HIPAA Compliance Readiness
Healthcare cybersecurity assessments and program development that align with HHS Office for Civil Rights expectations.
The HIPAA reality
HIPAA is the only federal privacy and security law most healthcare organizations actually have to comply with day to day. The HIPAA Security Rule has existed since 2005, but enforcement has accelerated in recent years. The Office for Civil Rights has shifted from voluntary corrective action to monetary penalties for organizations that can't demonstrate a documented risk analysis, implemented administrative and technical safeguards, and a current security management process.
A "HIPAA-compliant" EHR vendor doesn't make you HIPAA-compliant. A signed BAA doesn't make you HIPAA-compliant. The Security Rule requires you — the covered entity or business associate — to do the work.
What VALO delivers
HIPAA Security Risk Analysis
A documented, defensible risk analysis covering all electronic protected health information (ePHI) in your environment. Aligned to NIST SP 800-66r2 (HHS's recommended methodology). This is the document OCR asks for first in any audit or breach investigation.
Security Rule Gap Assessment
An evaluation of your current administrative, physical, and technical safeguards against the 54 implementation specifications in the Security Rule. Findings prioritized by risk, not by alphabetical regulatory order.
Policy and Procedure Development
A complete policy and procedure set covering the Security Rule's required policies — access management, workforce security, incident response, contingency planning, business associate management, and the rest.
Business Associate Agreement Review
Review of your existing BAAs and identification of vendors operating as business associates without one.
Workforce Training Program
HIPAA security awareness training framework aligned to the Security Rule's training requirement.
Breach Response Support
When an incident happens — and at some point, one will — we support breach risk assessment, notification decisions, OCR reporting, and corrective action documentation.
Engagement formats
A 4–6 week engagement producing the risk analysis, gap assessment, prioritized roadmap, and policy foundation. Appropriate for organizations doing this for the first time or refreshing after years of neglect.
Continuous support including annual risk analysis updates, policy maintenance, training delivery, BAA management, and incident response readiness. Appropriate for organizations that want to stop having "HIPAA fire drills" every year.
When something has already happened — a ransomware event, an inadvertent disclosure, a regulator inquiry — we support the corrective action plan and the documented evidence that you've fixed what went wrong.
Who this is for
Independent medical practices, behavioral and mental health practices, dental groups, ambulatory surgery centers, healthcare-adjacent SaaS companies, medical billing companies, and other covered entities and business associates between 10 and 500 employees.
Schedule a 30-minute conversation.
We'll discuss your HIPAA exposure, where your current program stands, and what closing the gaps looks like in practice.
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