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title: "Free business associate agreement (BAA) review tool"
description: "Instant AI review of a HIPAA business associate agreement. Check PHI uses, safeguards, breach-reporting timelines, subcontractor flow-down, and return of PHI."
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# Free business associate agreement (BAA) review tool

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# Free business associate agreement (BAA) review tool

Upload a HIPAA business associate agreement and get instant AI analysis of the permitted uses of PHI, required safeguards, breach-reporting timelines, subcontractor flow-down, and return-or-destruction and termination terms.

Upload your contract to start your free analysis

Drag and drop your contract here, or browse files

PDF or DOCX, max 50MB, up to 100 pages

What we'll analyze

Our AI engine reviews your contract and extracts key insights across multiple dimensions:

Risk assessment

Overall risk score with specific concerns

Key dates

Start, end, renewal, and notice deadlines

Obligations

Your duties and counterparty requirements

Financial terms

Pricing, payment terms, and penalties

Red flags

Unusual or concerning clauses

Liability & indemnity

Caps, exclusions, and indemnification

Your privacy, guaranteed

Enterprise-grade encryption

Never used for AI training

GDPR compliant

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## Frequently asked questions

Common questions about our baa review

- **Q:** What clauses must a HIPAA-compliant BAA include?
  **A:** The tool checks for the elements required by 45 CFR §164.504(e): the permitted and required uses and disclosures of protected health information (PHI), a prohibition on any further use or disclosure not permitted by the agreement or law, appropriate safeguards (including the Security Rule administrative, physical and technical safeguards for electronic PHI), reporting of any unauthorized use or breach, subcontractor flow-down, making PHI available for individuals’ access, amendment and accounting of disclosures, availability of records to HHS, and return or destruction of PHI at termination. It flags any that are missing or weakly drafted.

- **Q:** Does it check the breach-notification and reporting timelines?
  **A:** Yes. The tool extracts the obligation to report any use or disclosure not permitted by the agreement, any security incident and any breach of unsecured PHI, and surfaces the notice timeline the business associate must meet. It highlights when an agreement leaves the reporting window open-ended or fails to give the covered entity enough time to meet its own 60-day breach-notification deadline under the Breach Notification Rule.

- **Q:** Who counts as a business associate vs a subcontractor?
  **A:** A business associate is a vendor that creates, receives, maintains or transmits PHI on behalf of a covered entity. A subcontractor is a downstream vendor a business associate hands PHI to. HIPAA requires the same restrictions and conditions to flow down by written agreement to subcontractors. The tool checks that the BAA actually obligates the business associate to bind its subcontractors to terms at least as protective as those it owes the covered entity.

- **Q:** How long does the BAA analysis take?
  **A:** Most business associate agreements are analyzed in under 30 seconds.

- **Q:** What file formats can I upload?
  **A:** PDF and Word (DOCX) files are both supported.

- **Q:** Is my BAA data secure?
  **A:** Yes. Your document is transmitted over TLS encryption, processed by AI providers under terms that exclude training on your data, and deleted from our servers within 24 hours.

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