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Urbana council updates EMS billing rules, city expects higher reimbursements
Summary
Council passed an ordinance amending code chapter 141 to update ambulance and EMS billing, add dynamic fee-setting and expand billable services; staff estimated a 10–15% increase in collections and projected roughly $500,000 in annual EMS-related revenue before the change.
On third reading the Urbana City Council approved an ordinance amending Chapter 141 of the codified ordinances to change indemnity language for emergency medical technicians and to update ambulance and EMS billing procedures.
Fire department leadership and staff presented the changes, which include recognition of a locally separate…
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