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C~~K i~ PAGE a. Equipment. Provider shall provide all equipment and supplies necessary for service b. Patient Charges. Provider shall be fully responsible for the financial management of the Service. Provider shall bill, collect, and retain all charges for the Service. Provider shall maintain current emergency medical service rates charged by it for a period of not less than six (6) months pending Provider's evaluation of the reimbursement. No increase shall go into effect until Provider shall have given County and its Advisory Council a thirty (30) day written notice of such increase, and no more than two such increases shall be made in any twelve (12) month period. C. Service Management. (1) Policies and Procedures. Provider shall develop and maintain appropriate policies and procedures (including forms) for operating the Service. (2) Supervision and Documentation. Provider shall supervise Provider employees in the provision of the Service to ensure that medical care is delivered in accordance with the Provider's policies and procedures. Provider shall also insure that services are appropriately and adequately documented. (3) Quality Assurance. Provider shall develop and maintain appropriate policies and procedures for the Service's quality assurance, total quality assessment, and risk management services, which shall be approved by Provider's governing board and which shall be in conformity with Provider's overall Quality Assurance Program, provided such requirements are commercially reasonable and consistent with industry practice. d. Staffing Levels. Provider shall provide staff. Such staff shall be qualified and appropriately licensed, certified, and/or registered to perform all functions assigned to them by Provider. Provider agrees to accept delegation of the power to appoint a Medical Director and one or more Assistant Medical Director's, all of whom will be compensated by Provider for such duties. e. Insurance. Provider shall secure and maintain at all times during the Term, at Provider's sole expense, liability insurance covering Provider and all of Provider's Staff, including professional and general liability insurance coverage, with a reputable and financially viable insurance carrier in the amount of at least $1 million per claim and $3 million aggregate. Such insurance shall not be cancelable except upon thirty (30) days' prior written notice to County. Provider shall provide County with a certificate evidencing such insurance coverage together with a provision that such coverage may not be cancelled without at least thirty (30) days prior written notice to County. Provider shall inform County of any material changes in the status of its insurance coverage. 3