HITRUST e1 / i1 Readiness
Healthcare customers and payers increasingly require HITRUST. We scope the assessment, perform the readiness assessment against the e1 (44 requirements) or i1 (182 requirements) set, remediate gaps, build the evidence library in MyCSF terms and prepare you for the external assessor. We are the readiness partner, not the assessor.
In scope
- Assessment scoping and MyCSF object definition
- Readiness assessment against e1 or i1 requirements
- Gap remediation planning and oversight
- Policy, procedure and evidence library build
- External assessor preparation
You receive
- Readiness assessment report
- Remediation plan
- Evidence library mapped to requirements
- Assessor-ready submission package
Tiers
Choose the depth.
Essential HITRUST e1 Readiness
$30K
e1 (44 requirements), single system: readiness assessment, remediation plan and evidence library
- employees
- 250
- — i1 requirements
- — More than one in-scope system
Advanced HITRUST i1 Readiness
$65K
i1 (182 requirements), single system: adds policy authoring, remediation oversight and assessor liaison
- employees
- 1500
Enterprise HITRUST Program
$120K
i1 across multiple systems or a path to r2: adds program management, internal audit and year-two rapid recertification planning
- employees
- 10000
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What's inside this engagement
Phase by phase.
How a readiness & governance assessment engagement runs, what happens in each phase and what you see. Exact scope, tier and timeline are fixed in your proposal and SOW.
01Scoping & framework selection
The standard or regulation, the systems and the business units in scope are fixed.
You see · Your audit or regulatory driver.
02Evidence collection & interviews
Policies, configurations and records reviewed; control owners interviewed.
You see · Documents and time with control owners.
03Gap analysis
Each requirement mapped to current state: met, partial or missing, with the evidence behind it.
You see · A clear gap register.
04Roadmap & evidence plan
Prioritized remediation with owners, and the evidence an auditor will ask for.
You see · A plan you can execute or hand to us.
Commercials
From first call to final report.
- 01
Scoping call
A practitioner, not a salesperson, walks through targets, constraints and what a good outcome looks like for you.
- 02
Proposal & rules of engagement
A fixed-scope proposal with tier, price and deliverables. Rules of engagement, contacts and out-of-bounds systems are agreed in writing.
- 03
Sign, then start
MSA and SOW are signed electronically and the deposit is paid. Only then does testing begin.
- 04
Execution
Testing runs to the agreed plan. Critical findings are escalated as they are found; you don't wait for the report.
- 05
Report & debrief
An executive summary plus technical findings with evidence, reproduction steps and fixes, walked through with your team.
- 06
Retest
Where the tier includes it, we verify your fixes and reissue the report, so auditors and customers see the issues closed.
Timelines are set per engagement in the SOW.
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