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Ambulance providers tell Michigan lawmakers unpaid MDOC transport bills threaten local services
Summary
Representatives of Michigan EMS agencies told the House appropriations subcommittee unpaid reimbursements for Department of Corrections patient transports have left some providers accruing large debts, cutting crews and risking reductions in coverage; contractor payment problems and pending litigation with a state vendor were cited.
Angela Madden, executive director of the Michigan Association of Ambulance Services, told the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Corrections and Judiciary that multiple EMS agencies across the state are owed payments for patient transports tied to Michigan Department of Corrections facilities and that unpaid amounts are straining local budgets and response capacity.
Madden, who said the association represents roughly 100 EMS agencies and provided the committee a spreadsheet that previously showed $408,000,000 in unpaid or disputed figures (she said those numbers are about a year old), asked lawmakers to address what she called a serious and growing problem. "These agencies are owed compensation for work they have done for the Department of Corrections over the last 24 months," Madden told…
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