eye on any suspicious activity.

Health care will always be around and will also always be a target for hackers. Attacks on hospitals, doctors’ offices and other medical facilities will continue. It’s important that you are taking proactive measures to protect yourself. We can help you find out how you’re at risk with our Dark Web Scan. Using this technology, we can quickly find out if your information has been put up for sale on the dark web or if you’ve been a victim of a data breach. To book your Dark Web Scan, call us at 833-279-5869 or click here.