Healthcare · HHS Office for Civil Rights
HIPAA Security, Privacy and Breach Notification Rules
A documented, accurate risk analysis is the first thing OCR asks for after a breach. Keep it current every day.
Who it applies to
The businesses that carry HIPAA, and the pages written for them.
Each industry page names the regulation, the obligation and the clock, tells the story of an owner in that trade, and shows what we protect for them.
Which packages satisfy it
Practice Cybersecurity, Data Protection and HIPAA Package
Medical and dental practices, clinics, surgery centers, hospital departments and the business associates that serve them
Mock Audit Package: SOC 2, HIPAA or CMMC
Organizations within 90 days of a SOC 2 audit, an OCR inquiry or a C3PAO assessment, and any leadership team that wants to know before it counts
What it asks for
In plain English, what HIPAA expects you to have in place.
- A documented risk analysisAccurate and thorough, covering every system that holds ePHI, and kept current. It is the first document an investigator asks for.
- Administrative safeguardsA named security official, workforce training, sanction policy, access management and business associate agreements.
- Physical safeguardsFacility access, workstation use and device and media controls, including disposal.
- Technical safeguardsUnique user identification, access control, audit controls, integrity controls, transmission security and encryption where reasonable and appropriate.
- Breach notificationDetect, assess, and notify individuals, HHS and where required the media, within the windows the rule sets.
- Privacy Rule dutiesA notice of privacy practices, minimum necessary use, and a process for patient rights requests.
A note on authority: the regulator, auditor or certifying body has the final say on whether you comply. We help interpret the requirements, scope what applies, gap-assess against what is published today, and keep you compliance-ready and secure as the guidance evolves. We hold no regulatory authority and do not certify.
Questions we get about HIPAA
Do you certify HIPAA compliance?
Where do we start with HIPAA?
We also need other frameworks. Do we do HIPAA separately?
Next step
Thirty minutes, an engineer, a written scope for HIPAA.
Book the demo and see how one control set carries HIPAA and everything else you owe. Or leave your details and an engineer replies within one business day.