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EMS advisory board asks county to take full PCC billing revenue to stabilize ambulance funding
Summary
The EMS advisory board recommended that the county receive the full remainder of patient-care-collection (PCC) billing—rather than an 8% county fee—so EMS can be self-sufficient and avoid an annual $100,000 loan; the board presented numbers but the county took no formal vote on the request.
Don, chairperson of the EMS advisory board, told the Osceola County Board on Feb. 10 that the advisory board unanimously approved a recommendation to shift PCC billing revenue toward EMS operating needs.
"Last year they collected roughly $300,000…we would then be responsible setting aside funds out of that for ambulance recruitment or training," Don said, describing the board’s budgeting exercise. He added the EMS board’s proposal: "we would like to receive 100% of the…
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