HIPAA Attestation

Ensure you have the controls in place to meet the HIPAA security and privacy safeguards as well as the HITECH breach notification requirements.

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Why HIPAA Compliance?

From the extension of the HIPAA rules to business associates, the regulatory environment, and the concern and increase of healthcare related security breaches, the overall risks and exposure are significant for business associates.

If a covered entity engages a business associate to help it carry out its health care activities and functions, the covered entity must have a written business associate contract or other arrangement with the business associate that establishes specifically what the business associate has been engaged to do and requires the business associate to comply with the Rules’ requirements to protect the privacy and security of protected health information.

Our Process

We begin each project with your end goals in mind and to provide preparation for future key project activities. Effective communication and timely coordination of project planning activities are central to our methodology with our clients.

Schellman provides you with a detailed testing approach, based on the OCR protocol for the HIPAA security and privacy safeguards as well as the HITECH breach notification requirements and an exclusive team with extensive technology risk and healthcare audit experience.

Planning

After the agreement is executed, the first phase of the engagement is planning. This is to ensure that Schellman and the Client are fully aware of the what, who, when, why, and how prior to the beginning of testing.

Proper planning is imperative to the success of a project. Schellman has standard processes to cover the important pieces of the engagement.

Understanding and Kickoff

The kickoff is considered the start of the engagement. If needed, Schellman will schedule a call at the beginning of, or just prior to, the kickoff to finalize any outstanding items. Schellman will be available to the client with any questions.

By including communication prior to starting, Schellman ensures that no last-minute changes to the project or team have occurred and the Client has the plan prior to the testing and on-site visit.

Testing and Gathering

Testing and gathering is the core of the compliance engagement. Due to the planning and understanding processes, this phase will be an accumulation of gathering the evidence needed for the objectives discussed.

Schellman has a no surprise policy and has daily contact with the stakeholders during the testing and gathering activities. Furthermore, Schellman will begin documentation of the draft deliverable to be able to provide it to the Client efficiently after this phase. The Client will have confidence the Schellman team has completed this phase timely and completely.

Reporting

Schellman’s testing methodology ends with reporting, but the entire assessment is focused on creating a deliverable that is clear, concise, and accurate.

Schellman’s report takes into account the entire process and customizes a report for each Client. The draft report will be provided within 2 weeks of the last day of testing and gathering phase, and a final report will be provided within 30 days. This timing is unsurpassed by the industry.

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Your HIPAA Compliance Specialist, Doug Kanney

Doug Kanney is a Principal at Schellman & Company. Doug leads the HITRUST and HIPAA service lines and assists with methodology and service delivery across the SOC, PCI-DSS, and ISO service lines.

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Fixed-Fee Using an outcome-based, fixed-fee pricing model based on our extensive experience
Scope Creep We see less than 5% of our clients that see amendments and are often the result of a scope expansion
Low Overhead Low overhead means a flexible financial structure

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How much will your audit cost?

Whether it is an ISO 27001 certification, SOC 2 examination or a FedRAMP assessment, companies are often challenged by the need to address customer requirements while ensuring a return on compliance investment.

The most important factor in scoping a potential assessment is understanding what deliverable the recipient (i.e. your customer or partner) is expecting.

Once we have scoped your environment and needs, there are several factors that contribute to Schellman’s pricing:

Fixed-Fee Using an outcome-based, fixed-fee pricing model based on our extensive experience
Scope Creep We see less than 5% of our clients that see amendments and are often the result of a scope expansion
Low Overhead Low overhead means a flexible financial structure

Learn more about our pricing process

HIPAA Attestation

Ensure you have the controls in place to meet the HIPAA security and privacy safeguards as well as the HITECH breach notification requirements.

Why HIPAA Compliance?

Our Process

Planning

Understanding and Kickoff

Testing and Gathering

Reporting

Case Studies

Wrike Case Study

Complete Discovery Source

Iron Mountain

Your HIPAA Compliance Specialist, Doug Kanney

Doug Kanney is a Principal at Schellman & Company. Doug leads the HITRUST and HIPAA service lines and assists with methodology and service delivery across the SOC, PCI-DSS, and ISO service lines.

How much will your audit cost?

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