Vision
 
For a small to medium-sized health care organization that is required to be HIPAA compliant, HIPAASays™ is a solution that minimizes the time, education, and risk associated with compliance.

Unlike the alternatives, 1) electronic or paper "binders" which painfully step through the more than 1,000 "points of compliance" required by HIPAA law or 2) consultants/attorneys, which come at a high cost and don't put you in control of your organization, HIPAASays™ has condensed the over 4,000 pages of HIPAA law into 62 understandable "compliance questions" that clearly describe the steps for success.
 
 
     
    The founders of HIPAASays™ begin developing the initial HIPAASays™ methodology and compliance tool by breaking down over 4,000 pages of proposed HIPAA law into a checklist of approximately 1,100 compliance questions
   
    Field testing begins in a large, complex hospital environment and a large state health department. This testing is completed in conjunction with actual compliance work within these organizations in an effort to further refine and optimize the HIPAASays™ product. By eliminating redundancy within the law, the number of compliance questions is reduced from approximately 1,100 to 260.
   
    The HIPAASays™ solution for small to medium-sized health care organizations is identified and validated. The 260 compliance questions are reduced to 62 through increased interpretation and simplification of the law, and the tool is automated. Beta-testing of the electronic product begins at 20 locations in the Spring. The first production of HIPAASays™ is released in July.
     
    SaysSuite is formed to market, sell, distribute, and support HIPAASays™ on a national scale. HIPAASays™ is the standard for helping small and medium-sized health care organizations assess, achieve, and maintain HIPAA compliance by making the process uncomplicated and cost-effective.

SaysSuite expands the HIPAASays™ product line to include HIPAASays RX, a compliance program focused specifically on pharmacies, and HIPAASays HP, a compliance product customized for Health Plans. HIPAAAudit, a product designed to help organizations audit compliance efforts is due for release in the Summer of 2003.