AMS has been made aware that the Social Security numbers of many physicians and physician assistants in a few areas in the U.S. may have been compromised resulting in fraudulent tax returns being filed with the IRS. Physicians and PAs are becoming aware only after attempting to file their 2013 income tax returns with the IRS.

What Should You Do?

The U.S. Secret Service recommends that ALL PHYSICIANS and PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS go to www.experian.com/fraud and place themselves on a 90-day credit fraud alert. This could potentially slow or halt further attempted identity theft activities. This is only suggested out of an abundance of caution – at this time there is no reason to believe that every physician and/or PA is at risk.

We understand the Experian will feed this information and fraud alert to the other two major credit reporting agencies. If you remain concerned, it was suggested that you go back onto www.experian.com/fraud after 89 days to initiate subsequent 90-day credit card fraud alerts.

Please contact AMS if you become aware of any activity that is unusual or you have encountered problems with filing 2013 tax return electronically.