Data Collection The grant recipient will be required to provide performance data reports on a schedule delineated within Section A of this contract, Specific Terms and Conditions.
Billing and Collection As an agent on behalf of and for the account of the Practice, Retail Business Manager shall establish and maintain credit and billing and collection services, policies and procedures, and shall use reasonable efforts to timely xxxx and collect all fees for all billable Professional Eye Care Services and Optical Services provided by the Practice, the Professionals, or other personnel employed or otherwise retained by the Practice. In connection with the billing and collection services to be provided hereunder, and throughout the Term (and thereafter as provided in Section 6.3), the Practice hereby grants to Retail Business Manager an exclusive special power of attorney and appoints Retail Business Manager as the Practice’s exclusive true and lawful agent and attorney-in-fact (which shall be deemed revoked in the event of termination for cause by the Practice), and Retail Business Manager hereby accepts such special power of attorney and appointment, for the following purposes: (a) To xxxx the Practice’s patients, in the Practice’s name using the Practice’s tax identification number and on the Practice’s behalf, for all billable Professional Eye Care Services and Optical Services provided by the Practice to patients. (b) To xxxx, in the Practice’s name using the Practice’s tax identification number and on the Practice’s behalf, all claims for reimbursement or indemnification from health maintenance organizations, self-insured employers, insurance companies, Medicare, Medicaid, and all other third-party payors or fiscal intermediaries for all covered billable Professional Eye Care Services and Optical Services provided by the Practice to patients. (c) To collect and receive, in the Practice’s name and on the Practice’s behalf, all accounts receivable generated by such xxxxxxxx and claims for reimbursement, to administer such accounts including, but not limited to, extending the time of payment of any such accounts; suing, assigning or selling at a discount such accounts to collection agencies; or taking other measures to require the payment of any such accounts; provided, however, that the Practice shall review and approve (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld) any decision by Retail Business Manager to undertake extraordinary collection measures, such as filing lawsuits, discharging or releasing obligors, or assigning or selling accounts at a discount to collection agencies. Retail Business Manager shall act in a professional manner and in compliance with all federal and state fair debt collection practices laws in rendering billing and collection services. (d) To deposit all amounts collected on behalf of the Practice into the Account which shall be and at all times remain in the Practice’s name. The Practice covenants to transfer and deliver to the Account all funds received by the Practice from patients or third-party payors for billable Professional Eye Care Services and Optical Services. Upon receipt by Retail Business Manager of any funds from patients or third-party payors or from the Practice pursuant hereto for billable Professional Eye Care Services and Optical Services, Retail Business Manager shall immediately deposit the same into the Account. On the first day of each calendar month during the Term of this Retail Business Management Agreement, Retail Business Manager shall pay to Professional Business Manager for deposit into the Professional Practice Account all amounts collected during the previous month on behalf of the Practice for billable Professional Eye Care Services, less any refunds, adjustments, or reductions in revenue then owed to, on behalf of, or in connection with the Practice’s patients by the Practice in connection with its provision of Professional Eye Care Services. Retail Business Manager shall administer, be responsible for, and be obligated to pay for all Dispensary Expenses; provided, however, that Retail Business Manager shall only be liable for Dispensary Expenses to the extent of funds in the Account. Retail Business Manager shall disburse funds from the Account to creditors and other persons on behalf of the Practice, maintaining records of such receipt and disbursement of funds. (e) To take possession of, endorse in the name of the Practice, and deposit into the Account any notes, checks, money orders, insurance payments, and any other instruments received in payment of accounts receivable of the Practice. (f) To sign checks on behalf of the Practice, and to make withdrawals from the Account for payments specified in this Retail Business Management Agreement. Upon request of Retail Business Manager, the Practice shall execute and deliver to the financial institution wherein the Account is maintained, such additional documents or instruments as may be necessary to evidence or effect the special power of attorney granted to Retail Business Manager by the Practice pursuant to this Section 3.9. The special power of attorney granted herein shall be coupled with an interest and shall be irrevocable except with Retail Business Manager’s written consent. The irrevocable power of attorney shall expire when this Retail Business Management Agreement has been terminated, all accounts receivable payable to Retail Business Manager pursuant to this Retail Business Management Agreement have been collected, and all Management Fees due to Retail Business Manager have been paid. If Retail Business Manager assigns this Retail Business Management Agreement in accordance with its terms, the Practice shall execute a power of attorney in favor of the assignee in a form acceptable to Retail Business Manager.
Grievance Processing Union stewards or Union officials shall be permitted to have time off without loss of pay for the investigation and processing of grievances and arbitrations. Requests for such time off shall be made in advance and shall not be unreasonably denied. The Union will furnish the Employer with a list of Union stewards and their jurisdictions. The Union shall delineate the jurisdiction of Union stewards so that no xxxxxxx need travel between work locations or sub-divisions thereof while investigating grievances. Grievants shall be permitted to have time off without loss of pay for processing their grievances through the contractual grievance procedure, except that for class action grievances no more than three (3) grievants shall be granted such leave.
Billing and Collection Customers BellSouth currently has in effect numerous billing and collection agreements with various interexchange carriers and billing clearing houses and as such these billing and collection customers (“B&C Customers”) query BellSouth’s LIDB to determine whether to accept various billing options from End Users. Until such time as BellSouth implements in its LIDB and its supporting systems the means to differentiate Talk America’s data from BellSouth’s data, the following shall apply: (1) Talk America will accept responsibility for telecommunications services billed by BellSouth for its B&C Customers for Talk America’s End User accounts which are resident in LIDB pursuant to this Agreement. Talk America authorizes BellSouth to place such charges on Talk America’s xxxx from BellSouth and shall pay all such charges, including, but are not limited to, collect and third number calls. (2) Charges for such services shall appear on a separate BellSouth xxxx xxxx identified with the name of the B&C Customers for which BellSouth is billing the charge. (3) Talk America shall have the responsibility to render a billing statement to its End Users for these charges, but Talk America shall pay BellSouth for the charges billed regardless of whether Talk America collects from Talk America’s End Users. (4) BellSouth shall have no obligation to become involved in any disputes between Talk America and B&C Customers. BellSouth will not issue adjustments for charges billed on behalf of any B&C Customer to Talk America. It shall be the responsibility of Talk America and the B&C Customers to negotiate and arrange for any appropriate adjustments.
Subprocessing The data importer shall not subcontract any of its processing operations performed on behalf of the data exporter under the Clauses without the prior written consent of the data exporter. Where the data importer subcontracts its obligations under the Clauses, with the consent of the data exporter, it shall do so only by way of a written agreement with the subprocessor which imposes the same obligations on the subprocessor as are imposed on the data importer under the Clauses. Where the subprocessor fails to fulfil its data protection obligations under such written agreement the data importer shall remain fully liable to the data exporter for the performance of the subprocessor's obligations under such agreement.