HIPAA Compliance Essentials for 2026
Use this as a practical roadmap for building a complete compliance program.
HIPAA Compliance Consulting
HIPAA Compliance for Small Practices
You run a small practice. You don't have a compliance department, you have patients and staff. Work directly with a CHP (Certified HIPAA Professional) who knows what auditors from OCR (The Office of Civil Rights) look for, fixes the gaps with you that cause fines, and make HIPAA compliance approachable for your team.
Solo providers • small practices • vendors/MSPs • growing teams
Security risk analysis
Policies and training
Vendor Contracts and Questionnaires
The Process
How It Works
The workflow starts with a Security Risk Assessment (SRA). This lets us gain a baseline of your HIPAA compliance status. Then, we move into gap analysis, remediation plans, policy templates, staff training, and vendor management.
Assess and Analyze Automatically
Choose a Privacy Officer. Complete your Security Risk Assessment. Then get your Gap Analysis and Remediation Plan.
Adopt and Attest
Review and publish your policies. Then have staff read them, and sign off on them. Also, complete HIPAA 101 training, and cybersecurity training.
Audit and Execute
Manage Vendors (Third-Parties), sign Business Associate Agreements (BAAs), review vendor risk, and finish your site, device and IT audits.
Anonymous Incident Reporting
Every account includes a way that staff can report unauthorized disclosures of PHI (protected health information). Issues can be submitted anonymously and your Privacy Officer gets clear next steps.
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NYC-Based • Nationally Available
Meet Chuck Weiselberg
Founder & CEO | Certified HIPAA Professional (CHP)
Since 2015, Chuck has helped organizations build practical HIPAA programs that hold up in the real world. He is based in New York and works with clients across the country. See the complete HIPAA compliance guide for a practical overview.
He makes complex rules easier to follow and leads with empathy, clarity, and steady guidance.
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What We Offer
Products
Get the HIPAA help you need in one place, from gap analysis guidance to hands-on support that helps you finish the work.
HIPAA Security Risk Assessment
A yearly review of risk to ePHI. It is the starting point for a strong HIPAA program.
Explore HIPAA Security Risk Assessment services →HIPAA Gap Analysis
Built from your SRA. It shows where you fall short and what to fix first.
Review HIPAA Gap Analysis support options →HIPAA Remediation Plans
This plan shows your gaps and how you will fix them. It also shows auditors that you have a clear response.
See HIPAA remediation planning consulting →HIPAA Policy Templates
Use ready-made templates built for HIPAA. Your staff reviews and signs off without starting from scratch.
Access HIPAA Policy Template services →Staff HIPAA Training
Meet the yearly training requirement with HIPAA 101 and cybersecurity training. Track completion for your whole team.
View staff HIPAA training services →Physical Site Audit
A yearly on-site review of your physical safeguards, access controls, and workstation security.
Discuss physical safeguard audit consulting →Device & IT Audits
A yearly check of your devices and IT setup. We review inventory, encryption, and key security settings.
Plan device and IT audit consulting →Unauthorized Disclosure of PHI Reporting
Give staff a clear way to report incidents. Reports can be anonymous, and your team gets clear response steps.
Get HIPAA incident response consulting help →
Client Reviews
Client Feedback
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"One Guy Consulting is super easy to work with. I actually look forward to my implementation meetings for HIPAA."Samantha M.
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"We've been working with One Guy Consulting for years and always been very pleased with the results."Katie M. — Local Guide
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"One Guy Consulting is great at what they do! I was intimidated to start work on this project, but nothing was further from the truth! Chuck was so professional and welcoming. He was always happy to clarify questions I had. They really knew how to put me at ease. Thanks so much, One Guy Consulting! Special shout-out to Chuck for getting me across the finish line."Jennifer M.
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Recommendations from professionals who have worked alongside Chuck.
"Charles is a master of automation, allowing him to operate with the output of a much larger team while working as a department of one."Omar Barazanji - Machine Learning / MLOps / Agentic AI Engineer - View on LinkedIn
FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions
You likely need to follow HIPAA if you create, receive, store, or share Protected Health Information (PHI). That includes covered entities like healthcare providers and health plans, plus vendors that handle PHI for them as business associates. If you are a vendor, a Business Associate Agreement (BAA) should be in place before PHI is shared.
Any group that handles Protected Health Information (PHI) must follow HIPAA. That includes providers, health plans, and business associates like IT vendors, billing companies, and cloud providers.
Our HIPAA compliance process takes about 1–2 months. We work at your pace to ensure nothing is rushed or overlooked.
An SRA is a yearly HIPAA risk review. It finds risks to electronic PHI and helps you decide what to fix first.
HIPAA violations can lead to fines from $100 to $50,000 per violation, up to $1.5 million per year. In serious cases, they can also lead to criminal charges and loss of trust.
Yes. HIPAA compliance is ongoing. We help with yearly SRA updates, policy reviews, staff refreshers, and day-to-day questions.
A HIPAA gap analysis shows where you do not yet meet the rule.
A HIPAA remediation plan shows what needs to be fixed and the steps to fix it.
No, we provide policy templates tuned to HIPAA requirements and help tailor them to your organization.
Each staff member should complete policy attestation, HIPAA 101 training, and cybersecurity awareness training each year.
No. One Guy Consulting is not a law firm and does not give legal advice. You should talk to an attorney before making major legal or business decisions.
Self-Guided is a plan for experienced compliance professionals who need a reliable, cloud-based platform to serve as their source of truth and centralize their work within one solution. The Full-Scope is a plan for small and scaling teams who are tackling HIPAA compliance for the first time, or coming from another HIPAA compliance platform, and need assistance within this entirely new GUI to get their plan up and running.
Cost depends on organization size, complexity, and how much support you need. Our Self-Guided plan starts at $199/month and Full-Scope starts at $399/month. Both include the full platform — risk assessments, gap analysis, policies, training, vendor management, and audits. See our HIPAA compliance cost breakdown for a detailed look at what drives pricing across the industry.
One Guy Consulting does not handle PHI as part of our service, but we are happy to sign a BAA with your organization if you would like one in place.
Onboarding follows four steps: (1) Choose a Privacy Officer and complete your Security Risk Assessment to get your Gap Analysis and Remediation Plan, (2) Review and publish your policies, then have staff complete attestation, HIPAA 101 training, and cybersecurity training, (3) Manage vendors, sign Business Associate Agreements, review vendor risk, and finish your site, device, and IT audits, (4) Set up anonymous incident reporting so staff can report PHI issues and your Privacy Officer gets clear next steps. Most organizations complete the process in 1–2 months.
Featured HIPAA Resources
What Is HIPAA? The Complete Beginner’s Guide
Understand what HIPAA requires, who it applies to, and why it matters for your organization.
Protected Health Information (PHI): What Counts and What Doesn’t
Learn what qualifies as PHI, the 18 HIPAA identifiers, and how to handle it properly.
HIPAA Breach Notification Rule: Compliance Requirements
Know your obligations when a breach occurs—timelines, reporting steps, and penalty risks.
Business Associate vs Covered Entity: Key Differences
Understand role boundaries so contracts, obligations, and audits stay clean.
Patient Rights Under HIPAA: A Provider’s Guide
Understand the access, amendment, and disclosure rights your patients are entitled to.
Industries Served
Specialties We Serve
Dental Practices
Mental Health Providers
Medical Clinics
Pharmacies
IT Vendors & MSPs
Healthcare Startups
EHR Companies
Hospitals
Billing Companies
Skilled Nursing
And any/all other healthcare providers or business associates that handle PHI.
Discuss your HIPAA requirements
If you are not sure what to tackle first, reach out and we will help you map the next step.