(iii) if a Provider is convicted of or pleads guilty or nolo contendere to fraud,
theft, any felony, or any other crime involving dishonesty or moral turpitude;
(iv) if a Provider is guilty of gross negligence or
serious misconduct in connection with the provision of professional health care services or any performance hereunder;
(v) if this
Agreement or any part thereof is transferred to or assigned by Practice to any person or entity, except as may be otherwise herein permitted;
(vi) upon the filing of a petition in voluntary bankruptcy or an assignment for the benefit of creditors by Practice, or upon other action
taken or suffered, voluntarily or involuntarily, under any federal or state law for the benefit of insolvents by Practice, except for the filing of a petition in involuntary bankruptcy against Practice with the dismissal thereof within thirty
(30) days thereafter;
(vii) in the event that Practice, or a Provider, is suspended or excluded from participation in federal
health care programs, any state program, or any government procurement or non-procurement program, including but not limited to inclusion on the Office of the Inspector Generals List of Excluded
Individuals and Entities, the General Services Administrations SAM database, or any state Medicaid Programs exclusion file;
(viii) in the event that legal counsel determines that more likely than not this Agreement is in violation of any federal statute, rule or
regulation, or any statute, rule or regulation of any jurisdiction where Practice, or a Provider, furnishes Services, including but not limited to, any medical and state health care programs, fraud and abuse or state laws governing fee-splitting, then the Parties agree to negotiate, in good faith, amendments to this Agreement to conform to such statute, rule or regulation. If the Parties are unable to negotiate such amendment in good faith
within sixty (60) days, then, in such event, this Agreement may be immediately terminated by either Party upon written notice to the other Party; or
(ix) a Provider dies, is incapacitated or is adjudicated incompetent.
(c) Effect of Termination. Upon the termination of this Agreement, Practice shall immediately cease performing Services and discontinue
use of and return to the Company, Company-provided materials and/or, at the Companys option, destroy all Confidential Information (as defined below) and copies thereof. No termination of this Agreement shall in any way affect the survival of
any right, duty, or obligation which is expressly stated elsewhere in this Agreement to survive such termination, including Practices continuing obligations to the Company under Sections 4 and 5.
4. Confidentiality.
4.1
Company Confidential Information. Practice shall hold in strict confidence, and not use, except for the benefit of the Company, and not disclose to any person without written authorization of the Company, any Confidential Information of the
Company. Confidential Information means any proprietary or confidential information, technical data, trade secrets or know-how, including, but not limited to, research, product plans,
products, services, patient lists, patient records and data, markets, software, developments, inventions, processes, formulas, technology, designs, drawings, engineering, marketing, distribution and sales methods and systems, sales and profit
figures, finances and other business information disclosed to Practice by or on behalf of the Company, either directly or indirectly, whether in writing, orally or by drawings or inspection of documents or other tangible property; provided,
that Confidential Information shall not include any of the foregoing items to the extent they have become publicly known and made generally available through no wrongful act of Practice.
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