Free HIPAA Compliance Checklist
Evaluate your HIPAA compliance posture in minutes
Answer eight questions about your organization's handling of Protected Health Information and get a compliance score, gap analysis, and prioritized remediation plan. Covers the HIPAA Security Rule, Privacy Rule, and Breach Notification Rule requirements including access controls, encryption, audit logging, and workforce training.
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How it works
How HIPAA Compliance Checklist works
Answer 8 questions
Complete a short questionnaire covering HIPAA Security Rule requirements: PHI access controls, encryption, audit logging, risk analysis, workforce training, BAAs, breach notification, and physical safeguards.
Get your compliance score
Your answers are scored against HIPAA Security Rule and Privacy Rule requirements to produce an overall compliance percentage and per-area breakdown.
Receive a remediation plan
Get a personalized gap analysis with a prioritized 90-day action plan covering specific remediation steps for each compliance gap.
Features
What HIPAA Compliance Checklist checks
Covers all three HIPAA rules
Evaluates your compliance against the Security Rule, Privacy Rule, and Breach Notification Rule — the three core pillars of HIPAA that the Office for Civil Rights enforces.
Assess PHI access controls and encryption
Checks whether you enforce role-based access, encrypt ePHI at rest and in transit, and maintain audit logs — the most common areas cited in HIPAA enforcement actions.
Evaluate BAAs and breach notification readiness
Reviews whether you have Business Associate Agreements with all vendors handling PHI and tested breach notification procedures — critical requirements that many organizations overlook.
Get a prioritized compliance roadmap
Generates a concrete, prioritized action plan with specific remediation tasks, estimated timelines, and resource requirements to close compliance gaps.
Use cases
Who should use the free HIPAA Compliance Checklist
Healthcare IT Leaders
Assess your organization's HIPAA compliance posture and identify gaps before an OCR audit. Prioritize remediation efforts based on risk and enforcement trends.
Health Tech Startups
Understand which HIPAA requirements apply to your product and where you stand today. Build a compliance roadmap before onboarding healthcare customers.
Compliance Officers
Get a baseline compliance score and gap analysis to present to leadership, auditors, or regulatory bodies. Track progress as controls are implemented.
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