HIPAA Compliance
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
HIPAA governs how covered entities and business associates handle protected health information (PHI). We help healthcare organizations and their vendors implement the required administrative, physical, and technical safeguards, and prepare for OCR audits. Ransomware groups have specifically targeted healthcare providers given the operational pressure clinical downtime creates, making incident response planning as much a part of HIPAA readiness as documentation.
Who needs HIPAA
- Healthcare providers, payers, and clearinghouses
- Business associates handling PHI on behalf of covered entities
- Health tech companies building on top of clinical data
Our approach
- HIPAA Security Rule gap assessment
- Administrative, physical, and technical safeguard implementation
- Business associate agreement (BAA) review
- Breach risk assessment and incident response planning
Frequently asked questions
Does a penetration test satisfy our HIPAA risk assessment requirement?
It's a strong input but not a full substitute. We typically scope a combined engagement, technical testing plus a HIPAA Security Rule gap assessment covering administrative and physical safeguards, so the evidence lines up with what OCR actually expects to see.
What counts as a reportable HIPAA breach?
Generally, any impermissible use or disclosure of unsecured PHI that compromises its security or privacy, unless a risk assessment demonstrates a low probability of compromise. Reporting timelines depend on the number of individuals affected.
Do our vendors need to sign a Business Associate Agreement?
Yes, any vendor that creates, receives, maintains, or transmits PHI on your behalf needs a signed BAA in place before they touch that data. This is one of the most commonly missed steps as vendor ecosystems grow.
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