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File #: 0643-2018    Version: 1
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 2/22/2018 In control: Public Safety Committee
On agenda: 3/12/2018 Final action: 3/14/2018
Title: To authorize the Director of Public Safety to modify the current contract with Change Healthcare for EMS billing, collection, and reporting services for the Division of Fire; to authorize the expenditure of $1,500,000.00 for collection services and $125,000.00 for refunds from the General Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($1,625,000.00)
Attachments: 1. 0643-2018 coding, 2. 0643-2018 Change Healthcare
Explanation
BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the Director of Public Safety to modify the existing contract with Change Healthcare (formerly dba MED3000) for EMS billing, collection, and reporting services. The City entered into a contract with MED3000, Inc. via ordinance 2505-2012 in December 2012. The term of this contract is November 1, 2012 to December 31, 2018. This ordinance will provide $1.5M to Change Healthcare for EMS billing services and a blanket amount of $125,000.00 to process refunds to insurance companies or patients that are inadvertently billed for services. The Division of Fire's third party EMS billing program was originally initiated via ordinance #1184-2002 passed in July 2002. MED3000 is now doing business as ChangeHealthcare under a new FID number.

Public Safety contracts the services of Change Healthcare 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 over $180 million at the end of December 2017 and is deposited in the city's General Fund.

Contract Compliance: Change Healthcare 23-2939847 (formerly doing business as Med3000).

Emergency Designation: Emergency action is requested so that EMS billing, collection and reporting services can continue without interruption.

FISCAL IMPACT: This legislation is to contract with Change Healthcare (formerly dba MED3000) for billing and collection services at a cost of $1.5M, and to set up a blanket amount of $125,000.00 to pay refunds for inadvertent billing. The Division of Fire budgeted $1.8M in th...

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