Lawrenceburg Board of Works adopts ambulance billing resolution, adds one‑year removal of unpaid balances

The Lawrenceburg Board of Works on April 7 approved a resolution updating the city's ambulance billing charges and adding a policy to remove certain unpaid balances from the department’s aging report after 12 months.

Mister Tremaine presented the item to the board and said the city’s ambulance billing contractor had recommended raising rates that had not been adjusted for some time. Tremaine said the updated schedule aligns charges with industry standards and that the resolution adds a provision for the city’s soft‑billing practice: after one year, unpaid balances that remain on the aging report would be removed.

“That’s the only other thing we added in there was to be able to drop those from the aging report,” Tremaine said.

Board members discussed the recommendation briefly and moved to adopt Resolution 2‑2025. The chair called for the motion and, following a voice vote, announced the motion carried.

The resolution does not appear to change the city’s collection practices beyond the one‑year removal for soft‑billed balances; Tremaine described soft billing as the remaining balance not covered by insurance that the patient may pay or not.

No additional conditions or amendments were recorded on the floor. The board approved the measure during the Board of Works meeting; claims and related budget items for other city projects were handled in separate votes later in the meeting.

The board did not specify an effective date for the revised fee schedule in the meeting discussion recorded in the transcript. City staff will be responsible for implementing the revised billing schedule and the aging‑report removal policy as directed by the adopted resolution.

Ending: The resolution was approved at the April 7 Board of Works meeting; officials said staff and the billing contractor will complete implementation steps and update the board as needed.