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Board accepts application from private ambulance operator after AmeriMed exit
Summary
Coffee County board accepted an application from a private operator that plans to base psychiatric-focused ambulance service in the county after AmeriMed moved out; board discussed how existing sheriff agreement and CAD/grant tracking affect psychiatric transports.
The Coffee County EMS advisory board voted to accept an application from a private ambulance operator that says it will base service in the county after AmeriMed vacated its Tullahoma office.
Paul Kendall, representing the applicant, told the board his company focuses on psychiatric transports and has partnerships with regional behavioral facilities. "We're doing psychiatric patients," Kendall said, adding that the company is headquartered in Memphis, opened a Murfreesboro office in January and plans to license one truck locally before growing presence as demand dictates.
Board members discussed how psychiatric transports have been handled under a…
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