PRIVATE CONTRACT
· I, Danielle Shook and Leslie Shook (High Altitude Mobile Physicians), have been excluded from Medicare under §§1128, 1156 or 1892 of the Act.
· I, the beneficiary or the beneficiary’s legal representative accepts full responsibility for payment of the physician’s or practitioner’s charge for all services furnished by the physician/practitioner.
· I, the beneficiary or the beneficiary’s legal representative understands that Medicare limits do not apply to what the physician/practitioner may charge for items or services furnished by the physician/practitioner.
· I, the beneficiary or the beneficiary’s legal representative agrees not to submit a claim to Medicare or to ask the physician/practitioner to submit a claim to Medicare.
· I, the beneficiary or the beneficiary’s legal representative understands that Medicare payment will not be made for any items or services furnished by the physician/practitioner that would have otherwise been covered by Medicare if there was no private contract and a proper Medicare claim had been submitted.
· I, the beneficiary or the beneficiary’s legal representative enters into the contract with the knowledge that the beneficiary has the right to obtain Medicare covered items and services from physicians and practitioners who have not opted out of Medicare, and that the beneficiary is not compelled to enter into private contracts that apply to other Medicare-covered services furnished by other physicians or practitioners who have not opted out.
· The expected or known effective date and expected or known expiration date of the opt-out period is April 1, 2018 through April 1, 2022.
· I, the beneficiary or the beneficiary’s legal representative understands that Medigap plans do not, and that other supplemental plans may elect not to, make payments for items and services not paid for by Medicare.
· This contract cannot be entered into by the beneficiary or by the beneficiary’s legal representative during a time when the beneficiary requires emergency care services or urgent care services. (However, a physician/practitioner may furnish emergency or urgent care services to a Medicare beneficiary in accordance with §40.28;)
· I, the beneficiary or the beneficiary’s legal representative will receive or have received a copy (a photocopy permissible) of this contract, before items or services are furnished to me under the terms of this contract.