HIPAA-ready Enterprise plans (original) (raw)

We now offer a HIPAA-ready version of Claude that is available for organizations with Enterprise plans that choose to process protected health information (PHI) through Claude. This article explains what the offering includes, which features are available, and how to get started.

Overview

The HIPAA-ready Enterprise offering is designed for healthcare providers, health plans, healthcare data processors, and their business associates who are subject to HIPAA requirements. This offering includes a Business Associate Agreement (BAA), functionality, and safeguards designed to support an organization's HIPAA compliance requirements.

Who is this for?

This offering is designed for HIPAA-covered entities and their business associates, including:

If you're unsure whether your organization benefits from a HIPAA-ready product, ask yourself: will you be processing protected health information through Claude? If yes, you need the HIPAA-ready offering with a BAA.

Feature availability

The HIPAA-ready Enterprise offering includes access to most of the features available on standard Enterprise plans. For example, users can chat with Claude, create projects and artifacts, and use voice mode. Depending on what functions are enabled by the organization’s plan administrator, users can also leverage connectors, enterprise search, file creation and code execution, web search, research, and skills. More information about the specific features, functionality, and administrator controls are included in the Implementation Guide for HIPAA Entities.

Additional resources

Get started

Eligible Enterprise organizations can enable HIPAA-ready configuration directly from organization settings—no sales or legal cycle required. The Business Associate Agreement (BAA) is included in the flow as click-to-accept, so there's no separate document to sign and return. Clicking “Accept and Enable HIPAA” constitutes acceptance of the BAA.

Eligibility

You can enable HIPAA from admin settings if your organization is on:

Self-serve Enterprise plans, Team plans, and individual plans (Free, Pro, and Max) can't enable HIPAA through this flow. If you fall into one of those categories and need a BAA, contact your account team.

Only the Primary Owner of the organization can accept the BAA and enable HIPAA. Other Owners or Admins can't complete this flow on the org's behalf. If you're an admin but not the Primary Owner of the Enterprise organization, ask your Primary Owner to sign in and complete enablement.

Before you begin

Two things to know up front:

We recommend reviewing the BAA and the Implementation Guide before clicking accept.

Enable HIPAA

Confirmation

Once enabled, you'll see a checkmark in the HIPAA Compliance section of organization settings, confirming your organization has been configured to process PHI through Claude in accordance with HIPAA. If you don't see this check, your organization isn't enabled.

The onboarding modal will guide you through next steps for your team.

For help with the BAA, the Implementation Guide, or post-enablement questions, reach out to your Anthropic account team.

If you have an existing API BAA

If your organization signed a BAA for Claude API usage before December 2, 2025, that agreement only covers API usage—it does not extend to the HIPAA-ready Enterprise plan. To add this Enterprise plan access, you'll need to sign a new BAA with your account team.

BAAs signed after December 2, 2025 can cover both API usage and the Enterprise plan under a single agreement.

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