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 compl...
Billing and Collection. The Originating party shall xxxx and collect such information service charges and shall remit the amounts collected to the Terminating Party less:
(a) a mutually agreed upon fee for providing billing and collection of the information service charges; and
(b) any uncollectibles reserve, which shall be calculated based on the uncollectibles reserve in the Terminating Party's billing and collection agreement with the applicable information services provider; and
(c) any customer adjustment provided by the Originating Party.
Billing and Collection. NATIONWIDE - Receives premium/purchase payments and reconciles amount received with remittance media. - Updates Contract Owner records to reflect receipt of premium/purchase payment and performs accounting/ investment allocation of each payment received. - Deposits all cash received under the Products in accordance with the terms of the Products.
Billing and Collection. (a) The Medical Group hereby irrevocably designates and appoints the Management Company to be the agent of the Medical Group during the Term, to perform the following duties and for those purposes incidental thereto: (i) to xxxx patients and third party payors in the Medical Group's name and on its behalf; (ii) to collect accounts receivable resulting from such billing; (iii) to receive payments and prepayments from the Medical Group's patients, Blue Cross and Blue Shield organizations, insurance companies, health care plans, Medicare, Medicaid, HMO's and any and all other third party payors; (iv) to take possession of and deposit into such bank (the "Medical Group Bank") as the Medical Group designates, in an account established by the Medical Group in the name of the Medical Group (the "Medical Group Collections Account"), any and all checks, insurance payments, cash, cash equivalents and other instruments received for Medical Group Services; and (v) to initiate with the consent of the Medical Group, which consent may be withheld by the Medical Group in its sole and absolute discretion, legal proceedings in the name of the Medical Group to collect any accounts and monies owed to the Medical Group, to enforce the rights of the Medical Group as a creditor under any contract or in connection with the rendering of any service, and to contest adjustments and denials by governmental agencies (or its fiscal intermediaries) as third-party payors. The Management Company, in its capacity as agent pursuant to this paragraph, shall not have any duties or responsibilities except those expressly set forth in clauses (i) through (v) above. Following termination of this Agreement, the Management Company shall continue to use reasonable efforts to collect the accounts receivable of the Medical Group as of such termination date for a period of ninety (90) days thereafter.
(b) From time to time at the Management Company's request, the Medical Group shall make available to the Management Company one or more authorized partners (the "Authorized Partners") of the Medical Group to sign any letters, checks, instruments or other documents (the "Documents") on behalf of the Medical Group that are necessary for the Management Group to perform its duties as agent under this Section 3.6 and its other duties under this Agreement. If the Management Company notifies the Medical Group that an Authorized Partner is not signing the Documents in a timely manner, the Management Company shal...
Billing and Collection. (i) Administrator shall, in the name of and on behalf of the Group, bill xxxients, insurance companies, Managed Care Payors, and other third-party payors and collect all fees for services rendered in connection with the Practice at the Premises or any Practice Site(s) (including all fees generated by both the Technical Operations and the Professional Operations), for services performed outside the Practice for its hospitalized patients, and for all other professional and Practice services. The Group hereby appoints Administrator for the term of this Agreement to be its true and lawful attorney-in-fact, for the following purposes:
(A) to bill xxxients, insurance companies, Managed Care Payors, and other third-party payors in the Group's name and on its behalf;
(B) to collect accounts receivable resulting from such billing not otherwise purchased by Administrator (as provided for in Section 3.2(e) hereof) in the Group's name and on its behalf;
(C) to receive payments on behalf of the Group from insurance companies, prepayments received from health care plans, Medicare, Medicaid, Managed Care Payors and all other third-party payors;
(D) to ensure the collection and receipt in Administrator's name and for Administrator's account of all accounts receivable of the Practice purchased by Administrator, and to deposit such collections in the Account;
(E) to take possession of and endorse in the name of the Group and deposit into the Deposit Account (and/or in the name of an individual physician, such payment intended for purpose of payment of professional fees related to the Practice) any notes, checks, money orders, insurance payments and other instruments received in payment of accounts receivable not otherwise purchased by Administrator; and
(F) upon the prior consent of the Group, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed, to initiate the institution of legal proceedings in the name of the Group or a Physician Employee to collect any accounts and monies owed to the Group or the Physician Employee, to enforce the rights of the Group or the Physician Employee, as the case may be, as creditor under any contract or in connection with the rendering of any service, and to contest adjustments and denials by governmental agencies (or their fiscal intermediaries) as third-party payors.
(ii) The Group hereby appoints Administrator as its true and lawful attorney-in-fact to deposit into the Deposit Account all Professional Revenues and Technical Revenues...
Billing and Collection. On behalf of and for the account of PC, Business Manager shall establish and maintain credit and billing and collection policies and procedures, and shall timely bill and collect all professional and other fees for all Dental Servxxxx provided by PC, or Dentists retained by PC. Business Manager shall advise and consult with PC regarding the fees for Dental Services provided by PC; it being understood, however, that PC shall establish the fees to be charged for Dental Services and that Business Manager shall have no authority whatsoever with respect to the establishment of such fees. In connection with the billing and collection services to be provided hereunder, and throughout the Term (and thereafter as provided in Section 7.3), PC hereby grants to Business Manager a special power of attorney and appoints Business Manager as PC's exclusive true and lawful agent and attorney-in-fact, and Business Manager hereby accepts such special power of attorney and appointment, for the following purposes:
(a) To bill PC's patients, in PC's name and on PC's behalf, for all Dental Xxxxices provided by PC to patients.
(b) To bill, in PC's name and on PC's behalf, all claims for reimbursement xx xndem nification from Blue Shield/Blue Cross, insurance companies and all other third party payors or fiscal intermediaries for all covered billable Dental Services provided by PC to patients.
(c) To collect and receive in Business Manager's name and for Business Manager's account all accounts receivable of PC purchased by Business Manager, and to deposit such collections in an account selected by Business Manager and maintained in Business Manager's name.
(d) To collect and receive, in PC's name and on PC's behalf, all accounts receivable generated by such billings and claims for reimbursement that have not been purchased bx Xxxxxxss Manager, to administer such accounts including, but not limited to, (i) extending the time of payment of any such accounts for cash, credit or otherwise; (ii) discharging or releasing the obligors of any such accounts; (iii) suing, assigning or selling at a discount such accounts to collection agencies; or (iv) taking other measures to require the payment of any such accounts.
(e) To deposit all amounts collected under clause (d) above into PC Account which shall be and at all times remain in PC's name. PC covenants to transfer and deliver to Business Manager for deposit into PC Account (or, with respect to accounts receivable purchased by Business M...
Billing and Collection. In order to relieve Doctor's Care of the administrative burden of handling the billing and collection of sums due under prepaid health plans, fees for medical, x-ray, laboratory and all services provided by or on behalf of Doctor's Care and for which Doctor's Care may charge, Medical Management shall be responsible, on behalf of and for Doctor's Care and any contract physicians or independent physician groups or other organizations practicing medicine for or on behalf of Doctor's Care, on their respective billheads as their agent, for billing and collecting the charges made with respect to all medical, x-ray, laboratory and all other services provided at the Offices. Doctor's Care agrees that it will keep and provide to Medical Management all documents, opinions, diagnoses, recommendations, and other evidence and records necessary for the purpose of supporting the fees charged for all medical and other services from time to time. It is expressly understood that the extent to which Medical Management will endeavor to collect such charges, the methods of collecting, the settling of disputes with respect to charges, and the writing off of charges that may be or appear to be uncollectible shall at all times be within the sole discretion of Medical Management (but subject to all applicable governmental regulations and the terms and conditions of applicable provider agreements), and that Medical Management does not guarantee the extent to which any charges billed will be collected. Doctor's Care or its duly authorized agent shall have the right at all reasonable times and upon the giving of reasonable notice to examine, inspect and copy the records of Medical Management pertaining to such fees, charges, xxxxxxxx and collections. At Doctor's Care's request, Medical Management will re-assign to Doctor's Care for collection by Doctor's Care, any accounts which Medical Management has determined to be uncollectible.
Billing and Collection. On behalf of DOCTOR and for the purpose depositing all receipts arising from DOCTOR's patient activities, COMPANY shall maintain the DOCTOR'S current lockbox account at Southwest Bank of Texas. Such account will require two (2) signatures, one (1) COMPANY and one (1) DOCTOR for all disbursements in excess of two thousand dollars ($ 2,000) . Such DOCTOR'S account will be under the COMPANY FEIN . COMPANY shall establish and maintain credit and billing and collection policies and procedures, and shall use COMPANY's best efforts to timely bill xxx collect all professional and other fees for all billable Professional Services provided by DOCTOR; it being understood, however that DOCTOR, in his sole discretion, shall establish the fees for all billable Professional Services provided by DOCTOR. DOCTOR shall timely advise COMPANY of any changes in DOCTOR'S fee schedule to permit COMPANY to implement such changes. In connection with this Section 3.12 and throughout the Term, DOCTOR hereby grants a special power of attorney to and appoints COMPANY as DOCTOR's true and lawful agent and attorney-in-fact, and COMPANY hereby accepts such special power of attorney and appointment, for the following purposes:
3.12.1 To bill XXXTOR'S patients, in DOCTOR'S name and on DOCTOR'S behalf, for billable Professional Services provided by DOCTOR.
3.12.2 To bill, xx DOCTOR'S name and on DOCTOR'S behalf, all claims for reimbursement or indemnification from Blue Shield/Blue Cross, Medicare, Medicaid and all other third party payors for covered billable Professional Services provided by DOCTOR.
3.12.3 To collect and receive, in DOCTOR'S name and on DOCTOR'S behalf, all accounts receivable generated by such billxxxx xxx claims for reimbursement or indemnification, and to deposit all amounts collected in the DOCTOR'S Account, which account shall be and remain in COMPANY'S name. In connection herewith, DOCTOR covenants to transfer and deliver to COMPANY all funds received by DOCTOR from patients or third party payors for Professional Services. Upon receipt by COMPANY of any funds from patients or third party payors or from DOCTOR pursuant hereto for Professional Services, COMPANY shall deposit same into the DOCTOR'S Account.
3.12.4 To take custody of, endorse in the name of DOCTOR, and deposit into the DOCTOR'S Account any notes, checks, money orders, insurance payments, and any other instruments received in payment of the accounts receivable for Professional Services. Upon request of COM...
Billing and Collection. (a) Provider hereby assigns to UCP and UCPC all xxxxxxxx for all Services rendered by Provider during the Term of this Agreement. UCP or UCPC shall exclusively xxxx and make collection efforts for Services Provider performs pursuant to this Agreement in a manner determined at their sole discretion in accordance with applicable Federal and State law, Federal and State health programs, including Medicare, Medicaid and third party payor programs, unless UCP has expressly agreed in writing (and Provider has consented) that Provider will xxxx and make collection efforts for Services Provider performs pursuant to this Agreement.
(b) All monies or other reimbursement for Services Provider performs pursuant to this Agreement shall be the property of either UCP or UCPC, and Provider shall have no interest in, or right to, such monies or other reimbursement. To the extent that UCP or UCPC receives payment for Services rendered by the Provider pursuant to this Agreement by check or draft payable to Provider, Provider authorizes UCP or UCPC to endorse such check or draft for deposit into a UCP or UCPC account. To the extent that Provider receives any monies or other reimbursement for Services Provider performed pursuant to this Agreement, Provider shall submit such monies or other reimbursement to UCP or UCPC within fourteen (14) days of receipt.
Billing and Collection. 14.2.1 SRH will be exclusively entitled to and responsible for billing and collecting from patients and third party payors for Resident’s Professional Services, and will be entitled to retain for its account all such revenues collected.
14.2.2 SRH shall also xxxx and collect from patients and third party payors, charges for ancillary services that may include radiology services, injections, laboratory services, physiotherapy, dressings, and supplies, services of support staff, and all other charges.
14.2.3 Resident agrees to take all reasonable actions requested by SRH to assist in the collection of accounts receivable for services provided by Resident, and Resident grants full right and authority to SRH to collect such revenues and to enforce payment by all legal means.
