AZ Central
PHOENIX, Ariz. — A Phoenix transportation company is suing the Arizona Department of Health Services to obtain a non-911 ambulance license, which the business owner says would create competition in Maricopa County and save patients hundreds of dollars.
ABC Ambulance filed its lawsuit in April after ADHS Director Will Humble and an administrative-law judge denied a “certificate of necessity” license to the company. Such a license is needed in Arizona for ambulance companies to enter state-regulated markets.
The company sought the license to allow it to provide interfacility and non-emergency ambulance services in portions of Maricopa County and Apache Junction. Currently, only Rural/Metro Corp. provides private, non-911 ambulance services in Maricopa County.
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