Key Service Lines. The parties acknowledge and agree that the clinical service lines to be identified in the AAA (“Key Service Lines”) are critical not only to comprehensive patient care, but also to the AMC’s mission of providing robust medical education and clinical research experiences. LSU and UMCMC agree that, subject to the good- faith determination by the UMCMC Board of Directors and consistent with the mi ssion of UMCMC, the Hospital will offer a baseline of services in the Key Service Lines at least at the level provided at the Interim Facility on the Commencement Date as agreed upon by UMCMC and LSU (“Key Service Baseline”), and will work collaboratively with LSU, Tulane and other academic partners within the AMC to grow the Key Service Lines above the Key Service Baseline with a financially sustainable payer mix in the New Facility. UMCMC may in its sole discretion, limit or reduce the provision of one or more Key Service Lines if its Board of Directors determines in its sole discretion that the continued provision of such services will materially and adversely impact UMCMC or its subsidiaries or affiliates (hereinafter referred to as a “Key Service Line Adjustment”), provided, however, that UMCMC shall not reduce any Key Service Line below the minimum requirement necessary to maintain a GME Program that is based on such Key Service Line. Further, the Parties agree that the foregoing proviso shall not impact LCMC’s withdrawal rights under Section 16.2(f) hereof. In the event UMCMC makes a determination that the continued provision of such services will materially and adversely impact UMCMC or its subsidiaries or affiliates, it will provide advance written notice to LSU of its intention to make a Key Service Line Adjustment, which shall include a description of UMCMC’s basis for the same (a “UMCMC Key Service Line Adjustment Notice”). LSU may, within ten (10) days of a UMCMC Key Service Line Adjustment Notice, request to meet with UMCMC regarding UMCMC’s determination to make a Key Service Line Adjustment (a “LSU Line Request, LSU and UMCMC shall work together in good faith for a period of thirty (30) calendar days in an effort to develop an effective means of maintaining the provision of those services to be limited or reduced by UMCMC as described in the UMCMC Key Service Line Adjustment Notice. In the event that LSU and UMCMC are not able to resolve the issues described in the UMCMC Key Service Line Adjustment Notice within such thirty (30) day period, UMCMC may...
Key Service Lines. Key Service Lines are those services that are critical not only to comprehensive patient care, but also to the mission of providing robust medical education and clinical research experiences. The Parties acknowledge and agree that the clinical service lines identified in the MAA (collectively, the “Key Service Lines”) constitute Key Service Lines. LSU and BRFHH agree that, subject to BRFHH’s receipt of the Required Funding and the terms and conditions of the MAA, the Hospitals will offer a baseline of services in the Key Service Lines at least at the level provided at the Hospitals on the Execution Date as agreed upon by BRFHH and LSU (the “Key Service Baseline”), and will work collaboratively with LSU to grow the Key Service Lines above the Key Service Baseline with a financially sustainable payer. Subject to receipt of the Required Funding and the terms and conditions of the MAA, BRFHH will not eliminate or substantially reduce a Key Service Line below the Key Service Baseline.
Key Service Lines. The parties acknowledge and agree that the clinical service lines identified in the MAA (collectively, the “Key Service Lines”) are critical not only to comprehensive patient care, but also to the mission of providing robust medical education and clinical research experiences. LSU and BRFHH agree that, subject to BRFHH’s receipt of the Required Funding, the Hospitals will offer a baseline of services in the Key Service Lines at least at the level provided at the Hospitals on the Execution Date as agreed upon by BRFHH and LSU (the “ Key Service Baseline”), and will work collaboratively with LSU to grow the Key Service Lines above the Key Service Baseline with a financially sustainable payer. Subject to receipt of the Required Funding, BRFHH will not eliminate or substantially reduce a Key Service Line below the Key Service Baseline. and BRFHH will provide the infrastructure support, necessary to build and maintain the Hospitals’ telemedicine program. LSU and BRFHH will collaborate to grow the Hospitals’ telemedicine program, provided that a sustainable business model can be created and receipt of the Required Funding, to serve patients in remote locations and fulfill the Hospitals’ role as a regional referral center within the AMC.
