CMS’ Medicare Advantage provider directory exposed healthcare providers’ Social Security numbers, The Washington Post reported April 30. The Post downloaded a public database used to populate the ...
A publicly accessible Medicare database exposed Social Security numbers linked to health care providers.
CMS pulled a provider directory after reporters found exposed provider SSNs; officials say they are reinforcing safeguards.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has taken down a new Medicare provider directory after discovering it exposed some healthcare providers’ Social Security numbers. The database feeding ...
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) unintentionally published Social Security data for at least 100 health ...
A Medicare directory created to help seniors find doctors accidentally exposed health care providers’ Social Security numbers ...
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has modernized its healthcare provider directory with features that expand information about physicians, and with online tools for seniors and other ...
Social Security numbers of healthcare providers may have been exposed in a database tied to a new Medicare directory, reports ...
Democratic lawmakers have written a letter to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, criticizing the Trump administration for rushing the launch of Medicare's new provider directory tool.
If a doctor doesn’t accept Medicare, you can choose to see them and pay more, or you can find a different provider. Medicare has an online directory of participating providers. When you’re enrolled in ...