Virtual Privacy Officer
The Virtual Privacy Officer (VPO) retainer provides ongoing monthly HIPAA compliance support for small practices that need a privacy officer but cannot justify a full-time hire.
What is included each month: regulatory monitoring and change management; policy and procedure maintenance; vendor and BAA portfolio management; workforce training oversight; incident response readiness; and direct access for compliance questions as they arise.
The VPO retainer is structured as a fixed monthly fee. It is designed for practices that have already completed a Compliance Foundation Program or have an existing compliance program in reasonable shape.
Case study: A medical coding company engaged Stag Compliance for a Compliance Foundation Program and then converted to a VPO retainer. Over eight years, they maintained zero OCR audit findings, achieved 100% workforce training completion, and saved an estimated $450,000 through vendor restructuring and risk reduction.