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EMS secures agreement for non‑emergency transport and seeks grant to replace cardiac monitors; local match could exceed $500,000
Summary
Rutherford County EMS presented a contractual agreement to provide non‑emergency ambulance transports for TrustPoint and asked permission to apply for a grant to replace 25 cardiac monitors, with an estimated total cost of about $1.2 million and an approximate county match of roughly $550,000–$600,000.
The committee approved an interagency agreement allowing Rutherford County EMS to provide non‑emergency ambulance transports to TrustPoint; EMS director Brian Gaither said the county will bill TrustPoint at Medicare‑allowable rates and that the agreement had been negotiated over several months.
Gaither…
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