The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) unintentionally published Social Security data for at least 100 health ...

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 ...

The exposure is linked to a CMS provider directory data intended to help improve accuracy of insurer networks.

A federal healthcare tool meant to help seniors find doctors is now under scrutiny after a serious data exposure involving ...

CMS pulled a provider directory after reporters found exposed provider SSNs; officials say they are reinforcing safeguards.

Baltimore, Maryland-based digital services integrator Fearless will continue to help the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services improve the security and privacy of CMS systems and sensitive data ...

The U.S. Government Accountability Office released a report April 5 outlining recommendations to improve CMS’ oversight of Medicare beneficiary data security. For the report, the GAO analyzed ...

It is the latest technical problem related to the Trump administration’s push to create a national directory of health ...

WASHINGTON, April 30 (Reuters) - A Medicare portal database exposed U.S. health providers' Social Security numbers, the Washington Post reported on Thursday. The Post reported that the database was ...