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Burleson council approves addendum for third‑party fire billing, staff cites safeguards
Summary
Council approved an addendum to its Emergicon contract to add Emergifyre/EmergeFire third‑party billing for fire and non‑EMS responses; staff estimated potential net collections and emphasized policies to direct billing to insurers and to prohibit credit‑reporting collections.
The Burleson City Council approved a contract addendum Sept. 2 allowing the city to use a subcontractor to pursue insurance reimbursements for fire and other non‑EMS emergency responses.
Fire Chief Casey Davis told the council the city’s current ambulance billing arrangement with Emergicon could be expanded by adding Emergifyre/EmergeFire to identify and submit eligible claims to insurers. Chief Davis said the vendor’s fee would be 15% of revenues collected, plus up to 2% for credit‑card fees, and that the addendum would run concurrently with…
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