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Medics overpaid by thousands in Texas county

One medic was overpaid by $200K over nine years; two other more recent cases were just discovered

By Ciara O’Rourke
Austin American-Statesman

AUSTIN-TRAVIS COUNTY, Texas — Less than a month after City Council members learned that an Austin-Travis County EMS medic was overpaid more than $200,000 over nearly nine years, the public safety agency has identified two other medics who also have received the wrong wages.

One captain was overpaid approximately $12,000 since November and another captain was underpaid approximately $4,000 since around February, EMS chief of staff James Shamard said Thursday.

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