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HIPAA Compliance for Virtual Assistants

How a medical VA service should handle PHI, BAAs, remote access, and audit logging — and what questions to ask before you sign.

Dr. Michael ChenMarch 18, 2026 7 min read

HIPAA compliance is non-negotiable for any medical VA arrangement. Look for a signed BAA, role-based EHR access, device-level encryption, and audit logs on every patient record touched. AI-assisted tools used by the VA must also be HIPAA-eligible — ask for documentation on how PHI is handled in prompts, logs, and training data.

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