Consumers yawn at healthcare fraud

• March 29th, 2011
• Posted in Breach Notification . Fraud Resolution . Healthcare Breach . Identity Theft

Today's headlines trumpet yet another high-profile medical data breach, this time through Health Net. This corporate catastrophe reminds us of the increasing hazard of medical fraud, which is the most expensive and time consuming to resolve of all types of identity theft . The second annual National Study on Medical Identity Theft, fielded by the Ponemon Institute provides further insight into this pervasive problem and how it affects consumers.[ READ MORE ]