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Ambulance director highlights mobile-integrated health, transfer contract and storage needs in FY26 budget
Summary
Ambulance Director Dion Johnson told supervisors that mobile integrated health and a new University of Iowa transfer contract are expanding service and revenue but also increasing fleet storage and supply needs. Staff and board discussed HealthCall technology, Narcan leave-behind kits, and a conservative FY26 spending plan with no new personnel.
Dion Johnson, director of Johnson County Ambulance, presented the ambulance department’s proposed fiscal year 2026 budget on Jan. 6, detailing program growth, new revenue streams and short-term capital and operating needs.
Johnson said two programs from FY25 — a full-time community paramedic for the Mobile Integrated Health program and a transfer contract with the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics — are now operational and have measurable effects on call volumes and reimbursement. “Those are both complete,” Johnson said, noting both programs reduce 9-1-1 activations and generate transfer revenue that “pays for itself.”
He reported the mobile-integrated-health pilot had enrolled 50 individuals with more than 100…
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