Comments for MIFA https://medidfraud.org Dedicated to helping our members better protect the public from medical identity theft Thu, 01 Feb 2018 09:23:52 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.5 Comment on Study: One in four U.S. consumers have had their personal medical information stolen by How to Protect Your Family From Healthcare Fraud – creditfreeze.info https://medidfraud.org/study-one-in-four-u-s-consumers-have-had-their-personal-medical-information-stolen/#comment-289 Thu, 01 Feb 2018 09:23:52 +0000 http://medidfraud.org/?p=3947#comment-289 […] estimated that 1 in 4 consumers in the United States have had their personal medical identification compromised. Therefore, […]

]]> Comment on Study: One in four U.S. consumers have had their personal medical information stolen by How to Protect Your Family From Healthcare Fraud https://medidfraud.org/study-one-in-four-u-s-consumers-have-had-their-personal-medical-information-stolen/#comment-288 Thu, 01 Feb 2018 08:47:11 +0000 http://medidfraud.org/?p=3947#comment-288 […] estimated that 1 in 4 consumers in the United States have had their personal medical identification compromised. Therefore, […]

]]> Comment on Fifth Annual Study on Medical Identity Theft by How to Protect Your Family from Healthcare Fraud | Talking About Men's Health™ https://medidfraud.org/2014-fifth-annual-study-on-medical-identity-theft/#comment-287 Sat, 13 Jan 2018 01:44:49 +0000 http://medidfraud.org/?p=2242#comment-287 […] crime that’s on the rise. The number of patients impacted by medical identity theft has increased nearly 22 percent in the last year […]

]]> Comment on Fifth Annual Study on Medical Identity Theft by Medical Identity Fraud - A Risk to Your Health and Wealth https://medidfraud.org/2014-fifth-annual-study-on-medical-identity-theft/#comment-284 Mon, 11 Sep 2017 16:21:26 +0000 http://medidfraud.org/?p=2242#comment-284 […] Identity Fraud Alliance, a group of concerned corporate and non-profit partners,  speculate that over 2 million Americans were put at risk of medical identity theft in 2014, a figure that leaped 22% from previous research. This doesn’t even take into account the nearly […]

]]> Comment on Study: One in four U.S. consumers have had their personal medical information stolen by Bodily Injury Covered | ECBM CYBERHEALTH https://medidfraud.org/study-one-in-four-u-s-consumers-have-had-their-personal-medical-information-stolen/#comment-282 Wed, 15 Mar 2017 14:59:32 +0000 http://medidfraud.org/?p=3947#comment-282 […] The Medical Identity Fraud Alliance is dedicated to bringing awareness to the increasing phenomena of medical information theft. It reports that one in four US citizens have had their medical information stolen, according to Accenture. To read more about the study, click here. […]

]]> Comment on Fifth Annual Study on Medical Identity Theft by Why Are Hackers Targeting Your Medical Records? https://medidfraud.org/2014-fifth-annual-study-on-medical-identity-theft/#comment-281 Thu, 02 Mar 2017 12:38:46 +0000 http://medidfraud.org/?p=2242#comment-281 […] of all breaches in 2014. Incidents of medical identity theft have risen alongside these breaches. A Ponemon Institute Study showed that there was a 21.7% rise in medical identity theft in 2014, bringing the total number of […]

]]> Comment on Fifth Annual Study on Medical Identity Theft by HITECH Answers: Meaningful Use, EHR, HIPAA News - Preparing Your Practice for the 2nd Round of HIPAA Audits https://medidfraud.org/2014-fifth-annual-study-on-medical-identity-theft/#comment-278 Wed, 23 Nov 2016 15:46:19 +0000 http://medidfraud.org/?p=2242#comment-278 […] Cost of a Data Breach The Ponemon Institute released its fifth annual study on medical identity theft earlier this year which states, “The majority of medical identity […]

]]> Comment on Fifth Annual Study on Medical Identity Theft by Feeling the Impact: The Rising Threat of Medical Identity Theft - Doctor Tipster https://medidfraud.org/2014-fifth-annual-study-on-medical-identity-theft/#comment-277 Fri, 11 Nov 2016 19:25:16 +0000 http://medidfraud.org/?p=2242#comment-277 […] medical identity theft. In 2014, the Medical Identity Fraud Alliance found that incidences of medical identity theft had nearly doubled since a similar study was conducted five years prior. In light of this […]

]]> Comment on 2013 Survey on Medical Identity Theft by Don’t Let Employee Identity Theft Become a Business Problem - Deluxe FI https://medidfraud.org/2013-survey-on-medical-identity-theft/#comment-276 Thu, 30 Jun 2016 15:03:06 +0000 http://medidfraud.org/?p=512#comment-276 […] data breaches, according to Identity Theft Resource Group, leading victims to spend an average of 200 hours and $13,500 in out-of-pocket expenses on […]

]]> Comment on What is behind the dramatic rise in medical identity theft? by Wealth Stealers #21: How Medical Identity Theft Could Take Your Money... Or Your Life - Palm Beach Research Group https://medidfraud.org/whats-behind-the-dramatic-rise-in-medical-identity-theft/#comment-275 Wed, 15 Jun 2016 16:21:49 +0000 http://medidfraud.org/?p=1666#comment-275 […] Medical Identity Fraud Alliance (MIFA) recounts the story of an elderly gentleman in the emergency room. When the attending physician said that he was going […]

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