THE GUESS COMPLIANCE BENCHMARK™

Your participation will help establish national benchmark data that healthcare leaders can use to compare their operational compliance maturity against similar organizations.

Participate in the inaugural Guess Compliance Benchmark™, the inaugural national research initiative measuring operational compliance readiness across small and mid-size healthcare practices in the United States.

Healthcare leaders are expected to demonstrate that compliance is more than policies and annual training. Yet most available benchmarking focuses on compliance departments, staffing, or program structure rather than how compliance is embedded into day-to-day operations.

Small and mid-size healthcare practices rarely have access to meaningful data showing how their operational compliance maturity compares with similar organizations.

The Guess Compliance Benchmark™ was created to fill that gap by measuring how operational compliance is integrated into the daily workflows of small and mid-size healthcare practices.

By participating, you'll help establish national benchmark data that healthcare leaders can use to better understand operational compliance readiness, identify common gaps, and strengthen their organizations before those gaps become audits, investigations, or enforcement actions.

Aggregate findings will be published in the inaugural Guess Compliance Benchmark Report™ 2026: The State of Operational Compliance in Small and Mid-Size Healthcare Practices and shared freely with the healthcare community. The report will reflect data collected during the 2026 benchmark cycle. Every response contributes to a more meaningful national picture of operational compliance across small and mid-size healthcare practices in the United States.

Responses are collected anonymously from healthcare organizations across the United States. Data is analyzed and reported in aggregate to identify national trends in operational compliance readiness. No organization-level data will ever be published or shared.

• Receive early access to the inaugural Guess Compliance Benchmark Report™ 2026
• National benchmark findings
• Emerging trends across small and mid-size healthcare practices
• Insights to strengthen operational compliance within your organization

Areas Measured

• Governance and Compliance Leadership
• HIPAA Privacy and Security
• Workforce Accountability
• Documentation and Record Management
• Vendor Oversight
• Patient Rights
• AI Governance Readiness
• Monitoring and Continuous Improvement

This benchmark is designed for:

• Practice owners and physicians who oversee compliance operations
• Practice administrators and office managers
• Compliance professionals working in small and mid-size organizations
• Healthcare leaders responsible for operational governance

If you work in or lead a small or mid-size healthcare practice in the United States, your participation is welcome and valuable.

• Your Privacy Matters
• Your responses are completely anonymous.
• No individual organization will be identified.
• Results will be published only in aggregate.

Guess Compliance Consulting LLC will never sell or share participant information.

All responses will be analyzed and reported in the Guess Compliance Benchmark Report™ 2026: The State of Operational Compliance in Small and Mid-Size Healthcare Practices, scheduled for publication in Q1 2027.

The report will identify operational compliance trends, common gaps, and areas of strength across small and mid-size healthcare practices. It will be made available to participants and the broader healthcare community at no cost.

The Guess Compliance Benchmark™ was created by Dr. Natasha Guess, DLP, MSL, BS, CHC, CHPC, AIP-HC, Founder and CEO of Guess Compliance Consulting LLC.

The benchmark was developed to help healthcare leaders better understand operational compliance readiness across small and mid-size healthcare organizations and to provide meaningful industry data that supports stronger governance and regulatory preparedness.

Because stronger healthcare begins with stronger operations.

Every completed benchmark helps create a clearer picture of operational compliance across small and mid-size healthcare practices, providing insights that can improve governance, reduce risk, and strengthen patient trust throughout the industry.