Re: Ambulance Service to Change Hands--Fort Worth

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Hopefully, it will not be re-bid and made into a political sub-division.

MH

>>> donnie7435@... 04/18/05 1:56 PM >>>

Posted on Mon, Apr. 18, 2005

Ambulance service to change hands

By Bill Teeter

Star-Telegram Staff Writer

Emergency medical services in Fort Worth and 13 nearby cities will be

taken over temporarily by the local ambulance authority after the

struggling Rural/Metro withdrew Monday from its contract.

Jack Eades, executive director of the Area Metropolitan Ambulance

Authority, said Rural/Metro's repeated failure to meet required

response times contributed to the decision to end the $12 million

contract.

Rural/Metro will provide the services through April 30, Eades said.

After that, the authority, also known as MedStar, will operate the

ambulance fleet and provide the services while officials seek

proposals for a new contractor over the next 18 months, Eades said.

All employees, including paramedics, will be offered continued

employment, Eades said. MedStar already owns the ambulance fleet;

some equipment and supplies owned by Rural/Metro will be transferred

to the authority, he said.

Eades said Rural/Metro approached the authority and offered to end

the contract after weeks of discussions about repeated violations.

" We approved a proposal we received from Rural/Metro to end their

contract, " Eades said.

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Bill Teeter,

bteeter@...

[Guest guest]

As a native of Fort Worth, I would not trust the city or AMAA to run

anything important except a NASCAR track. It defeats the purpose of a PUM

if the authority runs it. They are doing it in Kansas City and North

Carolina. This whole PUM concept has been nothing but a smoke and mirrors

scheme perpetuated on EMS by " consultants " who are now out of the

business--their financial futures secure. Any PUM is problematic in terms of

poor pay, little or no benefits, high employee turnover, and a generally

lower quality of care because the workforce is always new and somewhat

inexperienced. The maximum a paramedic at MedStar could make (under Rural

Metro) was $13.00 an hour with NO benefits. Now, people in Fort Worth who

have never run an ambulance will run an EMS operation for one of the 20

largest cities in the nation. Hold it--I am sure there are consultants who,

for a generous fee, will come in and tune-up the PUM and start screwing the

EMTs and paramedics again.

BEB

E. Bledsoe, DO, FACEP

Midlothian, TX

Don't miss EMStock 2005 (http://www.EMStock.com)

Re: Ambulance Service to Change Hands--Fort Worth

Hopefully, it will not be re-bid and made into a political sub-division.

MH

>>> donnie7435@... 04/18/05 1:56 PM >>>

Posted on Mon, Apr. 18, 2005

Ambulance service to change hands

By Bill Teeter

Star-Telegram Staff Writer

Emergency medical services in Fort Worth and 13 nearby cities will be taken

over temporarily by the local ambulance authority after the struggling

Rural/Metro withdrew Monday from its contract.

Jack Eades, executive director of the Area Metropolitan Ambulance Authority,

said Rural/Metro's repeated failure to meet required response times

contributed to the decision to end the $12 million contract.

Rural/Metro will provide the services through April 30, Eades said.

After that, the authority, also known as MedStar, will operate the ambulance

fleet and provide the services while officials seek proposals for a new

contractor over the next 18 months, Eades said.

All employees, including paramedics, will be offered continued employment,

Eades said. MedStar already owns the ambulance fleet; some equipment and

supplies owned by Rural/Metro will be transferred to the authority, he said.

Eades said Rural/Metro approached the authority and offered to end the

contract after weeks of discussions about repeated violations.

" We approved a proposal we received from Rural/Metro to end their contract, "

Eades said.

----------------------------------------------------------------------

----------

Bill Teeter,

bteeter@...

[Guest guest]

As a native of Fort Worth, I would not trust the city or AMAA to run

anything important except a NASCAR track. It defeats the purpose of a PUM

if the authority runs it. They are doing it in Kansas City and North

Carolina. This whole PUM concept has been nothing but a smoke and mirrors

scheme perpetuated on EMS by " consultants " who are now out of the

business--their financial futures secure. Any PUM is problematic in terms of

poor pay, little or no benefits, high employee turnover, and a generally

lower quality of care because the workforce is always new and somewhat

inexperienced. The maximum a paramedic at MedStar could make (under Rural

Metro) was $13.00 an hour with NO benefits. Now, people in Fort Worth who

have never run an ambulance will run an EMS operation for one of the 20

largest cities in the nation. Hold it--I am sure there are consultants who,

for a generous fee, will come in and tune-up the PUM and start screwing the

EMTs and paramedics again.

BEB

E. Bledsoe, DO, FACEP

Midlothian, TX

Don't miss EMStock 2005 (http://www.EMStock.com)

Re: Ambulance Service to Change Hands--Fort Worth

Hopefully, it will not be re-bid and made into a political sub-division.

MH

>>> donnie7435@... 04/18/05 1:56 PM >>>

Posted on Mon, Apr. 18, 2005

Ambulance service to change hands

By Bill Teeter

Star-Telegram Staff Writer

Emergency medical services in Fort Worth and 13 nearby cities will be taken

over temporarily by the local ambulance authority after the struggling

Rural/Metro withdrew Monday from its contract.

Jack Eades, executive director of the Area Metropolitan Ambulance Authority,

said Rural/Metro's repeated failure to meet required response times

contributed to the decision to end the $12 million contract.

Rural/Metro will provide the services through April 30, Eades said.

After that, the authority, also known as MedStar, will operate the ambulance

fleet and provide the services while officials seek proposals for a new

contractor over the next 18 months, Eades said.

All employees, including paramedics, will be offered continued employment,

Eades said. MedStar already owns the ambulance fleet; some equipment and

supplies owned by Rural/Metro will be transferred to the authority, he said.

Eades said Rural/Metro approached the authority and offered to end the

contract after weeks of discussions about repeated violations.

" We approved a proposal we received from Rural/Metro to end their contract, "

Eades said.

----------------------------------------------------------------------

----------

Bill Teeter,

bteeter@...

[Guest guest]

As a native of Fort Worth, I would not trust the city or AMAA to run

anything important except a NASCAR track. It defeats the purpose of a PUM

if the authority runs it. They are doing it in Kansas City and North

Carolina. This whole PUM concept has been nothing but a smoke and mirrors

scheme perpetuated on EMS by " consultants " who are now out of the

business--their financial futures secure. Any PUM is problematic in terms of

poor pay, little or no benefits, high employee turnover, and a generally

lower quality of care because the workforce is always new and somewhat

inexperienced. The maximum a paramedic at MedStar could make (under Rural

Metro) was $13.00 an hour with NO benefits. Now, people in Fort Worth who

have never run an ambulance will run an EMS operation for one of the 20

largest cities in the nation. Hold it--I am sure there are consultants who,

for a generous fee, will come in and tune-up the PUM and start screwing the

EMTs and paramedics again.

BEB

E. Bledsoe, DO, FACEP

Midlothian, TX

Don't miss EMStock 2005 (http://www.EMStock.com)

Re: Ambulance Service to Change Hands--Fort Worth

Hopefully, it will not be re-bid and made into a political sub-division.

MH

>>> donnie7435@... 04/18/05 1:56 PM >>>

Posted on Mon, Apr. 18, 2005

Ambulance service to change hands

By Bill Teeter

Star-Telegram Staff Writer

Emergency medical services in Fort Worth and 13 nearby cities will be taken

over temporarily by the local ambulance authority after the struggling

Rural/Metro withdrew Monday from its contract.

Jack Eades, executive director of the Area Metropolitan Ambulance Authority,

said Rural/Metro's repeated failure to meet required response times

contributed to the decision to end the $12 million contract.

Rural/Metro will provide the services through April 30, Eades said.

After that, the authority, also known as MedStar, will operate the ambulance

fleet and provide the services while officials seek proposals for a new

contractor over the next 18 months, Eades said.

All employees, including paramedics, will be offered continued employment,

Eades said. MedStar already owns the ambulance fleet; some equipment and

supplies owned by Rural/Metro will be transferred to the authority, he said.

Eades said Rural/Metro approached the authority and offered to end the

contract after weeks of discussions about repeated violations.

" We approved a proposal we received from Rural/Metro to end their contract, "

Eades said.

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Bill Teeter,

bteeter@...

[Guest guest]

-- " Bledsoe " wrote:

" As a native of Fort Worth, I would not trust the city or AMAA to run

anything important except a NASCAR track. It defeats the purpose of a PUM if

the authority runs it. "

This would be the opportunity to turn EMS in Ft. Worth into a true 3rd Service,

either a Department of Tarrant County, an ESD, or as part of the Health

Department. THe PUM doesn't work there.

A sign of insanity is to repeat the same experiment and expect different

results.

" Money can buy you a fine dog, but only love can make him wag his tail. " - Kinky

Friedman

Larry RN LP

[Guest guest]

-- " Bledsoe " wrote:

" As a native of Fort Worth, I would not trust the city or AMAA to run

anything important except a NASCAR track. It defeats the purpose of a PUM if

the authority runs it. "

This would be the opportunity to turn EMS in Ft. Worth into a true 3rd Service,

either a Department of Tarrant County, an ESD, or as part of the Health

Department. THe PUM doesn't work there.

A sign of insanity is to repeat the same experiment and expect different

results.

" Money can buy you a fine dog, but only love can make him wag his tail. " - Kinky

Friedman

Larry RN LP

[Guest guest]

-- " Alan Lambert " wrote:

" ...Why not turn it over to the funeral home industry? Lets turn back the clock

40 years and only make changes after doing research and studies to prove our

worth. "

Deja vu, Dr. Bledsoe?

" Money can buy you a fine dog, but only love can make him wag his tail. " - Kinky

Friedman

Larry RN LP

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