PSA - Prepare Ambulance Billing Cost Report for 2019 - Blue & Co. LLC

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South Bend Fire Department EMS January 7, 2020 Page 2 CPAs, like all providers of personal financial services, are now required by law to inform their clients of their policies regarding privacy of client information. CPAs have been and continue to be bound by professional standards of confidentiality that are even more stringent than those required by law. Therefore, we have always protected your right to privacy. We retain records relating to professional services that we provide so that we are better able to assist you with your professional needs and, in some cases, to comply with professional guidelines. In order to guard your information, we maintain physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards that comply with our professional standards. In the interest of facilitating our services to the South Bend Fire Department EMS, we may communicate by facsimile transmission or send electronic mail over the internet. Such communications may include information that is confidential to the South Bend Fire Department EMS. While we will use our best efforts to keep such communications secure in accordance with our obligations under applicable laws and professional standards, you recognize and accept that we have no control over the unauthorized interception of these communications once they have been sent, and you consent to our use of these electronic devices. Our fees will be $4,000 for the cost report for 2019. You will be invoiced upon completion of the cost report. Our invoices are due and payable within 30 days. Interest will be charged at a rate of 1.5% per month on balances in excess of 30 days. Our engagement is contingent upon your obligation to furnish us with timely information necessary to complete the report prior to the filing due date which is June 1, 2020. In the event our work is suspended or terminated as a result of non-payment, you agree that we will not be responsible for your failure to meet government and other filing deadlines, or for penalties or interest that may be assessed against you resulting from your failure to meet such deadlines. Our engagement does not include any services or advice with respect to the design, operations or maintenance of your computerized systems or the processing and storage of your data. It is mutually agreed that our accounting firm is not responsible for any claims or damages related to your computerized systems. Management is responsible for the substantive outcome of our work and therefore has a responsibility to be in a position in fact and appearance to make an informed judgment on the results of our services. This includes establishing and monitoring the performance of our services to insure it meets management's objectives and evaluating the adequacy of the services performed and any findings or results. You are responsible for making any decisions that involve management functions relating to our services and accept full responsibility for those decisions. It is our understanding that you are the designated level official responsible and accountable for overseeing our services.