LAST UPDATED: DECEMBER 05, 2023
This DentalRay Teleradiology Consulting Services Agreement is entered into by and between DentalRay, Inc., a Utah corporation (“DentalRay,” “Company,”) a physician owned entity contracting with DentalRay (collectively “we,” “us,” or “our”) and you and your affiliates (“Practice,” “you,” or “your”), and governs your acquisition and use of the Services via the Platform (each as defined below). By (i) checking a box indicating your acceptance, (ii) executing an Order Form that references this Agreement, or (iii) accessing or using the Platform, you agree to be bound by this Agreement.
If you are accessing and using the Platform on behalf of a company (such as your employer) or other legal entity, you represent and warrant that you have the authority to bind that company or other legal entity to these terms. In that case, “you”, “your” and “Practice” will refer to that company or other legal entity.
This Agreement is effective between us as of the date of your accepting this Agreement (the "Effective Date"").
We provide a proprietary software platform (the “Platform”) connecting dental professional and dental specialists with independent contractor radiologists licensed in your state through a physician owned entity (the “Specialists”) to deliver radiological interpretations (the “Services”).
The Specialists will furnish the Services in accordance with all applicable federal, state and local laws, statutes, ordinances and regulations, and in accordance with generally accepted medical and ethical standards, including but not limited to, accreditation standards, prevailing in the community at the time the Services are rendered.
We and the Specialists will be bound by and comply with all of your written rules, regulations, policies and procedures in existence as of the Effective Date and as may be adopted during the term of this Agreement.
You acknowledge and agree that the Specialists will not be required to devote their entire working time to duties hereunder, but may continue their practice of medicine independently, which practice is a wholly separate professional activity of the Specialists; provided that such other activities do not hinder the Specialists’ ability to satisfy all obligations and standards of performance to you under this Agreement.
You are responsible for providing or arranging, at your sole cost and expense, for all hardware, software and equipment, compatible with our hardware and software, to be utilized at your site. You will ensure that you have all network and security systems and equipment compatible with our network in order to utilize the Platform.
You expressly acknowledge and agree that we only provide a software platform connecting dental professionals and dental specialists with subspecialist physicians trained in radiology. We do not have control over or the right to direct the medical decision making or methods by which the Specialists perform the Services. As a result, we have no liability of any kind with respect to any aspect of the Services as they relate to the diagnosis or treatment of any patient.
Throughout this Agreement, DentalRay, its employees, or software will transfer radiological scans (each, a “Scan”) performed by you through the CBCT machine to DentalRay’s network to which the DentalRay Platform is linked. A Specialist will deliver a report to you (an “Overread Report”) interpreting the Scan and reporting any incidental findings, including but not limited to critical incidental findings. You may elect to receive an additional report (each, a “additional report” “OMR Report” or a 3rd party “AI Report Generator” etc. and together with an Overread Report, a “Report”) from the Specialist, in which the Specialist will interpret the Scan, report any incidental findings, and provide a comprehensive description of each anatomical area represented in the Scan. Specialists will exercise commercially reasonable efforts to deliver the Report within 72 hours after receipt of a Scan in the Platform. Please note that Specialists only provide Reports on 3D radiological scans; any requests for a 2D radiological scan Report must be requested separately by you in writing.
You are solely responsible for obtaining any necessary consent(s) from patients relating to the provision of teleradiology services.
We will archive each final Report for a period of [seven (7) years] from the date Services are rendered, without any additional charge to you. We reserve the right to suspend or revoke access of any of your representatives who have access to the archives of each Report if such individual is adversely affecting the system, as determined in our discretion.
We will also provide a copy of a Report upon written request or legal process by authorized government agencies without charge and pursuant to legal process in private litigation upon payment of reasonable expenses; provided, that upon receipt of legal process in private litigation, we will notify you in writing prior to delivery of subpoenaed records. In connection with private litigation, we reserve the right to consult counsel and to require payment of its legal fees by the party demanding the subpoenaed records. We will have no liability to you or any other person without a showing of bad faith or willful misconduct for providing any patient records to governmental agencies and in private litigation.
You agree to pay the fees for the Services (the “Fees”) as set forth in the ordering document, quote, or online order specifying the Services to be provided that is entered into between us, including any addenda and supplements thereto (the “Order Form”). Unless otherwise agreed to between us in writing, the Services are provided on an ongoing, per-license subscription-basis including automatically recurring payments for periodic charges, according to the terms and conditions of this Agreement. Except as otherwise specified herein or in an Order Form, (i) fees are based on Services subscriptions and not actual usage, (ii) payment obligations are non-cancelable and fees paid are non-refundable, and (iii) quantities purchased cannot be decreased during the relevant subscription term.
Payment for all Fees is due within thirty (30) days of the invoice date. If we are unable to process/receive the Fees when due and owing, payment shall be considered overdue, and we will have the right to charge interest on all overdue amounts at the annual rate of 12%, compounded monthly, or the maximum lawful amounts, whichever is less. Additionally, after payment becomes overdue, we will have the right to (i) immediately suspend your access to the Platform, (ii) immediately suspend our performance of the Services, and/or (iii) seek to enforce your payment obligations, including through the use of third-party services.
You agree that the payment method for the Fees will be via credit card, ACH, or direct debit. As such, you authorize us to charge the Fees automatically. If you elect to pay by credit card, then you are responsible for both (i) enabling auto-recharge on your account, and (ii) ensuring that your account has a sufficient positive balance to cover all Fees when due.
The Fees are exclusive of all taxes, and you agree to pay any applicable taxes or levies, whether domestic or foreign, other than taxes based on our income.
We reserve the right to increase Fees for any Services upon sixty (60) days’ prior written notice.
If you dispute one or more items in an invoice in good faith, promptly notify us (and in any event before the due date thereof) in writing of the item(s) under dispute and the reasons therefor. You may withhold payment of the disputed portion of the invoice until the resolution is resolved; provided, however, that any undisputed portion shall be paid within the time period specified.
We will not bill or collect from any of your patients or payers for the Services provided by the Specialists pursuant to the terms of this Agreement. You are solely responsible to pay our Fees. The failure of a patient, a patient’s insurance provider, governmental agency or other payor to pay you for a case does not vitiate your obligation to pay us as provided herein. You are solely responsible for collecting fees for services you render to your patients.
Platform specific fees, if applicable, are subscription based. Platform fees are based on Services subscriptions and not actual usage. Payment obligations are non-cancelable and fees paid are non-refundable, and quantities purchased cannot be decreased during the relevant subscription term.
The term of this Agreement shall commence on the Effective Date and shall continue for the time specified in the applicable Order Form, unless sooner terminated as provided herein. The Agreement will automatically renew for additional one (1) year terms unless either party notifies the other at least sixty (60) days prior to the end of any term that it does not wish the Agreement to renew.
You and we may terminate this Agreement by providing no less than ninety (90) days’ written notice of termination to the other. This Agreement will terminate at the end of the applicable notice period. Additionally, you and we may terminate this Agreement upon written notice to the other (i) if the other party breaches any term of this Agreement and (ii) fails to cure that breach within fifteen (15) days after receipt of written notice specifying the alleged breach. Finally, you and we may terminate this Agreement with seven (7) days’ written notice upon the other party’s general assignment for the benefit of creditors, the other party’s petition for relief in bankruptcy or similar laws for the protection of debtors upon the initiation of such proceedings against the other party if the same are not dismissed within forty-five (45) days of service, or upon notice of a finding that the other party is insolvent under applicable law.
Our services, process, security, confidentiality, disclosure policies, administrative polices, offices and data center and archive comply with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) and, effective February 17, 2010, under the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act, and regulations, as amended and in effect from time to time. If you are a Covered Entity or Business Associate, as defined in HIPAA, each of us agree to the terms of our Business Associated Addendum (currently available at https://dentalray.com/customer-terms/#HBAA), which may be amended from time, and which is specifically incorporated herein by reference.
You will maintain or cause to be maintained professional and general liability insurance covering professional malpractice of not less than one million dollars ($1,000,000) per claim and three million dollars ($3,000,000) in the aggregate, covering you, your agents and employees, including coverage for such entity’s or person’s performance of duties and obligations under this Agreement. All insurance policies shall name DentalRay, Inc. as an additional insured, and shall contain a waiver of subrogation against us, our employees, and agents, including any physician owned entity with which we have a contractual relationship. You will provide, upon request, a copy of an endorsement providing such coverage.
Nothing contained in this Agreement shall create or be construed as creating a partnership, joint venture, or employment relationship between us and you. We, through the Specialists via the Platform, shall furnish the Services as an independent contractor and not as your employee. Neither we nor you shall be liable, except as otherwise expressly stated in this Agreement, for any obligations or liabilities incurred by the other. We have no power or authority to act for, represent, or bind you in any manner, except as otherwise set forth in this Agreement. We also have no supervisory or management authority over your employees and contractors.
We agree to indemnify and hold harmless you from and against any and all liabilities, claims, damages, losses and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) (“Claims”) incurred by you resulting from an action by a third party (other than your affiliate) which alleges that your use of the Platform in accordance with this Agreement infringes or misappropriates such third party’s intellectual property rights. The foregoing obligation does not apply to the extent that the alleged infringement arises from (i) access to or use of the Platform in a modified form or in combination with any hardware, system, software, network, or other materials or service not provided by us (to the extent that the combination is the cause of the Claims); (ii) any information or data provided by us or any other third party where such is the proximate cause of the Claim; (iii) any Claims related to your infringement of any third party intellectual property; (iv) your violation of applicable law; or (v) where your use of the Platform is not strictly in accordance with this Agreement. If, due to a claim of infringement, the Platform is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be, or is believed by us to be infringing, we may, at our option and expense: (i) replace or modify the Platform to be non-infringing, provided that such modification or replacement contains substantially similar features and functionality, (ii) obtain for you a license to continue using the Platform, or (iii) if neither of the foregoing is commercially practicable, terminate this Agreement and your rights hereunder and provide you a prorated refund of any prepaid, unused Fees for the Services.
You agree to indemnify and hold harmless us and our officers, directors, employees, representatives and agents, including but not limited to any physician owned entity with which we have a contractual relationship, from and against any and all Claims (i) resulting from or arising out of any breach of any representation and warranty provided herein; (ii) resulting from or arising out of any failure by you to perform or otherwise fulfill any undertaking or other agreement or obligation hereunder; (iii) violation of applicable law; or (iv) your negligence or willful misconduct.
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT NOT PROHIBITED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT WILL WE, OUR SUPPLIERS, OR OUR AGENTS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY PHYSICIAN OWNED ENTITY WITH WHICH WE HAVE A CONTRACTUAL RELATIONSHIP, BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOSS OF USE, LOST OR INACCURATE DATA, INTERRUPTION OF BUSINESS, LOST PROFITS, COSTS OF DELAY, REPUTATIONAL HARM, OR ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, COVER, RELIANCE, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, HOWEVER CAUSED, EVEN IF INFORMED IN ADVANCE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. IN NO EVENT WILL WE, OUR SUPPLIERS, OR OUR AGENT’S TOTAL LIABILITY EXCEED IN AGGREGATE THE AMOUNT ACTUALLY PAID BY YOU TO US FOR THE APPLICABLE SERVICE(S) OR RELATED SERVICE(S) IN THE TWELVE (12) MONTHS PRECEDING THE CLAIM. IN ADDITION, THE LAWS IN SOME JURISDICTIONS MAY NOT ALLOW SOME OF THE LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY IN THIS SECTION. IF ANY OF THESE LAWS IS FOUND TO APPLY TO THIS AGREEMENT, THIS SECTION WILL APPLY TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT NOT PROHIBITED BY SUCH LAW.
EACH PARTY ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT THIS SECTION IS A FUNDAMENTAL BASIS OF THE BARGAIN AND A REASONABLE ALLOCATION OF RISK BETWEEN THE PARTIES AND WILL SURVIVE AND APPLY TO ANY CLAIMS ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT, THE PLATFORM, OR ANY RELATED SERVICES, REGARDLESS OF THE THEORY OF LIABILITY (CONTRACT, TORT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR OTHERWISE), EVEN IF ANY LIMITED REMEDY IN THIS AGREEMENT IS FOUND TO HAVE FAILED OF ITS ESSENTIAL PURPOSE. EACH PROVISION OF THESE TERMS THAT PROVIDES FOR A LIMITATION OF LIABILITY, DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES, OR EXCLUSION OF DAMAGES IS INTENDED TO AND DOES ALLOCATE THE RISKS BETWEEN THE PARTIES UNDER THESE TERMS. THIS ALLOCATION IS AN ESSENTIAL ELEMENT OF THE BASIS OF THE BARGAIN BETWEEN THE PARTIES. EACH OF THESE PROVISIONS IS SEVERABLE AND INDEPENDENT OF ALL OTHER PROVISIONS OF THESE TERMS. THE LIMITATIONS IN THIS SECTION WILL APPLY EVEN IF ANY LIMITED REMEDY FAILS OF ITS ESSENTIAL PURPOSE.
If any term or provision of this Agreement or application to any person or circumstance shall to any extent be invalid or unenforceable, the remainder of this Agreement or the application of such term or provision to persons or circumstances other than those as to which it is held invalid or unenforceable shall not be affected and each term and provision of this Agreement shall be valid and enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by law.
This Agreement is not assignable, transferable or sublicensable by either party you or us with the other’s prior written consent; provided, however, that either party may assign or transfer this Agreement: (a) to an affiliate where (i) the assignee has agreed in writing to be bound by the terms of this Agreement, and (ii) the assigning party has notified the other party of the assignment, in writing; and (b) in the event of a merger, sale of substantially all of the stock, assets or business, or other reorganization involving the assigning party, and the non-assigning party’s prior written consent shall not be required in such instance with the express understanding that in cases where the assigning party is not the surviving entity, this Agreement will bind the successor in interest to the assigning party with respect to all obligations hereunder. Any other attempt to transfer or assign is void.
The waiver of any breach of any term or condition of this Agreement is not a waiver of any other term or condition of this Agreement.
All notices pursuant to this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be given by depositing said notices in the United States registered or certified mails, return receipt requested, addressed to the parties hereto at the addresses set forth in the Order Form, or to such other address as may hereafter be specified by any party or parties. All notices given in the manner prescribed in this section shall be deemed properly served upon receipt. Any notices to Company shall be sent at the following address: DentalRay, Inc., 560 S 100 W St. Suite 15, Provo, UT 84601, Attn: Derek Swanson.
This Agreement shall be governed by, construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of Utah.
This Agreement and the other documents expressly incorporated herein, contains the entire agreement of the parties with respect to its subject matter, and as of the Effective Date, supersedes all previous and contemporaneous agreements and understandings, inducements or conditions, expressed or implied, oral or written, between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof. The parties agree that any term or condition stated in a Customer purchase order or in any other Customer order documentation (excluding Order Forms) is void. In the event of a conflict or inconsistency among the following documents, the order of precedence shall be: (i) the applicable Order Form, and (ii) this Agreement.
The parties hereto irrevocably and unconditionally waive any right they may have to trial by jury in respect of any litigation directly or indirectly arising out of or relating to this Agreement. In the event of litigation, a copy of this agreement may be filed as a written consent to a trial by the court.
There are no third-party beneficiaries under this Agreement.
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This HIPAA Business Associate Addendum (this “BAA”) shall be incorporated into the applicable DentalRay Teleradiology Consulting Services Agreement between Practice (“Covered Entity” or “Provider”) and DentalRay, Inc., a Utah corporation (“Business Associate”).
WHEREAS, Covered Entity and Business Associate entered into a written agreement (the “Agreement”) pursuant to which Business Associate provides services to Covered Entity, and in conjunction with the provision of such services, certain Protected Health Information (“PHI”) and/or certain electronic Protected Health Information (“ePHI”) may be made available to Business Associate for the purposes of carrying out its obligations under the Agreement; and,
WHEREAS, the provisions of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, Public Law 104-191 (“HIPAA”), more specifically the regulations found in Title 45, C.F.R., Parts 160 and 164, Subparts A and E (the “Privacy Rule”) and/or 45 C.F.R. Part 164, Subpart C (the “Security Rule”), as may be amended from time to time, which are applicable to the protection of any disclosure or use of PHI and/or ePHI pursuant to this BAA; and,
WHEREAS, the provisions of Subtitle D entitled “Privacy” of the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (“HITECH”) of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Public Law 111-5, and the implementing regulations adopted thereunder, as may be amended from time to time, impose certain requirements on business associates; and
WHEREAS, Provider is a Covered Entity, as defined in the Privacy Rule; and,
WHEREAS, Business Associate, when on behalf of Covered Entity, creates, receives, maintains or transmits PHI and/or ePHI, is a business associate as defined in the Privacy Rule; and,
WHEREAS, the parties intend to enter into this BAA to address the requirements of HIPAA, HITECH, Privacy Rule, and Security Rule as they apply to Business Associate as a business associate of Covered Entity, including the establishment of permitted and required uses and disclosures (and appropriate limitations and conditions on such uses and disclosures) of PHI and/or ePHI by Business Associate that is created or received in the course of performing services on behalf of Covered Entity, and to incorporate the business associate obligations set forth in HITECH; and,
WHEREAS, the parties agree that any disclosure or use of PHI and/or ePHI be in compliance with the Privacy Rule, Security Rule, HITECH, or other applicable law;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises and covenants contained herein, the parties agree as follows: