Does Heidi sign a BAA?
Yes, it signs a BAA
Heidi says it is a HIPAA business associate and offers a BAA to every covered entity it works with. Its clinic terms include a BAA annex. Heidi does not explain how a solo clinician on the Free or Clinician plan gets the BAA.
- Business associate
- Heidi Health
- Tool
- Heidi
- Plans with a BAA
- Free / Clinician (self-serve individual plans); Teams / clinic and enterprise agreements
- Checked
Signs a BAA
By plan
| Plan | BAA | How to get it | Conditions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free / Clinician (self-serve individual plans) | Signs a BAA | Not stated | Heidi's HIPAA page offers a BAA to every covered entity it works with and names no plan exceptions. Heidi does not say whether self-serve users get it in the app, by request or automatically. The pricing page does not mention BAAs.[1],[2] |
| Teams / clinic and enterprise agreements | Signs a BAA | Through sales | The Clinic Agreement Standard T&C commits the parties to sign a Business Associate (Subcontractor) Agreement in the form of Annexure A and says the BAA controls in any conflict. Annexure A is not published on the page. The Teams plan is 'Talk to us'.[3],[1] |
Are the AI features covered?
Vendors often sign a BAA for the core product but leave some AI features out. Here is what Heidi Health says about each one.
| AI feature | Under the BAA | Details |
|---|---|---|
| AI scribe note generation | Covered | Heidi acts as a business associate for the PHI it processes in its service. It says it does not use customer data to train its AI and saves no audio. Whether its AI subprocessors are under BAAs is unanswered: the FAQ asks the question but the answer is blank.[2],[4] |
Compare Heidi
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Sources
A signed BAA is necessary but not sufficient for HIPAA compliance, which also depends on configuration, access controls, and your own policies. Verdicts summarize the vendor's own published terms as of the date checked; confirm with the vendor and your counsel before sending protected health information. Not legal advice.