Guymon approves agreement with Mediclaims for GEMT cost report preparation
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The Guymon City Council approved a contract with Mediclaims Inc. to prepare and file the state fiscal year 2025 Ground Emergency Medical Transportation (GEMT) cost report; the city has received about $125,000 annually through the program and Mediclaims will charge about 13.5% of the recovered amount.
The Guymon City Council voted to approve an agreement with Mediclaims Inc. to prepare and file the state fiscal year 2025 GEMT cost report, a cost-based reimbursement program for Medicaid transports.
Spencer, the city’s EMS chief, told the council that the GEMT program is a “cost based reimbursement for Medicaid patients” and that the city has received more than $125,000 annually through the program in recent years. He said Mediclaims—working with a subcontractor, Public Consulting Group—has prepared the report in past years and the company will again prepare the lengthy cost report this year.
Spencer said Mediclaims will take roughly 13.5% of the recovered amount as a fee for its services.
A motion to approve the agreement was made and the council recorded four ayes; the contract was approved. The council did not record an abstention or a roll-call vote breakdown in the meeting transcript beyond the final tally.
The council did not discuss changes to the scope of the report during the public meeting. No additional details on contract length, indemnification, or specific deliverables were read into the record; Spencer described the work as time-consuming and typically prepared by outside consultants.
The city’s participation in GEMT requires a detailed cost report to recover federal Medicaid funds administered at the state level; Spencer said the city had used outside consultants because the report “takes quite a few hours to prepare.”