EMS Billing and Collections
Dan Sullivan, founder of The Strategic Coach Inc. and creator of the Strategic Coach® Program, developed a methodology for assessment named D.O.S., which stands for Dangers, Opportunities, and Strengths. Dangers refer to things we are afraid of losing, opportunities offer the possibility to gain something, and strengths encompass our unique skills and abilities. In the […]
Many EMS services across Texas, including municipal, hospital-based, and private, offer potential patients in their services area the opportunity to participate in subscription programs, either an EMS Subscription Program or an Ambulance Subscription Program. EMS subscription programs allow households and businesses to pay an up-front, established fee to offset any future emergency medical transport expenses […]
When you work as a first responder, and specifically in an ambulance, you see changes in our cities’ demographic makeup more directly than most. The fact that our populations are aging will come as no surprise to you, but the impact of these shifts on emergency medical services may. When “all the boys came home […]
Surprise billing has been a hot topic for legislators in the state of Texas. If you missed our first 2 blogs about this situation, be sure to check out Why surprise billing is really a surprise and Who should pay for EMS services. Effective January 1, 2022, air medical emergency response crews are not allowed […]
If you’ve had any conversations about billing for ambulance services or Emergency Medical Services (EMS), you have likely heard about tracking your collection rate. But before you make any decisions, here are some things you should know about collection rates. If EMS billing is done correctly, a 100% collection rate is impossible. The collection rate […]
EMERGICON’s Founder and CEO Christopher Turner shares his unique perspective on Surprise Billing and its impact on EMS in this recorded conversation.
Now that we’ve established the common circumstances around paying for emergency medical services in blog 1 of this series, let’s take a step back and think about who should be paying the bill when you or your family has a medical emergency and receives care from an EMS crew. You are already paying into the […]
What Is a Chargemaster? A Chargemaster is a multi-page documents that list all the individual products and tasks, tools, and medications that are provided in an ambulance. In other words, there is a line item price for everything. For instance, if your ambulances carry two types of oxygen delivery methods, the chargemaster would list both […]
“Surprise Medical Billing” has been a hot topic in Texas and around the country. Surprise medical billing occurs when a patient who has insurance receives care from an out-of-network provider and owes money out of pocket. This happens most often during surgeries or hospital stays when not all providers are in-network or during medical emergencies […]
Is your city prepared for the financial realities of providing emergency medical services to the public? Find out the actual cost of saving lives in today’s economy.
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