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The GAO found <a href=\"http:\/\/healthcare.gov\/\" target=_blank>healthcare.gov<\/a> at risk for identity fraud during its review of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cCMS has not implemented alternative methods to better ensure the effectiveness of the remote identity proofing processes used for its <a href=\"http:\/\/healthcare.gov\/\" target=_blank>Healthcare.gov<\/a> service,\u201d the GAO wrote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The GAO is concerned about \u201cknowledge-based identification,\u201d the second step in the verification process where users are asked a series of personal questions that, presumably, only the real user would know how to answer. If the user gets the answers right, the user\u2019s identity is considered verified. The first step is asking the user for personal identity information like name, birthday and social security number. That information goes to a consumer reporting agency, such as Equifax, for comparison.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But because of data breaches that included sensitive information at firms like Equifax, where a hack in 2017 exposed personal information of 143 million Americans, the GAO is concerned that current verification processes are now prone to identity fraud.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite the risk posed from past breaches, CMS disagreed with GAO recommendations to use alternative verification processes. Furthermore, CMS \u201chas no plans to reduce or eliminate knowledge-based verification for remote identity proofing,\u201d the GAO wrote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To reduce risk from knowledge-based verification at CMS, Americans registering for health care benefits from <a href=\"http:\/\/healthcare.gov\/\" target=_blank>healthcare.gov<\/a> provide basic information and then receive an email confirmation, the GAO wrote. 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It suggested agencies use mobile phones to verify credentials, verify possession of the device through the phone carrier or send confirmation codes; however, the GAO acknowledged that confirmation codes aren\u2019t necessarily a secure method. Agencies can also send a personal identification number in the mail to a user\u2019s address or use in-person verification, the GAO recommended.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">CMS and its parent agency, the Department of Health and Human Services, did not respond to requests for comment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a statement responding to the report, the HHS said the GAO\u2019s recommendations would \u201ccreate undue burden, create barriers to accessing federal services, or may be cost prohibitive.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Alternatives involving mobile devices were also not suitable because some populations served by HHS don\u2019t have cellphones, HHS wrote. 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