Exhibit 10.1
REVOLVING CREDIT AND
SECURITY AGREEMENT
Section 1.
Introduction
.
THIS
REVOLVING CREDIT AND SECURITY AGREEMENT
(this “Agreement”) is
entered into this 17th day of April,
2007 by and between PRESIDENTIAL HEALTHCARE CREDIT
CORPORATION (“PHCC”) and PARK INFUSION CARE,
LP, a Texas limited partnership, formerly known as PARK INFUSION
SERVICES, LP, d/b/a PARK INFUSION CARE, PARK INFUSIONCARE OF
DALLAS, LP, a Texas limited partnership, PARK INFUSIONCARE OF
HOUSTON, LP, a Texas limited partnership and PARK INFUSIONCARE OF
SAN ANTONIO, LP, a Texas limited partnership (together, jointly and
severally, the “Provider”). Subject to the terms and
conditions of this Agreement, the Provider wishes to obtain a
revolving credit loan from PHCC and PHCC wishes to make a revolving
credit loan to the Provider. Capitalized terms used herein, unless
otherwise defined, shall have the meanings set forth in Appendix I
to this Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises
and in order to induce PHCC to make the Loan, PHCC and the Provider
agree as follows.
Section 2.
Amount and Payment of
Loan .
(a) (i)PHCC agrees, on the terms and subject to the
conditions hereinafter set forth, to review Advance Requests from
the Provider, and to make Advances to the Provider during the
period from the date hereof to, but not including, the earlier of
(A) the date of termination in whole of this Agreement pursuant to
Section 12; and (B) the Scheduled Maturity Date. Amounts borrowed
hereunder may be repaid and borrowed again from time to time
provided that no Event of Default shall have occurred. The
principal amount of the Loan outstanding shall not exceed the
Maximum Aggregate Loan Amount at any time.
(ii) Any determination as to whether there is
availability for Advances shall be made by PHCC in its reasonable
sole discretion and is final and binding upon the Provider. Subject
to the provisions of this Agreement, the Provider may request
Advances up to and including the value, in U.S. Dollars, of the
“Availability Amount” which shall equal (A)
eighty-five percent (85%) of the Net Value of
Eligible Receivables minus, (B) if applicable, amounts reserved
pursuant to this Agreement. In addition, if at any time Provider is
not entitled to any advances by the terms of this Agreement, PHCC
may, in its sole discretion, make requested advances upon the
payment of an overadvance fee (an “Overadvance Fee”) in
the amount of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00); however, it is
expressly acknowledged and agreed that, in such event, Provider
shall have the right, in its sole discretion, to decline to make
any requested advance and to require any payment required under the
terms of the Agreement without prior notice to Provider and the
making of any such advances shall not be construed as a waiver of
such right by PHCC.
(iii) If at any time the outstanding balance of the
Loan exceeds the lesser of (A) the Availability Amount, or (B) the
Maximum Aggregate Loan Amount, then Borrower shall not be entitled
to any additional Advances under the Loan while such excess exists
and shall immediately remit to PHCC immediately available funds
sufficient to eliminate such excess and, if PHCC requests, deliver
to PHCC additional collateral of a value and character satisfactory
to PHCC.
(iv) In the event that the availability of the Loan
hereunder expires by the terms of this Agreement, or by the terms
of any agreement extending the Scheduled Maturity Date of the Loan,
PHCC may, in its sole discretion, make requested Advances; however,
it is expressly acknowledged and agreed that, in such event, PHCC
shall have the right, in its sole discretion, to decline to make
any requested Advance and may require payment in full of the Loan
at any time without prior notice to Provider and the making of any
such Advances shall not be construed as a waiver of such right by
PHCC.
(v) PHCC, in its reasonable sole credit judgment,
may further adjust the Availability Amount based upon the
Provider’s actual, recent collection history for each payor
class (i.e., Medicare, Medicaid, commercial insurance, etc.) in a
manner consistent with PHCC’s underwriting practices and
procedures, including, without limitation, PHCC’s review and
analysis of, among other things, the Provider’s historical
returns, rebates, discounts, credits and allowances. Also, PHCC
shall have the right to establish from time to time, in its
reasonable sole credit judgment, reserves against the Availability
Amount, which reserves shall have the effect of reducing the
amounts otherwise eligible to be disbursed to the
Provider.
(vi) Advances may be made by PHCC without an Advance
Request as hereinafter provided for the payment of interest due and
payable on the Loan and Fees and Reimbursable Expenses and for the
payment of fees due to the Servicer under the Servicing Agreement
when such interest and/or fees are due to the extent other moneys
have not been made available by Provider to PHCC (or, in the case
of fees due Servicer, to Servicer) for such payments and there is
sufficient Availability Amount for such Advances.
(b) (i)Advances made by PHCC shall be evidenced by,
and repayable with interest in accordance with, a single Revolving
Variable Rate Note of the Provider payable to the order of PHCC,
dated of even date herewith, in the form of Exhibit B hereto (the
“Note”). PHCC shall record the date and amount of each
Advance made and the date and amount of each payment of principal
thereof, and any such recordation shall constitute prima facie
evidence of the accuracy of the information so recorded. PHCC
shall, on behalf of the Provider, maintain a register (the
“Register”) for the recordation of (i) the names and
addresses of PHCC and any assignees of PHCC and (ii) the Commitment
of, and the principal amount and interest of the Loans owing to,
PHCC or any assignee from time to time.
The entries in
the Register shall be conclusive, in the absence of manifest error,
and the Provider, PHCC, and each assignee of PHCC shall treat each
Person whose name is recorded in the Register as the owner of the
Loans for all purposes of this Agreement. The Note shall (A) be
dated the date of issuance thereof, or, with respect to any
amendment thereof, the date of such amendment, (B) mature on the
Scheduled Maturity Date and (C) provide for the payment of interest
in accordance with Section 2(c)(ii). The aggregate principal amount
outstanding under the Note, together with accrued but unpaid
interest thereon, Fees and Reimbursable Expenses shall be due and
payable on the Scheduled Maturity Date.
(ii) The Provider may, in its discretion, prepay the
Loan in whole or in part at any time by paying all or any part of
the outstanding principal balance of the Note plus accrued interest
and all other Fees and Reimbursable Expenses then due (the
“Prepayment Amount”). The Provider shall prepay the
Loan in full immediately upon demand of PHCC after the occurrence
of an Event of Default by paying the Prepayment Amount.
(c) (i)Advances shall accrue interest at the rate
and in the manner set forth in the Note. The Provider shall make
payments of interest and principal as hereinafter described (the
“Loan Payments”).
(ii) Accrued interest shall be due and payable on
each Interest Payment Date.
(iii) Except as otherwise expressly provided by this
Agreement, the obligations of the Provider to make the Loan
Payments, to make payments of any Fees and Reimbursable Expenses,
and to perform and observe the covenants and agreements contained
herein shall be absolute and unconditional under all circumstances,
without abatement, diminution, deduction, setoff or defense for any
reason. Except as otherwise may be expressly provided by this
Agreement, the Provider shall make all such payments when due and
shall not withhold any Loan Payments or other payments due under
the Provider Agreements pending final resolution of any dispute
with PHCC, nor shall the Provider assert any right of setoff or
counterclaim against its obligation to make any such payments
required under the Provider Agreements.
(iv) Regardless of any provision contained in any of
the Loan Documents, in no contingency or event whatsoever shall the
aggregate of all amounts that are contracted for, charged or
received by PHCC pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or any of
the other Loan Documents and that are deemed interest under
applicable law exceed the highest rate permissible under applicable
law.
No agreements,
conditions, provisions or stipulations contained in this Agreement
or any of the other Loan Documents or the exercise by PHCC of the
right to accelerate the payment or the maturity of all or any
portion of the Obligations, or the exercise of any option
whatsoever contained in any of the Loan Documents, or the
prepayment by the Provider of any of the Obligations, or the
occurrence of any contingency whatsoever, shall entitle PHCC to
charge or receive in any event, interest or any charges, amounts,
premiums or fees deemed interest by applicable law (such interest,
charges, amounts, premiums and fees referred to herein collectively
as “Interest”) in excess of the Maximum Rate and in no
event shall the Provider be obligated to pay Interest exceeding
such Maximum Rate, and all agreements, conditions or stipulations,
if any, which may in any event or contingency whatsoever operate to
bind, obligate or compel the Provider to pay Interest exceeding the
Maximum Rate shall be without binding force or effect, at law or in
equity, to the extent only of the excess of Interest over such
Maximum Rate. If any Interest is charged or received in excess of
the Maximum Rate (“Excess”), the Provider acknowledges
and stipulates that any such charge or receipt shall be the result
of an accident and bona fide error, and such Excess, to the extent
received, shall be applied first to reduce the principal
Obligations and the balance, if any, returned to the Provider, it
being the intent of the parties hereto not to enter into a usurious
or otherwise illegal relationship. The right to accelerate the
maturity of any of the Obligations does not include the right to
accelerate any Interest that has not otherwise accrued on the date
of such acceleration, and PHCC does not intend to collect any
unearned Interest in the event of any such acceleration. Provider
recognizes that, with fluctuations in the rates of interest set
forth in the Note and the Maximum Rate, such an unintentional
result could inadvertently occur. All monies paid to PHCC hereunder
or under any of the other Loan Documents, whether at maturity or by
prepayment, shall be subject to any rebate of unearned Interest as
and to the extent required by applicable law. By the execution of
this Agreement, the Provider covenants that (i) the credit or
return of any Excess shall constitute the acceptance by the
Provider of such Excess, and (ii) the Provider shall not seek or
pursue any other remedy, legal or equitable, against PHCC, based in
whole or in part upon contracting for, charging or receiving any
Interest in excess of the Maximum Rate. For the purpose of
determining whether or not any Excess has been contracted for,
charged or received by PHCC, all Interest at any time contracted
for, charged or received from the Provider in connection with any
of the Loan Documents shall, to the extent permitted by applicable
law, be amortized, prorated, allocated and spread in equal parts
throughout the full term of the Obligations. The Provider and PHCC
shall, to the maximum extent permitted under applicable law, (i)
characterize any non-principal payment as an expense, fee or
premium rather than as Interest and (ii) exclude voluntary
prepayments and the effects thereof. The provisions of this Section
2(c)(iv) shall be deemed to be incorporated into every Loan
Document (whether or not any provision of this Section is referred
to therein). All such Loan Documents and communications relating to
any Interest owed by the Provider and all figures set forth therein
shall, for the sole purpose of computing the extent of Obligations,
be automatically recomputed by the Provider, and by any court
considering the same, to give effect to the adjustments or credits
required by this Section 2(c)(iv).
(d) On or before the Closing Date, the Provider
shall pay to PHCC a nonrefundable commitment fee in an amount equal
to one percent (1%) of the Maximum Aggregate Loan
Amount (“Initial Commitment Fee”).
(e) All payments and reimbursements to PHCC made
under any Provider Agreement shall be free and clear of, and
without deduction for, all taxes, levies, imposts, deductions,
assessments, charges or withholdings and all liabilities with
respect thereto of any nature whatsoever, excluding taxes to the
extent imposed on PHCC’s net income. If PHCC shall be
required by law to deduct any such amounts from or in respect of
any sum payable under any Provider Agreement to PHCC, then the sum
payable to PHCC shall be increased as may be necessary so that,
after making all required deductions, PHCC receives an amount equal
to the sum it would have received had no such deductions been made.
Notwithstanding any other provision of any Provider Agreement, if
at any time after the Closing Date (i) any change in any existing
law, regulation, treaty or directive or in the interpretation or
application thereof, (ii) any new law, regulation, treaty or
directive enacted or any interpretation or application thereof, or
(iii) compliance by PHCC with any request or directive (whether or
not having the force of law) from any governmental authority: (A)
subjects PHCC to any tax, levy, impost, deduction, assessment,
charge or withholding of any kind whatsoever with respect to any
Provider Agreement, or changes the basis of taxation of payments to
PHCC of any amount payable thereunder (except for net income taxes,
or franchise taxes imposed in lieu of net income taxes, imposed
generally by federal, state or local taxing authorities with
respect to interest, Reimbursable Expenses and Fees payable
hereunder or changes in the rate of tax on the overall net income
of PHCC, or (B) imposes on PHCC any other condition or increased
cost in connection with the transactions contemplated thereby or
participations therein; and the result of any of the foregoing is
to increase the cost to PHCC of making or continuing any Loan or
Advance hereunder or to reduce any amount receivable hereunder,
then, in any such case, the Provider shall promptly pay to PHCC any
additional amounts necessary to compensate PHCC, on an after-tax
basis, for such additional cost or reduced amount as determined by
PHCC. If PHCC becomes entitled to claim any additional amounts
pursuant to this Section it shall promptly notify the Provider of
the event by reason of which PHCC has become so entitled, and each
such notice of additional amounts payable pursuant to this Section
submitted by PHCC to the Provider shall, absent manifest error, be
final, conclusive and binding for all purposes and shall be payable
on each Interest Payment Date.
(f) (i)The Servicer will prepare and deliver an
Availability Certificate to the Provider by 10:00 a.m. on the
Business Day prior to each Advance Day. The Availability
Certificate shall identify the aggregate Net Value of all Eligible
Receivables pledged to PHCC as Collateral hereunder, the
outstanding principal balance of the Loan, all Reimbursable
Expenses and Fees then due, the Availability Amount and such other
information regarding Eligible Receivables as is required by the
Availability Certificate.
(ii) Each Advance Request shall be made by the
Provider prior to 12:00 p.m. (Central Standard/Daylight Time) on
the Advance Day by an Authorized Person by delivery to PHCC with a
copy to the Servicer.
(iii) Upon receipt of the Advance Request and
satisfaction of all applicable conditions set forth in this Section
2, PHCC shall disburse the amount of the Advance on the Advance Day
by crediting the same to the account of the Provider identified in
Exhibit C or such other account as may be designated in writing by
an Authorized Person of the Provider.
(iv) No Advance shall cause the aggregate principal
balance outstanding on the Loan to exceed the Maximum Aggregate
Loan Amount.
(g) The Provider shall use Advances for the purpose
of supporting the Provider’s business operations and for any
other general business needs.
(h) (A)As a condition precedent to the obligation of
PHCC to disburse the initial Advance under this Agreement, the
following shall have been received by PHCC and the following
actions shall have been taken to the satisfaction of
PHCC:
(i) the Provider Agreements, properly executed on
behalf of the Provider;
(ii) a certificate of an authorized officer, manager
or managing member, as the case may be, of the Provider, certifying
as to (i) the resolutions of the Provider’s board of
directors, general partner(s) or managing member(s), as the case
may be, authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of the
Provider Agreements and any related documents and (ii) the
signatures of each Authorized Person authorized to execute and
deliver the Provider Agreements and other instruments, agreements
and certificates on behalf of the Provider and to request
Advances;
(iii) if applicable, a Certificate of Good Standing
issued as to the Provider by the Secretary of the State of the
Provider’s state of organization not more than 30 days prior
to the Closing Date;
(iv) payment of Reimbursable Expenses due on the
Closing Date, the Initial Commitment Fee and such other fees,
commissions and expenses required to be paid by the Provider
pursuant to the Provider Agreements as of the Closing
Date;
(v) acknowledgment copies of proper financing
statements (Form UCC-1) naming the Provider as the debtor and
naming PHCC as the secured party or other similar documents or
instruments as may be necessary, or in the opinion of PHCC
desirable, under the UCC, as amended from time to time, of all
appropriate jurisdictions, or any comparable law, to perfect
PHCC’s security interest in all Collateral which may be
pledged by the Provider to PHCC hereunder;
(vi) certified copies (or copies otherwise
satisfactory to PHCC) of Requests for Information or Copies (Form
UCC-11) (or a similar search report certified by a Person
acceptable to PHCC) listing all effective financing statements
(including those referred to in subsection (v) above) which name
the Provider (under its present name and any previous name) as
debtor or seller and which are filed in the jurisdictions in which
filings were made pursuant to subsection (v) above,
together with copies of such financing statements and searches of
applicable federal and state court and agency dockets and lien
records showing all judgment, tax and ERISA liens affecting the
Provider or the Collateral, none of which (except those filed
pursuant to subsection (v) above) shall cover any of the Collateral
to be pledged by the Provider to PHCC or any related Contracts
unless the documents referred to in subsection (vii) below cover
such financing statements;
(vii) releases and acknowledgment copies of proper
Termination Statements, if any, necessary to evidence the release
of all security interests, ownership and other rights of any Person
in the Collateral previously granted by the Provider;
(viii) a copy of the Servicing Agreement and any
Addendums thereto requested by PHCC, duly authorized, executed and
delivered by the Provider and the Servicer, together with evidence
satisfactory to PHCC that the Provider has established an account
at an insured depositary institution into which all payments with
respect to the Healthcare Receivables will be deposited;
(ix) as requested by PHCC from time to time, a copy
of all of the Provider’s forms of patient consent to be
signed by each patient for which a Healthcare Receivable is or was
created which authorizes the demographic and medical information
with respect to such patient to be disclosed to, and by, the
Servicer;
(x) PHCC shall have completed examinations, the
results of which shall be satisfactory in form and substance to
PHCC, of the Collateral, the financial statements and the books,
records, business, obligations, financial condition and operational
state of the Provider, and the Provider shall have demonstrated to
PHCC’s satisfaction that (A) its operations comply, in
all respects deemed material by PHCC, in its sole reasonable
judgment, with all applicable federal, state, foreign and local
laws, statutes and regulations, (B) its operations are not the
subject of any governmental investigation, evaluation or any
remedial action which could result in any expenditure or liability
deemed material by PHCC, in its sole judgment, and (C) it has
no liability (whether contingent or otherwise) that is deemed
material by PHCC, in its reasonable sole judgment;
(xi) the various mechanisms for creating and
perfecting the security interests in the Collateral are in effect
and can be utilized with respect to the Collateral;
(xii) all Collateral in which PHCC has been granted,
or may demand, a security interest are owned outright by the
Provider, are not subject to claim, assignment or setoff, and are
in the physical or constructive possession or control of
PHCC;
(xiii) the Provider has the unrestricted right to
pledge the Collateral as contemplated herein;
(xiv) such other documents, opinions or certificates
as PHCC may reasonably request; and
(xv) an Availability Certificate and Advance Request
in the form of Exhibit E duly executed by an Authorized
Person.
(B) As a condition precedent to the continuing
obligation of PHCC to make each Advance, the following conditions
(in addition to those enumerated under Section 2(h)(A) hereinabove)
shall be satisfied by the Provider:
(i) all representations and warranties of the
Provider contained herein and in each other Provider Agreement
shall be true and complete in all material respects (determined for
this purpose as if all qualifications to such representations and
warranties based on knowledge or materiality were omitted) at all
times during the term of this Agreement;
(ii) the Provider shall have performed and complied
in all material respects with all obligations and agreements and
all covenants and conditions contained in this Agreement and in
each other Provider Agreement to which it is a party to be
performed or complied with by it at all times (such performance or
compliance to be determined for this purpose as if all
qualifications to such obligations, agreements, covenants and
conditions based on the use of diligent efforts or best efforts
were omitted) and PHCC shall have received evidence, in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to it, of such performance and
compliance;
(iii) all corporate actions necessary to authorize (A)
the execution, delivery and continuing performance by the Provider
of this Agreement and of each other Provider Agreement to which it
is a party and (B) the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby and thereby shall have been and shall continue
to be duly and validly taken by the Provider and shall be in full
force and effect. All such actions and all other actions,
proceedings, instruments and documents required to carry out the
transactions contemplated hereby or incidental hereto and all other
related legal matters shall be reasonably satisfactory to and
approved by counsel for PHCC and such counsel shall be furnished
with such certified copies of such corporate actions and
proceedings and such other instruments and documents as it shall
have reasonably requested from time to time;
(iv) no event has occurred and is continuing, or
would result from such Advance, which constitutes an Event of
Default; and
(v) the Provider shall provide with each Advance
Request an Availability Certificate and Advance Request in the form
of Exhibit E duly executed by an Authorized Person.
Each Advance
Request shall constitute a representation that the above is true
and that the statements set forth in Sections 7 and 8 are
correct.
(i) PHCC’s Commitment shall terminate on the
Scheduled Maturity Date unless this Agreement is terminated prior
thereto.
Section 3.
Servicing of Healthcare
Receivables .
Healthcare Receivables will be serviced by the Servicer pursuant to
the terms and conditions of the Servicing Agreement. Under the
terms of the Servicing Agreement, the Servicer shall act as the
agent of the Provider, shall service the Healthcare Receivables in
accordance with the directions of the Provider and shall, as agent
of the Provider, disburse proceeds of the Healthcare Receivables as
directed by the Provider under the Servicing Agreement.
If the Provider determines, for any reason, to
terminate or remove the Servicer, the Provider may do so only upon
not less than thirty (30) days’ prior written notice to
the Servicer, with a copy of such notice sent to PHCC, along with
(i) a certified copy of the resolution unanimously adopted by
the governing body of the Provider authorizing and directing that
the Servicer be terminated as agent under the Servicing Agreement
and (ii) a certificate signed by the Provider, evidencing
termination of the Servicing Agreement, subject to appointment of a
successor to the Servicer as provided below (provided, however,
that the foregoing shall not impede the Provider’s ability to
change a return address or instructions with respect to
Governmental Obligors as contemplated by Section 4(b) or change an
automatic transfer instruction as contemplated by Section 4(f)). In
addition, if the Servicer is in default under the terms of the
Servicing Agreement, PHCC shall have the right to obtain the
removal or termination of the Servicer for cause and the right to
have the Provider appoint a successor Servicer, subject to the last
sentence of this Section. No termination or removal of a Servicer,
whether by the Provider or at the direction of PHCC for cause as
provided herein, shall be effective unless, prior to the date such
termination or removal is to be effective, the Provider has
selected a successor Servicer acceptable to PHCC and such successor
Servicer has accepted its appointment by the Provider in
writing.
Section 4.
Post Office Box and Provider
Lockbox Account For Healthcare Receivables
.
(a) On or prior to the date hereof, Provider,
pursuant to the Servicing Agreement, shall have established in its
own name (1) a post office box for the receipt of all items with
respect to Healthcare Receivables (the “Lockbox”), and
(2) an account at an insured depository institution approved by
PHCC for the deposit of all Collections and payments on the
Healthcare Receivables (the “Lockbox
Account”)
The Lockbox
Account shall be subject at all times to a control agreement in
form satisfactory to PHCC in PHCC’s reasonable sole
discretion (the “Control Agreement”), said control
agreement to be among PHCC, Provider and the financial institution
at which the Lockbox Account is established.
(b) The Provider hereby covenants and agrees that,
on and after the date hereof, all claims (including CMS 1500 or
related insurance billing forms) to be sent to Obligors (and return
envelopes, if provided by the Provider) shall set forth only the
address of the Lockbox as a return address for payment of
Healthcare Receivables and delivery of all EOB/ERAs and only the
Lockbox Account as the account into which wire transfers for
Collections and payment on Healthcare Receivables shall be
deposited. The Provider hereby further covenants and agrees to
instruct and notify each of the members of the Provider’s
accounting and collections staff, and of the Servicer’s
accounting and collection staff, to provide identical information
in communications with Obligors with respect to collections, wire
transfers and EOB/ERAs on Healthcare Receivables. With respect to
Non-Governmental Obligors, the Provider shall not change such
return address or the instructions in any Obligor Notice without
the express prior written consent of PHCC. With respect to
Governmental Obligors, Provider remains free to change such return
address and the instructions in any Obligor Notice; provided,
however, any such change undertaken by Provider without the express
written permission of PHCC shall constitute a breach of this
Agreement.
(c) Unless an Event of Default exists or a court
order to the contrary is received, the Provider will retain the
right to receipt of Collections and payment of the Healthcare
Receivables and all rights to demand or make claims under the
applicable Governmental program for any Governmental Receivable to
the extent provided under the Servicing Agreement. The Provider
shall remit daily to the Servicer all amounts which the Provider
receives with respect to the Healthcare Receivables (whether
received in the Lockbox, the Lockbox Account, or otherwise, and
whether accomplished through the mechanism described in subsection
(f) below or otherwise), and shall notify PHCC and the Servicer of
all such amounts, including information as to the Healthcare
Receivables to which such amounts relate and copies of any related
EOB/ERAs. Provider hereby instructs the Servicer to pay all amounts
so received on a daily basis to PHCC. PHCC will immediately credit
to interest owing hereunder and to any outstanding line of credit
balance all such amounts that were received from account debtors
which are or were at one time account debtors on Eligible
Receivables; provided, however, that in no case shall PHCC be
required to credit Provider with the amount of any check or other
instrument constituting provisional payment until PHCC has received
final payment thereof at its office in the form of immediately
available funds accepted by PHCC. Unless an Event of Default
exists, PHCC (or Servicer on PHCC’s behalf) shall pay to
Provider daily (i) all such amounts that were received from account
debtors which are not and were never account debtors on Eligible
Receivables, and (ii) any such amounts received on a day when the
outstanding principal and interest balance on Provider’s line
of credit under this Agreement is zero or less than
zero.
(d) If an Obligor makes a payment on a Healthcare
Receivable other than to the Lockbox or the Lockbox Account, with
respect to wire transfers the Provider shall promptly give written
notice thereof to PHCC and the Provider shall take all necessary
steps to effect the collection of such payment from any other
Person claiming an interest therein or having possession thereof
and deliver such to the Servicer together with all necessary
endorsements. If the Provider itself shall receive any amounts with
respect to a Healthcare Receivable (other than receipts into the
Lockbox or the Lockbox Account, which receipts are addressed
elsewhere in this Agreement), the Provider shall so notify PHCC and
the Servicer immediately and shall hold all checks and instruments
received in trust for PHCC and shall deliver to Servicer such
checks and other instruments duly endorsed to PHCC (or, at the
direction of PHCC, the proceeds thereof) without delay or setoff,
including information as to the Healthcare Receivable to which such
amounts relate and copies of any related EOB/ERAs. The Provider
shall cooperate with PHCC and the Servicer in the identification of
items deposited in the Lockbox or the Lockbox Account.
(e) All deliveries and notifications referred to in
this Section 4 shall be made promptly upon the Provider’s
receipt of any such amount or information and delivery to PHCC and
the Servicer thereof shall be no later than midnight Central Time
within three (3) days of receipt by the Provider (except with
respect to delivery of tangible items, which shall be no later than
5:00 pm CST on the business day after receipt by the
provider).
(f) Pursuant to the Servicing Agreement, the
Provider shall instruct the financial institution holding the
Lockbox and the Lockbox Account to transfer, or cause to be
transferred, to the account described in the Servicing Agreement,
automatically, at the end of each Business Day, all amounts on
deposit in the Lockbox Account. No Person, other than the Provider,
shall have the right to change or cancel the foregoing automatic
transfer instruction; provided, however, that the Provider shall
not make such change or cancellation other than pursuant to the
Servicing Agreement and as provided in the Addendum to the
Servicing Agreement.
Section 5.
Security
Interest .
(a) This Agreement is intended to constitute a
security agreement within the meaning of the UCC. As security for
the Obligations, the Provider hereby assigns, pledges and grants to
PHCC a first priority continuing security interest in all right,
title and interest of the Provider in, to and under all of the
following, whether now or hereafter owned, existing, created,
arising or acquired (collectively, the
“Collateral”):
(i) Healthcare Receivables, all related Contracts
and all Collections with regard thereto, any and all amounts now or
hereafter due to the Provider from the Lockbox, the Lockbox
Account, all funds on deposit in each of the foregoing with regard
thereto and all certificates and instruments, if any, from time to
time evidencing the Lockbox and the Lockbox Account and such funds
of the Provider on deposit therein, all claims thereunder or in
connection therewith, all software and books and records relating
to any of the foregoing, all general intangibles, accounts, payment
intangibles, interest, dividends, moneys, instruments, securities
and other property from time to time received, receivable or
otherwise distributed in respect of or in exchange for any or all
of the foregoing, and all proceeds and amounts received or
receivable under any or all of the foregoing;
(ii) substitutions, accessions, additions, parts,
accessories, attachments, replacements, Proceeds and products of,
for and to any and all of the foregoing, including, without
limitation, any and all insurance proceeds, and any and all such
substitutions, accessions, additions, parts, accessories,
attachments, replacements, Proceeds and products in the form of any
of the property described or referenced in (i) above.
All references
in this Agreement to the UCC shall mean the Georgia Uniform
Commercial Code (the “UCC”), as amended from time to
time. All references in this Section 5 to general intangibles,
accounts and payment intangibles shall mean those terms as defined
in the UCC.
Upon an Event of Default under this Agreement,
to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, PHCC’s
rights with respect to the Collateral pledged hereunder include,
but are not limited to, the right to: (i) settle and/or compromise
any or all of such Collateral; (ii); and (iii)demand, receive and
sue, in the Provider’s name at PHCC’s option, for any
moneys due or which may become due under such Collateral, or for
enforcement of any rights afforded the Provider with respect
thereto.
Notwithstanding the foregoing provision, to the
fullest extent permitted by applicable law, at any time
PHCC’s rights with respect to the Collateral pledged
hereunder include, but are not limited to, the right to: (i) do all
acts necessary or advisable in furtherance of any rights of PHCC
hereunder and
(ii) sign and
endorse on behalf of the Provider all checks and instruments
received in connection with Collections on the Healthcare
Receivables and the Provider hereby irrevocably appoints PHCC the
attorney-in-fact of the Provider for such purpose; and the Provider
hereby specifically authorizes, ratifies and confirms all that PHCC
shall do by virtue hereof; provided, however, that notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Provider, and not
PHCC, shall retain, unless otherwise specified in a court order or
an agreement of agency, all rights of collection and endorsement
with respect to Governmental Receivables.
The Provider specifically agrees to execute
and/or prepare, and file or publish, all at the request and
direction of PHCC, and at the Provider’s expense, any and all
documentation and/or notices of PHCC’s rights herein as may
be necessary or advisable, in PHCC’s discretion, to effect
the terms hereof or protect PHCC’s interest herein described.
In no event shall PHCC be responsible, in whole or in part, for any
duties, performance or obligations of the Provider with respect to
the Collateral nor shall the Provider be relieved thereof by reason
of this Agreement.
(b) This Agreement secures the payment and
performance by the Provider of all indebtedness, liabilities and
obligations now existing or hereafter created or arising under the
Note and all renewals, extensions, restructurings and refinancings
thereof and all other amounts owing under the Provider Agreements,
including, without limitation, any additional indebtedness which
may be extended to the Provider pursuant to any restructuring or
refinancing of the Provider’s indebtedness thereunder, and
including any post-petition interest accruing during any
bankruptcy, reorganization or other similar proceeding
(collectively, the “Obligations”).
(c) It is the intent of the parties hereto that the
pledge of Collateral and any action taken with respect thereto
pursuant to this Agreement shall be in a form and manner sufficient
to create a first priority perfected security interest therein for
the benefit of PHCC. If, at any time, PHCC’s counsel
determines that the procedures necessary to create or perfect such
security interest should be modified to enable PHCC’s counsel
to deliver an opinion that PHCC’s security interest in the
Collateral is a first priority perfected security interest, such
procedures shall be modified to enable such opinion to be
delivered.
(d) The Provider hereby authorizes PHCC to file
financing statements, continuation statements, and amendments
thereto, naming the Provider as debtor and describing, as
collateral therein, all Collateral pledged by the Provider pursuant
to this Agreement, including specific lists, sublists and types of
collateral, and which contain any other information required or
permitted by the Uniform Commercial Code, as in effect from time to
time in any relevant jurisdiction.
Section 6.
Representations and
Warranties of the Provider . The Provider represents and warrants to PHCC
that, as of the date hereof, and shall be deemed to represent and
warrant to PHCC as of each Advance Request, as follows:
(a) if a corporation, limited liability company, or
partnership, the Provider has been duly organized and is validly
existing and in good standing as a corporation, limited liability
company or partnership, as the case may be, under the laws of the
jurisdiction of its organization and is duly qualified to conduct
business in each State in which it conducts business;
(b) the Provider has full power and authority to own
or lease its properties and to conduct its business as presently
conducted and to execute, deliver and perform the Provider
Agreements to which it is a party and to consummate the
transactions contemplated hereby and thereby;
(c) the execution, delivery and performance by the
Provider of the Provider Agreements and all other instruments and
documents to be delivered hereunder and the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby are within the Provider’s
powers, have been duly and validly authorized by all requisite
action and will not conflict with or result in a breach of any of
the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, or
result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or
encumbrances upon any of its property or assets pursuant to the
terms of, any indenture, mortgage, deed or trust, loan agreement or
other agreement or instrument by which it is bound or to which any
of its property or assets is subject (except the Provider
Agreements) nor will such action result in any violation of the
provisions of its organizational documents (including its articles
of incorporation and bylaws, operating agreement or partnership
agreement, as the case may be) or of any statute or any order, rule
or regulation of any court or governmental agency or body of the
United States, any state or any political subdivision of
either having jurisdiction over it or any of its properties or
assets, and no consent, approval, authorization, order,
registration, filing, qualification, license or permit of or with
any such court or any such regulatory authority or other such
governmental agency or body is required to be obtained by or with
respect to the Provider in connection with the execution, delivery
and performance by the Provider of the Provider Agreements, all
other instruments and documents to be delivered thereunder and the
consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby, and no
transaction contemplated thereby requires compliance with any bulk
sales act or similar law;
(d) no authorization or approval or other action by,
and no notice to or filing with, any governmental authority or
regulatory body or other Person is required for the due execution,
delivery and performance by the Provider of the Provider Agreements
except for the filing of financing statements under the UCC or the
Uniform Commercial Code in effect in any relevant jurisdiction and
the giving of notices referred to in Section 2(h)(A), all of
which, at the time required in Section 2(h)(A) shall have been
duly made and shall be in full force and effect;
(e) each of the Provider Agreements has been duly
and validly authorized, executed and delivered by the Provider and
constitutes a valid and legally binding obligation of the Provider,
enforceable against the Provider in accordance with its terms,
subject to applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency,
moratorium or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of
creditors’ rights generally and subject as to enforceability
to general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforcement
is sought in a proceeding in equity or at law);
(f) there are no actions, suits, proceedings or
investigations pending or, to the knowledge of the Provider,
threatened, before any court, administrative agency, arbitrator,
governmental body or other tribunal, (i) which, if determined
adversely to the Provider, could have a material adverse effect on
the business, operations, properties, assets or financial condition
of the Provider, (ii) asserting the invalidity of any of the
Provider Agreements, (iii) questioning the consummation by the
Provider of any of the transactions contemplated by any of the
Provider Agreements or (iv) which, if determined adversely,
could materially and adversely affect the ability of the Provider
to perform its obligations under, or the validity or enforceability
of any of the Provider Agreements, Contracts or the Healthcare
Receivables;
(g) the Provider has all necessary permits,
licenses, agreements, accreditation, certifications and
Governmental Consents to operate and conduct its business,
including the provision of all services reflected in and giving
rise to each Healthcare Receivable, as it is presently being
conducted, subject to minor exceptions and deficiencies which are
not material and do not affect the conduct of its business and its
ability to own, collect and grant a security interest in the
Collateral;
(h) Exhibit C lists (i) the Provider’s exact
legal name, (ii) the Provider’s address for notices, (iii)
the address of the chief executive office of the Provider, (iv) the
Provider’s State of organization, (v) the location of the
office where the Provider keeps all of the tangible Collateral and
Records related thereto and to all of the intangible Collateral and
(vi) the location, account number and account officer responsible
for the Provider’s demand account;
(i) Except as occurs within the normal course of
business, each Contract of the Provider is in full force and effect
and has not been amended or otherwise modified, rescinded or
revoked or assigned, the Provider is in compliance with the
material requirements of the Contracts and no condition exists or
event has occurred which, in itself or with the giving of notice or
lapse of time or both, would result in the suspension, revocation,
impairment, forfeiture or nonrenewal of any Governmental Consent
applicable to the Provider or any other health care facility owned
or operated by the Provider or such facility’s participation
in the Governmental Programs and there is no claim that any such
Contract or Governmental Consent is not in full force and
effect;
(j) there has been filed in proper form, or a filing
extension from the appropriate governmental authority has been
obtained with respect to, all federal, state, and local income,
franchise, sales, use, property, excise, payroll and other tax
returns and all other reports (whether or not relating to taxes)
required by law to be filed by or on behalf of the Provider with
any governmental authority. All taxes, fees, assessments and
charges of whatsoever nature due or payable by the Provider on or
before the date hereof pursuant to said returns or reports or
otherwise (including, without limitation, payments of estimated
taxes and deposits of taxes withheld by or on behalf of the
Provider) have been paid. There is no unpaid interest, penalty or
addition to tax due or claimed to be due from, nor any unpaid tax
deficiency determination or assessment outstanding against the
Provider, nor any basis therefore known to the Provider. No
governmental audits or investigations with respect to taxes are, to
the Provider’s knowledge, in progress with respect to the
Provider, and no governmental authority has given notice that it
will begin any such audit or investigation. All returns and reports
required to be filed, and all taxes, fees, assessments and charges
required to be paid, of whatsoever nature, have been so filed and
paid. The Provider has complied in all material respects with all
applicable laws relating to the employment of labor, including,
without limitation, ERISA and those relating to wages, hours,
collective bargaining, unemployment insurance, workers’
compensation, equal employment opportunity and the payment and
withholding of taxes, including income and social security taxes,
and has withheld (and duly segregated, deposited or paid over to
the appropriate authorities) all amounts required by law or
agreement to be withheld from the wages or salaries of its
employees and is not liable for any arrears of wages or benefits or
any taxes or penalties for the Provider’s failure to comply
with any of the foregoing;
(k) the Medicare and Medicaid cost reports of each
facility and of the home office of the Provider for all cost
reporting periods ending on or before the date hereof have been
filed with the appropriate governmental entity, if due, there are
no pending or threatened Notice of Program Reimbursements
outstanding, and all prior years’
cost reports have been examined and audited by (i) as to Medicaid,
the applicable state agency or other CMS-designated agents or
agents of such state agency charged with such responsibility or
(ii) as to Medicare, the Medicare intermediary or other
CMS-designated agents charged with such responsibility, and have
been settled and there are no offsets pending, threatened or now
owed by the Provider;
(l) the Provider has valid provider identification
numbers and licenses to generate valid Healthcare Receivables
payable by Eligible Obligors;
(m) the information furnished by or on behalf of the
Provider to PHCC and to agents and employees of PHCC prior to the
date of this Agreement and during the term of this Agreement or in
connection with any transaction contemplated by the Provider
Agreements is and will be true and correct in all material respects
and does not and will not omit to state a material fact necessary
to make the statements contained therein not misleading;
(n) the Provider is solvent and will not become
insolvent after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by
the Provider Agreements; the Provider has not incurred debts or
liabilities beyond its ability to pay; the Provider will, after
giving effect to the transactions contemplated by the Provider
Agreements, have an adequate amount of capital to conduct its
business in the foreseeable future; and the pledge of the
Collateral hereunder is made in good faith and without intent to
hinder, delay or defraud present or future creditors of the
Provider;
(o) the Lockbox Account established by the Provider
is the only lockbox account into which the Healthcare Receivables
are or will be deposited;
(p) the exact legal name of the Provider is as set
forth in Exhibit C to this Agreement. Except as set forth in
Exhibit C to this Agreement, the Provider has not changed its name
in the last six years and, during such period, the Provider
did not use, and the Provider does not now use, any trade names,
fictitious names, assumed names or “doing business as”
names;
(q) each pension plan or profit sharing plan to
which the Provider is a party has been fully funded in accordance
with the obligations of the Provider set forth in such
plan;
(r) the Healthcare Receivables have been, and will
continue to be, adjusted to reflect reimbursement policies of the
Obligors with respect thereto and the amount thereof will not
exceed amounts the Provider is entitled to receive under any
capitation arrangement, fee schedule, discount formula, cost-based
reimbursement or other adjustment or limitation to the usual
charges of the Provider;
(s) Except within the normal course of business, the
Provider is not a party to any unresolved disputes with any Obligor
on a Healthcare Receivable, without regard to whether the dispute
with an Obligor involves a Healthcare Receivable of the Provider
which is pledged to PHCC under this Agreement, except as disclosed
in writing to PHCC;
(t) there are no pending civil or criminal
investigations involving the Provider or its officers and directors
and neither the Provider nor any of its officers or directors has
been involved in, or the subject of, any civil or criminal
investigation within the past five years;
(u) the Provider has executed and delivered to each
Obligor a notice showing the Lockbox and Lockbox Account as the
only address to which Healthcare Receivable payments and
information are to be remitted and has provided a copy of each such
notice to PHCC;
(v) other than, with respect to Governmental
Receivables, pursuant to the terms of the CMS in the rules and
regulations governing the prospective payment system for healthcare
providers or similar governmental programs or regulations, neither
the federal government nor any other Person has asserted any claim
or right to offset any liability or debt against any Governmental
Receivable. Other than, with respect to Governmental Receivables,
pursuant to the terms of the CMS in the rules and regulations
governing the prospective payment system for healthcare providers
or similar governmental programs or regulations, the Provider has
no overdue or delinquent liabilities or debt which could give rise
to a right of the federal government, any state government or any
other Person to offset such liabilities or debt against
Governmental Receivables;
(w) the Provider has heretofore delivered to PHCC
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