Title
To authorize the Director of Public Safety to modify and extend the current contract with MED3000, Inc. for EMS billing, collection, and reporting services for the Division of Fire; to authorize the expenditure of $1,400,000 for billing and collection services and $150,000.00 for refunds from the General Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($1,550,000.00)
Explanation
BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the Director of Public Safety to modify the existing contract with MED3000, Inc. for EMS billing, collection, and reporting services. The City entered into a contract with MED3000, Inc. via ordinance 1508-2007 in October 2007. The term of the original contract was for three years ending in October 2010. The contract contained options to renew by mutual written agreement of the parties for up to two additional one year terms after October 2010. Ordinance 1682-2010 passed Council on December 6, 2010, modified and extended the contract with MED3000 until October 31, 2012, and provided $750,000 in funding through March 2011. This ordinance will provide $1,400,000.00 to MED 3000 for EMS billing services and $150,000.00 blanket for MED 3000 to give refunds to insurance companies or patients that are inadvertently billed for services.
The Division of Fire's third party EMS billing program was initiated via ordinance #1184-2002 passed in July 2002.
Public Safety contracts the services of MED 3000 for the billing, collection, and reporting of those who are transported to hospitals by EMS personnel for emergency medical care. These billing, collection, and reporting services have generated a multitude of patient care information used by the Fire Division to better prepare EMS response protocols and, in turn, respond to citizens in a more effective manner. The division also generates reports for various fire organizations that are catalogued nationwide. Revenue generated since inception of the program amounted to approximately $90.2M at the end of D...
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