Explanation
BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the Director of Public Safety to enter into a contract with Change Healthcare Practice Management Solutions, Inc. for EMS billing, collection, and reporting services effective April 1, 2023 through March 31, 2024. The Public Safety Department entered into a contract with Change Healthcare Practice Management Solutions, Inc. via ordinance 3233-2018 passed December 6, 2018. The purpose of the contract is for EMS billing, collection, patient care reporting, hardware devices, accompanying extra equipment, third party auditing, training, and onsite personnel as needed for the Division of Fire's Third Party EMS Reimbursement Program. The reimbursement program originated via Ordinance #1184-02, passed July 22, 2002. The prior contract for these services as authorized by previous ordinances expired March 31, 2023. Therefore it is necessary to enter into a new one-year contract with Change Healthcare for the period of April 1, 2023 through March 31, 2024 to ensure that EMS billing, collection, and reporting services are continued without interruption.
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 in 2002 amounted to over $270 million at the end of December 2022 and is deposited in the city's General Fund.
This ordinance also repeals Ordinances 0118-2023 and 0790-2023, passed on February 6, 2023 and April 3, 2023, respectively.
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