The Social Security numbers of roughly 18,000 California physicians and healthcare providers were inadvertently made public after a slip-up at health insurance provider Blue Shield of California, the organization said. The numbers were included in monthly filings on medical providers that Blue Shield is required to make to the state's Department of Managed Health Care.
Calif. insurer discloses 18,000 providers' Social Security numbers
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