Explanation
BACKGROUND: This ordinance authorizes the Director of the Department of Public Safety to enter into an agreement with Public Consulting Group LLC (PCG) for services related to the development of an Ambulance Supplemental Payment Program (ASPP). Since 2006, which began the inception of ASPPs nationally, PCG has been instrumental in developing and operating programs with a wide range of city and county fire departments and ambulance service providers across the country. These efforts have led to maximizing Medicaid reimbursement, while assuring program compliance for the EMS provider community. To date, PCG has worked with over 550 Fire and EMS departments in over 20 states, helping providers recover over $1 billion.
For over 15 years, PCG has worked with individual fire and EMS departments to increase Medicaid reimbursement for ambulatory services. Most notably, PCG assisted the State of Texas with the establishment of the first Ambulance Supplemental Payment Program in the country, and subsequently supported a multitude of states with the approval and implementation of their programs. As the result of their dedicated work in this arena, PCG has acquired in-depth expertise working with city governments, fire departments, Medicaid agencies, and ambulance service providers to identify reimbursable costs and to complete or facilitate the completion of annual cost reports.
PCG’s project team includes experts across the country who are well versed in all phases of Medicaid supplemental payments, across many landscapes and provider types. PCG has designed and built similar programs for many state Medicaid agencies and managed the development and submission of over 500 cost reports for public EMS service providers, which far surpasses that of any other vendor. In fact, PCG has contracted with both state Medicaid agencies and EMS providers to design, implement, and administer these programs. PCG is also the only vendor to offer the full set of compreh...
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