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The exposure is linked to a CMS provider directory data intended to help improve accuracy of insurer networks.
Medicare may be overpaying for inpatient rehabilitation stays due to unclear requirements to providers, a new audit finds. | Jenny Kane/AP Photo
The Trump administration inadvertently exposed Social Security numbers for at least 100 health providers included in a national directory.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on Thursday pulled down the National Provider Directory, which contains public information on more than 7 million medical providers and can be used by members of the public to find a doctor or other health care professional. The decision came after CMS admitted that a relatively small number of Social Security numbers were exposed in a file of downloadable data in a part of the directory primarily intended for insurers and researchers.
