Patient Accounts. All patients shall be and remain the patients of Employer provided that Employee shall exercise independent responsibility for the care and treatment of such individuals to the extent professional services are rendered pursuant to this Agreement. In the event any patient is deemed by operation of law or otherwise to be patient of Employee, Employee shall and hereby does (i) irrevocably assign all Receivables from the treatment of such individuals to Employer, and (ii) irrevocably appoints Employer as the agent and true and lawful attorney-in-fact, with full power of assignment and substitution where legally permissible, to bill xxxients on Employee's behalf; to collect Receivables from all payors; and to take possession of and endorse in Employee's name, all notes, drafts or instruments received by way of payment for such services (except where prohibited by law or regulation).
Patient Accounts. All Patients shall be and remain the Patients of Employer, provided that Employee shall exercise independent responsibility for the care and treatment of such Patients to the extent professional Services are rendered pursuant to this Agreement. In the even any Patient is deemed by operation of law of otherwise to be a patient of Physician, Employee shall and hereby does: (a) irrevocably assign to Employer all Receivables arising from Services rendered to such Patients, and (ii) irrevocably appoints Employer as the agent and true and lawful attorney-in-fact, with full power of assignment and substitution where legally permissible, to xxxx Patients on Physician’s behalf for Services; to collect Receivables from all payors for Services; and to take possession of and endorse in Physician’s name, all notes, drafts or instruments received by way of payment for such Services (except where prohibited by law or regulation).
Patient Accounts. All patients shall be and remain the patients of Employer, provided that Employee shall exercise independent responsibility for the care and treatment of such individuals to the extent professional services are rendered pursuant to this Agreement. In the event any patient is deemed by operation of law or otherwise to be a patient of Employee, Employee shall and hereby does (i) irrevocably assign all accounts receivable from the treatment of such individuals to Employer, and (ii) irrevocably appoint Employer as the agent and true and lawful attorney-in-fact, with full power of assignment and substitution, to bill xxxients on Employee's behalf; to collect accounts receivable from all payors; and to take possession of and endorse in Employee's name all notes, drafts or instruments received by way of payment for such services (except where prohibited by law or regulation). Employer shall perform, either itself or pursuant to an agreement with another individual or entity, billing and collections for all services provided by Employee. The Employee hereby authorizes the Employer to accept, on behalf of the Employee, any assignment of insurance benefits (e.g., Medicare, Blue Cross/Blue Shield, etc.) from the Employee pursuant to this Agreement. At the request of the Employer, Employee shall list and designate with such insurance or other third party payor programs the address of the Employer, to the attention of such office(s) of the Employer as the Employer shall designate, or such other address at the Employer may designate, as the sole addressee to which all payment(s) or payment voucher(s) for services performed by the Employee shall be mailed. This Agreement shall constitute an assignment by the Employee to the Employer for all funds owing or collected for services rendered by the Employee pursuant to this Agreement, and the Employee shall take all additional steps reasonably requested by the Employer to assist in the billing and collection of funds due for services rendered by the Employee. All funds collected with respect to services provided pursuant to this Agreement shall be the exclusive property of the Employer.
