Compliancy Group HIPAA Cost in 2026

Compliancy Group is the longest-standing HIPAA-only compliance platform in the US market, founded in 2005. Pricing is quote-driven and ranges from $3,000 per year for solo practitioners to $25,000+ per year for larger practices and small DSOs. The platform's distinguishing feature is the Compliance Coach: a named human compliance specialist assigned to each customer who guides the work in plain language. This page covers the typical pricing bands, the coverage matrix (what the platform generates evidence for vs what still needs manual work), and how Compliancy Group compares to alternatives at similar practice scale.

Solo / Very Small Practice

~$3K/yr

Entry tier

10-50 Clinician Practice

$5K - $10K/yr

Typical band

Large Practice / Small DSO

$10K - $25K+/yr

Higher Coach allocation

The Achieve platform

Compliancy Group's product is the Achieve HIPAA Compliance Software, a guided workflow platform that walks healthcare practices through risk assessment, policy adoption, training, BAA tracking, audit response preparation, and ongoing program maintenance. The product positioning is the "Seal of Compliance" methodology: customers complete a structured implementation process and earn the company's seal as a marketing and attestation artifact.

Core platform modules:

Risk assessment workflow: guided question-and-answer flow that produces a Security Rule risk-analysis document under 45 CFR 164.308(a)(1)(ii)(A).
Policy library: templates for Privacy Rule, Security Rule, Breach Notification Rule, and operations policies, customizable per practice.
Training modules: annual HIPAA training, role-based modules, sign-off tracking.
BAA tracker: central inventory of vendor BAAs with renewal dates and template BAA forms.
Incident log: structured workflow for tracking and responding to security incidents.
Audit response: document library and workflow for responding to OCR investigations or audits.
Compliance Coach support: named coach guides the customer through the program build.

This is an informational cost reference, not legal or compliance advice. Consult Compliancy Group directly for an exact quote for your practice size and complexity.

The Coach model in operational practice

The Compliance Coach is the feature that distinguishes Compliancy Group most clearly from software-first competitors. The Coach is a named individual assigned to the customer's account, typically a former compliance officer or healthcare attorney with HIPAA-specific experience. Operational specifics based on Compliancy Group public materials and customer-reported experience:

Onboarding cadence. The Coach schedules an initial implementation kickoff (typically 60 to 90 minutes), then a series of structured working sessions over the first 3 to 6 months to complete the risk assessment, customize policies, deploy training, and build the BAA portfolio.

Ongoing access. After onboarding, the Coach remains the customer's primary point of contact. Customers can schedule consultation sessions for specific questions; turnaround is typically 1 to 5 business days depending on the question scope.

What the Coach does not replace. The Coach is not the customer's attorney and does not provide legal advice. For complex BAA negotiation, state-law overlay analysis, or breach-response coordination after an actual incident, customers need to engage a healthcare attorney separately. The Coach also does not implement technical safeguards in the customer's IT environment; the Coach documents what the customer has implemented but does not deploy encryption, MFA, EDR, or similar.

For practices without in-house compliance or healthcare legal expertise (most small and mid-size practices), the Coach support is the strongest value driver for the platform. For larger practices with in-house compliance staff, the Coach value is lower because the in-house expertise already exists.

Coverage matrix

HIPAA control area	Compliancy Group covers	What remains your work
Risk assessment	Yes	Customer provides accurate scoping inputs
Policy library	Yes	Customize to practice; counsel review for material variations
Training	Yes	Practice-specific role training may need supplemental
BAA tracking	Yes	Counsel reviews complex BAA terms
Encryption deployment	Document only	IT implements BitLocker, KMS, etc.
MFA deployment	Document only	IT enables MFA on EHR + M365 + identity
Penetration testing	Track only	Third-party pen test vendor engaged separately
State-law overlay	Partial	Counsel engaged for state-specific variations
Breach response coordination	Document support	Counsel + breach-response firm for actual incidents
OCR investigation response	Workflow + Coach support	Counsel typically engaged in parallel

When Compliancy Group is the right fit

Strong fit: small to mid-size healthcare practices (medical, dental, behavioral health, pharmacy, ambulatory) that lack in-house compliance expertise and want guided support to build a defensible HIPAA program. Practices in OCR-investigation-prone segments (specialty practices, pharmacy, mental health) where the Coach's investigation-response workflow is meaningful. Practices preparing for vendor-onboarding diligence by hospital customers or payer partners.

Acceptable fit: mid-size practices and small DSOs with some in-house compliance comfort that still benefit from a centralized workflow and the Coach support during onboarding and annual cycle.

Not a fit: digital health startups and SaaS healthcare companies (use Drata, Vanta, Secureframe instead). Hospitals and integrated delivery networks (enterprise GRC platforms like Archer, ServiceNow GRC, MetricStream are the better match). Practices that need primarily software with minimal human support (Accountable HQ is more cost-efficient for this profile).

This is an informational cost reference, not legal or compliance advice. Consult Compliancy Group directly for a quote and a compliance professional for your specific practice situation.

Compliancy Group cost FAQ

What does Compliancy Group cost?

Compliancy Group does not publish a per-tier rate card. Triangulating against published webinar Q&A, KLAS Research reviews, and customer-reported pricing, the typical pricing band is $3,000 per year for a solo practitioner or very small practice, $5,000 to $10,000 per year for a typical 10-to-50-clinician practice, and $10,000 to $25,000+ per year for larger practices and small DSOs. The exact pricing is quote-driven based on practice size, complexity, and the level of Compliance Coach support included. The pricing includes the Achieve software platform, the policy library, the training modules, the BAA tracking, the risk assessment workflow, and the Compliance Coach support.

What is the Compliance Coach model?

Compliancy Group's distinguishing product feature is the Compliance Coach: a named human compliance specialist assigned to each customer who guides the customer through the risk assessment, policy adoption, training implementation, BAA tracking, and ongoing program maintenance. The Coach is typically a former compliance officer or healthcare attorney with HIPAA-specific experience. For practices that lack in-house compliance expertise (most small and mid-size practices), the Coach is meaningful: rather than figuring out the Security Rule alone, the Coach walks the practice through the work in plain language. The trade-off is that Coach availability is shared across the Coach's portfolio, so response times vary and on-demand consultation is limited compared to engaging an external HIPAA consultant directly.

How does Compliancy Group compare to Accountable HQ?

Compliancy Group and Accountable HQ target similar small-to-mid-size healthcare practice segments but with different product philosophies. Compliancy Group emphasizes the human Compliance Coach support and the comprehensive guided-workflow model, with pricing that reflects the embedded human expertise ($3K to $15K per year for typical practices). Accountable HQ emphasizes lower-cost self-service software with optional consulting add-ons, with published pricing starting at $199 per month, or $169 per month on annual billing (about $2,028 per year), for the Basic plan (June 2026 rates). For practices that want guided support and have the budget, Compliancy Group is often the better fit. For practices that want a software-first solution and have some in-house compliance comfort, Accountable HQ is often the more cost-efficient fit.

What does the Compliancy Group platform generate evidence for?

The Achieve platform produces evidence for the major Security Rule and Privacy Rule control areas: risk assessment documentation under 45 CFR 164.308(a)(1)(ii)(A), policy and procedure library covering Security Rule and Privacy Rule, training records with workforce sign-off, BAA portfolio tracking with renewal dates, security incident log and breach-notification documentation, and an annual compliance audit workflow. The platform does not directly perform technical safeguard implementation (encryption, MFA, EDR); those are deployed on the practice's IT side and documented in the platform.

What does Compliancy Group not cover?

Five categories of HIPAA program work the platform does not directly provide. First, technical-safeguard implementation: deploying encryption, MFA, EDR, MDM, network segmentation, audit logging in the practice's IT environment. Second, third-party risk assessment or penetration testing: the platform tracks that the assessment was done but does not perform it. Third, legal counsel review of BAAs or complex consent forms. Fourth, breach-response coordination with HHS OCR after an actual incident. Fifth, state-law overlay analysis (Texas HB 300, California CMIA, New York SHIELD, etc.) beyond the federal HIPAA baseline. Practices typically need an external HIPAA consultant or attorney for these gap areas, at $5,000 to $30,000 per year incremental depending on scope.

Is Compliancy Group a good fit for digital health startups?

Generally not as the primary GRC platform. Compliancy Group is designed for established healthcare practices (medical, dental, behavioral health, pharmacy). Digital health startups and SaaS healthcare companies typically need a GRC platform that handles SOC 2 + HIPAA + ISO 27001 + maybe HITRUST in a unified workflow, which is the Drata, Vanta, Secureframe, or Tugboat Logic market. Compliancy Group does not target this segment as a primary use case. Some digital health companies use Compliancy Group for the HIPAA-specific layer alongside a separate SOC 2 platform, but this is uncommon.

What is the year-over-year renewal rate?

Compliancy Group does not publish customer retention statistics, but the published customer count is in the tens of thousands of practices, weighted toward small and mid-size practices. The dominant churn driver in the segment is practice acquisition (a larger group acquires the practice and consolidates compliance tooling onto the larger group's platform). Pricing renewal is typically flat year-over-year or with modest inflation adjustment; customer-reported negotiation outcomes suggest annual price increases of 3 to 7 percent absent material expansion in coverage.

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