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Confirm patient identity to prevent theft, brand customer experience

With healthcare organizations failing to adequately safeguard the privacy and security of patient information, 36 percent of surveyed healthcare executives say patients sought services using somebody Read more...

Red Flags Rule enforcement delayed until year's end

The Federal Trade Commission announced this morning--one business day before the June 1 enforcement date--that physicians will be granted yet another temporary reprieve from having to comply with the Read more...

FTC's identity theft rules get a new deadline

Last week we told you about the FTC's new "red flag" rules designed to prevent medical identity theft. The rules, which impose new administrative requirements on any creditor--including Read more...

FTC cracks down on medical identity theft

The FTC plans to issue a new consumer protection rule that will take on the issue of medical identity theft, a growing concern now that identity thieves have recognized that medical records are rich Read more...