“Governmental Entity” means any federal, national, state, provincial, territorial, local or foreign governmental, regulatory or administrative authority, political subdivision, tribunal, agency, instrumentality or commission, or any judicial or arbitral body.
“Governmental Program” means any “federal health care program” as such term is defined in 42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7b(f).
“Group Entities” means in the case of Buyer, the Buyer Entities and, in the case of the Company, the Company Entities.
“Hazardous Substances” means any pollutant or contaminant or any other material, waste or substance that is listed, regulated, categorized or otherwise defined as “hazardous,” “toxic,” or “radioactive,” (or words of similar intent or meaning) under applicable Environmental Law, including petroleum, petroleum by-products, asbestos or asbestos-containing material, polychlorinated biphenyls (“PCBs”), chlorinated solvents and per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances.
“Health Care Laws” means, with respect to any Person, all Applicable Laws applicable to such Person that govern, restrict or relate to the provision of health care services or treatment, healthcare industry or healthcare services regulation, professional, entity and facility licensure, qualification, operation, or certification, patient records and documentation, rate setting, fee-splitting, referrals, patient brokering, kickbacks, corporate practice of medicine and any other profession of persons employed by or contracted with such Person, referrals, billing, coding, coding validation, claims submission, medical necessity, reimbursement, and submission of false or fraudulent claims to commercial payors or Governmental Programs, standards of care, quality assurance, risk management, utilization review, peer review, mandated reporting of incidents, advertising or marketing of health care services, laboratory services, diagnostic testing, pharmacology and the securing, administering and dispensing of drugs, devices and controlled substances, patient privacy and security, patient confidentiality and informed consent, including any applicable state and federal controlled substance and drug diversion Applicable Laws, the Federal Controlled Substances Act, 21 U.S.C. § 801, et seq., all Applicable Laws relating to peer review, all Applicable Laws relating to mandated reporting of incidents, occurrences, diseases and/or events, all Applicable Laws relating to advertising or marketing of health care services, all Applicable Laws governing the use, handling, control, storage, transportation, and maintenance of controlled substances, pharmaceuticals, drugs or devices, the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. §§ 301 et seq.), the federal Anti-Kickback Statute (42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7b(b) (the “Federal Anti-Kickback Statute”)), the Anti-Kickback Act of 1986, 41 U.S.C. §§ 51-58, the civil False Claims Act (31 U.S.C. §§ 3729 et seq.), the administrative False Claims Law (42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7b(a)), the Anti-Inducement Law (42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7a(a)(5)), the Ethics in Patient Referrals Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. § 1395nn (the “Stark Law”), the “Codey Law” as set forth in N.J.S.A. 45:9-22.5 et seq. (the “Codey Law”), the civil monetary penalty laws (42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7a), the exclusion laws (42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7), the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (42 U.S.C. § 1320d et seq.), as amended by the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act of 2009, and all rules and regulations
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