PHI data mapping and architecture review
We map exactly where PHI lives and moves in your system, then design the encryption, segmentation, and access boundaries the Security Rule expects.
Services HIPAA
HIPAA Compliance
Handle PHI. Keep shipping.
We design HIPAA-aligned architecture — encryption, access controls, BAAs, risk assessments — so you can meet Security Rule expectations, sign healthcare customers, and keep your release speed.
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What does HIPAA compliance mean for a startup?
HIPAA is the U.S. law governing protected health information (PHI). If your product stores or processes PHI for covered entities, you're a business associate: you must sign BAAs, implement the Security Rule's administrative, physical, and technical safeguards, and run documented risk assessments. There is no official HIPAA certificate — compliance is demonstrated through your program, your architecture, and your documentation.
What you get
Security Rule safeguards, implemented
Access controls, audit logging, encryption in transit and at rest, incident procedures — implemented in your stack by engineers, not delivered as a policy PDF.
BAA strategy on both sides
The BAAs you sign with customers and the ones you need from vendors (cloud, LLM APIs, analytics) — negotiated so the chain of responsibility actually holds.
Documentation buyers accept
Risk assessments, policies, and security-review answers written for the hospital or payer security team that will read them before your contract clears.
How it works
- 1
Map
Free readiness check, then ~1 week.We trace PHI through your product and vendors, flag the gaps against the Security Rule, and hand you a written remediation plan with priorities and price.
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Implement
Sized to your gaps.We close the gaps in your architecture and your process — encryption, access control, logging, BAAs, training — while your release cadence stays intact.
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Prove
Ongoing.Documented risk assessment, policies, and a security-review answer set your sales team can reuse on every healthcare deal.
HIPAA Compliance questions, answered
Is there a HIPAA certification?
No. Unlike SOC 2 or HITRUST, there is no official HIPAA certificate — any vendor claiming to 'certify' you is selling a badge. Compliance is demonstrated through your safeguards, risk assessments, and documentation. If your buyers want a certifiable proof point, that's what HITRUST is for.
Do we need a BAA with AWS or our LLM provider?
Yes — every vendor that touches PHI needs a business associate agreement, including your cloud provider and any AI APIs in the data path. We inventory the chain and fix the gaps; a missing BAA in the middle of your stack undermines everything downstream.
HIPAA vs SOC 2 vs HITRUST — which do we need?
HIPAA is the legal floor if you touch PHI. SOC 2 is the general-purpose trust report enterprise buyers expect. HITRUST is the certifiable framework large payers and hospital systems often demand. Most health-tech startups end up with HIPAA + SOC 2, adding HITRUST when a large deal requires it — we sequence them so the work is done once.
How fast can we be ready to sign a healthcare customer?
It depends on how far your architecture is from the Security Rule today — that's what the free readiness check tells you. We design HIPAA-aligned architectures so you can meet Security Rule expectations while maintaining release speed, and we prioritize the gaps that block your specific deal first.
What does it cost?
We bill in 15-minute increments with an optional monthly cap — you know the upper bound before we start. No retainers, no minimums.
The hospital's security team reads everything. Give them a program, not promises.
PHI-ready, release speed intact
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