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The GAO, an investigative arm of the US Congress, looked into the
outsourcing of personal health services for Medicare, Medicaid, and
TRICARE, finding a total of 378 entities doing the work, of which over
40% have recently experienced privacy breaches.<br><br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite=""><font color="#FF0000"><b>Privacy
Hot Topic</b></font>: Domestic and Offshore Outsourcing of Personal
Information in Medicare, Medicaid, and TRICARE. GAO-06-676,
September 5.<br>
<a href="http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-06-676" eudora="autourl">
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-06-676</a><br>
Highlights -
<a href="http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d06676high.pdf" eudora="autourl">
http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d06676high.pdf</a></blockquote></body>
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