Medical identity theft is a criminal act that occurs when a person uses another person personal information, such as name and insurance card number, without that person knowledge to obtain or make false claims for medical services or goods.
The main reason for this crime is that people are unable to get medical coverage easily and pay for the high health bills , and so the difficult times can drive many people to take very desperate measures.
This crime can occur in private doctor’s offices, clinics and hospitals.
Identity theft can be committed by individuals, doctors, nurses, lab technicians, receptionists, ( actually all the workers in the medical field) or organized criminal gangs.
Medical identity theft is far more difficult to detect than its financial counterpart (which in
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