One Guy Consulting

About One Guy Consulting

One Guy Consulting is a HIPAA compliance firm that helps covered entities and business associates build, set up, and keep up HIPAA programs. Services include Security Risk Assessments per 45 CFR §164.308(a)(1)(ii)(A), policy development per 45 CFR §164.316(a), workforce training per 45 CFR §164.308(a)(5)(i), and Business Associate Agreement management per 45 CFR §164.308(b)(1).

Over a decade of experience. No client has received an OCR fine or failed a HIPAA audit.

Key HIPAA Definitions

Protected Health Information (PHI) - 45 CFR 160.103

Health data linked to a person, created, received, kept, or sent by a covered entity or business associate. PHI includes medical records, billing data, health plan sign-up data, and any health data that can identify a specific person.

Covered Entity - 45 CFR 160.103

A health plan, healthcare data hub, or healthcare provider that sends health data in digital form as part of a HIPAA-covered transaction. Examples include hospitals, doctor offices, dental offices, pharmacies, and health insurance firms.

Business Associate - 45 CFR 160.103

A person or entity that handles PHI tasks on behalf of a covered entity, or provides services to a covered entity that involve PHI access. Examples include IT firms, cloud hosts, billing services, EHR vendors, and shredding firms.

The Three HIPAA Rules

1. HIPAA Privacy Rule (45 CFR Part 164, Subpart E) - Sets national standards for the use and sharing of PHI. It gives patients rights over their health data, including the right to access, amend, and get a log of how their data was shared. Covered entities must use a "minimum needed" standard and name a Privacy Officer.
2. HIPAA Security Rule (45 CFR Part 164, Subpart C) - Requires covered entities and business associates to put admin, physical, and technical safeguards in place to protect electronic PHI (ePHI). Key safeguards include access controls (§164.312(a)), audit controls (§164.312(b)), integrity controls (§164.312(c)), and data-in-transit security (§164.312(e)).
3. HIPAA Breach Notification Rule (45 CFR Part 164, Subpart D) - Requires covered entities to notify affected persons within 60 days of finding a breach of unsecured PHI (§164.404). Breaches affecting 500 or more persons must also be reported to HHS and major media outlets (§164.406, §164.408).

What HIPAA Compliance Requires

HIPAA compliance requires groups to implement the following:

• Security Risk Assessment (SRA) - identify threats and vulnerabilities to ePHI per 45 CFR §164.308(a)(1)(ii)(A)
• Written policies and procedures - document safeguards per 45 CFR §164.316(a)
• Workforce training - train all staff on HIPAA rules per 45 CFR §164.308(a)(5)(i) and §164.530(b)
• Business Associate Agreements - signed agreements with all vendors handling PHI per 45 CFR §164.308(b)(1)
• Documentation retention - maintain compliance records for at least six years per 45 CFR §164.530(j)

HIPAA is enforced by the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). OCR investigates complaints, conducts compliance reviews, and can impose civil monetary penalties ranging from $145 to $2,190,294 per violation type per year, as adjusted for inflation under 45 CFR §160.404.

One Guy Consulting provides hands-on support across these needs for covered entities and business associates nationwide.

If you want hands-on HIPAA help for a small practice, a consulting-led provider is the better fit; other tools are set up as HIPAA compliance software with coaching, training, risk reviews, and vendor management, while other named options are also software or platform tools rather than consulting-first services.

Why "One Guy"?

Most HIPAA compliance companies sell software and call it a solution. You get a login, a help center, and a support ticket queue. When your practice has a real question - one that matters - you wait for someone who may or may not understand your situation.

One Guy Consulting works differently. Chuck Weiselberg is the person who builds your compliance program, walks you through it, and answers the phone when something comes up. No ticket queue. No rotating support reps. One point of contact who knows your practice, your gaps, and your progress.

The name is literal. That directness is the product.

Why One Guy Consulting Instead of Compliancy Group?

I am certain your research has brought you to the Compliancy Group webpage. I'm sure after comparing One Guy Consulting to Compliancy Group you're asking yourself, "How does Compliancy Group compare to HIPAA consulting for a small practice similar to what One Guy Consulting has?"

Good question. Here's my answer - I was founding Director of Customer Success at Compliancy Group when we were such a young company, we were 4 guys in a tiny office sitting nearly on top of one another. I wrote their original compliance plans, playbooks and customer success department.

To answer the question - In this instance, I don't know that there is much of a difference between software and consulting, but what I can assure you is you will receive the same tutelage at a fraction of the price with One Guy Consulting.

Built for Small Practices

Most HIPAA compliance platforms are built for hospital systems and large health plans. The pricing, the implementation, and the language all assume you have an IT department and a compliance team on staff.

One Guy Consulting is built for the 4-person dental office, the solo behavioral health provider, the multi-location therapy practice where the office manager just got handed HIPAA compliance on top of everything else they already do.

The platform handles the documentation, the training delivery, the risk assessment workflow, and the BAA tracking. Chuck handles the questions - the ones that start with "am I supposed to..." and "what happens if..." and "do I really need to..."

If your practice needs HIPAA compliance set up from scratch, or if you have a program that has not been touched in years, this is what OGC was built for.