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Wellmark Sends Out Incorrect Medical Cards: Wellmark Blue Cross sent out 1,140 incorrect insurance cards. You will be receiving a new insurance card if your previous card was incorrect. Please make sure to use the new card and NOT the old card.
Medicare Breach of Protected Health Information: Not surprisingly, as with many federal agencies, a breach of privacy occurred with Medicare's outsourced Medicare eligibility and entitlement records processing company, Healthcare Management Solutions, LLC. Because of this, Medicare will be mailing new cards to those affected. Protected information involved in the breach include:
- Name
- Address
- Date of Birth
- Phone Number
- Social Security Number
- Medicare Beneficiary Indentifier
- Banking Information
- Medicare Entitlement, Enrollment, & Premier Information
GlicRx Issues Statement Reiterating Customer Privacy: GlicRx provides prescription discounts much like GoodRx. However, unlike GoodRx, they do not sell your personal health data. As we reported in our
February Newsletter, GoodRx was fined $1.5 million for violating customer privacy. If you would like to enroll in the FREE prescription discount card through GlixRx, you may do so
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FDA Issues Warning Concerning Amalgam Dental Fillings: The FDA has issued a warning to specific high risk groups including children and pregnant women, or those planning to become pregnant due to mercury toxicity.
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