ACE Designation under HIPAA. You acknowledge that the health care components of the Companies (such health care components collectively, the “Covered Entity”), have elected to adopt Affiliated Covered Entity (“ACE”) status, as defined and permitted under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 and its rules and regulations as any of the same may be amended or superseded from time to time (“HIPAA”), such designation has been appropriately adopted and documented, and any Company is authorized to enter into a Business Associates Agreement on behalf of some or all other members of such ACE. To the extent the HIPAA covered health care component of any such member of the ACE merges with another affiliate or undergoes a corporate name change, this Agreement shall apply to any such merged and/or renamed component/company.
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Samples: Producer’s Conditional Agreement, To Agreement, Conditional Agreement
