Statements
Secure ID Coalition Comments to the Federal Reserve Board of Govenors 
Debit Card Interchange Fee and Routing
September 30, 2011
Secure ID Coalition Applauds Introduction of the Medicare Common Access Card Act 
September 14, 2011
Secure ID Coalition Comments to the Department of Health and Human Services
Health Information Technology Policy Committee - Meaningful Use Stage 2
February 25, 2011
Secure ID Coalition Comments to the Federal Reserve Board of Governors
Debit Card Interchange Fees and Routing
February 22, 2011
Secure ID Coaltion Comments to ONC Privacy and Security Tiger Team
Provider Entity Authentication
November 5, 2010
Myths V. Facts of Social Security Card Upgrade
April 28, 2010
Letter to the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology
HITECH Initial Set Interim Final Rule establishing the initial set of standards, implementation specifications, and certification criteria for Electronic Health Record Technology.
March 15, 2010
Why Healthcare Must Enable Real Identity Management: An Overview of Identity Standards Critical to Health IT
August 25, 2009
Letter to the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology's Policy Committee
Defining "Meaningful Use" of Electronic Health Records in relation to ARRA
June 26, 2009
Secure News to Know
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Secure ID Coalition Applauds Introduction of Medicare Common Access Card Act
The Medicare program is plagued with fraud, estimated by the Department of Justice to be $60 billion a year. Yesterday Senator Mark Kirk (R- IL) and Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) introduced The Medicare Common Access Card Act, a bill to prevent fraud before it happens, saving taxpayers billions.
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Rx For Frustration: Medicare Fraud In the News (Again)
Ohio, Chicago, Maine, Miami, Mississippi, and Detroit newspapers all published similar stories last week about blatant Medicare scams that make you wonder why the country’s not deeper in debt.
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VISA to Move the US to EMV
This morning VISA announced plans to incentivize the adoption of more secure payments in the United States, specifically EMV. By adopting the international EMV standard, VISA is promoting both increased security and interoperability. To read more, please see VISA’s announcement.
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Knowing who you are; could save the US billions
At the March 30, 2011 Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and other Agencies held a hearing on the FY 2012 Health and Human Services (HHS) Budget, Senator Kirk (R- IL) questioned HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius about the outdated Medicare Card issued to America’s seniors. In a system that is riddled with fraud, waste and abuse, Sen. Kirk suggested that knowing who is receiving services and who is providing them could significantly help reduce the amount of fraud in Medicare - currently estimated b y the Department of Justice to be $60 billion per year. Read more...