New alliance targets medical identity fraud

Laura Pedulli | | Health Exec | Cybersecurity

Several organizations have launched the Medical Identity Fraud Alliance—a public-private effort seeking to unite stakeholders in developing solutions and best practices to prevent, detect and remediate medical identity fraud—and they are looking for additional entities to join their ranks.

Original members include the AARP, Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association, Consumer Federation of America, ID Experts, Identity Theft Resource Center and National Health Care Anti-Fraud Association.

According to its website, the alliance is jointly examining the following contributing factors to medical identity fraud: electronic pervasiveness of protected health information (PHI); a changing regulatory landscape; increasing the number of individuals with healthcare benefits; increasing alternative delivery models that include care outside of facilities; and a significant increase in the value of PHI.

“We aim to manage the impact of medical identity theft through stakeholder-coordinated research, increasing education and awareness, developing focused tools and procedures, promoting best-in-class strategies, technologies and practices and influencing government regulations, policies and laws,” according to the website.

To learn more about becoming a member, go here.

Laura Pedulli

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