Last revised October 2022
These terms and conditions of use (“Terms of Use”) apply to healthcare and content providers and govern your use of our online interfaces and properties (e.g., websites and mobile applications) owned and controlled by Mend VIP, Inc. (“Mend VIP”, “we” or “us”), including the www.mendfamily.com website (the “Site”) and the services available to users through the Site (“Services”). Your compliance with these Terms of Use is a condition to your use of the Site. If you do not agree to be bound by the Terms of Use, promptly exit this Site. Please also consult our Privacy Policy for a description of our privacy practices and policies, including how we collect and handle your personal health information and financial information.
All pages within this Site and any material made available for download are the property of Mend VIP, or its licensors or suppliers, as applicable. The Site is protected by United States and international copyright and trademark laws. The Contents of the Site, including without limitation the files, documents, text, photographs, images, audio, and video, and any materials accessed through or made available for use or download through this Site (“Content”) may not be copied, distributed, modified, reproduced, published or used, in whole or in part, except for purposes authorized or approved in writing by Mend VIP. You may not frame or utilize framing techniques to enclose, or deep linking to, any name, trademarks, service marks, logo, Content or other proprietary information (including; images, text, page layout, or form) of Mend VIP without our express written consent.
To be a healthcare provider using the Site (“Provider”) you must agree to comply with all laws, medical board rules and other rules and regulations applicable to you as a Provider or otherwise. Your relationship with the Mend VIP users (including your patients) is directly between you and the patient. The patient will never have a physician-patient relationship with Mend VIP. Mend VIP does not practice medicine and offers no medical services. As set forth more fully in Section 10, Provider is solely responsible for all agreements, consents, notices and other interactions with patients and other consumers. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Provider is solely responsible for all billings and collections from patients and other consumers, and Mend VIP shall have no liability whatsoever to Provider with respect to any amounts owed by any patient or other consumer to Provider.
Provider will use the Site and Services only in accordance with applicable standards of good medical practice. While software products such as the Site and Services can facilitate and improve the quality of service that Provider and its personnel offer to patients, many factors, including the provider/patient relationship can affect a patient outcome, and with intricate and interdependent technologies and complex decision-making it is often difficult or impossible to accurately determine what the factors were and in what proportion they affected an outcome. Provider shall be solely responsible for its use of the Site and Services, and the provision of services to Provider’s patients. In this regard, Provider releases Mend VIP and waives any and all potential claims against Mend VIP as a result of Provider’s use of the Site and Services, and the provision of services to Provider’s patients. As a result of the complexities and uncertainties inherent in the patient care process, Provider agrees to defend, indemnify and hold Mend VIP harmless from any claim by or on behalf of any patient of Provider or its personnel, or by or on behalf of any other third party or person claiming damage by virtue of a familial or financial relationship with such a patient, which is brought against Mend VIP, regardless of the cause if such claim arises for any reason whatsoever, out of the use or operation of the Site and Services. To the extent applicable, Provider will obtain Mend VIP’s prior written consent to any settlement or judgment in which Provider agrees to any finding of fault of Mend VIP or defect in the Site or Services. Mend VIP will promptly notify Provider in writing of any claim subject to this indemnification, promptly provide Provider with the information reasonably required for the defense of the same, and grant to Provider exclusive control over its defense and settlement.
You consent to receive communications from Mend VIP electronically. You agree that (a) all agreements and consents can be signed electronically and (b) all notices, disclosures, and other communications that Mend VIP provides to you electronically satisfy any legal requirement that such notices and other communications be in writing.
If you provide your cell phone number and email address to Mend VIP, you are agreeing to be contacted by or on behalf of Mend VIP using the email address and the telephone number provided, including text (SMS) messages to your cell phone and other wireless devices, and the use of an automatic telephone dialing system, artificial voice and prerecorded messages, for sales, marketing, or other materials or notices. You may opt-out of receiving text (SMS) messages at any time by replying with the word STOP from the mobile device receiving the messages. You do not need to provide this consent in order to use the Services. However, you acknowledge that opting out of receiving text (SMS) messages may impact your experience with the Service(s) that rely on communications via text (SMS) messaging.
DATA FEES AND TEXT MESSAGING RATES MAY APPLY TO YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES AND COMMUNICATIONS WITH MEND VIP BASED ON YOUR PLAN WITH YOUR MOBILE PHONE CARRIER.
You are prohibited from violating or attempting to violate the security of the Site, including, without limitation, (a) accessing data not intended for such user or logging onto a server or an account which the user is not authorized to access; or (b) attempting to probe, scan or test the vulnerability of a system or network or to breach security or authentication measures without proper authorization; or (c) accessing or using the Site or any portion thereof without authorization, in violation of these Terms of Use or in violation of applicable law. If you are under 18, you may use the Mend VIP Services only with involvement of a parent or guardian.
You may not use any scraper, crawler, spider, robot or other automated means of any kind to access or copy data on the Site, deep-link to any feature or content on the Site, bypass our robot exclusion headers or other measures we may use to prevent or restrict access to the Site.
Violations of system or network security may result in civil or criminal liability. Mend VIP will investigate occurrences that may involve such violations and may involve, and cooperate with, law enforcement authorities in prosecuting users who are involved in such violations. You agree not to use any device, software or routine to interfere or attempt to interfere with the proper working of this Site or any activity being conducted on this Site.
In the event access to the Site or a portion thereof is limited requiring a user ID and password (“Protected Areas”), you agree to access Protected Areas using only your user ID and password as provided to you by Mend VIP. You agree to protect the confidentiality of your user ID and password, and not to share or disclose your user ID or password to any third party. You agree that you are fully responsible for all activity occurring under your user ID. Your access to the Site may be revoked by Mend VIP at any time with or without cause. You agree to defend, indemnify and hold Mend VIP harmless from and against all third party claims, damages and expenses (including reasonable attorneys fees) against or incurred by Mend VIP arising out of your breach of these Terms of Use or violation of applicable law, your use or access of the Site, or access by anyone accessing the Site using your user ID and password.
Subject to your compliance with these Terms of Use and your payment of any applicable fees, Mend VIP or its content providers grant you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable license to access and make use of the Mend VIP Services. In the event you have entered into a separate Platform Subscription Agreement with Mend VIP (the “Subscription Agreement”), the terms of the Subscription Agreement shall also apply to your use of the Site and the Services. In the event of a conflict between the Subscription Agreement and these Terms of Use, the terms of the Subscription Agreement shall prevail. All rights not expressly granted to you in these Terms of Use or any Service Terms are reserved and retained by Mend VIP or its licensors, suppliers, publishers, rightsholders, or other content providers. No Mend VIP Service, nor any part of any Mend VIP Service, may be reproduced, duplicated, copied, sold, resold, visited, or otherwise exploited for any commercial purpose except as expressly authorized in writing by Mend VIP. You may not frame or utilize framing techniques to enclose any trademark, logo, or other proprietary information (including images, text, page layout, or form) of Mend VIP without express written consent. You may not use any meta tags or any other “hidden text” utilizing Mend VIP’s name or trademarks without the express written consent of Mend VIP. You may not misuse the Mend VIP Services. You may use the Mend VIP Services only as permitted by law. Your access to the Site and Services and the licenses granted by Mend VIP may be terminated by Mend VIP if you do not comply with these Terms of Use.
If you desire to terminate your account, please see the provisions in your Telehealth Platform Account Agreement.
Although Mend VIP attempts to ensure the integrity and accurateness of the Site, it makes no representations, warranties or guarantees whatsoever as to the correctness or accuracy of the Site and Content thereon. It is possible that the Site could include typographical errors, inaccuracies or other errors, and that unauthorized additions, deletions and alterations could be made to the Site by third parties. In the event that an inaccuracy arises, please inform Mend VIP so that it can be corrected. Information contained on the Site may be changed or updated without notice. Additionally, Mend VIP shall have no responsibility or liability for information or Content posted to the Site from any non-Mend VIP affiliated third party.
Mend VIP makes no representations whatsoever about any other website that you may access through this Site. When you access a non-Mend VIP site, please understand that it is independent from Mend VIP, and that Mend VIP has no control over the Content on that website. In addition, a link to a non-Mend VIP website does not mean that Mend VIP endorses or accepts any responsibility for the Content, or the use, of the linked site. It is up to you to take precautions to ensure that whatever you select for your use or download is free of such items as viruses, worms, Trojan horses, and other items of a destructive nature. If you decide to access any of the third party sites linked to this Site, you do this entirely at your own risk.
If you submit, upload or post any agreements, contracts, consents, notices, advice, recommendations, comments, files, videos, images or other materials to us or our Site (“Provider Content”) or provide any Provider Content to patients or other consumers, you agree not to provide any Provider Content that (1) is defamatory, abusive, libelous, unlawful, obscene, threatening, harassing, fraudulent, pornographic, or harmful, or that could encourage criminal or unethical behavior, (2) violates or infringes the privacy, copyright, trademark, trade dress, trade secrets or intellectual property rights of any person or entity, or (3) contains or transmits a virus or any other harmful component. Provider is solely responsible for obtaining all necessary agreements and consents from, and providing all required notices to, patients and other consumers. You agree not to contact other users through unsolicited e-mail, telephone calls, mailings or any other method of communication. You represent and warrant to Mend VIP that you have the legal right and authorization to upload all Provider Content at the Site. Mend VIP shall have a royalty-free, irrevocable, transferable right and license to use the Provider Content however Mend VIP desires, including without limitation, to copy, modify, delete in its entirety, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from and/or sell and/or distribute such Provider Content and/or incorporate such Provider Content into any form, medium or technology throughout the world. Mend VIP is and shall be under no obligation (1) to maintain any Provider Content in confidence; (2) to pay to you any compensation for any Provider Content; or (3) to respond to any Provider Content.
Mend VIP does not regularly review Provider Content, but does reserve the right (but not the obligation) to monitor and edit or remove any Provider Content submitted to the Site. You grant Mend VIP the right to use the name that you submit in connection with any Provider Content. You agree not to use a false email address, impersonate any person or entity, or otherwise mislead as to the origin of any Provider Content. You are and shall remain solely responsible for the content of any Provider Content you post to the Site or provide to patients or other consumers. Mend VIP and its affiliates take no responsibility and assume no liability for any Provider Content submitted by you or any third party.
You agree to defend, indemnify and hold Mend VIP harmless from and against all third party claims, damages and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) against or incurred by Mend VIP arising out of any Provider Content you post or allow to be posted to the Site.
We disclaim any responsibility or liability for copyrighted materials posted on our site. If you believe that your work has been copied in a manner that constitutes copyright infringement, please follow the procedures set forth below.
Mend VIP respects the intellectual property rights of others and expects its users to do the same. In accordance with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (“DMCA“), we will respond promptly to notices of alleged infringement that are reported to Mend VIP’s Designated Copyright Agent, identified below.
Notices of Alleged Infringement for Content Made Available on the Site
If you are a copyright owner, authorized to act on behalf of one, or authorized to act under any exclusive right under copyright, please report alleged copyright infringements taking place on or through our Site by sending us a notice (“Notice”) complying with the following requirements.
Deliver this Notice, with all items completed, to our Copyright Agent:
Mend VIP, Inc.
Attention: Legal Department
4767 New Broad Street
Orlando, FL 32814
Email: BestService@MendFamily.com
Fax: (407) 907-6754
MEND VIP DOES NOT WARRANT THAT ACCESS TO OR USE OF THE SITE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR- FREE OR THAT DEFECTS IN THE SITE WILL BE CORRECTED. THIS SITE, INCLUDING ANY CONTENT OR INFORMATION CONTAINED WITHIN IT OR ANY SITE-RELATED SERVICE, IS PROVIDED “AS IS,” WITH ALL FAULTS, WITH NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, QUALITY OF INFORMATION, QUIET ENJOYMENT, AND TITLE/NON-INFRINGEMENT. MEND VIP DOES NOT WARRANT THE ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS OR TIMELINESS OF THE INFORMATION OBTAINED THROUGH THE SITE.
YOU ASSUME TOTAL RESPONSIBILITY AND RISK FOR YOUR USE OF THIS SITE, SITE-RELATED SERVICES, AND LINKED WEBSITES. MEND VIP DOES NOT WARRANT THAT FILES AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD WILL BE FREE OF VIRUSES, WORMS, TROJAN HORSES OR OTHER DESTRUCTIVE PROGRAMMING. YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR IMPLEMENTING PROCEDURES SUFFICIENT TO SATISFY YOUR NEEDS FOR DATA BACK UP AND SECURITY.
As part of the Services, Mend VIP provides a platform for Provider to communicate with consumers, potential consumers, patients, and potential patients. Mend VIP does not provide any medical advice, legal advice, or representations in any way regarding any legal or medical issues associated with Provider, goods or services offered by Provider, including but not limited any compliance obligations or steps necessary to comply with any state or federal laws and regulations. Provider should seek legal counsel regarding any legal and compliance issues, and should not rely on any materials or content associated with the Services in determining Provider’s compliance obligations under law. Provider and Mend VIP agree that Mend VIP is not providing, to Customer or anyone else, medical advice or legal advice.
MEND VIP AND ANY THIRD PARTIES MENTIONED ON THIS SITE ARE NEITHER RESPONSIBLE NOR LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, PUNITIVE, OR OTHER DAMAGES WHATSOEVER (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THOSE RESULTING FROM LOST PROFITS, LOST DATA, OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING IN ANY WAY TO THE SITE, SITE-RELATED SERVICES, CONTENT OR INFORMATION CONTAINED WITHIN THE SITE, AND/OR ANY LINKED WEBSITE, WHETHER BASED ON WARRANTY, CONTRACT, TORT, OR ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORY AND WHETHER OR NOT ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. YOUR SOLE REMEDY FOR DISSATISFACTION WITH THE SITE, SITE-RELATED SERVICES, AND/OR LINKED WEBSITES IS TO STOP USING THE SITE AND/OR THOSE SERVICES. YOU SHALL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH PATIENTS USING THE MEND VIP SERVICE, AND MEND VIP SHALL HAVE NO LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ANY ACTS, OMISSIONS OR CLAIMS OF, OR RELATING TO, YOUR PATIENTS. TO THE EXTENT ANY ASPECTS OF THE FOREGOING LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY ARE NOT ENFORCEABLE, THE MAXIMUM LIABILITY OF MEND VIP TO YOU WITH RESPECT TO YOUR USE OF THIS SITE IS
$500 (FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS).
Mend VIP’s Mobile Application
We may make available the Mend VIP App to access the Service via a mobile device. To use any Mend VIP App you must have a mobile device that is compatible with the Mobile Service. Mend VIP does not warrant that any Mobile App will be compatible with your mobile device. Mend VIP grants to you a non-exclusive, non- transferable, revocable license to use a compiled code copy of any Mend VIP App for one Mend VIP account on one mobile device owned or leased solely by you, for your personal, non-commercial use. You may not: (i) modify, disassemble, decompile or reverse engineer the Mend VIP App, except to the extent that such restriction is expressly prohibited by law; (ii) rent, lease, loan, resell, sublicense, distribute or otherwise transfer the Mend VIP App to any third party or use the Mend VIP App to provide time sharing or similar services for any third party; (iii) make any copies of the Mend VIP App; (iv) remove, circumvent, disable, damage or otherwise interfere with security-related features of the Mend VIP App, features that prevent or restrict use or copying of any content accessible through the Mend VIP App, or features that enforce limitations on use of the Mend VIP App; or (v) delete the copyright and other proprietary rights notices on the Mend VIP App. You acknowledge that Mend VIP may from time to time issue upgraded versions of the Mend VIP App, and may automatically electronically upgrade the version of the Mend VIP App that you are using on your mobile device. You consent to such automatic Mend VIP upgrading on your mobile device, and agree that the terms and conditions of these Terms will apply to all such upgrades. Any third-party code that may be incorporated in the Mend VIP App is covered by the applicable open source or third-party end user license agreement, if any, authorizing use of such code. The foregoing license grant is not a sale of the Mend VIP App or any copy thereof, and Mend VIP or its third party licensors or suppliers retain all right, title, and interest in and to the Mend VIP App (and any copy of the Mend VIP App). You agree to comply with all United States and foreign laws related to use of the Mend VIP App and the Service. Standard carrier data charges may apply to your use of the Mend VIP App. If any Mend VIP Software is being acquired on behalf of the United States Government, then the following provision applies: Use, duplication, or disclosure of the Mend VIP Software by the U.S. Government is subject to restrictions set forth in this Agreement and as provided in DFARS 227.7202-1(a) and 227.7202-3(a) (1995), DFARS 252.227-7013(c)(1)(ii) (OCT 1988), FAR 12.212(a) (1995), FAR 52.227-19, or FAR 52.227-14 (ALT III), as applicable. The Mend VIP Software originates in the United States, and is subject to United States export laws and regulations. The Mend VIP Software may not be exported or re-exported to certain countries or those persons or entities prohibited from receiving exports from the United States. In addition, the Mend VIP Software may be subject to the import and export laws of other countries. You agree to comply with all United States and foreign laws related to use of the Mend VIP Software and the Service.
Mend VIP App from iTunes
The following also applies to any Mend VIP App you acquire from the iTunes Store (“iTunes-Sourced Software”): You acknowledge and agree that these Terms are solely between you and Mend VIP, not Apple, and that Apple has no responsibility for the iTunes-Sourced Software or content thereof. Your use of the iTunes-Sourced Software must comply with the App Store Terms of Service. You acknowledge that Apple has no obligation whatsoever to furnish any maintenance and support services with respect to the iTunes-Sourced Software. In the event of any failure of the iTunes-Sourced Software to conform to any applicable warranty, you may notify Apple, and Apple will refund the purchase price for the iTunes-Sourced Software to you; to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, Apple will have no other warranty obligation whatsoever with respect to the iTunes-Sourced Software, and any other claims, losses, liabilities, damages, costs or expenses attributable to any failure to conform to any warranty will be solely governed by these Terms of Service and any law applicable to Mend VIP as provider of the software. You acknowledge that Apple is not responsible for addressing any claims of you or any third party relating to the iTunes-Sourced Software or your possession and/or use of the iTunes-Sourced Software, including, but not limited to: (i) product liability claims; (ii) any claim that the iTunes-Sourced Software fails to conform to any applicable legal or regulatory requirement; and (iii) claims arising under consumer protection or similar legislation; and all such claims are governed solely by these Terms of Service and any law applicable to Mend VIP as provider of the software. You acknowledge that, in the event of any third party claim that the iTunes-Sourced Software or your possession and use of that iTunes-Sourced Software infringes that third party’s intellectual property rights, Mend VIP, not Apple, will be solely responsible for the investigation, defense, settlement and discharge of any such intellectual property infringement claim to the extent required by these Terms of Service. You and Mend VIP acknowledge and agree that Apple, and Apple’s subsidiaries, are third-party beneficiaries of these Terms of Service as they relate to your license of the iTunes-Sourced Software, and that, upon your acceptance of the terms and conditions of these Terms of Service, Apple will have the right (and will be deemed to have accepted the right) to enforce these Terms of Service as relates to your license of the iTunes-Sourced Software against you as a third party beneficiary thereof.
In the event of any dispute or claim relating to the Site or these Terms of Use, you agree to resolution of such dispute in the state or federal courts located in Orange County, Florida, in accordance with the laws of the State of Florida.
Mend VIP reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to terminate your access to all or part of this Site, with or without cause, and with or without notice. In the event that any of the Terms of Use are held by a court or other tribunal of competent jurisdiction to be unenforceable, such provisions shall be limited or eliminated to the minimum extent necessary so that these Terms of Use shall otherwise remain in full force and effect. These Terms of Use constitute the entire agreement between Mend VIP and you pertaining to the subject matter hereof. In its sole discretion, Mend VIP may from time-to-time revise these Terms of Use by updating this posting. You should, therefore, periodically visit this page to review the current Terms of Use, so you are aware of any such revisions to which you are bound. Certain provisions of these Terms of Use may be superseded by expressly designated legal notices or terms located on particular pages within this Site.