For independent dental practices
HIPAA shouldn’t require a compliance officer you can’t afford.
Hipsana helps clinicians who run their own practice find the HIPAA gaps that put them at risk, then fix them. Start with a free Security Scorecard: ten questions, about three minutes, a score and a written review at the end.
What makes us different
Three things we won’t compromise on.
Plain-language risk findings
We translate the HIPAA Security Rule into the handful of gaps that actually put your practice at risk. The answer comes first, the jargon stays out.
Independent-practice scale
Enterprise security tools are designed for IT departments you don’t have. We focus on what works for a one-to-ten-person practice.
Cited, not invented
Every regulatory claim points back to HHS, OCR, or NIST. We qualify what we can’t verify and tell you where we drew the line.
Common questions
What practice owners ask first.
Three of the questions we hear most, each answered plainly and built on a real OCR case sourced to HHS or NIST.
New here? Start with our complete guide to dental HIPAA compliance →
- What happens if a dental practice fails a HIPAA audit?
What a random audit actually triggers, and what a finding costs a small practice.
- How much does a HIPAA risk assessment cost?
What the free HHS tool covers, and when paying a specialist is worth it.
- Is ChatGPT HIPAA compliant for a dental practice?
Where everyday AI tools quietly create a HIPAA gap, and the one test that settles it.
Or skip ahead and see where your own practice stands →
From the public record
What a missing risk analysis actually costs
In 2020, a solo physician’s practice settled with HHS for $100,000 and two years of federal monitoring. The trigger wasn’t a hacker or a stolen laptop. OCR found the practice had never completed one basic document: the risk analysis the HIPAA Security Rule requires. To OCR, a solo physician and a solo dentist answer to the same baseline. The free Scorecard checks whether that document, and the gaps around it, exist in yours.
Report
Dental HIPAA Breach and Enforcement Report (2026)
We read the public HHS breach and enforcement data so you don’t have to: how dental practices actually get breached, and the one failure OCR keeps fining them for.
Read the report →Start with the free HIPAA Scorecard.
Answer ten yes/no questions about how your practice handles patient data. You’ll get a score out of 100, based on your answers, and a written review of the gaps they point to, plus the option to book a short risk review and an intro to a specialist if you want help. About three minutes.
For questions, partnership inquiries, or feedback, the address is hello@hipsana.com.