Hipaa Compliance

# HIPAA Compliance

Use this as the HIPAA-specific entrypoint when a task is clearly about US healthcare compliance. This skill intentionally stays thin and canonical:

- `healthcare-phi-compliance` remains the primary implementation skill for PHI/PII handling, data classification, audit logging, encryption, and leak prevention.
- `healthcare-reviewer` remains the specialized reviewer when code, architecture, or product behavior needs a healthcare-aware second pass.
- `security-review` still applies for general auth, input-handling, secrets, API, and deployment hardening.

## When to Use

- The request explicitly mentions HIPAA, PHI, covered entities, business associates, or BAAs
- Building or reviewing US healthcare software that stores, processes, exports, or transmits PHI
- Assessing whether logging, analytics, LLM prompts, storage, or support workflows create HIPAA exposure
- Designing patient-facing or clinician-facing systems where minimum necessary access and auditability matter

## How It Works

Treat HIPAA as an overlay on top of the broader healthcare privacy skill:

1. Start with `healthcare-phi-compliance` for the concrete implementation rules.
2. Apply HIPAA-specific decision gates:
   - Is this data PHI?
   - Is this actor a covered entity or business associate?
   - Does a vendor or model provider require a BAA before touching the data?
   - Is access limited to the minimum necessary scope?
   - Are read/write/export events auditable?