Imagine the following scenario:
You partner with another provider. Things go great for 5 or so years. One day, in the year 2018, he decides he wants to leave your partnership and go at it alone. Maybe you split amicably, maybe you don't, but you split nonetheless.
In the year 2020, you get a call from the cops who want to see his data from his days at your practice because of a major malpractice suit.
At that moment in time, you will forget all about how annoying it was for his name to show up in your provider list.
JamesNT