HIPAA Compliance For SaaS

Build and automate your HIPAA Security Program. Meet all regulatory requirements for managing protected health information (PHI) in your SaaS offering.

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Challenges of HIPAA Compliance For SaaS Companies

For SaaS and software companies building new products, the healthcare industry can provide many sales opportunities, but regulatory compliance with HIPAA/HITECH can be a burden. SaaS companies must adopt administrative policies and implement all necessary technical controls for the cloud infrastructure, such as encryption, audit logging, backup and disaster recovery (DR).

In order for SaaS providers to sell to healthcare providers and healthcare vendors, they must become HIPAA compliant. This means that SaaS providers must implement all necessary physical, technical, and administrative safeguards across their organization. Teams must consider the following items when creating a HIPAA Security Program and managing HIPAA compliance for SaaS providers:

Designating A Security Officer and Security Officer
Developing HIPAA Administrative Policies
Managing Security For Protected Health Information (PHI) Data In The Cloud
Implementing Access Control and Networking Controls
Establishing Risk Assessment and Contingency Plan Procedures

Building A HIPAA Security Program For SaaS

To satisfy HIPAA/HITECH compliance requirements, SaaS companies should develop administrative policies for the organization and implement all necessary technical controls across the IT infrastructure.

Dash ComplyOps helps SaaS companies quickly generate HIPAA administrative policies, implement technical security controls, and automate remediation of compliance issues. Dash provides security teams with a solution for managing HIPAA requirements including:

Frequently Asked Questions

What SaaS Companies Need To Be HIPAA Compliant?

Any SaaS company storing, managing, and/or transmitting protected health information (PHI) is required to meet all HIPAA/HITECH regulations. This means SaaS companies that operate as vendors of a healthcare organization and receive PHI must be HIPAA compliant.

SaaS providers that plan to work with health providers, insurers, and/or enterprise healthcare companies are generally expected to be HIPAA compliant and show evidence that they have established a HIPAA security program.

How Do HIPAA Requirements Apply To The Cloud?

While cloud platforms such as Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Azure provide security configuration options, companies are required to implement technical and administrative controls for their individual cloud services under the “shared responsibility model”.

SaaS providers must implement cloud security controls including encryption, access control, networking and firewall, and audit logging.

How Do We Become HIPAA Compliant/Certified?

Unfortunately there is no official HIPAA certification. SaaS providers and software companies are required to implement HIPAA requirements and maintain HIPAA standards on and on-going basis. Continuous compliance tools such as Dash ComplyOps can help your team maintain HIPAA compliance standards.

Developing Your HIPAA Security Program

Create Security Policies

Build your HIPAA administrative policies, by answering plain-English questions about your organization/technologies.

Implement Cloud Security Controls

Set required technical security controls including – encryption, access control, audit logging, backup and disaster recovery standards.

Maintain HIPAA Security Standards

Monitor and maintain all HIPAA security controls across your organization and cloud environment

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