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Carlisle County ambulance service reports December collections, plans EMT training and out‑of‑county transfers
Summary
The county’s ambulance service reported December collections of about $24,001, ongoing patient-transfer work with neighboring providers and plans to start an advanced EMT class next week; staff also said a state contract payment is pending and two county employees are approved for federally funded training in April.
Carlisle County’s ambulance team reported steady recent collections and staffing moves during the court’s Jan. 9 meeting.
The county’s EMS presenter, Josh (ambulance staff), said the service collected $24,001.28 in December and roughly $180,003.37 for collections from July through December. Josh said the service has been transferring some patients to neighboring providers to relieve pressure on hospitals in Mayfield and Mercy, and that three transfers had already occurred in the recent period.
Josh told the court that three EMTs will begin an advanced EMT class next week; after the class those personnel will be upgraded from basic to advanced EMT status, which the presenter said will help billing and service capacity. He also said county staff have received a new state contract for the year that began in October and that three payments tied to that contract are in process; Josh said the county’s allocation for the year for emergency medical (EM) money is “just a little over $11,000.”
Josh and Will Crafton were approved to attend training in New Mexico from April 14–18 for an RBI course; Josh said a federal grant will cover a percentage of those training costs, including airfare, per diem, hotel and rental vehicle.
The ambulance report was delivered as an informational update; no formal action on EMS staffing or budget was recorded during the presentation.
Looking ahead, Josh said the advanced-EMT class and the pending state payments should improve billing and operational capacity.
(Clarifications: the transcript provides the collection totals and allocation amounts as cited above; where numbers in the record were unclear, the article uses the values as spoken.)
