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Sevier County updates ambulance fee schedule for first time in 17 years
Summary
The commission approved Resolution 2024-10-04 to raise ambulance transport fees after a 17-year freeze. EMS director Rick Valentine said a survey of 12 regional services and adjustments to Medicare reimbursements prompted the change; commissioners approved the update unanimously (22–0, 3 absent).
Sevier County commissioners on Oct. 21 approved an updated fee schedule for ambulance transports — the county’s first such change in 17 years — citing regional comparability and shifting Medicare reimbursements.
"This fee schedule will cover all twelve services in the county going with a reasonable fee increase that would be acceptable to the people…
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