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Medicare is administered by Medicare Australia (known as the Health Insurance Commission until late 2005)
which also has the responsibility for supplying Medicare cards and numbers. Almost every eligible person has
a card: in June 2002 there were 20.4 million Medicare card-holders, and the Australian population was less
than 20 million at the time (card-holders includes overseas Australians who still have a card).
The Medicare card is used for health care purposes only and cannot be used to track in a database. It contains
a name and number, and no visible photograph (with the exception of the Tasmanian “Smartcard” version
which does have an electronic image of the cardholder on an embedded chip).
The primary purpose of the Medicare card is to prove Medicare eligibility when seeking Medicare-subsidized
care from a medical practitioner or hospital. Legally, the card need not be produced and a Medicare number
is sufficient. In practice, most Medicare providers will have policies requiring the card be presented to prevent
fraud.
Australia Tax File Numbers
A Tax File Number (TFN) is a number that is issued to a person by the Commissioner of Taxation and is used
to verify client identity and establish income level.
This policy uses the content blade titled Australia Tax File Number. Refer to the description of the content
blades to understand what content will be detected.
California AB-1298
California AB-1298 is a state data privacy law which protects personally identifiable information. California
AB-1298 in was signed into law October 14, 2007 and became effective January 1, 2008. The law applies to any
person, business, or state agency that conducts business in California and owns or licenses unencrypted
computerized data that includes personally identifiable information.
This law is an amendment to California SB-1386 to include medical information and health information in the
definition of personal information.
The regulation looks for at least one match to personally identifiable information, as defined through the
following content blades:
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Admittance and Discharge Dates
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Credit Card Numbers
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Credit Card Track Data
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Group Insurance Numbers
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Health Plan Beneficiary Numbers
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Healthcare Dictionaries
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Medical History
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Patient Identification Numbers
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US Drivers License Numbers
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US National Provider Identifiers
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US Social Security Numbers
California SB-1386
California SB-1386 is a state data privacy law which protects personally identifiable information. California
SB-1386 was signed into law September 25, 2002 and became effective July 1, 2003. The law applies to any
person, business, or state agency that conducts business in California and owns or licenses unencrypted
computerized data that includes personally identifiable information.
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