But when he called the billing agency,nobody laughed. Someone,who's also named Joe Ryan,using Ryan's Social Security number,had indeed been admitted for surgery. He figured clearing this up would take a just few phone calls.
Two years later,Ryan continues to suffer from the damage to his credit rating and still doesn't know if his medical record has been cleared of wrong information.
Joe Ryan was the victim of a little-known but frightening type of consumer cheating that is on the rise:medical identity theft,which involves using your name to get drugs,expensive medical treatment and even cheating insurance payments.
As Ryan discovered,money isn't the half of it. When someone steals your name to receive health care,his medical history becomes part of your record-and setting the record straight can be extremely difficult. That's because,in part,the information is handed out among dozens of caregivers,from doctors to medicine stores to insurance companies and labs.
“I wanted to help straighten this out,”says Ryan,“so I went to the hospital,and they had a three-inch-thick record for me,but they wouldn't let me see it. I showed them my ID,and they said that's not Joe Ryan's signature. Well,of course not!They had this other guy's signature. ”
Ryan had fallen into a victim's Catch-22:If your record doesn't appear to be yours,you may not have the right to read it,much less change it.
Ryan's next step was a visit to the police department. But the police said that there was not much they could do,that the local law enforcement has little experience with medical ID theft,and cases like this can end up being considered a civil matter.
The billing agency sent Joe Ryan a notice to______.
A.play a joke on him for medical treatment
B.inform. him of the payment for his surgery
C.clear up the wrong information in his medical record
D.correct the mistakes about payment for his surgery
第3题
根据题意,指出加工1子图(图1-3A)中缺失的数据流的名称,并指出该数据流的起点和终点。
第4题
根据题意,指出加工2子图(图1-3B)中缺失的数据流的名称,并指出该数据流的起点和终点。加工2子图(图1-4)中有一条数据流是错误的,请指出这条数据流的起点和终点。
第5题
该房屋租赁服务系统第0层数据流图(见图5-11)中缺失了一些数据流,请指出所缺失数据流的名称、起点和终点。
第7题
加工2的细化图(图1-3中的B)中有一条错误的数据流,请指出该数据流的起点或终点(若可以,指出两者)。
第8题
加工2的细化图(见图2-23)中缺少3条数据流,请指出这3条数据流的起点、终点和数据流名称。
第9题
图6—2中有两条数据流是错误的,请指出这两条数据流的名称,并改正。(注:数据流的起点和终点均采用图中的符号和描述)
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