How to Become HIPAA Compliant (Including Free Checklist) | UpGuard

**Executive Summary:** This document is a nine-stage HIPAA compliance checklist for covered entities and business associates, covering appointment of privacy and security officers, mandatory annual staff training, comprehensive documentation and log keeping, mandatory Business Associate Agreements, administrative/physical/technical safeguards (including MFA, encryption, patching), annual Security Risk Analysis, compliance gap assessment tools, and a clear breach notification protocol, with references to UpGuard's vendor risk management and HIPAA questionnaire; it is guidance rather than an incident report.