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WEMSA urges DPH to reject proposed decision, alleges improper communications and risk of monopoly
Summary
Weathersfield Emergency Medical Service Association attorney Mary Alice Moore Lenhart asked the Department of Public Health’s hearing officer on July 29 to reject a proposed memorandum of decision that would replace WEMSA as the town’s primary service area responder, arguing the proposed decision was “illogical, illegal, and not founded on the substantial evidence in the record.”
Weathersfield Emergency Medical Service Association attorney Mary Alice Moore Lenhart asked the Department of Public Health’s hearing officer on July 29 to reject a proposed memorandum of decision that would replace WEMSA as the town’s primary service area responder, arguing the proposed decision was “illogical, illegal, and not founded on the substantial evidence in the record.”
Lenhart told Chief Hearing Officer Ryan Burns that the proposed decision, if adopted, would effectively shut WEMSA’s certified emergency service down because WEMSA “only does responses to 911 calls” and would have no reason to operate if Aetna refused to pass calls back to it. She said the record shows WEMSA would lose about 45 jobs and that the decision would accelerate consolidation of ambulance…
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