Medical Identity Fraud

["B.K. DeLong" <bkdelong () pobox com>]

Interesting article and possible new dataset?

http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/cityregion/s_476326.html

Carol Anne Hutchins, 30, of Bulger, Washington County, used Davis'
insurance to obtain pain medication and medical treatment almost 40
times before police caught her in May. Hutchins received about $16,000
worth of medical treatment at facilities from Altoona to East
Liverpool, Ohio.

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Medical identity theft, a new wrinkle in identity theft, might affect
as many as 250,000 people nationwide, according to the nonprofit World
Privacy Forum, the only group to issue a report on the crime. The
crime is more than an inconvenience -- it can lead to potentially
life-threatening mix-ups.


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