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EMS advisory board urges county to let EMS retain full PCC collections to steady ambulance budget
Summary
At the Feb. 10 Osceola County meeting, the EMS Advisory Board recommended the county allow EMS to retain remaining PCC billing revenue (with an 8% county fee) to cover operating costs, recruitment and equipment and to avoid annual short-term loans; commissioners requested further fiscal analysis.
Don, chair of the EMS Advisory Board, told the Osceola County Board on Feb. 10 that the advisory board unanimously recommends the county allow EMS to retain the full remaining balance of PCC billing revenues and to charge an 8% fee to the collector to support county oversight.
The recommendation, Don said, would make the ambulance unit financially self-sufficient and remove the need for the annual $100,000 loan the county has provided in July in prior years. "We would like to receive 100% of the remaining balance of PCC billing and eliminate your line item," Don said, arguing the change would let EMS set aside…
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