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Hospital transfers rose in May; staff previews regional transport hub and flags Medicaid payment pending
Summary
Staff reported record hospital transfer activity in May (cited as 103 transfers out of the ER), described a Region 5 transport-hub pilot planned for fall, and said a Medicaid payment (amount and timing unclear in transcript) is expected to improve the month’s revenues.
Department staff told the Greene County meeting that hospital transfers spiked in May and that the department is preparing to use a regional transport platform for scheduled transfers.
“There's a record number in May. We had 103 transfers out of the ER in May,” the staff member reported, saying typical monthly hospital-transfer numbers range from 65 to 80. Staff described long-distance transfers as runs outside roughly a 50-mile radius (examples cited: Bloomington, Evansville, Jasper) and said that increased scheduled transports have required calling extra crews for multi-hour return trips.
Staff outlined a Region 5 regional-hub project that would allow hospitals or nursing homes to post transfer requests and for ambulances to accept them; staff said the system is optional and planned to go live in the fall, with September cited as a target. “It’s an option,” the staff member said, adding that private transfers dominate that market and that using the platform would be a choice, not a mandate.
On finance, the staff member reported that month-to-date revenue ``the main number for revenue is $169,54355'' (transcript formatting unclear) and said a Medicaid payment estimated in the transcript as ``19,66185'' was expected to arrive and would improve the department’s totals; the meeting record did not specify exact payment timing or a corrected dollar format. The group also agreed to add a discussion about the billing company to next month’s agenda.
The meeting approved routine minutes and adjourned without further binding action on billing contracts or staffing authorizations. Future meetings were signaled for follow-up on billing and procurement matters.
