Governance & Ownership Map
Who owns what, documented clearly and assigned to real people.
Healthcare Privacy & Compliance
Build the system
behind the policies.
"We know what HIPAA requires in theory, but we do not have an organized system for actually managing it." Most organizations have documents. Few have a consistent operating model behind them.
Typical engagement
4 to 8 weeks
Best for
Organizations with policies in place but no consistent way to manage them
Typical investment
$15,000 to $30,000, depending on complexity
Core areas
A functioning management system, not a stack of documents.
The operating system covers the areas that HIPAA work actually touches, connected instead of scattered:
- Governance. Clear ownership of the overall privacy and security program.
- Roles and responsibilities. Who owns what, documented and understood.
- Policies and procedures. Right-sized documentation aligned to how the organization actually operates.
- Risk and remediation. A working tracker, not a static spreadsheet that goes stale.
- Vendor management and BAAs. Every relationship and agreement tracked in one place.
- Incident management. A usable process for identifying, documenting, and reporting incidents.
- Training and attestations. Who's been trained, when, and what's due next.
- Evidence management. Documentation that stays current instead of a one-time snapshot.
- Management reporting. A simple way for leadership to see where things stand.
Depending on what's already in place, the system might live in Excel, Microsoft Lists, SharePoint, Power BI, Google Workspace, or a lightweight web application built specifically for the job. The tool fits the organization, not the other way around.
How it works
From documents to a working system.
01
Understand
Review existing policies, structure, and how the work actually gets done today.
02
Design
Map the system: governance, ownership, evidence, and reporting, sized to the organization.
03
Build
Stand up the system in tools that fit how the team already works.
04
Handoff
Train the team to run it, with clear ownership for every part.
What you get
A system the team can actually run.
Policy & Procedure Set
Practical documentation aligned to how the organization actually operates, not a generic template.
Risk & Remediation Tracker
A working system for logging, prioritizing, and closing findings over time.
Vendor & BAA Register
Every vendor relationship and agreement tracked in one place, with renewal dates visible.
Incident Response Workflow
A clear, usable process for identifying, documenting, and reporting incidents when they happen.
Management Reporting
A simple, recurring way for leadership to see where the program stands.
Where reporting or tracking is still manual once the system is built, Compliance Automation & Dashboards can replace the spreadsheet work with something that updates itself.
What's not included
To be clear about scope.
Not part of this engagement
- Legal representation
- Formal legal opinions
- Day-to-day compliance management (available separately, if needed)
- Penetration testing or vulnerability scanning
- SOC 2 or HITRUST certification
- Staff augmentation or fractional executive staffing
Pricing
Typical investment: $15,000 to $30,000, depending on complexity.
Start a conversation
Tell us what's unclear, manual, or difficult to manage.
Tell us what's unclear, manual, or difficult to manage in your HIPAA privacy and security program. We'll tell you honestly where to start.
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A consulting engagement does not create an attorney-client relationship unless separately agreed in writing. This service does not constitute a HIPAA compliance certification, which does not exist as a formal designation under HIPAA.