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Prattville council adopts policy change to stop billing city retirees for ambulance transports
Summary
After public questions about transparency, the Prattville City Council unanimously approved language amendments to the ambulance fee policy that allow the city to write off certain bills for retirees and limit sending patients to collections; officials said fee rates will not increase.
The Prattville City Council unanimously approved a resolution Jan. 6 to accept updated language in the city’s ambulance-fee policy that officials said will allow the city to not bill city retirees and reduce referrals to collections.
The change was presented by Fire Department leadership as a “policy cleanup,” not a rate increase. “The changes in the policy allow us to not bill city of Prattville retirees for an ambulance ride to the hospital,” said Chief Bingham, describing the committee’s goal to avoid sending…
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