Principles of Professional Conduct. If Vendor, Vendor ’s Employees, or any Vendor subcontractors provide billing or coding functions, furnish health care services or items, or monitor the health care provided by NYC Health + Hospitals, then each such party shall comply with NYC Health + Hospitals’ Principles of Professional Conduct (“POPC”), and shall
Principles of Professional Conduct. If Vendor, Vendor ’s Employees, or any Vendor subcontractors provide billing or coding functions, furnish health care services or items, or monitor the health care provided by NYC Health + Hospitals, then each such party shall comply with NYC Health + Hospitals’ Principles of Professional Conduct (“POPC”), and shall (i) adopt the POPC or their own code of conduct that includes the POPC’s core objectives or substantially similar compliance goals, (ii) not violate the POPC or their own similar code, (iii) not engage in unprofessional conduct as defined in the POPC, (iv) timely report to NYC Health + Hospitals in writing any violation of the POPC of which it becomes aware, and (v) fully cooperate, to the extent applicable, with any investigation by NYC Health + Hospitals, the City or by any governmental agency arising out of this Agreement.
