Our latest podcast closely examines the topic of medical identity theft and how it affects patients, providers and the healthcare industry. We are pleased at the opportunity to interview Jim Quiggle from the Coalition Against Insurance Fraud to discuss the causes and repercussions of medical identity theft, including what can be done to prevent it and what steps patients and doctors can take immediately after discovering they have been victims.

1. Medical Identity Theft Podcast with Special Guest Jim
Quiggle from the Coalition Against Insurance Fraud
Medical identity theft occurs when someone
uses a person’s name and sometimes other
parts of their identity — such as insurance
information — without the person’s
knowledge or consent to obtain medical
services or goods, or uses the person’s
identity information to make false claims for
medical services or goods. Medical identity
theft frequently results in the creation of
duplicate medical records and overlays which
include erroneous entries being put into
existing medical records, and can involve the
creation of fictitious medical records in the
victim’s name.