HIPAA compliance consulting means we evaluate your web application, infrastructure, and org policies against the HIPAA Security Rule, Privacy Rule, and HITECH Act. For SaaS startups handling protected health information (PHI), that work surfaces real technical gaps—encryption holes, weak access controls, missing audit logs, unsigned BAAs—and gives you a concrete remediation roadmap to satisfy federal requirements before OCR shows up at your door.
專案失敗的原因
合規
End-to-End Encryption
Access Control & RBAC
Audit Trail Logging
Risk Assessment & Gap Analysis
BAA Management
Incident Response Planning
我們構建的內容
Security Rule Technical Safeguards
Privacy Rule Policy Development
HITECH Act Breach Preparedness
Infrastructure Hardening
Penetration Testing & Vulnerability Scanning
Compliance Documentation Portal
我們的流程
Discovery & Scoping
Security Risk Assessment
Remediation & Implementation
Validation & Documentation
Ongoing Monitoring
常見問題
How long does it take to make a SaaS application HIPAA compliant?
For a typical SaaS startup with an existing application, expect 4–6 weeks. That covers the full security risk assessment, remediation of gaps like missing encryption and audit logging, policy documentation, and final validation. If you're building from scratch on our stack, you can be compliant from day one.
Do I need HIPAA compliance if I only store de-identified data?
If your data is genuinely de-identified under HIPAA's Safe Harbor method—all 18 identifiers removed—it's not PHI and HIPAA doesn't apply. But most startups underestimate what counts as an identifier. Dates, zip codes, device IDs—all of those can qualify. We'll audit your de-identification process to make sure you're actually in the clear, not just assuming you are.
What's the difference between HIPAA and HITECH compliance?
HIPAA created the Security Rule and Privacy Rule to protect health information. The HITECH Act of 2009 extended those rules to business associates, pushed maximum penalties to $1.9M per violation category, and added breach notification requirements. They work together—you can't comply with one and ignore the other.
Does using AWS or GCP automatically make my app HIPAA compliant?
No. AWS, GCP, and Azure offer HIPAA-eligible services and will sign BAAs, but compliance is a shared responsibility. You still have to configure encryption, access controls, logging, and network segmentation yourself. A standard S3 bucket or Cloud SQL instance sitting at default settings leaves PHI exposed—doesn't matter what your cloud provider signed.
What happens if my SaaS startup fails a HIPAA audit?
OCR penalties run from $100 to $50,000 per violation, with annual maximums up to $1.9M per violation category. Beyond the fines, you're looking at mandatory corrective action plans, potential criminal referrals for willful neglect, and the kind of reputational damage that quietly kills your healthcare sales pipeline. Getting compliant now costs less than any of that.
Can you help us pass a healthcare enterprise vendor security review?
Yes. Large health systems run serious vendor assessments—often 200+ question security questionnaires built on HITRUST or NIST frameworks. We prep your documentation, work through questionnaires with you, and handle follow-up technical questions from their security teams. Our clients routinely pass these reviews on the first submission.
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