ID Theft for Health Care - to :)

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Hi !

Yes, my insurance company is investigating this now. We are

waiting for the clinic that provided care to this woman using my

name to get back to them. We are hoping that the physical

characteristics that are charted for her are very different from me

(hopefully she will be 5'8 " and weigh 200lbs!)...or her

appointment time is the same as mine with Dr Lehman so we

use the logic that I couldn't be at two places at the same time to

refute the claim that this woman is really me. I never thought that

my missing ovary and gallbladder as well as that hideous scar

down my abdomen would be needed to prove that I am " me " . I

doubt that this woman, even if she has a superficial

resemblance to me, will have the left ovary missing, no

gallbladder and a crooked, off centered, wide, white abdominal

scar. Boy I sure hope I don't have to use my surgeon as a expert

witness to testify that he was the one who made that scar!

LOL!!!!

The fact that we are being billed from a clinic and doctor not

associated with IU hospital, the fact that the clinic has all my

pertinent information (DOB, SS#, address, all of my insurance

policies, etc) and that there seems to be a filled in medical chart

showing that a woman with my name received care at this clinic

is suspicious for an impersonator rather than a clerical error. If

the name was inconsistent with the insurance information, we

would be leaning more towards this being a human error....but it

is that chart thing.....and the fact that the clinic isn't even a part of

the Clarian health system is pointing towards this being a

deliberate fraud. I do not think it is IU's fault....unless it is the

registration area that is selling or giving away patient information

so that un-insured people can get medical care. I know that I

had lots of problems in the registration area...it took her almost

20 minutes to get my informaton inputted (after several attempts)

and then when I had the GI clinic check it the next day - because I

was not impressed with the woman's ability, the information that

the registration clerk put in was wrong.........All of this is looking

less innocent now..........

We had something similar happen here at work some time

ago....with automatic check deposits. Someone in HR was

selling account information, job descriptions, etc so that people

could get credit cards and loans and stuff. Just never thought of

the same thing applying to health insurance, but if you think

about it, what could be easier to do..... and I would think it would

be very lucartive for an underpaid registration clerk.

If we confirm that there is an imposter out there, we will change

my insurance policy number and close out the account that is

using my current number. We just want to confirm this first

before going through the hassle of having to re-ID me. And I am

hoping that we can use my old account to catch the person, if

she is out there. The one good thing is that if this imposter

continues to be me....then maybe I won't have CP after all!!!!!

Cause if she is me....and she has a healthy pancreas....then it

must be that that me is really me too. Get it? LOL!

Spooky................

Laurie