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HIPAA Security Rule · United States

HIPAA Compliance & Security Risk Assessment for US Healthcare

Infilux AppSec delivers HIPAA Security Rule compliance for US healthcare entities, digital-health startups, and business associates — including the mandatory annual Security Risk Assessment under 45 CFR §164.308(a)(1)(ii)(A), ePHI control implementation, breach-notification playbooks, business-associate agreement reviews, and OCR audit-readiness packages.

United States

Every US covered entity and business associate that handles electronic protected health information (ePHI) must conduct a HIPAA Security Risk Assessment annually — and demonstrate the remediation. The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has issued seven-figure settlements for organisations that couldn't produce a current SRA when audited.

Our HIPAA engagement starts with a §164.308–§164.312 gap analysis against your administrative, physical, and technical safeguards. We then design and implement the controls — encryption at rest and in transit, access logs with two-year retention, multi-factor authentication for ePHI systems, audit trails, and the incident-response playbook with 60-day breach-notification timing under §164.402.

Healthcare-adjacent SaaS is the fastest-growing segment of our HIPAA practice. Telehealth platforms, claims-processing vendors, RPM device manufacturers, and AI-medical-imaging startups have used Infilux to ship the HIPAA readiness their hospital customers demand — without hiring an in-house compliance team.

Key controls we implement

Security Risk Assessment

The §164.308(a)(1)(ii)(A) annual SRA — required by every HIPAA-covered entity and business associate.

Administrative safeguards (§164.308)

Workforce security, access management, training, contingency planning.

Physical safeguards (§164.310)

Facility access controls, device + media controls, workstation security.

Technical safeguards (§164.312)

Access control, audit controls, integrity, transmission security, MFA.

Business Associate Agreements

BAA review, sub-BAA mapping for downstream vendors.

Breach Notification readiness

60-day notification timing under §164.402; OCR portal submission readiness.

OCR audit preparation

Documentation package + walk-through for HHS OCR Phase 2 audits.

Frequently asked

Who needs HIPAA compliance?+
Every US-based covered entity (health plans, healthcare providers, healthcare clearinghouses) AND every business associate that creates, receives, maintains, or transmits ePHI on their behalf — including SaaS vendors, cloud providers, BPO firms, and even some marketing platforms.
How often must we conduct the Security Risk Assessment?+
Annually at minimum, AND any time there is a significant change in your environment — new ePHI system, M&A, infrastructure migration, security incident. The SRA is the #1 finding when OCR audits an organisation.
We're a digital-health SaaS, not a hospital. Does HIPAA still apply?+
Yes, if your platform stores, transmits, or processes ePHI for any covered entity client — you're a Business Associate. Your hospital customers will require a signed BAA and proof of HIPAA controls before they integrate you. Most enterprise healthcare deals stall here.
How long does HIPAA readiness take?+
8-12 weeks for a healthcare-adjacent SaaS starting from zero compliance maturity. Includes SRA, control implementation, BAA library setup, breach-notification playbook, and staff training. Re-assessment annually thereafter typically takes 2-4 weeks.
What's the typical cost?+
USD $25K-$80K for a first-year HIPAA programme covering SRA + controls + BAA library + audit prep, depending on org size and existing maturity. Subsequent annual re-assessments are typically 50% of first-year.

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