HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) verification is a formal evaluation of your organization’s administrative, physical, and technical safeguards. For service providers, this process validates that your policies and security controls meet the high standards required to protect the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of electronic PHI (ePHI).
As a Business Associate, you are directly liable under federal law for HIPAA compliance. Independent verification serves as your "Proof of Trust" for healthcare clients, hospital systems, and health plans. It streamlines the vendor risk management process and provides a documented defense in the event of an inquiry or data incident.
While the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) does not "certify" organizations, the law requires that you perform a periodic technical and non-technical evaluation of your security posture. Furthermore, most healthcare contracts now mandate third-party verification as a prerequisite for handling patient data or integrating with healthcare networks.
The process begins with a detailed mapping of your PHI data flow, followed by a gap analysis of your current controls against the HIPAA Security and Privacy Rules. Our team then performs manual testing of your safeguards—from encryption and access controls to employee training—culminating in a comprehensive report of your compliance posture.
For maximum efficiency, we can map HIPAA requirements directly onto your SOC 2® engagement. This “single testing” approach allows you to satisfy general security requirements and specific healthcare mandates in one streamlined process, reducing administrative burden and reporting costs.
If your organization is already maintaining a security framework or is pursuing multiple compliance goals simultaneously, you are likely closer to full HIPAA alignment than you think.
By leveraging a SOC 2®+ engagement, you can map overlapping controls to satisfy multiple requirements during a single examination, saving your team significant time and administrative effort.
We tailor our verification to your specific business model and the requirements of your stakeholders:
A standalone, deep-dive evaluation into your adherence to the HIPAA Security, Privacy, and Breach Notification Rules. This is the ideal choice for service providers who need a clear, professional record of their compliance status for their clients.
Our approach focuses on the reality of your security, not just the existence of a policy manual:
We identify exactly where ePHI is stored, transmitted, and accessed within your environment to ensure no “blind spots” exist in your security perimeter.
We verify your risk management processes, business associate agreements, facility access controls, and workforce training programs.
We perform manual validation of your encryption standards, integrity controls, and transmission security to ensure your technical defenses are robust.
We deliver an independent, professional report that details your alignment with the HIPAA rules, providing the transparency your healthcare partners demand.
Choosing Auditwerx for your compliance examination gives you a distinct advantage. Our simple reporting process makes it easy for any size organization to build trust with their clients.
We are proud to be an independent firm with no conflicts of interest in completing your report.
We focus only on controls and evidence that will score points in the final assessment.
Partner with a single firm throughout your entire compliance lifecycle. Our findings are objective and have no conflicts of interest.
Our U.S. based team of assessment professionals are never outsourced.
200+ years of collective experience translates to the most efficient path to certification, saving you time and money.
We offer flexible integration with leading GRC tools, so you don't have to duplicate evidence.
No. The federal government does not recognize any “official” HIPAA certification. However, they do require periodic evaluations. Our independent verification report provides the professional, third-party validation that healthcare organizations and regulators look for as evidence of your compliance efforts.
To remain aligned with the Security Rule’s requirement for “periodic” evaluations, most organizations conduct a verification engagement annually. This ensures your controls stay effective as your technology evolves and new cybersecurity threats emerge in the healthcare sector.
If you handle PHI on behalf of a healthcare provider or payer, you are a Business Associate. This means you must have signed Business Associate Agreements (BAAs) in place and meet the same technical and administrative standards as the healthcare providers themselves. We verify that your BAA management and vendor oversight processes are fully compliant.
HIPAA is a federal regulation, while HITRUST is a private, certifiable security framework that includes HIPAA requirements. While HITRUST is more prescriptive and “certifiable,” formal HIPAA verification is often the most efficient way for many service providers to meet their legal and contractual obligations.
…Both operations and assessment teams executed the engagement flawlessly, on-time and on-budget. The Auditwerx team provided us with the necessary guidance, tools and knowledge...We would highly recommend Auditwerx services to organizations of all sizes and requirement complexities.
...Their team has brought a level of knowledge and professionalism that has been unmatched. Our company is required to undergo a number of assessments annually with various firms and Auditwerx has truly been a pleasure to work with...
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In the healthcare industry, trust is the primary currency. Don’t let compliance gaps jeopardize your partnerships or your reputation. Join the organizations that trust our team to provide clear, rigorous, and professional HIPAA verification.
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