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EMS outlines billing transition, equipment leases and plan to restore transfer service
Summary
Richmond Fire/EMS described plans to stabilize revenue after switching billing vendors and to restore patient‑transfer services next year; staff increased contractual spending for leased cardiac monitors and flagged ongoing software-integration work to clear a two‑month billing lag.
Chief (Fire/EMS) and EMS staff updated council on EMS budget and billing operations, including a vendor transition that left a two‑month billing lag and a plan to restore the city’s paid transfer service next year.
The department cut gasoline estimates by $18,000 and reduced some vehicle‑parts lines because new ambulances are in good condition, but increased contractual services (about $10,000) to lease cardiac monitors (quoted at roughly $55,000 each on a lease‑to‑buy basis). Staff said they pay multiple…
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