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Solution

HIPAA compliance for startups

You have five engineers, one enterprise deal on the line, and a health system security team asking for a risk analysis you have never done.

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You have five engineers, one enterprise deal on the line, and a health system security team asking for a risk analysis you have never done.

What you get

  • Get HIPAA-ready in weeks, not quarters, without hiring a compliance person
  • Answer security questionnaires from a pre-built library
  • Sign BAAs with customers the same week they ask
  • Build a control set that upgrades to SOC 2 without redoing the work

The shared responsibility line

This is where most teams get it wrong. Your provider secures the infrastructure. You secure your configuration, your identities, your data classification, your logging retention, and your workforce. Every enforcement action we have read involved the second half of that sentence, not the first.

How it fits together

LayerWho owns itHow SuperHIPAA helps
InfrastructureProvider (under BAA)We verify your BAA is current and covers the services you use
ConfigurationYouContinuous checks mapped to §164.312
Data classificationYouePHI inventory and flow mapping
WorkforceYouTraining, acknowledgement, access reviews
DocumentationYouPolicies, risk analysis, evidence, all versioned

Start where you are

Take the free readiness assessment — 24 questions, about eight minutes, no call required. You get a scored report identifying which required specifications you are missing and what to fix first. If it turns out you are further along than you thought, we will tell you that too.

Questions

Is a signed BAA from our cloud provider enough?

No. A BAA allocates responsibility; it does not implement safeguards. Your configuration, access control, logging, and workforce practices are still assessed against the Security Rule.

Can we do HIPAA and SOC 2 at the same time?

Yes, and you should. Roughly two-thirds of the control work overlaps. One control set, two outputs — that is how the platform is built.

How fast can we be ready for a customer security review?

Trust centre and questionnaire library go live in days. A defensible full program takes 8–12 weeks. We tell prospects the difference honestly, and so should you.

Can we put HIPAA off until we have revenue?

Not if PHI touches your systems — the obligations attach the day the first pilot record lands, not the day the contract is signed. The cheaper deferral is architectural: keep PHI out of scope entirely until you are ready, using synthetic or properly de-identified data, and document that boundary.

An investor asked if we are 'HIPAA certified'. What do we say?

That no such certification exists — HHS runs no certification programme, and anyone selling one is selling a logo. What you can show is a current risk analysis, implemented safeguards, and an independent third-party assessment report, which is the artefact sophisticated buyers and diligence teams actually credit.

Should we do HIPAA or SOC 2 first?

Follow your buyers: health systems and covered entities ask for HIPAA first, tech-side enterprises often lead with SOC 2. Because the control set is shared, the real decision is sequencing the attestation, not doing the work twice — most healthcare startups land HIPAA first and add SOC 2 within the year.

What does this cost at seed stage?

Pricing is published, so put it in the model without a sales call — and the 3-year price lock means the number does not balloon after your Series A. Fixed-fee services cover the pieces you genuinely cannot do alone, like the initial risk analysis.

Our first customer sent a BAA to sign. Can we just sign it?

Read it first — you are committing to breach notification windows, safeguard obligations, and sometimes audit rights and offshore restrictions. Signing before you can meet the terms converts a sales win into a standing liability. With a baseline program in place, signing same-week is realistic and safe.

If our pilot uses de-identified data, are we out of scope?

Only if it truly meets the §164.514 standard — dates, device identifiers, and free-text notes defeat Safe Harbor more often than founders expect. A limited data set still requires a data use agreement. Get the classification right in writing before the pilot, because it determines everything downstream.

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