# HIPAA

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/hipaa/  
**Website:** https://www.hhs.gov/hipaa/index.html  
**APIs profiled:** 0

HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) is U.S. legislation providing data privacy and security provisions for safeguarding medical information. HIPAA compliance is required for healthcare providers, health plans, and their business associates handling protected health information (PHI).

## Kin Score — 3.8 / 100 (minimal)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 3.8).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 40.7 |
| Contract Quality | 0.0 |
| Governance | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 0.0 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 7.1 |
| Commercial Clarity | 0.0 |
| Access Clarity | 0.0 |

Regulatory layer — **Health**: 7.5 (matched via tags).

## Agent readiness — 0.0 (human-only)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | no |
| Agentic Access | no |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | no |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | no |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |

## Access

Unknown — onboarding: unknown, pricing: unknown, trial: no (confidence: low).

## Security (1)

- **Hipaa Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · DNSSEC · DMARC

## Tags

Compliance, Healthcare, Privacy, Security

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/hipaa/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.