Small Specialty Clinic HIPAA Compliance
Small specialty clinics — cardiology, orthopedics, dermatology, ophthalmology, and others — handle sensitive patient information daily but rarely have dedicated compliance staff. HIPAA responsibility typically falls on the practice manager, billing lead, or the physician themselves.
Common gaps in small specialty clinics: no formal risk analysis in the past three years; BAAs missing for EHR vendors, billing services, and cloud storage providers; patient portal and online scheduling tools not reviewed for tracking technology; workforce training completed once at onboarding and never revisited.
Stag Compliance builds practical HIPAA compliance programs for small specialty clinics — designed to be maintained by a practice that does not have a full-time compliance officer.