HIPAA Compliance Guide

Your complete guide to achieving and maintaining HIPAA compliance in healthcare organizations

Interactive Compliance Tracker

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Track your progress through our comprehensive HIPAA compliance checklist

$12.8M
Average breach cost in healthcare
21
HIPAA safeguards to implement
78%
Orgs with compliance gaps
$75K
Minimum violation penalty

Interactive HIPAA Compliance Checklist

Administrative Safeguards

Designate a HIPAA Security Officer

High Priority

Conduct workforce training on HIPAA policies

High Priority

Implement access management procedures

High Priority

Establish incident response procedures

Medium Priority

Execute Business Associate Agreements

High Priority

Physical Safeguards

Control facility access and visitor logs

Medium Priority

Secure workstations and devices

High Priority

Implement media handling procedures

Medium Priority

Secure disposal of PHI-containing devices

High Priority

Technical Safeguards

Implement unique user identification

High Priority

Deploy audit logging systems

High Priority

Ensure data integrity measures

Medium Priority

Secure PHI transmission

High Priority

Encrypt PHI at rest and in transit

High Priority

HIPAA Violation Penalty Structure

Penalty Tiers

Tier 1: No Knowledge

Violation was unknown and would not have been known

$100 - $75,000 per violation

Tier 2: Reasonable Cause

Should have known about violation

$1,000 - $75,000 per violation

Tier 3: Willful Neglect (Corrected)

Violation was known but corrected within 30 days

$10,000 - $75,000 per violation

Tier 4: Willful Neglect (Not Corrected)

Violation was known but not corrected

$75,000 - $1.8M per violation

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HIPAA Policies Template

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Compliance Checklist

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