HIPAA Cybersecurity Compliance for Medical & Dental Offices
HIPAA cybersecurity compliance services for medical, dental, and specialty practices. Annual risk analyses, BAAs, access controls, audit-ready evidence, and breach response runbooks.
HIPAA cybersecurity compliance for medical and dental offices.
Key facts
Four pillars of the program
Why generic cybersecurity isn't enough for healthcare
Frequently asked questions
Cybersecurity · Healthcare compliance
Risk analyses, BAA inventories, access reviews, and audit-ready evidence — without hiring a full-time compliance officer.
Each engagement covers risk analysis, vendor management, access controls, and breach response — the four areas auditors actually ask about.
A generic cybersecurity program protects systems. A HIPAA-compliant program protects systems and produces the documentary evidence regulators, payers, and cyber insurance carriers demand. The technical controls are often already in place — what's missing is the written risk analysis, the BAA inventory, the documented access reviews, and the breach response plan.
Pairs naturally with our healthcare industry practice, the healthcare fractional CTO retainer, and the healthcare cloud migration case study. For background reading, see our SMB cybersecurity checklist.
Frequently Asked Questions
Do small medical and dental offices really get audited for HIPAA?
Yes — and increasingly so. OCR audits, payer-driven audits, cyber insurance underwriting reviews, and post-incident investigations all demand the same evidence: a current risk analysis, BAAs, access reviews, training logs, and an incident response plan. Most small practices fail not because they're insecure, but because they can't produce the documentation on demand.
We already have a managed IT provider — why do we need this separately?
Most MSPs handle the technical safeguards (firewall, antivirus, backups) but stop short of the administrative safeguards HIPAA actually requires: written policies, risk analyses, vendor management, training records, and breach response. This service fills that gap and works alongside your existing MSP rather than replacing them.
How long does the initial compliance program take to stand up?
A typical 5–25 person practice reaches an audit-defensible posture in 60–90 days: risk analysis in weeks 1–3, BAA cleanup and access reviews in weeks 3–6, written policies and training in weeks 6–9, and incident response tabletop in weeks 9–12. Quarterly retainers maintain it from there.
Will you sign a Business Associate Agreement with us?
Yes. A mutual BAA is signed before any engagement work begins. All tooling used during the engagement (project management, communications, password vault, document storage) is restricted to vendors that will sign a BAA.
What happens if we have a breach during the engagement?
The incident response runbook activates: containment first, then forensic preservation, then breach assessment against the HIPAA Breach Notification Rule's four-factor analysis, then patient and HHS notification timelines if required. We coordinate with your cyber insurance carrier and breach counsel — we don't replace them.