I have a client that I bill for. He has three locations with 4 providers. When we signed the contract, the owner of the group signed one contract for all three locations. He called me today and wants to take back the billing for the larger office, but wants me to keep billing for the other two locations.
My contract states the following:
4. Term/Termination. Either party, upon forty five (45) days prior written notice, may terminate this agreement.
However, he wants to take it back as of August 1, 2009 - 4 days ago. I told him if faxed me over a notice, I would include today and count 45 days - at that point, we would no longer process any more chrages, just follow-up and collect on what was already billed by our office. When I referred him to the contract, he said I couldn't force him to send the work to him.
Any suggestions on how to handle this? I contacted a local attorney (the client is in a different state) but I'm wondering if there is a way to handle this without going that route or is that the only way to do it.
I've never had a client terminate with us before - so this is all new to me. I know that I need to update my contract to be more specific
One thing is for sure - I'm learning moreand more every day I'm in this business!!!!