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Business Associate Listing - Sample Template

Phase 2 Audits: Request for Business Associate Listing

Selected auditees will be requested by OCR to identify and provide detailed information regarding their business associates.  The information collected by OCR will be used to help identify business associates for the Phase 2 audits.

The following is a list of the specific information that OCR is requesting.  Covered entities should provide the requested information to the best of their knowledge and include the name and types of services provided by each business associate.  Please include a secondary point of contact if that information is available.  Covered entities responding to the request should identify each element for each business associate.

Responsive Elements:

  1. Business Associate Name
  2. Type of Service(s) provided
  3. First Point of Contact Title
  4. First Point of Contact First Name
  5. First Point of Contact Last Name
  6. First Point of Contact Address
  7. First Point of Contact Address Continued (if needed)
  8. First Point of Contact City
  9. First Point of Contact State
  10. First Point of Contact Zip
  11. First Point of Contact Phone
  12.  First Point of Contact Phone Extension (if needed)
  13. First Point of Contact Fax
  14. First point of Contact Email
  15. Second Point of Contact Title
  16. Second Point of Contact First Name
  17. Second Point of Contact Last Name
  18. Second Point of Contact Address
  19. Second Point of Contact Address Continued (if needed)
  20. Second Point of Contact City
  21. Second Point of Contact State
  22. Second Point of Contact Zip
  23.  Second Point of Contact Phone
  24. Second Point of Contact Phone Extension (if needed)
  25. Second Point of Contact Fax
  26. Second point of Contact Email
  27. Website URL

OCR has developed a template which covered entities may find helpful to use when responding to the business associate list request.  Selected auditees may, but are not required, to use the following template.

Sample Template for Business Associate Listing

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Content created by Office for Civil Rights (OCR)
Content last reviewed March 31, 2016
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