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.
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.
Data Collection, Processing and Usage The Company collects, processes and uses the International Participant’s personal data, including the International Participant’s name, home address, email address, and telephone number, date of birth, social insurance number or other identification number, salary, citizenship, job title, any shares of Common Stock or directorships held in the Company, and details of all Equity Awards or any other equity compensation awards granted, canceled, exercised, vested, or outstanding in the International Participant’s favor, which the Company receives from the International Participant or the Employer. In granting the Equity Award under the Plan, the Company will collect the International Participant’s personal data for purposes of allocating shares of Common Stock and implementing, administering and managing the Plan. The Company’s legal basis for the collection, processing and usage of the International Participant’s personal data is the International Participant’s consent.
Income Collection, Transaction Processing, Account Administration of a basis point per annum on the average net assets of the Fund.
Contractor Sales Reporting Vendor Management Fee Contractor Reports Cooperative Master Contract Sales Reporting. Contractor shall report total Cooperative Master Contract sales quarterly to Enterprise Services, as set forth below. Cooperative Master Contract Sales Reporting System. Contractor shall report quarterly Cooperative Master Contract sales in Enterprise Services’ Cooperative Master Contract Sales Reporting System. Enterprise Services will provide Contractor with a login password and a vendor number. The password and vendor number will be provided to the Sales Reporting Representative(s) listed on Contractor’s Bidder Profile. Data. Each sales report must identify every authorized Purchaser by name as it is known to Enterprise Services and its total combined sales amount invoiced during the reporting period (i.e., sales of an entire agency or political subdivision, not its individual subsections). The “Miscellaneous” option may be used only with prior approval by Enterprise Services. Upon request, Contractor shall provide contact information for all authorized Purchasers specified herein during the term of the Cooperative Master Contract. If there are no Cooperative Master Contract sales during the reporting period, Contractor must report zero sales. Due dates for Cooperative Master Contract Sales Reporting. Quarterly Cooperative Master Contract Sales Reports must be submitted electronically by the following deadlines for all Cooperative Master Contract sales invoiced during the applicable calendar quarter: Vendor Management Fee. Contractor shall pay to Enterprise Services a vendor management fee (“VMF”) of 1.5 percent on the purchase price for all Cooperative Master Contract sales (the purchase price is the total invoice price less applicable sales tax). The sum owed by Contractor to Enterprise Services as a result of the VMF is calculated as follows: Amount owed to Enterprise Services = Total Cooperative Master Contract sales invoiced (not including sales tax) x .015. The VMF must be rolled into Contractor’s current pricing. The VMF must not be shown as a separate line item on any invoice unless specifically requested and approved by Enterprise Services. Enterprise Services will invoice Contractor quarterly based on Cooperative Master Contract sales reported by Contractor. Contractor is not to remit payment until Contractor receives an invoice from Enterprise Services. Contractor’s VMF payment to Enterprise Services must reference this Cooperative Master Contract number, the year and quarter for which the VMF is being remitted, and Contractor’s name as set forth in this Cooperative Master Contract, if not already included on the face of the check. Contractor’s failure to report accurate total net Cooperative Master Contract sales, to submit a timely Cooperative Master Contract sales report, or to remit timely payment of the VMF to Enterprise Services, may be cause for Enterprise Services to suspend Contractor or terminate this Cooperative Master Contract or exercise remedies provided by law. Without limiting any other available remedies, the parties agree that Contractor’s failure to remit to Enterprise Services timely payment of the VMF shall obligate Contractor to pay to Enterprise Services, to offset the administrative and transaction costs incurred by the State to identify, process, and collect such sums, the sum of $200.00 or twenty-five percent (25%) of the outstanding amount, whichever is greater, or the maximum allowed by law, if less. Enterprise Services reserves the right, upon thirty (30) calendar days advance written notice, to increase, reduce, or eliminate the VMF for subsequent purchases, and reserves the right to renegotiate Cooperative Master Contract pricing with Contractor when any subsequent adjustment of the VMF might justify a change in pricing. Annual Cooperative Master Contract Sales Report. Contractor shall provide to Enterprise Services a detailed annual Cooperative Master Contract sales report. Such report shall include, at a minimum: the Goods/Services sold (including, as applicable, item number or other identifier), per unit quantities sold, items and volumes purchased by Purchaser, shipment/delivery locations by Purchaser, and Cooperative Master Contract price. This report must be provided in an electronic format that can be read by Microsoft (MS) Excel. Such report is due within thirty (30) calendar days of the annual anniversary of the effective date of this Cooperative Master Contract.
BILLING AND PAYMENT OF CHARGES 11.1 Unless otherwise stated, each Party will render monthly bill(s), remittance in full by the Bill Due Date, to the other for Interconnection Services provided hereunder at the applicable rates set forth in the Pricing Schedule.
11.2 There will be no offset by the billed Party of payments due herein against any other amount owed by one Party to the other.
11.3 A Late Payment Charge will be assessed for all Past Due payments as provided below, as applicable.
11.3.1 If any portion of the payment is not received by Billing Party on or before the payment due date as set forth above, or if any portion of the payment is received by Billing Party in funds that are not immediately available to Billing Party, then a late payment and/or interest charge shall be due to Billing Party. The late payment and/or interest charge shall apply to the portion of the payment not received and shall be assessed as set forth in the applicable state tariff, or, if no applicable state tariff exists, as set forth in the Guide Book as published on the AT&T CLEC Online website, or pursuant to the applicable state law as determined by Billing Party. In addition to any applicable late payment and/or interest charges, Billed Party may be charged a fee for all returned checks at the rate set forth in the applicable state tariff, or, if no applicable tariff exists, as set forth in the Guide Book or pursuant to the applicable state law.
11.4 If any charge incurred by AT&T-21STATE under this Agreement is Past Due, the unpaid amounts will accrue interest from the day following the Bill Due Date until paid. The interest rate applied will be the lesser of (i) the rate used to compute the Late Payment Charge contained in the applicable AT&T-21STATE intrastate access services tariff for that state and (ii) the highest rate of interest that may be charged under Applicable Law, compounded daily from the Bill Due Date to and including the date that the payment is actually made and available.
11.5 The Remittance Information to apply payments must accompany the payment. Payment is considered to have been made when the payment and Remittance Information are received by Billing Party. If the Remittance Information is not received with payment, Billing Party will be unable to apply amounts paid to Billed Party’s accounts. In such event, Billing Party shall hold such funds until the Remittance Information is received. If Billing Party does not receive the Remittance Information by the Bill due date for any account(s), Late Payment Charges shall apply.
11.6 CLEC shall make all payments to AT&T-21STATE via electronic funds transfers (EFTs) through the Automated Clearing House Association (ACH) to the financial institution designated by AT&T-21STATE. Remittance Information will be communicated together with the funds transfer via the ACH network. CLEC must use the CCD+ or the CTX Standard Entry Class code. CLEC and AT&T-21STATE will abide by the National Automated Clearing House Association (NACHA) Rules and Regulations. Each ACH payment must be received by AT&T-21STATE no later than the Bill Due Date of each bill or Late Payment Charges will apply. AT&T-21STATE is not liable for any delays in receipt of funds or errors in entries caused by CLEC or Third Parties, including CLEC’s financial institution. CLEC is responsible for its own banking fees.
11.7 Prior to establishing EFT, CLEC will complete a Customer Information Form for Electronic Payments (ECF11 Form) found on AT&T’s CLEC Online website. This form provides AT&T-21STATE with CLEC’s set up and contract information for electronic payments. AT&T-21STATE banking information will be provided by AT&T-21STATE Treasury & Remittance Operations on AT&T-21STATE approved forms after CLEC’s completed ECF11 form is received, testing has completed and certification confirmed.
11.8 Processing of payments not made via electronic funds transfers through the ACH network may be delayed. CLEC is responsible for any Late Payment Charges resulting from CLEC’s failure to use electronic funds transfers through the ACH network.
11.9 If Unpaid Charges are subject to a billing dispute between the Parties, the Non-Paying Party must, prior to the Bill Due Date, give written notice to the Billing Party of the Disputed Amounts and include in such written notice the specific details and reasons for disputing each item listed in Section 13.4 below. The Disputing Party should utilize the preferred form or method provided by the Billing Party to communicate disputes to the Billing Party. On or before the Bill Due Date, the Non-Paying Party must pay: (i) all undisputed amounts to the Billing Party and (ii) all Disputed Amounts, except for Disputed Amounts arising from compensation for the termination of Section 251(b)(5) Traffic or ISP-Bound Traffic, into an interest bearing escrow account with a Third Party escrow agent that is mutually agreed upon by the Parties.
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.
PROCUREMENT LOBBYING To the extent this agreement is a "procurement contract" as defined by State Finance Law Sections 139-j and 139-k, by signing this agreement the contractor certifies and affirms that all disclosures made in accordance with State Finance Law Sections 139-j and 139-k are complete, true and accurate. In the event such certification is found to be intentionally false or intentionally incomplete, the State may terminate the agreement by providing written notification to the Contractor in accordance with the terms of the agreement.
Interconnection Customer Authority Consistent with Good Utility Practice, this LGIA, and the CAISO Tariff, the Interconnection Customer may take actions or inactions with regard to the Large Generating Facility or the Interconnection Customer’s Interconnection Facilities during an Emergency Condition in order to (i) preserve public health and safety, (ii) preserve the reliability of the Large Generating Facility or the Interconnection Customer’s Interconnection Facilities,
STATEWIDE CONTRACT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM If the maximum amount payable to Contractor under this Contract is $100,000 or greater, either on the Effective Date or at any time thereafter, this section shall apply. Contractor agrees to be governed by and comply with the provisions of §§00-000-000, 00-000-000, 00-000-000, and 00- 000-000, C.R.S. regarding the monitoring of vendor performance and the reporting of contract information in the State’s contract management system (“Contract Management System” or “CMS”). Contractor’s performance shall be subject to evaluation and review in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Contract, Colorado statutes governing CMS, and State Fiscal Rules and State Controller policies.
