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Private medical transport seeks county authorization to move involuntary psychiatric patients
Summary
Foothills/Cliffhills Medical Transport requested board authority to perform involuntary civil transports under a county resolution so it can contract with hospitals and reduce sheriff transports; board asked for the resolution and legal review before formal action.
A private transport company told the Caldwell County Board of Commissioners on May 12 it seeks county authorization to perform involuntary civil (IBC) transports so hospitals may lawfully contract with the company to move patients.
Tommy Feiten, owner of Cliffhills Medical Transit (presenting as Foothills Medical Transport), said his company has provided similar transports in Burke County since 2017 and that the service reduced the number of involuntary transports done by the sheriff’s office there. Feiten said the company carries insurance and claims “dollars 1,500,000.0 per…
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