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Wilson County EMS adopts billing policy to track Medicare adjustments, broadens hardship write-offs to retirees
Summary
The committee approved policy 501.34 to link EMS billing to Medicare-rate adjustments (using a 65% alignment example) with automatic updates by the billing company, and revised the hardship policy to allow write-offs for county retirees and family-plan beneficiaries after insurance payment and deductibles.
Wilson County’s EMS committee voted to adopt updates to its billing and hardship policies aimed at keeping rates aligned with Medicare and reducing billing burden for county employees and retirees.
At the meeting, staff presented proposed Policy 501.34 to align EMS billing rates to a set percentage of Medicare reimbursement so the billing company can auto-adjust when Medicare rates change. Brian summarized the proposal and provided concrete examples: he said 61% of call volume was classified as ALS…
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