[Grovenet] Social Security Number Question

[Greg & Cindy Gritton]

Thank you for the sites.

Cindy Gritton

--This may be helpful.
http://www.privacyrights.org/fs/fs10-ssn.htm#11
Jeff



At 12:30 PM 7/23/2008 -0700, you wrote:
>Check out http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12137393/
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>- Jim Katen
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: grovenet-bounces at rdrop.com [mailto:grovenet-bounces at rdrop.com] On
>Behalf Of Greg & Cindy Gritton
>Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2008 12:17 PM
>To: grovenet at rdrop.com
>Subject: [Grovenet] Social Security Number Question
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>Hi, Everyone.
>
>I have an odd question.
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>Does anyone know if it is legal for a doctor's office and their billing
>company to require the policy holder's SSN when the insurance doesn't use
>it?  After all, the reason insurances have been trying to replace SSNs as
>the policy/id number are obvious, but I've just been informed that a
>specialist we need to see will reschedule us if we don't provide the
>SSN.  This just seems crazy. I mean we'll provide it if necessary, but I
>thought I'd heard that SSNs  couldn't be required for situations like this.
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>Any info. would be appreciated.
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>Thank you.
>
>Cindy Gritton