Compliance Assessments for Behavioral Health Practices

This assessment is designed for behavioral health practices that:

• Are unsure whether their current compliance structure is sufficient
• Have added providers, employees, locations, vendors, or technology
• Need clearer accountability for compliance responsibilities
• Have not recently evaluated their HIPAA privacy and security practices
• Are preparing for an audit, payer review, contract, or operational change
• Want to identify risks before they become complaints, audit findings, or costly disruptions

The assessment examines how compliance is integrated across your practice, including:

• Compliance leadership, ownership, and accountability
• HIPAA privacy and security practices
• Workforce roles, access controls, and training
• Patient intake, communication, records, and rights
• Vendor relationships and Business Associate Agreements
• Risk analysis and incident-response readiness
• Technology and data-handling practices
• Ongoing monitoring, internal reviews, and corrective actions
• Alignment between written requirements and daily workflows

The scope is tailored to the size, structure, services, and operational risks of your behavioral health practice.

At the conclusion of the assessment, you will receive:

• A clear summary of your current compliance posture
• Identification of priority operational and regulatory risks
• Findings explaining where current practices may not align with regulatory expectations
• Recommendations identifying what should be addressed first and why
• A practical, prioritized roadmap for strengthening your compliance operations
• A leadership debrief to review the findings and discuss appropriate next steps

Implementation support may be provided through a separate engagement when needed.

Dr. Natasha Guess is a healthcare compliance consultant, international speaker, author, and founder of Guess Compliance Consulting LLC. She has more than 11 years of healthcare and regulatory compliance experience, including work involving HIPAA privacy and security, CMS and state regulatory audits, audit readiness, corrective actions, vendor oversight, and healthcare AI governance.

Dr. Guess holds a Doctor of Law and Policy and is certified in Healthcare Compliance, Healthcare Privacy Compliance, and as an AI Professional in Healthcare Compliance.

Her approach is practical, operational, and non-fear-based. She helps small and mid-size healthcare practices build compliance systems that function within the way their teams actually work.