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Monroe Twp. department collecting ambulance fee
The Newark Advocate - Newark,OH,USA
The revenue collected from the EMS billing is anticipated to total about $100,000 after MED3OOO, the company operating collections, receives a small portion. . . Fire Chief Dudley Wright said the change is something for which many residents have been asking. Wright said although an entity typically can't bill an insurance company without billing the individual for part of the total cost, state legislation allows the department to count the individuals' property tax as their payment. That allows the department to send a bill for ambulance rides directly to the insurance provider without affecting the resident.
Billing for transports to the hospital has become a common practice, including in most municipalities and townships in Licking County, Wright said, and increases revenue without additional taxes. He said that might mean being able to hire two more firefighters. (Full story click here)
3/8/2008
Basil-Joint Fire District looks to avoid passing costs onto residents
By MICHELLE GEORGE
The Lancaster Eagle-Gazette Staff
LIBERTY TOWNSHIP - The Basil-Joint Fire District is hoping to avoid asking residents for more funding by implementing a program that will help the department generate revenue. Assistant Fire Chief Kasey Farmer said under the proposed EMS revenue recovery program, the service fee to transport residents to the hospital would be billed to residents' insurance companies. The fire district will work with MED3OOO, a Pittsburgh-based billing and revenue recovery company. By redirecting the money to the department, the fire district can use the additional revenue for capital improvements within the department, (Full story click here)
2/2008
Medicare Signature Requirement Changes Now in Effect
By Tim Green
Fire/EMS Division MED3OOO, Inc.
Signature requirements for filing Medicare claims in instances where the beneficiary is unable to sign changed significantly as of January 1, 2008. Click here to read full story.
2007
WCLT News reports: On Wednesday, Newark’s Board of Control voted to hire Med3000 Inc. out of Pittsburgh to serve as the city’s billing contractor for when EMS billing begins in July.
http://www.wclt.com/news/wclt/wclt20317.html
The Advocate - Newark,OH,USA NEWARK - City chooses billing company for hospital transports — The city Board of Control selected MED3000, Inc., as the city’s billing contractor for fire department transports to the hospital. http://www.newarkadvocate.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070503/NEWS01/705030341/1002
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