HIPAA Consulting Firm in San Diego
Practical, local HIPAA help for San Diego clinics, dental practices, behavioral health, and health-tech startups — risk assessments, policies, BAAs, and AI-safe workflows without the big-firm retainer.
What a San Diego HIPAA consultant should actually do for you
- Run a real Security Risk Analysis (SRA), not a checkbox PDF. HHS requires a documented, organization-specific risk analysis under 45 CFR §164.308(a)(1)(ii)(A). I walk your San Diego office (Encinitas, La Jolla, Carlsbad, Downtown) or do it remote, inventory ePHI flows, and deliver a findings report with ranked remediation you can hand to an auditor.
- Write policies that match how your team actually works. Generic templates fail at OCR audit. You get tailored Privacy, Security, and Breach Notification policies plus workforce training materials — calibrated to your EHR (Athena, Epic, DrChrono, SimplePractice), your phone system, and how your front desk really handles PHI.
- Lock down vendors with Business Associate Agreements (BAAs). Every vendor touching PHI — billing, transcription, cloud storage, AI tools, even your answering service — needs a signed BAA. I audit your vendor list, flag the gaps, and get BAAs in place before a breach turns into a $50K+ penalty.
- Make AI and automation HIPAA-safe. This is where most San Diego practices are quietly out of compliance in 2025. ChatGPT free tier, Otter.ai, Zapier, generic Google Workspace — none are BAA-covered by default. I build AI intake, scheduling, and documentation workflows that use HIPAA-eligible services (Google Workspace with BAA, Azure OpenAI, AWS HealthLake) so you get the speed without the breach risk.
Compliance services I deliver
- Annual Security Risk Analysis + remediation plan
- Privacy, Security & Breach Notification policies
- Workforce HIPAA training (live or recorded)
- BAA audit and vendor gap closure
- Incident response & breach investigation support
- OCR audit prep and documentation review
HIPAA-safe AI automation (my specialty)
- AI phone intake with BAA-covered transcription
- Automated appointment reminders inside your EHR
- Secure document summarization for clinical notes
- Front-desk chatbots that never log PHI to public LLMs
- Workflow audits to replace non-compliant tools
- Flat $100/hr — no retainer, no 12-month contract
Why San Diego practices hire me instead of a big consulting firm
Big HIPAA firms quote $15K–$40K for a risk analysis and lock you into a retainer. I'm one person in Encinitas who does the work directly, bills by the hour, and stops when you're compliant. If you need enterprise-scale work, I'll tell you — and refer you. Most San Diego clinics and health-tech startups don't need enterprise scale. They need one sharp operator who understands both the regulation and the tech stack.
Who I work with in San Diego County
Solo and small-group medical practices, dental offices, mental health and therapy practices, chiropractic and PT clinics, med spas handling PHI, telehealth startups, and health-tech SaaS companies that need to answer "yes" on security questionnaires. From Encinitas and Carlsbad up through Oceanside, down through La Jolla, Mission Valley, Hillcrest, and into Chula Vista.
PJ · Encinitas, CA · 858-461-8054
I'm the guy who picks up the phone. Text me what your clinic uses — EHR, phone system, AI tools — and I'll tell you in 10 minutes what's compliant, what's not, and what it'll cost to fix.
Ready for an honest HIPAA assessment?
Free 15-minute call. I'll tell you exactly where you stand and what it costs to fix. No pitch, no retainer.
Text 858-461-8054