Re: Health Insurance Cards

[William Hile <while () griff-n-gwyn com>]

Interesting you mentioned this... My EX-Monster actually called my ins 
company posing as my "wife" and actually got duplicate cards sent to her 
address... I had to have my subscriber number changed and a "lock" placed 
on my account so that I am the only person able to request any 
information... It was a complete pain...  And she wasnt even on my account 
at all...

There should have been more checks in place for the company and the 
person that gave out the information wasnt even repremanded as a result.. 
I believe this should have been reported as a HIPPA violation of my 
rights...


William



On Mon, 14 Nov 2005 info.security () gmail com wrote:

> Hello.
>
> I am researching an issue and would like the security communities input.
>
> What are you doing in regards to member based acts of fraud?  For example, in the health industry, this would be adding 
> non-dependents as dependents or going to multiple doctors to obtain drugs or lending out your card to someone else.
>
> I am not concerned at this time with end provider fraud -- multiple billings for unneeded procedures.  This has been a 
> focus and currently is a focus with lots of data.
>
> What does your health insurance card look like?  Piece of paper?  More like a credit card?
>
> Thanks,
> Bob