Flagship program · Healthcare Trust Launch
One control program for healthcare trust.
Map HIPAA safeguards and SOC 2 criteria together, fix the highest-risk gaps once, and reuse the evidence.
Why healthcare companies need both.
Two different audiences, two different instruments — one underlying security program.
HIPAA — required by law and by customers
If you touch PHI for covered entities, you're almost certainly a business associate with direct legal obligations. Health systems won't sign a BAA — or a contract — without evidence of a real HIPAA program: risk analysis, policies, training, and incident readiness.
SOC 2 — required to close enterprise deals
Security teams at hospitals, payers, and enterprise partners ask for a SOC 2 report before procurement moves. It's the standard instrument for proving your controls operate — issued by an independent CPA firm after examination.
The overlap is the opportunity.
One control library, mapped to both frameworks. Shared controls are built once; framework-specific work is called out explicitly.
HIPAA-specific
- PHI data-flow inventory
- Business associate agreements
- Minimum-necessary standard
- Breach-notification rules
- Privacy Rule workflows
Shared — built once, used twice
- Risk analysis & risk register
- Access control & MFA
- Access reviews & JML process
- Security training
- Incident response
- Vendor management
- Logging & monitoring
- Change management
- Backup & contingency
- Policy governance
SOC 2-specific
- Trust Services Criteria scoping
- System description
- Auditor request management
- Observation-window evidence
- Attestation-specific controls
The 12-week readiness plan.
Readiness is managed together; the examination itself belongs to the independent CPA firm.
Week 1
Kickoff & discovery
Stakeholder interviews, systems, data flows, vendors, workforce, and contracts.
Deliverables: Project plan, responsibility matrix, system inventory.
Model 12-week plan for combined HIPAA + SOC 2 readiness. Actual timelines depend on client responsiveness, system complexity, existing control maturity, remediation effort, and auditor availability. A SOC 2 Type 2 report additionally requires a 3–12 month observation window plus audit and reporting time.
Who does what.
A clear responsibility matrix — no ambiguity about ownership, and no compromise of auditor independence.
| Area | ClearCompliance | Your team | Independent CPA |
|---|---|---|---|
| Risk analysis & gap assessment | Performs and documents | Provides access and answers | — |
| Policies & procedures | Drafts and customizes | Reviews, approves, acknowledges | Examines as evidence |
| Technical remediation | Prioritizes and guides | Implements in its own systems | — |
| Training | Provides program and tracking | Completes it | Examines completions |
| Evidence collection | Requests, quality-reviews, organizes | Produces from its systems | Tests independently |
| SOC 2 examination & report | Coordinates and supports | Engages the firm directly | Performs and issues report |
The package.
Everything from both programs, plus the healthcare-specific work that makes it one coherent whole.
Healthcare Trust Launch
Healthcare SaaS, medical AI, digital health, telehealth, and healthcare infrastructure startups that need both frameworks.
$14,500 implementation
+ $1,250/month ongoing
Plus the independent CPA audit fee, quoted separately. $1,500 discount for annual prepayment of the ongoing service.
Target: 8–14 weeks
Timelines are targets, for HIPAA readiness and SOC 2 Type 1 readiness, assuming a functioning cloud environment and responses within two business days; a Type 2 report additionally requires a 3–12 month observation period plus audit and reporting time.
Included
- Everything in HIPAA Foundations
- Everything in SOC 2 Readiness
- Unified control library mapping HIPAA safeguards to SOC 2 controls
- Deduplicated evidence plan
- Healthcare data-flow and subprocessor review
- BAA coverage review for cloud and SaaS vendors
- Minimum-necessary and access-control workflow
- PHI lifecycle review: collection, use, disclosure, storage, retention, deletion
- Product security architecture interview
- AI/ML data-use review when applicable
- Customer security questionnaire starter library
- Basic customer-facing Trust Center configuration
- Executive readiness dashboard
- Weekly implementation meeting
- Shared project channel
- CPA audit coordination
Not included unless purchased
- The SOC 2 examination itself (performed by an independent CPA firm)
- Penetration testing (available as a partner add-on)
- Legal opinions
- HITRUST validation
Qualification
The program works when these are true. If they aren't yet, we'll say so and recommend what to do first.
- You have a functioning cloud environment (AWS, Azure, or GCP) in production or close to it
- A named internal owner can dedicate a few hours per week
- Your team can respond to requests within two business days
- Leadership is committed to fixing high-risk gaps, not just documenting them
Not sure it fits?
Take the five-minute readiness assessment for an educational estimate of your HIPAA and SOC 2 posture and a recommended starting point.
Combined program FAQ
Why do both frameworks together?
Because most of the work overlaps. Access control, risk analysis, training, vendor management, incident response, logging, and change management all serve both HIPAA and SOC 2. Done separately, you pay for the overlap twice — in money and in your team's time. Done together, each gap is fixed once and the evidence is reused.
What does the program cost?
$14,500 implementation plus ongoing managed compliance at $1,250/month, with a $1,500 discount for annual prepayment of the ongoing service. The independent CPA examination fee is quoted separately by the audit firm you engage. Larger teams or multiple production environments move to custom pricing.
What's the realistic timeline?
8–14 weeks to combined HIPAA readiness and SOC 2 Type 1 readiness, assuming a functioning environment and responses within two business days. If you need a Type 2 report, its 3–12 month observation window starts after controls are operating, followed by the CPA firm's audit and reporting time. These are targets that depend on your participation, not guarantees.
Do we end up 'certified' in both?
Precisely: you end up with a documented HIPAA compliance program and independent readiness assessment (HIPAA has no official certification), and a SOC 2 report issued by an independent CPA firm. That combination is what healthcare enterprise buyers actually ask for.
What if we're not ready to qualify?
That's common and fixable. If discovery shows the program isn't the right fit yet — no cloud environment, no internal owner — we'll tell you directly and outline what to do first, sometimes starting with HIPAA Foundations alone.
One program. One team. Both frameworks.
Contact us and leave with a recommended scope, realistic timeline, and budget range.