CMS Oversight of Medicare Beneficiary Data Security Needs Improvement
GAO March 6, 2018
Recent data breaches at hospitals, insurance companies, and other entities in the health care industry have highlighted the importance of
ensuring the security of health information, including personally identifiable information (PII),1 about Medicare beneficiaries. The Centers
for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is the agency responsible for overseeing the
Medicare program, which covers nearly 58 million aged and disabled Americans, who represent approximately 18...