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Wilson County EMA moves funds to hire consultant for new federal ambulance-cost reporting
Summary
The Wilson County EMA Committee approved a transfer from its equipment line to a consulting line to hire outside help compiling new federal ambulance cost data, citing a complex first-year reporting requirement and a potential 10% penalty that could cost the county in the low hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Wilson County EMA Committee members voted to move funds out of the equipment account and into a consulting line so the county can hire professionals to compile federal ambulance cost data now required by a new federal reporting rule. Committee members said the requirement is broad and poorly defined in its first year and that incorrect submissions could trigger significant financial penalties.
Randy, an EMA committee member, told the committee the federal cost-data collection effort is "quite vast and it's very not well defined" and…
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