Billing and Administration
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A city committee recommends extending it to six years; the company is in the process of purchasing a local building
The 1987 van-style ambulance will be used for BLS; the Ford dealership owner stepped up after hearing about the fire department’s budget woes
The money is intended to assist fire companies and ambulance services whose resources have been strained by the Marcellus Shale gas boom
The McCandless-Franklin Park Ambulance Authority has started sending letters to people who haven’t paid for services, in addition to taking unpaid cases to the magistrate
It’s part of a cost-recovery effort; residents can avoid all out-of-pocket EMS expenses by enrolling in a membership program for $48 a year
The city council approved turning the work over to a private company that opponents have concerns about
The village of College Corner is “deeply disappointed” that Oxford, Ohio turned down a request to cover one of its regions to improve response times
440 Louisiana residents filed claims that they were overcharged by Acadian Ambulance for services sometime in the last two decades
The lawsuit alleges Kansas City, Mo. officials refused overtime compensation to EMS professionals that went through a firefighting training course
In many cases someone else called 911, and elderly people say they were not expecting and can’t afford the high bills
The board approved a 2014 tax rate request that authorizes 4.8955 mills to be levied in July for EMS services; one mill is equal to $1 for every $1,000 of taxable value on a home or business
The ambulance provider was under scrutiny for slow response times, but an oversight board aims to keep performance in check
The district will put $700 annually into an account for each eligible firefighter and EMS worker; the plan aims to contain costs and retain volunteers
One medic was overpaid by $200K over nine years; two other more recent cases were just discovered
The new contract took four months of negotiations after Colorado Springs pulled out of the county service and caused some reshuffling
The agreement would establish an Emergency Medical Provider Network, and private ambulance companies that meet the criteria would be allowed to join
Cape Fear Valley Health Systems will be the fourth company to run the ambulance service in six years, and had been eyeing a contract for three
First Response has temporarily stepped in after a local provider closed, but will not be able to provide service for an extended period of time
They hammered out an agreement to temporarily calm a dispute over EMS costs
They both pitched membership programs that aim too lower out-of-pocket costs for air ambulance patients
First Call settled in a lawsuit that alleges the company up coded billings for transports by seeking reimbursement for unnecessary or never provided ALS services
The city of Lockport may have violated a firefighters’ union contract by reducing staff and taking ambulances and fire trucks off the road with plans to replace the ambulance service with a private company
He was in charge of the local ambulance company when it over-billed city residents; AMR agreed to a $1M settlement in 2010
Both bids were nearly $700,000 more than what the same providers offered in 2011
The paid service became part of the firefighter union’s contract and doesn’t pull in enough revenue to cover itself, officials say
Medic EMS will take over for Buffalo Ambulance Services, which owes the IRS $35K
The town manager declared a state of emergency, and says the community should have input in the change of service
Since Colorado Springs left the agency to form its own contract, county officials have been scrambling to maintain services
Whether you own one ambulance or 1,000, EMS agencies should aim for high quality while using the least amount of resources
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