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Mayor, City Council & City Manager
Mark T. Sokolow, City Attorney ~ ~
P. R. No. 11661 - February 19, 2002 Council Mccting
February 4, 2002
Attached is Proposed Resolution11661 authorizing the City Manager to execute
an agreement with National Reimbursement Services, Inc. to provide a billing service
for thc Fire Department Emergency Response costs.
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Attachment
CC:
Acting Fire Chief Curran
Director of Finance
Robert Sarlay
NATIONAL REIMBURSEMENT SERVICES, INC.
1240 Blalock Road, Suite 170
Houston, TX 77055
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P. R. No. 11661
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RESOLUTION NO.
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY
MANAGERTO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT WITH
NATIONAL REIMBURSEMENT SERVICES, INC.
TO PROVIDE A BILLING SERVICE FOR FIRE
DEPARTMENT EMERGENCY RESPONSE COSTS
WHEREAS, thc City Council deems it in the best interests of the citizens to
authorize the City Manager to execute an agreement with National Reimbursement
Services, Inc. to provide a billing service for thc Fire Department Emergency Response
COSTS,
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF PORT ARTHUR:
Section 1. That the facTS and opinions in thc preamble are truc and correct.
Section 2. That the City Council authorizes the City Manager to execute an
agreement with National Reimbursement Services, Inc., to provide a billing service for
the Fire Department Emergency Response costs, in substantially the same form as
attached as Exhibit "A".
Section 3. That a copy of the caption of this Resolution be spread upon the
Minutes of the City Council.
READ, ADOPTED AND APPROVED on this day of
A.D., 2002, at a Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of Port Arthur, Texas,
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by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ATTEST:
OSCAR ORTIZ, MAYOR
CAROLYN DIXON, CITY SECRETARY
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
MARK T. SOKOLOW, CITY ATTORNEY
APPROVED FOR ADMINISTRATION:
STEVE FITZGIBBONS, CITY MANAGER
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EXHIBIT "A"
Service / Consulting C~nttnot
For
Billing Serv~e for Flrt Depa~memt
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v~ereas National Re4mb~rszment Service Inc hn, desc~bed the ~ervices and their
expetlence ~s deline~ed in Exhibit "A-l" and
Where~s the City of Port Arthur provides Fire Dei~-aent Emergency Response service
in the City of Port Arthur which includes but is not limited to (1) firs~ responder, (2)
HAZMAT, (3) fire suppression, and (4) ancillary services
For ~nd in consideration of the covenants and ~p~.n~-=t~ contained he~eln, and
for their mutual benefits, the parties a~ree ns follows:
TERM OF CONTRACT; TERMINATION; SCOPE OF WORK
(A)
The initial term of this contract shall be n p~iod of 12 months commencing
upon the effective dale; provided, however, that the Customer shall have the
right and ol~ion to renew for 3 one (1) year terms under the same terms and
conditions by giving written notice to Contractor of Customer's election to so
ex-tend the te~m hereof~ such notice ~o be given not more than ninety (90) nor
fewer than thirty (30) day~ prior to the expiration of the s~id initial term_
The patties funb.~' agree that either Imrty nmy cancel and terminate this
contract, without ~ upon thin'y 00) days w~itten notice to the other
pnrty.
The Contractor shall provide for Fire Depmment Emergency Reponses
account management, rate adjudication for Medicare and Medicaid, and
e. lecmm~ claim filing for only Medicare and Medicaid and insurance
Coaiiactor acknowledge~ and agrees that the provision of Fire Deperunent
Emergency Response Service by the Customer may or may not change over the term of
this agreement. The rates charged may change, the service may change, aud/or the service
may cease to be a Customer function. The patties agree that, if the service is stopped,
neither pan'y will have any further obligation under this corarnct
Fl. COMI~ENSATION AND PROCEDURES.
Cuswmer ~rees to pay Comrsctor 10% of ~ momes collected by the
Contractor.
It is understood that Fire Del~xme~ Emergency Response payments, for a
number o£valid causes, may be delayed for up ~o one hundred firT (150) days from date
of service. In tbat ins~x~ Con~-~-tor colle~ions will be based upon collections received
as a resul~ of billings during the coat,act period. This determination will extend for a
pe~od ofone hundred fifty (150) days ~ the end of the initial period and apply only to
billings generatad within the contract period.
Contr_-~__or will actively invoice for all Fire Dep~tment Emergency Response
Accounts receivable on and aRer the contract commenc~nent d~e.
Customer shall pay Contractor within thirty (30) d~ys following receip~ of
monies. Contractor shall pay all costs of invoice preen and mailing cost.
ACCOUNTS AI~ PROPERTY OF CUSTOlVlER
All .ccounts receivable, including documentation of any kind furnished by the
Customer, shall at all times remain the prol~ny of the Customer. In thc event of
tmmin~tion of this contract for any. re.on or expiration thereof~ account receivable~ and
~11 other documem~on that is Sea,rated, supplied o~ pv~m~d by or for the Customer,
stroll be mumed within five (5) d~ys to the Cuatomer.
IV, ADDITIONAL D~'l-tt~S OF CONTRACTOR AND CUSTOi~R
In addition to the dmies provided in this Contract, the parties shall abide by the
following ~ and coMitions:
(A) REMITTANCE OF FEES
Contractor agrees that nH fees collected or I~id shall be directly remitted to the
City of Port Arthur at ~.~. 4~ Street, Port Arthur, Testes. Ail instructions for payment
issued by Con,actor shall indicate tha~ payment shall be made to the~ effect. In no event
shall Contract0~ de~e, imply or infer that payment should be made in any other
manner for ~dlections under this Comract.
(B) TELEPHO~ SERVICE
Co~ a&rees to have in operation within three (3) days aier the execution of
this Contract, a toll-fl~ee phone number, which shall be without cost or expense to the
caller, which will be staffed during regular business hours by an employee of Contra~t~
who will a~swef any questions resardin~ tho bills of o~ services provided by
Contractor under this a~,ment. The phone numbe~ shall be published on all statements
sent by Comrnctor in its efforts of collection and biHin~ under this a~re0ment.
(C) CUSTOMER TO PROVIDE RECORDS
Customer a~rees that ii shall provide the Fire Depm'tmem Emergency Response
repo~ to Comractor to dow it to thlfill its duti~ undor this Asreemerd. Co~i~ictor shall
maintain the confidentiality of the ~ ~ is required by federal, state~ and local lews.
V. lIME OF COMPLETION
Color, of qrees and covenants that ~e Company will act in 8ond faith to
VI. PROTECTION AGAINST ACCIDENT TO EMPLOYEES AND THE PUBLIC
Tbe Contr~-tof shall at all times ex,false reasonable precautions for the safer7 of
empioy~-s aa/othus oa or naar tbe work and si~ll comply with all ~pplicablo provisions
of Federal, State and Munidpai safety laws. The safety pr__,~__,~ions actually taken and ~he
adequ~-y thereof sl~ll be the sole responsibility of the Com~cmr.
VII. RECORDS
Conttnaor shall k__-~ available for inspection and copying by Customel-, records,
whether written or ele,;h'~aically ~enerated and stored, which sufficiently and adequately
contain ail bills and collections, accounts, ac6vity, disposit'~o, etc.. relative to this
Contract. Tbese records shall be kept ~om the inception oftbe conuact and for two years
followin~ termination of expiration of the Co~i~uct.
VIII. LAW AND ORDINANCES
The Contractor shah st all time~ ob~r~ ~d comply with all Federal, State, and
local laws, ofdinancc, s, re~u~ and policies of the Customer, which in any manner
affect the Contr~___~ of the work, including ~hose related to debt coUection. Co, u~tof
shall indemnify and save hnrmlen the Customer apinst any claim arising from the
v;olation of any such hws, ordinM~ces and regulations whether by the Cc~,,ctor or his
employees.
IX. ASSIGNMENT AND SUBLErnNG
The Contrac~f ~ to r~in control and to give full attention to the fulfdlm~m
of ~him Con, act, that ~ Conu~t will not be ~qignod witho~ tho prior w~t~n c, on~nt
objectionable to the F~t~ Chid. The Con~ fxwtl~' agro~ that tl~ ~ubl~ting of any
portion or feature of the work, or nmerials required in the performance of this
Agreement. ~l~dl not relieve the Contractor ~ his foil obli?fo~s to the Customer as
provided by this Agreement.
X. INDEPENDENT CON'I-KACTOR4 INDEMN~JCATION
The Contractor is and shall be an Independent Cont _m~__~ and sh~ll not, with
respect to its acts or omissions, be deemed an a~ent or ~mployee of the Customer.
The Contractor s~all deft~l, indennlfy nd bold barrel.s tl~ Custon~ ~d its
offi~ ~ ~ cm~y~ ~m nd ~ ~1 ~ ~j~ (~ ~),
cl~m~ p~ ~ (i~l~g !~ ~ u~), Io~ ~ ~ ~g~ ~
~t% ~lu~s ~ ~'s f~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ng ~ ~ or
r~ ~om ~ ~~ of~ ~ or ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ of
t~ ~, ~s offi~ ~ ~loy~ ~~ li~ ~ ~
XI, INSURANCE AND CERTIFICATES OF INSURANCE
Co,a,,~ctor shaH proo. tre and maintain for the duration of the ~ontract liability
insuranoe in the amoum of $100,000.
XII. MISCELLANEOUS
(A) BINDING OF PAP. TIES
The undersigned represents and warrants that he or she is the duly authorized
representative of the Co~a-~-tor and is authorized to execute this oontract, which has been
and aom the Cont .
This Agroement shall not be con,~deted fully excreted or bindin8 on the
Customer until the same shall l~tve b~--n executed by ~ C~tom~ in the appropri~e
approval pro~e~ for the Cu~omer.
This Contract ~ be binding upon the parties, and their ~ and assigns.
(B) PAI~AORAPH HEADINOS
The par~sraph bendings ~ herein are for convenience only and are
not iutended to define or limit the scope of'any provisions in this A~reement.
(C) IN rm~ET CONTRACT FAIRLY
Regardless of who drafted the conw~, should any p~ be in dispute, the
patties ngree that the Agl~emem ~tll not be con~ued more favorably for either
(D) VL=TNUE/GO~G LAW
In the event of breoch of this Contras, venue for all ~,,ses of action shall bc
instituted and maintained in Sefferson Coomy. Texas. The p~tie$ agree that the
laws of the State of Texas shall apply to the imerpretation, validity and
enforcement of this Asreement.
(£) NOT~CE
Except as othe~s~ provided in this Contract, all notices required or permitted
~ be in wGtln$ and be demm~d to be delivered when rece/ved at tl~ addr~s prov/ded
below. Each pm7 shall notify the ~ in writing upon change of address.
Contractor
thy of Port Arthur
Attention; Fire Chi~'
300 Waco Avesme
Port ~, T~ 77~1
1240 Blnlock Road Suite 170
Houston, Texas 77055
713-465-5200
(F) SEVERABH.ITY
The provisions of this Agreement ar~ severable, ff any par~raph, section,
subdivision, semence, clause, or phrase of this Agreement is for ~ reason held to be
coc~ to hw or contra~ to any role or regu~fion having the force and {ffFect of the
law, such decisions slmll not affoct the remaining portions of the Agreemem. Howev~,
upon the oc~m'e~e of such ~vent, eith~ ~ may terminate this Agreement by g~dng
the other patty thirty (30) day~ w, ;tiea notioe.
(0) ENTIRE CONTRACT
It is understood and agreed tlMt the entire agreement of u~te parties is comeined
herein and that this agreemem supersedes all oral agreements and negotiations between
the parties relefing to the subject matter hereof as well as any previous ~reements
presently in effect between the parties rel~in8 to the mbject matter hereof.
This As~eement is effective on the 1' clay of March 2002.
Sil~ned on the day of Fgbn~3r 2002.
NAI'IONAL I~.IM~UI~EMENT SF.~VICF~ INC
Date: S~oature:
Primed Name:
Sisne~ on tl~ ._day of rebru~ ~0~.
CITr OF PORT AI~TlllJR
I~e: Signature:
Printed Name: Title:
EXHIBIT "A- 1"
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MANAGEMENT
Robert Sarlay, Chief Executive Officer, Director
Mr. Sarlay attended the University of Dallas to pursue his MBA. He
was listed in Who's Who in America in 1993 and has extensive
experience in a wide variety of industries and corporations including
multi-state operations. He has decades of medical management
experience in operations, billing and administration. His personal
compassion was evident in his success in the medical management
field, where he ran nursing home facilities in Dallas, Houston, and
across Texas. He served as President of Advanced Care Centers of America in Houston,
and helped it become a statewide operation with 13 long-term care facilities, 1000
employees, and annual revenue of $50 million. There he was also responsible for
computerizing the company's systems, and initiated quality assurance and employee
recognition programs that focused on employee training, empowerment, and
involvement. He has served as VP for Investor Relations with a major national legal
services company that is publicly traded, as operations VP for JTM Management-Dallas,
with $25 million-per-year in revenues. It was there that he revolutionized the company by
computerizing its complete management systems. He successfully ran a commercial real
estate venture in Houston with $27 million in annual revenue and for three years Mr.
Sarlay was President of a Tyler, Texas oil company, having been appointed by the United
States Trustee. He reinvigorated it to $100 million in annual revenue, enabling it to be
merged back in to the parent organization.
Scott Sartay, Vice President Technology, Director
Scott holds a BS in Information Systems from the University of
Texas - Arlington and has extensive experience in data,
programming, and systems work. His technology knowledge and
programming experience is an integral part of the success of our
automation of billing and collections. Scott developed and holds the
right to the unique SoRBillTM medical billing and collecting system,
which the company licenses and uses to its advantage over its
competitors. This is where the company gains its competitive advantage over other
bidders. Scott has converted major accounting systems to client/server systems on MS
SQL Server 7.0. His responsibilities included data conversion from three different
accounting systems, development of custom interfaces to automate data entry into a
consolidated accounting systems, automation of weekly and monthly reporting via
corporate intranet and e-mail, user training and support. Scott created applications to
automate employee payroll data feeds from point of sale systems into the corporate
payroll system. The application was deployed using Visual Basic and Crystal Reports to
gather data and feed into MS SQL Server 6.5 database. He provided support for Windows
NT network, MS SQL Server 6.5/7.0, and MS Exchange Server. As a Systems Analyst,
and Systems Programmer he developed a "watchdog" application in Visual Basic
4.0/Access/Cyrstal Repons to monitor credit card theft by employees, and created a
corporate data repository for share sales, labor and inventory with Visual Basic/Crystal
Report VlS SQL Server. These applications gathered data from p0int-0f-sale systems,
consolidated the data at corporate level and provided sales and cost reporting via Excel or
corporate intranet. His application also provided budgeting and forecasting repons. He
developed IVR (Interactive Voice Response) system to capture and measure customer
experiences. The application used Visual Basic/MS SQL ServerflVR software to allow
customer to dial 800 number, listen to prerecorded questions and answer by pressing
numbers on a touch tone phone. He installed, configured and supported MS Exchange
Server 5.0 and MS IlS 4.0 at the corporate office. He also established MS Exchange
Server-supplied Internet mail capabilities to the corporate office and remote restaurant
shares or regional managers. His technology proficiency includes MS SQL 6.0, 6.5, 7.0,
Visual Basic 4.0, 5.0, 6.0, MS Exchange 5.5 Windows 95,98,NT, Crystal Reports 6.0,
7.0, MS Office, MS Access 97,2000.
Jonathan C. Gilchrist, JD, Director/General Counsel
Mr. Gilcbxist and has served as a Director since our inception. Prior
to our incorporation, Mr. Gilchrist held various offices with [Exalt,
Inc., (OTC BB: IXLT). After founding [Exalt, with four other
business leaders, Mr. Gilchrist served at different times as a Director,
Chief Operating Officer, Secretary, Executive Vice Presidem and
General Counsel [Exalt. His employment with [Exalt ended on
December 31, 2000. In 1999 Mr. Gilchrist founded The Internet Business Factory, Inc., a
Nevada corporation and serves as its Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. Prior to
founding [Exalt, Mr. Gilchrist served as President of The American Law Network, LLC,
which he helped found inNovember 1997. From 1993 to 1997, Mr. Gilchrist worked as
an attorney for the law firm of Orgain, Bell & Tucker, LLP. He is a graduate &the
University of Alabama School of Law and worked as an attorney for Exxon Company,
USA fi-om 1990 to 1993.
James W. Carroll, CPA, CMA, Treasurer/Director
Jim holds a Bachelor's degree, summa cum laude, in
economics and management, as well as a Master's degree in
accounting fi-om Rice University. He became a Certified
Public Accountant in 1978 and a Certified Management
Accountant in 1979. In the late1970's Jim served in Ernst &
Young in their management consulting division. Through the
1980's and early 1990's, he worked for the Cullen Family in
Houston, Texas (net assets exceeding $1 billion). For the last
seven years there, Jim was the Chief Financial Officer of their
principal company, Quintana Petroleum. While there, he
helped to start-up their operations in Argentina. Also, in the
early 1990's, Jim was an Adjunct Assistant Professor of
accounting in the graduate business school at Rice University, co-teaching a course in
Strategic Cost Management. In the mid and late 1990's, he started his own group ofoil
and gas entities, purchasing and drilling wells both domestically and on a 1000 square
mile concession he acquired in Central America. His holdings now include interests in
over 400 active wells. Recently he served as the Chief Financial Officer for iExalt, Inc.,
seeing them through their first year as a publicly traded company. Presently, Jim is the
Preddent 0f Goldbridge Capital in Houston. which specializes in underwriting
Discretionary Drawdown Offerings for public companies.
Chuck Dunbar, Vice President of Marketing and Customer
Relations
Mr. Dunbar directed both the inside and outside sales staff at
National Law Library--a large subsidiary of a major publicly
traded Interact company. Prior to joining National Law Library
Chuck served with distinction in the US Navy during the
Vietnam conflict. He was responsible for building one of the
largest commercial landscape design and maintenance companies
in Texas. He holds a AAS degree in Landscape Architecture
from Kirkwood College. His sales experiences are varied and
extensive. He has directed successful sales departments and staff in a wide variety of
service enterprises and sales entities.
Thomas Murphy, CPA, Director
Mr. Murphy has nearly a decade of senior experience in Medicare and Medicaid and
private payment billing systems. He has been the chief financial officer for three major
nursing home companies and has overseen the establishment of significant accounting
systems in all of these companies. He received his degree in accounting from Angelo
State University in 1987 and became licensed as a Texas CPA in 1992. In addition to
exceptional accounting and computer system skills Tom also has hired and trained more
than 100 bookkeepers and accountants. He has demonstrated skills in personnel
management, vendor relations and banking relations.
Alan Kansas, JD, Director
Mr. Kansas received his B.A from the University of Texas at
Austin, and a Jurist Doctorate from the University of Houston
Law Center, where he graduated cum laude and served as an
editor of the Houston Law Review. After law school, Alan
became an associate at Baker Botts LLP, one of Texas' premier
law firms, where he practiced in the Litigation group. Alan is
admitted to practice in the State of Texas, the Southern and
Eastern Districts of the Texas Federal Courts, and the Federal
Fifih Circuit. He is a member of the Texas and Houston Bar Associations, and the
Houston Young Lawyers Association. Alan also served on the Board of Directors for the
Houston Chapter of the Texas Association of Business & Chambers of Commerce (2000
& 2001). Alan is presently Special Counsel with the New Orleans firm of Jones Walker.
B. L. Parker, Director
For over 30 years B. L. Parker has dedicated his professional talents to the
State of Texas. He has served as the Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms and later
was elected the Sergeant-at-Arms of the Texas House of Representatives.
He served with distinction under four Governors in the State of Texas and
most recently has served in various capacities to then Governor Bush and
now Governor Perry.
A native of Tahoka, Texas B. L. Parker attended Texas Tech University and graduated
fi.om the Dallas Mortuary College. Upon graduation in 1951 he entered the United States
Navy and served in the 1~t Marine Division in Korea as a Combat Corpsman. Some
highlights of his distinguished career include:
1998 - 1999 Texas House of Representative Assistant Doorkeeper,
· 1990 - 1991 Chairman Texas Employees Retirement System,
· 1989 - 1991 Legislative Aide - John Sharp State Comptroller,
· 1982 - 1989 Legislative Aide - Robert Bullock, Lt. Governor,
· 1979 - 1981 Special Assistant Governor William Clements,
· 1973 - 1979 Special Assistant Governor Dolph Briscoe,
· 1979 - 1984 Director/Member Lower Colorado River Authority,
· 1984 - 1990 Trustee Texas Employees Retirement System,
· 1983 - 1984 Vice Chairman Lower Colorado River Authority,
· 1982 - 19991 Member Guarantee Student Loan Corporation,
· 1980 - 1986 Board of Regents - Texas Lutheran College,
· 1955 - 1957 Texas House of Representatives Assistant Sgt-At-Arms,
· 1957 - 1961 Texas House of Representatives Sgt-At-Arms,
· Ex-Officio Member - Senate Natural Resources Committee,
· Ex-Officio Member- Senate Water Resources Committee,
· Chapter President - Texas Public Employees Association,
· Current Member - Texas Ranger Museum and Hall of Fame Foundation
PORT ARTHUR and NRS
PARTNERS IN SERVICE
P RT
extension of your medical
will be just as professional.
YOUR ADVANTAGL
NRS offers several distinct advantages over self-administered billing programs. Because our collection
rates are usually higher and faster we offset our fees thereby costing you nothing.
· Usually we are cost free because of increased revenues
· Our performance based fees ensure higher functioning
· It's the proprietary software that enables higher collection rates
· The secret is the AI aspects of our software
· Your local staff time is converted into operational use
· No more phone calls to you
National average collection rates for self-administered programs range from the low 20's to the mid 40's.
Our collection rates range from the mid 40's to the high 70's.
National average billing time ranges upwards of a one-year delay. Our billings are done within ten days
of the incident.
We also do charge-off collections. Once an invoice is written off, our collections department begins their
work. We offer pay online, pay by phone, pay by phone check, installments, pay by credit card, pay by
week, or invoiced payments. Collection rates of write-offs vary but begin around the 33% range.
THE COMPANY
MISSION STATEMENT: We recognize that service is our only business.
Therefore we intend to offer services above our customer's expectations.
National Reimbursement Services Inc is conveniently located at Interstate 10 and Blalock Road in
Houston, Texas with gatellite offices in Dallas and Austin.
The company occupies offices in suite 170 of the Blalock Building and is equipped with state of the art
computer software, hardware, and other office technical support.
NRS is a Texas corporation with officers and directors who collectively have decades of medical
business, banking, accounting, computer, legal, and regulatory experiences. Two MD's, two CPA's, and
two JD's are on staff or of counsel.
Insurance is provided through Insurance Alliance of Houston, Texas.
Services provided include:
· ambulance transportation billing and reimbursement
· medical office billing and reimbursement
· group practice billing and reimbursement
· superior collection to billing ratiowhich will save our customers the cost of third party collection
agencies.
email us at: sales~nrscentral.com
THE SOFTWARE
One simple secret to our success is our software. It was developed by one of our principals over a 5 years
period and successfully tested and proven in a Dallas office
The software is unique in several aspects but one of the most significant is its use of artificial intelligence
linked to look-up tables. This copyrighted process ensures the most accurate and timely processing of claims.
Fewer rejections means quicker pays. Quicker pays means fewer write-offs.
The software has enormous capabilities and is limited only by hardware and human endurance - both of
which we have conquered.
MANAGEMENT
IVatian~t R~n~r~ement ~e~vice$ Inc
A skilled-management team with decades of
executive management, medical billing, medical
management, accounting, legal, and personnel
management directs the daily operation of NRS.
The board of directors consists of MBA, .ID, CPA
and MD and the operational managers are all
skilled in service operations, billing, and
collections. The respective biographies are
attached.
HOW WE DO IT
· We bill within 10 days of the transport
· We bill every conceivable potential payor
· We bill Medicare aggressively
· We bill Medicaid aggressively
· We bill Health Insurance aggressively
· We bill Auto Insurance aggressively
· We bill Workers Comp aggressively
· We bill Homeowners Insurance
· We gently work with the patient to obtain the reimbursement on their behalf
· When installments are necessary we accommodate many forms of payment
WHAT THE CITY DOES
1. Send us the daily transport reports
2. Direct all phone calls to our toll-flee number
MANAGEMENT
Robert Sarlay, Chief Executive Officer, Director
Mr. Sarlay attended the University of Dallas to pursue his MBA. He
was listed in Who's Who in ,4merica in 1993 and has extensive
experience in a wide variety of industries and corporations including
multi-state operations. He has decades of medical management
experience in operations, billing and administration. His personal
compassion was evident in his success in the medical management
field, where he ran nursing home facilities in Dallas, Houston, and
across Texas. He served as President of Advanced Care Centers of America in Houston,
and helped it become a statewide operation with 13 long-term care facilities, 1000
employees, and annual revenue of $50 million. There he was also responsible for
computerizing the company's systems, and initiated quality assurance and employee
recognition programs that focused on employee training, empowerment, and
involvement. He has served as V1> for Investor Relations with a major national legal
services company that is publicly traded, as operations VP for JTM Management-Dallas,
with $25 million-per-year in revenues. It was there that he revolutionized the company by
computerizing its complete management systems. He successfully ran a commercial real
estate venture in Houston with $27 million in annual revenue and for three years Mr.
Sarlay was President ora Tyler, Texas oil company, having been appointed by the United
States Trustee. He reinvigorated it to $100 million in annual revenue, enabling it to be
merged back in to the parent organization.
Scott Sarlay, Vice President Technology, Director
Scott holds a BS in Information Systems from the University of
Texas - Arlington and has extensive experience in data,
programming, and systems work. His technology knowledge and
programming experience is an integral part of the success of our
automation of billing and collections. Scott developed and holds the
right to the unique SoRBillTM medical billing and collecting system,
which the company licenses and uses to its advantage over its
competitors. This is where the company gains its competitive advantage over other
bidders. Scott has converted major accounting systems to client/server systems on MS
SQL Server 7.0. His responsibilities included data conversion from three different
accounting systems, development of custom interfaces to automate data entry into a
consolidated accounting systems, automation of weekly and monthly reporting via
corporate intranet and e-mall, user training and support. Scott created applications to
automate employee payroll data feeds from point of sale systems into the corporate
payroll system. The application was deployed using Visual Basic and Crystal Reports to
gather data and feed into MS SQL Server 6.5 database. He provided support for Windows
NT network, MS SQL Server 6.5/7.0, and MS Exchange Server. As a Systems Analyst,
and Systems Programmer he developed a "watchdog" application in Visual Basic
4.0/Access/Cyrstal Reports to monitor credit card theft by employees, and created a
corporate data repository for share sales, labor inventory with Visual Basic/Crystal
Reports/MS SQL Server. These applica6ons gathered data ~rom po'mt-o -sa e systems,
consolidated the data at corporate level and provided sales and cost reporting via Excel or
corporate intranet. His application also provided budgeting and forecasting reports. He
developed IVR (Interactive Voice Response) system to capture and measure customer
experiences. The application used Visual Basic/MS SQL Server/IVR software to allow
customer to dial 800 number, listen to prerecorded questions and answer by pressing
numbers on a touch tone phone. He installed, configured and supported MS Exchange
Server 5.0 and MS IIS 4.0 at the corporate office. Hc also established MS Exchange
Server-supplied Internet mail capabilities to the corporate office and remote restaurant
shares or regional managers. His technology proficiency includes MS SQL 6.0, 6.5, 7.0,
Visual Basic 4.0, 5.0, 6.0, MS Exchange 5.5 Windows 95,98,NT, Crystal Reports 6.0,
7.0, MS Office, MS Access 97,2000.
Jonathan C. Gilchrist, ID, Director/General Counsel
Mr. Cfilchrist and has served as a Director since our inception. Prior
to our incorporation, Mr. Gilchrist held various offices with iExalt,
Inc., (OTC BB: IXLT). At~er founding [Exalt, with four other
business leaders, Mr. Gilchrist served at different times as a Director,
Chief Operating Officer, Secretary, Executive Vice President and
General Counsel iExalt. His employment with [Exalt ended on
December 31, 2000. In 1999 Mr. Gilchrist founded The Internet Business Factory, Inc., a
Nevada corporation and serves as its Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. Prior to
founding [Exalt, Mr. Gilchrist served as President of The American Law Network, LLC,
which he helped found in November 1997. From 1993 to 1997, Mr. Gilchrist worked as
an attorney for the law firm of Orgain, Bell & Tucker, LLP. He is a graduate of the
University of Alabama School of Law and worked as an attorney for Exxon Company,
USA from 1990 to 1993.
James W. Carroll, CPA, CMA, Treasurer/Director
Jim holds a Bachelor's degree, summa cum laude, in
economics and management, as well as a Master's degree in
accounting from Rice University. He became a Certified
Public Accountant in 1978 and a Certified Management
Accountant in 1979. In the late1970's Jim served in Ernst &
Young in their management consulting division. Through the
1980's and early 1990's, he worked for the Cullen Family in
Houston, Texas (net assets exceeding $1 billion). For the last
seven years there, Jim was the Chief Financial Officer of their
principal company, Quintana Petroleum. While there, he
helped to start-up their operations in Argentina. Also, in the
early 1990's, Jim was an Adjunct Assistant Professor of
accounting in the graduate business school at Rice University, co-teaching a course in
Strategic Cost Management. In the mid and late 1990's, he started his own group ofoil
and gas entities, purchasing and drilling wells both domestically and on a 1000 square
mile concession he acquired in Central America. His holdings now include interests in
over 400 active wells. Recently he served as the Chief Financial Officer for iExalt, Inc.,
seeing them through their first year as a publicly traded company. Presently, Jim is the
President of GoIdbridge Capital in Houston, which gpeeJalizes in underwriting
Discretionary Drawdown Offerings for public companies.
Chuck Dunbar, Vice President of Marketing and Customer
Relations
Mr. Dunbar directed both the inside and outside sales staff at
National Law Library-a large subsidiary of a major publicly
traded Interact company. Prior to joining National Law Library
Chuck served with distinction in the US Navy during the
Vietnam conflict. He was responsible for building one of the
largest commercial landscape design and maintenance companies
in Texas. He holds a AAS degree in Landscape Architecture
fi.om Kirkwood College. His sales experiences are varied and
extensive. He has directed successful sales departmems and staff in a wide variety of
service emerprises and sales entities.
Thomas Murphy, CPA, Director
Mr. Murphy has nearly a decade of senior experience in Medicare and Medicaid and
private payment billing systems. He has been the chief financial officer for three major
nursing home companies and has overseen the establishment of significant accounting
systems in all of these companies. He received his degree in accounting fi.om Angelo
State University in 1987 and became licensed as a Texas CPA in 1992. In addition to
exceptional accounting and computer system skills Tom also has hired and trained more
than 100 bookkeepers and accountants. He has demonstrated skills in personnel
management, vendor relations and banking relations.
Alan Kansas, JD, Director
Mr. Kansas received his B.A from the University of Texas at
Austin, and a Jurist Doctorate fi.om the University of Houston
Law Center, where he graduated cum laude and served as an
editor of the Houston Law Review. After law school, Alan
became an associate at Baker Botts LLP, one of Texas' premier
law firms, where he practiced in the Litigation group. Alan is
admitted to practice in the State of Texas, the Southern and
Eastern Districts &the Texas Federal Courts, and the Federal
Fifth Circuit. He is a member of the Texas and Houston Bar Associations, and the
Houston Young Lawyers Association. Alan also served on the Board of Directors for the
Houston Chapter of the Texas Association of Business & Chambers of Commerce (2000
& 2001). Alan is presently Special Counsel with the New Orleans firm of Jones Walker.
B. L. Parker, Director
For over 30 years B. L. Parker has dedicated his professional talents to the
State of Texas. He has served as the Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms and later
was elected the Sergeant-at-Arms of the Texas House of Representatives.
He served with distinction under four Governors in the State of Texas and
most recently has served in various capacities to then Governor Bush and
now Governor Perry.
A native of Tahoka, Texas B. L. Parker attended Texas Tech University and graduated
from the Dallas Mortuary College. Upon graduation in 1951 he entered the United States
Navy and served in the 1~t Marine Division in Korea as a Combat Corpsman. Some
highlights of his distinguished career include:
1998 - 1999 Texas House of Representative Assistant Doorkeeper,
· 1990 - 1991 Chairman Texas Employees Retirement System,
· 1989 - 1991 Legislative Aide - John Sharp State Comptroller,
· 1982 - 1989 Legislative Aide - Robert Bullock, Lt. Governor,
· 1979 - 1981 Special Assistant Governor William Clements,
· 1973 - 1979 Special Assistant Governor Dolph Briscoe,
· 1979 - 1984 Director/Member Lower Colorado River Authority,
· 1984 - 1990 Trustee Texas Employees Retirement System,
· 1983 - 1984 Vice Chairman Lower Colorado River Authority,
· 1982 - 19991 Member Guarantee Student Loan Corporation,
· 1980 - 1986 Board of Regents - Texas Lutheran College,
· 1955 - 1957 Texas House of Representatives Assistant Sgt-At-Arms,
· 1957 - 1961 Texas House of Representatives Sbt-At-Arms,
· Ex-Officio Member - Senate Natural Resources Committee,
· Ex-Officio Member - Senate Water Resources Committee,
· Chapter President - Texas Public Employees Association,
· Current Member - Texas Ranger Museum and Hall of Fame Foundation