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EMS providers urge Jefferson County to withdraw proposed EMS grant, warn municipal ambulance risk
Summary
Local EMS leaders told the Jefferson County Health & Human Services Committee they oppose a county application to a New York State rural health EMS grant, saying it duplicates existing services, could force a municipal Certificate of Need and compete with private and nonprofit ambulance providers.
Bruce Wright, president and CEO of Guilfoyle Ambulance Service and chair of the Jefferson County EMS advisory board, and Dominic Doldo, vice president of emergency services and security for Carthage Area Hospital, spoke during public comment at the Health & Human Services Committee meeting and urged county legislators to reconsider a county grant application to the New York State Department of Health.
Wright said the grant, which he said was for $500,000 split among 10 counties and awarded to Jefferson County, requests funding for three items: a bariatric-capable ambulance, a so-called "fly car" (a paramedic intercept SUV that does not provide patient transport) and billing changes tied to mutual-aid ambulance responses. "This is a service that isn't…
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