HIPAA Compliance Services
HIPAA Security Rule risk assessments, remediation, policy development, and business associate management for healthcare organizations and their vendors.
HIPAA compliance means meeting the Security, Privacy, and Breach Notification Rules that protect electronic protected health information (ePHI). SOClogix takes covered entities and their vendors from an unknown risk posture to audit-ready, then keeps ePHI protected.
HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) actively enforces HIPAA, and the most common finding in its investigations is the absence of an accurate, thorough Security Risk Analysis - the assessment required under 45 CFR 164.308(a)(1)(ii)(A). A single missing risk analysis or unencrypted device can turn a breach into a multi-year corrective action plan and significant civil penalties.
Compliance is not just a hospital problem. Business associates - the MSPs, billing companies, cloud hosts, and analytics vendors that handle ePHI on behalf of providers - are directly liable under the Security Rule, and OCR can pursue them independently. If you touch ePHI in any form, the obligations apply to you.
Not sure where you stand? You can run a free HIPAA risk assessment to see your gaps in minutes, or explore our broader healthcare cybersecurity services.
What's included
HIPAA Security Risk Analysis
The accurate, thorough risk assessment OCR requires under 45 CFR 164.308(a)(1)(ii)(A) - we identify where ePHI lives, the threats to it, and the likelihood and impact of each risk.
Gap Remediation
We close the deficiencies the risk analysis surfaces: access controls, encryption, MFA, endpoint protection, logging, and secure configuration of the systems that touch ePHI.
Policies & Procedures
We author or update the administrative, physical, and technical safeguard policies the Security Rule requires, mapped to how your organization actually operates.
Workforce Security Training
Role-based security awareness and HIPAA training with tracking, so you can evidence that your workforce understands its obligations for handling ePHI.
Business Associate Agreement (BAA) Management
We inventory the vendors that touch ePHI, confirm signed BAAs are in place, and help you manage the agreements that make each party accountable.
Continuous Monitoring & Incident Response
Managed SOC monitoring, audit logging, and a tested incident response process so you can detect, contain, and document a potential breach on the clock.
Who needs HIPAA compliance
Health care providers, health plans, and health care clearinghouses that create or transmit ePHI in the course of treatment, payment, or operations.
Vendors that handle ePHI on behalf of a covered entity - MSPs, billing and coding firms, cloud hosts, and analytics providers - and are directly liable under the Security Rule.
Frequently asked questions
What is HIPAA compliance?
HIPAA compliance means meeting the Security, Privacy, and Breach Notification Rules that protect electronic protected health information (ePHI). For most technical work the focus is the Security Rule, which requires administrative, physical, and technical safeguards to ensure the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of ePHI.
Is a HIPAA security risk assessment required?
Yes. The Security Rule requires an accurate and thorough risk analysis under 45 CFR 164.308(a)(1)(ii)(A). It is not a one-time exercise: OCR expects it to be reviewed and updated regularly, at minimum annually and whenever you make a material change to your environment, systems, or the way you handle ePHI.
What is the difference between a covered entity and a business associate?
A covered entity is a health care provider, health plan, or health care clearinghouse that transmits health information electronically. A business associate is a vendor that creates, receives, maintains, or transmits ePHI on behalf of a covered entity - for example an MSP, billing company, cloud host, or analytics provider. Business associates are directly liable for Security Rule compliance.
What is a Business Associate Agreement (BAA)?
A BAA is the contract that a covered entity and a business associate (or two business associates) must sign before ePHI is shared. It establishes the permitted uses of ePHI, requires appropriate safeguards, and obligates each party to report breaches. Without a signed BAA, sharing ePHI with a vendor is itself a HIPAA violation.
What are the penalties for non-compliance?
OCR enforces HIPAA through tiered civil monetary penalties based on the level of culpability, ranging from unknowing violations to willful neglect. The tiers can reach more than $2 million per violation category per year, and OCR can also require a corrective action plan. Willful neglect can additionally carry criminal exposure.
Can a managed SOC help with HIPAA?
Yes. A managed SOC provides evidence for the technical safeguards, including the audit controls required by 45 CFR 164.312(b) - continuous monitoring, log retention, and access review - plus the incident response and breach documentation OCR expects to see when it asks how you would detect and handle a compromise of ePHI.
Start with a risk analysis
We run the Security Risk Analysis OCR requires and hand you a prioritized remediation roadmap - no commitment required.
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A current Security Risk Analysis and the safeguards to back it up are the difference between a routine OCR inquiry and a costly corrective action plan. Start now and get ahead of it.
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