And these folks rate physicians? Let's have the physicians rate the insurance companies...audit trails shows the page was viewed 157 times...157 opportunities for security breaches..security breach story of the week....wonder why we don't trust the insurers today...BD
United Healthcare uploaded the social security numbers of doctors at Columbia University's faculty practice on a public Web site by mistake.
United Healthcare posted the social security numbers of doctors at Columbia University’s faculty practice on a public Web site in a breach of security that exposed the doctors to identity theft. The sensitive information was loaded on Oct. 31 and taken down Nov. 2. United posted the taxpayer identification numbers, some of which were Social Security numbers, alongside the names of 993 providers at Columbia who participate in the insurer’s network. The list was supposed to be accessible to Columbia employees during the current open enrollment period.
A spokeswoman for the university said that although only a small subset of the FPO’s doctors had their SS numbers publicly displayed, the breach was “very serious” and has made the doctors unhappy.
And these folks rate physicians? Let's have the physicians rate the insurance companies...audit trails shows the page was viewed 157 times...157 opportunities for security breaches..security breach story of the week....wonder why we don't trust the insurers today...BD
Insurer inadvertently posted physician SSNs- Crain's New York Business.com