US EditionReport says Medicare portal database exposed Social Security numbers of US health providers
- The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services created a directory to help seniors find doctors accepting their insurance plans as part of a modernization effort under the Trump administration.
- A publicly accessible database used for the directory exposed some health providers' Social Security numbers along with their names and other identifying information.
- The directory with exposed information was publicly available for several weeks before federal officials were contacted about the issue.
- CMS officials acknowledged the problem, attributing it to providers entering their own Social Security numbers in the wrong fields, and said they are working to fix it.
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DOGE-built Medicare portal leaks health care providers' Social Security numbers: report
A system implemented by the Trump administration's Department of Government Efficiency program accidentally leaked the Social Security numbers of health care providers, The Washington Post reported on Thursday."The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) last year created a directory to help seniors look up which doctors and medical providers accept which insurance plans, framing it as an overdue improvement and part of the Trump admini…
Medicare Portal Exposed Health Providers' Social Security Numbers for Weeks Before a WaPo Reporter Found It
A publicly accessible database powering a new federal Medicare portal exposed health care providers’ Social Security numbers for at least several weeks before a Washington Post reporter flagged the problem to officials, the Post reported on Thursday. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services built the directory to help seniors identify which doctors and medical providers accept which insurance plans, framing it as part of the Trump administ…
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