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Council raises Springdale EMS customary billing rate; chief says increase needed to cover rising costs
Summary
Springdale adopted an ordinance adjusting the city’s ambulance billing to 200% of the Medicare ambulance fee schedule after a staff presentation citing rising costs and a statutory change to the minimum recoverable amount. Council voted 8–0 to approve the ordinance.
Springdale City Council approved an ordinance on Oct. 28 to change the city’s customary ambulance billing rates to 200% of the Medicare ambulance fee schedule. Fire and emergency medical services staff said the change is intended to keep collections in line with the cost of 24/7 ambulance operations.
Fire department leadership explained that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services sets an ambulance fee schedule that typically does not cover the full cost of operating an ambulance…
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