Hospital Bracelet

How Your Hospital Bracelet Could Lead To Identity Theft

Depending on the state, province, or country you live in, you receive a paper (or plastic) hospital bracelet on your wrist whenever you are admitted into a medical facility. The bracelet is used to identify patients, but it also contains some personal info, such as name and birth date.

After getting discharged, most patients throw the bracelets in the garbage boxes outside their hospital. What usually happens is that drug addicts go through hospitals, pretend they are visitors, and look specifically for those bracelets in the garbage.

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Then they go to a medical clinic with a minor ailment and get a prescription for medicine. Next, they go home, use wipeout to delete their name, the medicine name, and the doctor's signature. Then they photocopy the blank prescription form several times.

Addicts then write your name and hospitalization number on it and add the name of the drug they really want, e.g., Ritalin. They successfully present these prescriptions at several different drugstores, which can check the hospitalization number.

Here is also a list of several Medicare scams you should also be aware of.

Hospital Bracelet Band: How To Avoid The Scam

Always shred everything that has your personal information on it, including the insignificant-looking hospital bracelet band. Since we are exposing health-related fraud, beware of many Medicare scam calls that are going around.

How To Report Suspicious Activities

Warn your family and online friends about the hospital bracelet article by sharing it on social media. You can also officially report any suspicious activity to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) using the link below:

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