Complete Guide to Healthcare IT & HIPAA Compliance for Florida Practices

BASG supports HIPAA Security and Privacy Rules (with readiness for the proposed Security Rule update), CMMC Levels 1–3, NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF), NIST SP 800-171, and the Florida Information Protection Act (FIPA). Our compliance-as-a-managed-service model includes continuous control monitoring, evidence collection, policy authoring, employee training, and audit preparation.

Nothing yet, legally: the update HHS proposed in January 2025 is not final, the May 2026 target passed, and the federal regulatory agenda now projects July 2027. As proposed it would make several safeguards mandatory: encryption of all ePHI at rest and in transit, multi-factor authentication for systems accessing ePHI, 72-hour recovery, vulnerability scans every six months, and 24-hour business-associate notification. Many controls that are "addressable" today would become "required."

The Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) defines three levels for defense industrial base contractors. Level 1 (Foundational) covers basic safeguarding of federal contract information. Level 2 (Advanced) aligns to NIST SP 800-171 and is required for handling controlled unclassified information (CUI). Level 3 (Expert) adds requirements from NIST SP 800-172 for the most sensitive programs.

Yes. BASG executes Business Associate Agreements (BAAs) with all healthcare clients as required by the HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules. We support full HIPAA compliance and prepare clients for the proposed Security Rule update.

Yes. BASG supports the IT infrastructure, networking, security, and integrations behind major EHR platforms. We do not replace your EHR vendor's clinical support, but we ensure the underlying environment (workstations, network, identity, backup, encryption) meets HIPAA requirements and performs reliably.

Healthcare data is high-value: protected health information (PHI) sells for more than credit card numbers on dark markets, ransomware operators know clinics cannot afford downtime, and many practices run legacy systems with limited IT budgets. In recent years, the majority of Florida cyberattacks have targeted healthcare. The average healthcare breach now costs roughly $9.8M.

BASG helps clients build AI governance policies covering acceptable use, data handling, vendor security review, model evaluation, audit logging, and shadow-AI risk mitigation. This is paired with security review of AI tooling, data loss prevention, and integration with existing compliance frameworks.