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Hamilton County delays $202,120 ambulance-billing contract after attorney flags business-associate language
Summary
Commissioners deferred a resolution to accept a three-year ZOLL Data Systems contract for ambulance billing to give the county attorney time to renegotiate a business-associate addendum; staff said immediate savings would be about $3,500 and the vendor did not guarantee the price.
Hamilton County commissioners on March 25 agreed to postpone action on a $202,120, three-year contract with ZOLL Data Systems Inc. to provide software and data services for ambulance billing for the county Emergency Medical Services department.
The commission’s county attorney told the body the firm’s contract and the attached business-associate addendum require changes before the county should finalize the deal. "There are some things in the contract itself that need to be addressed, particularly ... what is called a business associate addendum, which I believe is meant to be a business associate agreement," the county attorney said. He told…
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