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Sanbornton Selectboard adopts new EMS billing rates tied to SB245
Summary
The Sanbornton Selectboard voted unanimously to adopt new Emergency Medical Services billing rates, effective Feb. 1, 2026; Fire Chief Paul Dexter said the change follows SB245 and directs departments to bill at 325% of Medicare rates, but the specific dollar schedule was not recorded in the minutes.
The Sanbornton Selectboard voted unanimously to adopt new emergency medical services billing rates that take effect Feb. 1, 2026, Fire Chief Paul Dexter told the board at a public hearing.
The change, Dexter said, was based on SB245; he described the legislation as requiring municipal fire departments to be contracted with insurers that do business in New Hampshire and to bill at 325% of Medicare rates. The board opened a public hearing on the new schedule, received no public comment, and then approved the rates on a motion by Selectman Glenn Frederick, seconded by Selectman Ralph Carter.
Why it matters: adopting the rate schedule authorizes the town to bill insurers for EMS transports under the new state-guided formula and may affect revenue and how insurers are billed for local emergency responses.
Details and context: the minutes state that Chief Dexter “provided a list of new rates for Sanbornton EMS based on the passage of SB245,” but the transcript and published minutes do not record the specific dollar amounts presented. The board’s vote was recorded as unanimous among the three Selectmen present.
What’s next: the rates are effective Feb. 1, 2026. The town’s posted materials or the Fire Department should be consulted for the exact per-transport dollar amounts because those figures were not included in the meeting minutes.
The Selectboard took the vote during its regular session after a preceding non-public personnel discussion; no further related actions were recorded at the meeting.
