Guest guest Posted February 16, 2006 Report Share Posted February 16, 2006 In a message dated 15-Feb-06 21:38:53 Central Standard Time, mvems@... writes: My question is do any of you have suggestions for alternative funding sources? The hospital is broke. We cannot afford to continue transporting these patients. Our County is unsympathetic. These patients need to be transported but who is going to pay? Any ideas? Thank you for listening. M Has the hospital applied for Disproportionate Share Funding? I'm not sure how much it will help in your case, but I know of several hospitals in Louisiana with similar problems where DSF made the difference between open and closed doors. Also, have you looked at forming an Emergency Services District for taxing purposes? While it doesn't sound like you'll have much success there, from what Wes, Gene and Doc Bledsoe have told me, that's sometimes the only way to make sure that the county 'elders' understand the situation. ck S. Krin, DO FAAFP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 16, 2006 Report Share Posted February 16, 2006 Offer the hospital a contract at a reduced cost to transport these patients. You may reduce your bill to just above Medicare allowable rate legally. The hospital is saving money by transporting these patients elsewhere. You should not have to absorb the cost. Henry Medina Valley Ems Farris wrote: > Hello Everyone; > I have a problem that I am sure many of you face or have faced in > the past. > I am the Director of a medium sized service located 20 miles west of > San . In our County we have a small hospital that due to lack > of advanced staffing and equipment, transfers many patients to > hospitals in San . > Many of these patients are unfunded. The hospital is in poor > financial condition and does not have the money to support these > transfers. > My service is in the same situation. Our primary mission is to > provide 911 service to our service area. We also attempt to handle > the transfer rs form this hospital but this has caused severe > financial difficulties. Over half of the patients transferred out are > unfunded. > My question is do any of you have suggestions for alternative > funding sources? > The hospital is broke. We cannot afford to continue transporting > these patients. Our County is unsympathetic. > These patients need to be transported but who is going to pay? > Any ideas? > Thank you for listening. M > > > Mike Farris EMT-LP > Administrator > Medina Valley/ County EMS > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 16, 2006 Report Share Posted February 16, 2006 Mike If you will contact me off list I will send you some information about how our hospital district and ambulance service are working toward providing 911 and transfer coverage by sharing expenses and guaranteeing coverage. Kim King RN EMT-B PI/Risk Management/Safety Transfer Team Coordinator Hansford County Hospital District funding Hello Everyone; I have a problem that I am sure many of you face or have faced in the past. I am the Director of a medium sized service located 20 miles west of San . In our County we have a small hospital that due to lack of advanced staffing and equipment, transfers many patients to hospitals in San . Many of these patients are unfunded. The hospital is in poor financial condition and does not have the money to support these transfers. My service is in the same situation. Our primary mission is to provide 911 service to our service area. We also attempt to handle the transfer rs form this hospital but this has caused severe financial difficulties. Over half of the patients transferred out are unfunded. My question is do any of you have suggestions for alternative funding sources? The hospital is broke. We cannot afford to continue transporting these patients. Our County is unsympathetic. These patients need to be transported but who is going to pay? Any ideas? Thank you for listening. M Mike Farris EMT-LP Administrator Medina Valley/ County EMS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 16, 2006 Report Share Posted February 16, 2006 Mike, ESD's, and facility contracts are good suggestions. Indeed, in a better EMS arena, those would be in place as a matter of course, yet they are not. I think that somehow, you may need to have a discussion with the hospital, and determine which of these patients, (probably all) are Medicaid eligible, and then help the hospital form some type of internal department in the Hospital PBS, (Patient Business services) that will help those patients apply for Medicaid benefits, and then receive same. This way, the hospital could recover some dollars, as well as your service. Further you may want to encourage the media's help using both Henry's contract method and the ESD suggestions as the lead in, to gain population support, get some local press, offer a Saturday help session to explain how to apply for benefits, then help the currently " well " population apply and obtain benefits prior to becoming ill and needing care. Aside from this, you may be experiencing another issue. As of Jan this year, Consolidated Billing (CB) for hospitals became a mandated law. What that means to you is that for each Medicare beneficiary, in a hospital inpatient stay, that requires ambulance transport, the Hospital must bill Medicare for the transport, and then reimburse you directly. I would bet that is not happening, especially if the Hospital is already under funded. Identical to Henrys facility contract, you must bill the Hospital for those transports, and not Medicare. It is another way, of Medicare trying to streamline their costs, not build a way out of paying, so don't confuse the two. I hope this helps, and everybody in this situation can mix the same recipe and you should get some traction with your communities. Good luck, Steve Mc. _____ From: Medina Valley Ems Farris Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2006 9:14 PM To: ems listserver Subject: funding Hello Everyone; I have a problem that I am sure many of you face or have faced in the past. I am the Director of a medium sized service located 20 miles west of San . In our County we have a small hospital that due to lack of advanced staffing and equipment, transfers many patients to hospitals in San . Many of these patients are unfunded. The hospital is in poor financial condition and does not have the money to support these transfers. My service is in the same situation. Our primary mission is to provide 911 service to our service area. We also attempt to handle the transfer rs form this hospital but this has caused severe financial difficulties. Over half of the patients transferred out are unfunded. My question is do any of you have suggestions for alternative funding sources? The hospital is broke. We cannot afford to continue transporting these patients. Our County is unsympathetic. These patients need to be transported but who is going to pay? Any ideas? Thank you for listening. M Mike Farris EMT-LP Administrator Medina Valley/ County EMS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 16, 2006 Report Share Posted February 16, 2006 Been there, done that. The adminstrator says there is no money and that we should take the calls just like a 911 call. We will be meeting with the Hospital Board of Directors the early part of next month and maybe we can get somethng worked out. Thanks M Henry wrote: Offer the hospital a contract at a reduced cost to transport these patients. You may reduce your bill to just above Medicare allowable rate legally. The hospital is saving money by transporting these patients elsewhere. You should not have to absorb the cost. Henry Medina Valley Ems Farris wrote: > Hello Everyone; > I have a problem that I am sure many of you face or have faced in > the past. > I am the Director of a medium sized service located 20 miles west of > San . In our County we have a small hospital that due to lack > of advanced staffing and equipment, transfers many patients to > hospitals in San . > Many of these patients are unfunded. The hospital is in poor > financial condition and does not have the money to support these > transfers. > My service is in the same situation. Our primary mission is to > provide 911 service to our service area. We also attempt to handle > the transfer rs form this hospital but this has caused severe > financial difficulties. Over half of the patients transferred out are > unfunded. > My question is do any of you have suggestions for alternative > funding sources? > The hospital is broke. We cannot afford to continue transporting > these patients. Our County is unsympathetic. > These patients need to be transported but who is going to pay? > Any ideas? > Thank you for listening. M > > > Mike Farris EMT-LP > Administrator > Medina Valley/ County EMS > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 16, 2006 Report Share Posted February 16, 2006 Been there, done that. The adminstrator says there is no money and that we should take the calls just like a 911 call. We will be meeting with the Hospital Board of Directors the early part of next month and maybe we can get somethng worked out. Thanks M Henry wrote: Offer the hospital a contract at a reduced cost to transport these patients. You may reduce your bill to just above Medicare allowable rate legally. The hospital is saving money by transporting these patients elsewhere. You should not have to absorb the cost. Henry Medina Valley Ems Farris wrote: > Hello Everyone; > I have a problem that I am sure many of you face or have faced in > the past. > I am the Director of a medium sized service located 20 miles west of > San . In our County we have a small hospital that due to lack > of advanced staffing and equipment, transfers many patients to > hospitals in San . > Many of these patients are unfunded. The hospital is in poor > financial condition and does not have the money to support these > transfers. > My service is in the same situation. Our primary mission is to > provide 911 service to our service area. We also attempt to handle > the transfer rs form this hospital but this has caused severe > financial difficulties. Over half of the patients transferred out are > unfunded. > My question is do any of you have suggestions for alternative > funding sources? > The hospital is broke. We cannot afford to continue transporting > these patients. Our County is unsympathetic. > These patients need to be transported but who is going to pay? > Any ideas? > Thank you for listening. M > > > Mike Farris EMT-LP > Administrator > Medina Valley/ County EMS > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 16, 2006 Report Share Posted February 16, 2006 Been there, done that. The adminstrator says there is no money and that we should take the calls just like a 911 call. We will be meeting with the Hospital Board of Directors the early part of next month and maybe we can get somethng worked out. Thanks M Henry wrote: Offer the hospital a contract at a reduced cost to transport these patients. You may reduce your bill to just above Medicare allowable rate legally. The hospital is saving money by transporting these patients elsewhere. You should not have to absorb the cost. Henry Medina Valley Ems Farris wrote: > Hello Everyone; > I have a problem that I am sure many of you face or have faced in > the past. > I am the Director of a medium sized service located 20 miles west of > San . In our County we have a small hospital that due to lack > of advanced staffing and equipment, transfers many patients to > hospitals in San . > Many of these patients are unfunded. The hospital is in poor > financial condition and does not have the money to support these > transfers. > My service is in the same situation. Our primary mission is to > provide 911 service to our service area. We also attempt to handle > the transfer rs form this hospital but this has caused severe > financial difficulties. Over half of the patients transferred out are > unfunded. > My question is do any of you have suggestions for alternative > funding sources? > The hospital is broke. We cannot afford to continue transporting > these patients. Our County is unsympathetic. > These patients need to be transported but who is going to pay? > Any ideas? > Thank you for listening. M > > > Mike Farris EMT-LP > Administrator > Medina Valley/ County EMS > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 17, 2006 Report Share Posted February 17, 2006 Thanks Steve; I did not know that and it certainly puts one more bullet in my gun for the pending showdown next week. Give me a call sometime. Lunch on me this time. M Steve McCormick wrote: Mike, ESD's, and facility contracts are good suggestions. Indeed, in a better EMS arena, those would be in place as a matter of course, yet they are not. I think that somehow, you may need to have a discussion with the hospital, and determine which of these patients, (probably all) are Medicaid eligible, and then help the hospital form some type of internal department in the Hospital PBS, (Patient Business services) that will help those patients apply for Medicaid benefits, and then receive same. This way, the hospital could recover some dollars, as well as your service. Further you may want to encourage the media's help using both Henry's contract method and the ESD suggestions as the lead in, to gain population support, get some local press, offer a Saturday help session to explain how to apply for benefits, then help the currently " well " population apply and obtain benefits prior to becoming ill and needing care. Aside from this, you may be experiencing another issue. As of Jan this year, Consolidated Billing (CB) for hospitals became a mandated law. What that means to you is that for each Medicare beneficiary, in a hospital inpatient stay, that requires ambulance transport, the Hospital must bill Medicare for the transport, and then reimburse you directly. I would bet that is not happening, especially if the Hospital is already under funded. Identical to Henrys facility contract, you must bill the Hospital for those transports, and not Medicare. It is another way, of Medicare trying to streamline their costs, not build a way out of paying, so don't confuse the two. I hope this helps, and everybody in this situation can mix the same recipe and you should get some traction with your communities. Good luck, Steve Mc. _____ From: Medina Valley Ems Farris Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2006 9:14 PM To: ems listserver Subject: funding Hello Everyone; I have a problem that I am sure many of you face or have faced in the past. I am the Director of a medium sized service located 20 miles west of San . In our County we have a small hospital that due to lack of advanced staffing and equipment, transfers many patients to hospitals in San . Many of these patients are unfunded. The hospital is in poor financial condition and does not have the money to support these transfers. My service is in the same situation. Our primary mission is to provide 911 service to our service area. We also attempt to handle the transfer rs form this hospital but this has caused severe financial difficulties. Over half of the patients transferred out are unfunded. My question is do any of you have suggestions for alternative funding sources? The hospital is broke. We cannot afford to continue transporting these patients. Our County is unsympathetic. These patients need to be transported but who is going to pay? Any ideas? Thank you for listening. M Mike Farris EMT-LP Administrator Medina Valley/ County EMS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 17, 2006 Report Share Posted February 17, 2006 Thanks Steve; I did not know that and it certainly puts one more bullet in my gun for the pending showdown next week. Give me a call sometime. Lunch on me this time. M Steve McCormick wrote: Mike, ESD's, and facility contracts are good suggestions. Indeed, in a better EMS arena, those would be in place as a matter of course, yet they are not. I think that somehow, you may need to have a discussion with the hospital, and determine which of these patients, (probably all) are Medicaid eligible, and then help the hospital form some type of internal department in the Hospital PBS, (Patient Business services) that will help those patients apply for Medicaid benefits, and then receive same. This way, the hospital could recover some dollars, as well as your service. Further you may want to encourage the media's help using both Henry's contract method and the ESD suggestions as the lead in, to gain population support, get some local press, offer a Saturday help session to explain how to apply for benefits, then help the currently " well " population apply and obtain benefits prior to becoming ill and needing care. Aside from this, you may be experiencing another issue. As of Jan this year, Consolidated Billing (CB) for hospitals became a mandated law. What that means to you is that for each Medicare beneficiary, in a hospital inpatient stay, that requires ambulance transport, the Hospital must bill Medicare for the transport, and then reimburse you directly. I would bet that is not happening, especially if the Hospital is already under funded. Identical to Henrys facility contract, you must bill the Hospital for those transports, and not Medicare. It is another way, of Medicare trying to streamline their costs, not build a way out of paying, so don't confuse the two. I hope this helps, and everybody in this situation can mix the same recipe and you should get some traction with your communities. Good luck, Steve Mc. _____ From: Medina Valley Ems Farris Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2006 9:14 PM To: ems listserver Subject: funding Hello Everyone; I have a problem that I am sure many of you face or have faced in the past. I am the Director of a medium sized service located 20 miles west of San . In our County we have a small hospital that due to lack of advanced staffing and equipment, transfers many patients to hospitals in San . Many of these patients are unfunded. The hospital is in poor financial condition and does not have the money to support these transfers. My service is in the same situation. Our primary mission is to provide 911 service to our service area. We also attempt to handle the transfer rs form this hospital but this has caused severe financial difficulties. Over half of the patients transferred out are unfunded. My question is do any of you have suggestions for alternative funding sources? The hospital is broke. We cannot afford to continue transporting these patients. Our County is unsympathetic. These patients need to be transported but who is going to pay? Any ideas? Thank you for listening. M Mike Farris EMT-LP Administrator Medina Valley/ County EMS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 17, 2006 Report Share Posted February 17, 2006 Thanks Steve; I did not know that and it certainly puts one more bullet in my gun for the pending showdown next week. Give me a call sometime. Lunch on me this time. M Steve McCormick wrote: Mike, ESD's, and facility contracts are good suggestions. Indeed, in a better EMS arena, those would be in place as a matter of course, yet they are not. I think that somehow, you may need to have a discussion with the hospital, and determine which of these patients, (probably all) are Medicaid eligible, and then help the hospital form some type of internal department in the Hospital PBS, (Patient Business services) that will help those patients apply for Medicaid benefits, and then receive same. This way, the hospital could recover some dollars, as well as your service. Further you may want to encourage the media's help using both Henry's contract method and the ESD suggestions as the lead in, to gain population support, get some local press, offer a Saturday help session to explain how to apply for benefits, then help the currently " well " population apply and obtain benefits prior to becoming ill and needing care. Aside from this, you may be experiencing another issue. As of Jan this year, Consolidated Billing (CB) for hospitals became a mandated law. What that means to you is that for each Medicare beneficiary, in a hospital inpatient stay, that requires ambulance transport, the Hospital must bill Medicare for the transport, and then reimburse you directly. I would bet that is not happening, especially if the Hospital is already under funded. Identical to Henrys facility contract, you must bill the Hospital for those transports, and not Medicare. It is another way, of Medicare trying to streamline their costs, not build a way out of paying, so don't confuse the two. I hope this helps, and everybody in this situation can mix the same recipe and you should get some traction with your communities. Good luck, Steve Mc. _____ From: Medina Valley Ems Farris Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2006 9:14 PM To: ems listserver Subject: funding Hello Everyone; I have a problem that I am sure many of you face or have faced in the past. I am the Director of a medium sized service located 20 miles west of San . In our County we have a small hospital that due to lack of advanced staffing and equipment, transfers many patients to hospitals in San . Many of these patients are unfunded. The hospital is in poor financial condition and does not have the money to support these transfers. My service is in the same situation. Our primary mission is to provide 911 service to our service area. We also attempt to handle the transfer rs form this hospital but this has caused severe financial difficulties. Over half of the patients transferred out are unfunded. My question is do any of you have suggestions for alternative funding sources? The hospital is broke. We cannot afford to continue transporting these patients. Our County is unsympathetic. These patients need to be transported but who is going to pay? Any ideas? Thank you for listening. M Mike Farris EMT-LP Administrator Medina Valley/ County EMS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 17, 2006 Report Share Posted February 17, 2006 Mike, You are welcome, and I'll give you a shout!! Steve Mc. _____ From: Medina Valley Ems Farris Sent: Friday, February 17, 2006 7:20 AM To: Subject: RE: funding Thanks Steve; I did not know that and it certainly puts one more bullet in my gun for the pending showdown next week. Give me a call sometime. Lunch on me this time. M Steve McCormick wrote: Mike, ESD's, and facility contracts are good suggestions. Indeed, in a better EMS arena, those would be in place as a matter of course, yet they are not. I think that somehow, you may need to have a discussion with the hospital, and determine which of these patients, (probably all) are Medicaid eligible, and then help the hospital form some type of internal department in the Hospital PBS, (Patient Business services) that will help those patients apply for Medicaid benefits, and then receive same. This way, the hospital could recover some dollars, as well as your service. Further you may want to encourage the media's help using both Henry's contract method and the ESD suggestions as the lead in, to gain population support, get some local press, offer a Saturday help session to explain how to apply for benefits, then help the currently " well " population apply and obtain benefits prior to becoming ill and needing care. Aside from this, you may be experiencing another issue. As of Jan this year, Consolidated Billing (CB) for hospitals became a mandated law. What that means to you is that for each Medicare beneficiary, in a hospital inpatient stay, that requires ambulance transport, the Hospital must bill Medicare for the transport, and then reimburse you directly. I would bet that is not happening, especially if the Hospital is already under funded. Identical to Henrys facility contract, you must bill the Hospital for those transports, and not Medicare. It is another way, of Medicare trying to streamline their costs, not build a way out of paying, so don't confuse the two. I hope this helps, and everybody in this situation can mix the same recipe and you should get some traction with your communities. Good luck, Steve Mc. _____ From: Medina Valley Ems Farris Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2006 9:14 PM To: ems listserver Subject: funding Hello Everyone; I have a problem that I am sure many of you face or have faced in the past. I am the Director of a medium sized service located 20 miles west of San . In our County we have a small hospital that due to lack of advanced staffing and equipment, transfers many patients to hospitals in San . Many of these patients are unfunded. The hospital is in poor financial condition and does not have the money to support these transfers. My service is in the same situation. Our primary mission is to provide 911 service to our service area. We also attempt to handle the transfer rs form this hospital but this has caused severe financial difficulties. Over half of the patients transferred out are unfunded. My question is do any of you have suggestions for alternative funding sources? The hospital is broke. We cannot afford to continue transporting these patients. Our County is unsympathetic. These patients need to be transported but who is going to pay? Any ideas? Thank you for listening. M Mike Farris EMT-LP Administrator Medina Valley/ County EMS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 17, 2006 Report Share Posted February 17, 2006 Mike, You are welcome, and I'll give you a shout!! Steve Mc. _____ From: Medina Valley Ems Farris Sent: Friday, February 17, 2006 7:20 AM To: Subject: RE: funding Thanks Steve; I did not know that and it certainly puts one more bullet in my gun for the pending showdown next week. Give me a call sometime. Lunch on me this time. M Steve McCormick wrote: Mike, ESD's, and facility contracts are good suggestions. Indeed, in a better EMS arena, those would be in place as a matter of course, yet they are not. I think that somehow, you may need to have a discussion with the hospital, and determine which of these patients, (probably all) are Medicaid eligible, and then help the hospital form some type of internal department in the Hospital PBS, (Patient Business services) that will help those patients apply for Medicaid benefits, and then receive same. This way, the hospital could recover some dollars, as well as your service. Further you may want to encourage the media's help using both Henry's contract method and the ESD suggestions as the lead in, to gain population support, get some local press, offer a Saturday help session to explain how to apply for benefits, then help the currently " well " population apply and obtain benefits prior to becoming ill and needing care. Aside from this, you may be experiencing another issue. As of Jan this year, Consolidated Billing (CB) for hospitals became a mandated law. What that means to you is that for each Medicare beneficiary, in a hospital inpatient stay, that requires ambulance transport, the Hospital must bill Medicare for the transport, and then reimburse you directly. I would bet that is not happening, especially if the Hospital is already under funded. Identical to Henrys facility contract, you must bill the Hospital for those transports, and not Medicare. It is another way, of Medicare trying to streamline their costs, not build a way out of paying, so don't confuse the two. I hope this helps, and everybody in this situation can mix the same recipe and you should get some traction with your communities. Good luck, Steve Mc. _____ From: Medina Valley Ems Farris Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2006 9:14 PM To: ems listserver Subject: funding Hello Everyone; I have a problem that I am sure many of you face or have faced in the past. I am the Director of a medium sized service located 20 miles west of San . In our County we have a small hospital that due to lack of advanced staffing and equipment, transfers many patients to hospitals in San . Many of these patients are unfunded. The hospital is in poor financial condition and does not have the money to support these transfers. My service is in the same situation. Our primary mission is to provide 911 service to our service area. We also attempt to handle the transfer rs form this hospital but this has caused severe financial difficulties. Over half of the patients transferred out are unfunded. My question is do any of you have suggestions for alternative funding sources? The hospital is broke. We cannot afford to continue transporting these patients. Our County is unsympathetic. These patients need to be transported but who is going to pay? Any ideas? Thank you for listening. M Mike Farris EMT-LP Administrator Medina Valley/ County EMS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 17, 2006 Report Share Posted February 17, 2006 Mike, You are welcome, and I'll give you a shout!! Steve Mc. _____ From: Medina Valley Ems Farris Sent: Friday, February 17, 2006 7:20 AM To: Subject: RE: funding Thanks Steve; I did not know that and it certainly puts one more bullet in my gun for the pending showdown next week. Give me a call sometime. Lunch on me this time. M Steve McCormick wrote: Mike, ESD's, and facility contracts are good suggestions. Indeed, in a better EMS arena, those would be in place as a matter of course, yet they are not. I think that somehow, you may need to have a discussion with the hospital, and determine which of these patients, (probably all) are Medicaid eligible, and then help the hospital form some type of internal department in the Hospital PBS, (Patient Business services) that will help those patients apply for Medicaid benefits, and then receive same. This way, the hospital could recover some dollars, as well as your service. Further you may want to encourage the media's help using both Henry's contract method and the ESD suggestions as the lead in, to gain population support, get some local press, offer a Saturday help session to explain how to apply for benefits, then help the currently " well " population apply and obtain benefits prior to becoming ill and needing care. Aside from this, you may be experiencing another issue. As of Jan this year, Consolidated Billing (CB) for hospitals became a mandated law. What that means to you is that for each Medicare beneficiary, in a hospital inpatient stay, that requires ambulance transport, the Hospital must bill Medicare for the transport, and then reimburse you directly. I would bet that is not happening, especially if the Hospital is already under funded. Identical to Henrys facility contract, you must bill the Hospital for those transports, and not Medicare. It is another way, of Medicare trying to streamline their costs, not build a way out of paying, so don't confuse the two. I hope this helps, and everybody in this situation can mix the same recipe and you should get some traction with your communities. Good luck, Steve Mc. _____ From: Medina Valley Ems Farris Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2006 9:14 PM To: ems listserver Subject: funding Hello Everyone; I have a problem that I am sure many of you face or have faced in the past. I am the Director of a medium sized service located 20 miles west of San . In our County we have a small hospital that due to lack of advanced staffing and equipment, transfers many patients to hospitals in San . Many of these patients are unfunded. The hospital is in poor financial condition and does not have the money to support these transfers. My service is in the same situation. Our primary mission is to provide 911 service to our service area. We also attempt to handle the transfer rs form this hospital but this has caused severe financial difficulties. Over half of the patients transferred out are unfunded. My question is do any of you have suggestions for alternative funding sources? The hospital is broke. We cannot afford to continue transporting these patients. Our County is unsympathetic. These patients need to be transported but who is going to pay? Any ideas? Thank you for listening. M Mike Farris EMT-LP Administrator Medina Valley/ County EMS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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