Confidentiality: Perimeter Anesthesia shall not disclose any privileged or confidential information which it obtains or learns as a result of providing service except as may be required in connection with audits conducted by third-party payers. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Perimeter shall maintain the confidentiality of any medical records, business or financial records, and matters of practice of the other which it shall have access or knowledge. In furtherance of the foregoing, Perimeter acknowledges that their respective rendering of professional medical services to patients is being made pursuant to an “organized health care arrangement: with each ASC and Perimeter constituting a “covered entity” as those terms are defined by the Standards for Privacy of Individually identifiable Health Information, 45 C.F.R. part 160 and Part 164, Subparts A and E (the “privacy Rule”), promulgated pursuant to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, Public Law 104-191 (collectively “HIPAA”). As a consequence, ASC shall be exclusively responsible for (i) producing and providing to each patient a joint notice conforming to the requirements imposed and in the manner of implementation required under HIPAA Regulation Sections 164.520(c) and (d) and (ii) documenting compliance with the provision of such Joint Notices to the patients and retaining copies of all such Joint Notices so issued and any applicable acknowledgements of receipt thereof all in conformity with HIPAA Regulations Section 164.520(e) and 164.530(j). ASC agrees to provide to Perimeter an advance copy of any proposed Joint Notice intended to be utilized as Contemplated hereunder for Perimeter’s review and approval. Upon agreement of all parties as to the form and content of the Joint Notice, each party agrees to abide by the terms of such approved Joint Notice with respect to all protected health information created or received by such party as part of its participation in such organized health care arrangement. ASC is responsible for the maintenance and filing of all patient medical records for so long as is required by all applicable laws, rules or regulations issued by any authority having jurisdiction over the ASCs.