"Indiana-based Medical Informatics Engineering, Inc. (MIE) agreed to pay $100,000 to the [HHS] Office for Civil Rights (OCR). MIE provides electronic health record and related services to healthcare entities. MIE also committed to a two-year corrective action plan to resolve potential violations of the [HIPAA] Privacy and Security Rules. Separately, MIE agreed to pay $900,000 to 16 states whose attorneys general had sued the company over a related data breach. The suit was the first of its kind premised on a HIPAA violation."  MORE >>