We built this because nobody else was.
The HIPAA, OCR, and cyber-insurer landscape is written for hospital systems. Small practices read it and freeze. We translate it into plain English and a printable checklist.
Why this exists
Small clinical practices — 1 to 25 providers — carry the same regulatory obligations as a regional health system, at a fraction of the staffing. The MSP that runs IT usually can't sign the BAA or draft the breach letter. The cyber insurer wants a Security Risk Analysis but won't help you write one. The law firm bills in 6-minute increments. HackFirstAid Medical sits in that gap.
Who's behind this
HackFirstAid Medical is built by practitioners who've sat on the practice side of a cyber incident — former HIPAA privacy and security officers, healthcare-focused incident responders, and a healthcare attorney we consult with on regulatory questions. We've handled ransomware events at independent specialty practices, written OCR responses, sat across from cyber-insurer adjusters, and translated NIST 800-66 into checklists a one-person back office can actually use.
We're a small, deliberately quiet team. We don't put founder photos and LinkedIn badges on the site because the work — the playbooks, the self-check, the regulatory grid — is what should earn your trust, not credentials hanging in a frame. If you want to talk to a human before signing anything, book the free first call and you'll be on the phone with one of us.
Our editorial stance: no referral fees from any vendor we name, no kickbacks from the cyber insurers we reference, and a hard 1–25 provider ceiling on who we serve.
What we are not
- — Not a law firm. Nothing on this site is legal advice. We refer to counsel when you need them.
- — Not your incident-response vendor of record. Your cyber insurer chooses that. We work alongside them.
- — Not a Business Associate by default. Reading this site does not create a BAA relationship. See scope of use.
- — Not for hospitals, FQHCs, or chains. Out of scope by design — the playbooks would lie to you.
The HackFirstAid family
HackFirstAid Medical is one of nine audience-specific sites. The same calm, plain-language posture extends to households, SMBs, K-12 districts, municipalities, boards, executive leadership, and IT teams & MSPs. See the family grid on the home page.
Free first call. Practice owner, administrator, MSP, or someone who's about to call their cyber insurer — we'll figure out together whether we're the right fit.
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