24-15 Authorizing Execution of emsCharts Agreement.pdf

24-15 January 6, 2015 RESOLUTION WHEREAS, the Township of West Orange (the “Township”), through the Township’s Fire Department, provides emergency ambulance transport services to residents and visitors of the Township; and WHEREAS, provision of the foregoing services entails substantial annual cost, the cost of which can be offset by charging medical insurance companies a user fee for ambulance transport services; and WHEREAS, following competitive bidding, by adoption of Resolution 160-13 on August 20, 2013, the Township authorized the award of a third-party billing contract to Revenue Guard, a New Jersey corporation with a principal business address of 50 U.S. Highway 9, Morganville, New Jersey, 07751 (“RevGuard”); and WHEREAS, pursuant to the Township’s agreement with RevGuard, RevGuard is responsible for all costs related to software utilized in connection with the third-party billing services provided to the Township by RevGuard; and WHEREAS, the software currently utilized in connection with the third-party billing services provided to the Township by RevGuard is owned by emsCharts, Inc. (“emsCharts”); and WHEREAS, emsCharts has requested that the Township execute a Service Agreement in the form annexed hereto as Attachment “A”; and WHEREAS, the foregoing Service Agreement, in accord with the Township’s agreement with RevGuard, provides that RevGuard shall pay all costs associated with the software provided by emsCharts;