Cost Reports Seller, at its expense, shall prepare and timely file all terminating and other cost reports required or permitted by law to be filed under the Medicare and Medicaid or other third-party payor programs and the State Health Agency for periods ending on or prior to the Effective Time, or as a result of the consummation of the transactions described herein (“Seller Cost Reports”). In addition, ▇▇▇▇▇ shall assist Seller in providing certain information needed by Seller when preparing the terminating cost report, including but not limited to completion of Seller’s standard Hospitals data collection template, invoice and general ledger analysis, and other documentation historically prepared by the Hospitals for cost reporting purposes. If requested by the Seller Entities, the applicable Buyer Entity shall include the applicable Seller Entity’s Medicare bad debts that are returned from collection agencies subsequent to the Closing Date on the applicable Buyer Entity’s cost report for the respective period to which the Medicare bad debt relates. The Seller Entity shall provide detailed supporting information, as required by Medicare regulations, for the Medicare bad debt account amounts to be included on the Buyer Entity’s Medicare cost report. The applicable Buyer Entity shall forward to Seller any and all correspondence relating to the Seller Cost Reports within five (5) business days after receipt by such Buyer Entity. The applicable Buyer Entity shall remit any receipts of funds relating to the Seller Cost Reports promptly after receipt by such Buyer Entity and shall forward to Seller any demand for payments within three (3) business days after receipt by such Buyer Entity. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, Seller shall retain all rights to the Seller Cost Reports including any amounts receivable or payable in respect of such reports or reserves relating to such reports and all liabilities relating thereto. Such rights shall include the right to appeal any Medicare or Medicaid determinations relating to the Seller Cost Reports. Seller shall retain the originals of the Seller Cost Reports, correspondence, work papers and other documents relating to the Seller Cost Reports. Seller will furnish copies of such cost reports to any Buyer Entity upon request.