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HIE vendor hit with fine, oversight in aftermath of breach

In May 2015, Medical Informatics Engineering, a vendor operating a health information exchange, discovered suspicious activity involving one of its servers. The cyber attack was a data breach that potentially compromised the health information of approximately 3.5 million individuals. Four years later, the company has paid a $ 100,000 fine to the HHS Office for… Read More »

CMS continues to investigate information breach of more than 90,000 Healthcare.gov consumers

The Centers for Medicaid and Medicaid Services is continuing to work with law enforcement to investigate a breach of Healthcare.gov discovered on October 16 that could have affected 93,689 consumers, an increase from the 75,000 originally estimated, CMS said Tuesday. CMS has notified individuals whose personal information was exposed. THE IMPACT In a November 7… Read More »