Terms of service.

§ 01

Acceptance of terms.

By accessing this website or engaging Crescent for services, you confirm that you are at least 18 years old, have the authority to bind your organization to these Terms, and agree to comply with all applicable laws and regulations. Engagement-specific terms are governed by a separate engagement letter that supersedes these Terms where they conflict.

§ 02

Description of services.

Crescent provides reimbursement intelligence services to private equity firms and healthcare organizations. The primary service is the reimbursement quality of earnings engagement, in which the CAPE deterministic adjudication engine is run against a target practice’s claims data to produce a diligence report, negotiation brief, and live portal. Post-close monitoring services are available under separate agreement. All engagement services are governed by a written engagement letter.

§ 03

Permitted use.

Engagement deliverables and portal access are licensed for the internal use of the engaging firm and its affiliates in connection with the transaction or operations to which the engagement relates. Deliverables may not be resold, sublicensed, or shared with third parties beyond those reasonably required to consummate the related transaction. No party may attempt to reverse engineer, decompile, or extract the adjudication logic from the CAPE engine or portal.

§ 04

Accuracy and rule corpus.

CAPE is designed to produce deterministic adjudication results consistent with the controlling rule corpus current as of the date of computation. Crescent updates the rule corpus regularly following publication of CMS Final Rules, NCCI quarterly releases, and other authoritative sources, but assumes no liability for adjudication decisions made between updates or for subsequent rule changes that retroactively affect prior determinations.

Engagement deliverables represent Crescent’s best determination of contractual entitlement based on the data provided and the rule corpus at the time of analysis. Crescent makes no warranty that any specific finding will be accepted by a payer, clearinghouse, government agency, or court.

§ 05

Intellectual property.

All rights in the CAPE engine, the rule registry, the adjudication logic, the portal, the research notes, this website’s content, and Crescent trademarks are owned by Crescent Intelligence, Inc. Engagement deliverables are licensed to the engaging firm for the permitted uses described in § 03 and the engagement letter; no other rights are granted by these Terms or by any engagement.

§ 06

Confidentiality.

Any non-public information you receive from Crescent regarding the engine, methodology, pricing, roadmap, or commercial structure is confidential. You agree not to disclose such information to third parties without Crescent’s prior written consent. Confidentiality obligations survive termination of any engagement or use of this website.

§ 07

Limitation of liability.

To the maximum extent permitted by law, Crescent’s aggregate liability for any claim arising from these Terms or any engagement shall not exceed the fees paid by the engaging firm in the twelve months preceding the claim. Crescent is not liable for indirect, incidental, consequential, or punitive damages, including lost profits, lost business opportunities, or transaction-related losses.

§ 08

Governing law and dispute resolution.

These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to conflict of law principles. Any dispute arising from these Terms or any engagement shall be resolved by binding arbitration in accordance with the AAA Commercial Arbitration Rules, seated in Delaware. Each party shall bear its own costs and attorneys’ fees.

§ 09

Changes to terms.

We may update these Terms from time to time as our services, applicable law, or commercial structure evolves. We will provide at least 30 days’ notice for material changes through email to engaged firms and by posting a revised date at the top of this page. Continued use of our services after changes are posted constitutes acceptance of the revised Terms.

§ 10

Contact.

Questions about these Terms can be directed to legal@crescentintel.com or by mail to Crescent Intelligence, Inc., attention: Legal.