To: Board of Supervisors
From: DHHS: Public Health
Agenda Section: Consent
SUBJECT:
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Request to Increase Ambulance Fee for Service Areas 3 (Eureka) and 4 (Fortuna/ Garberville)
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
Recommendation
That the Board of Supervisors:
1. Approve and authorize an increase in billing rates for ambulance services provided in Service Areas 3 (Eureka) and 4 (Fortuna/Garberville).
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SOURCE OF FUNDING:
Private Revenues
DISCUSSION:
County Code Title V - Health and Safety Division 5, Emergency Medical Services System, Section 551-6 Ambulance Service Rates requires that all rates of the schedule shall remain effective until any rate changes are amended or approved by the Board of Supervisors.
On May 9, 2022, City Ambulance of Eureka, Inc. contacted the County Health Officer requesting a rate adjustment to their current fee schedule for Service Areas III and IV, which covers the Central-Eureka and South-Fortuna and Garberville Subzones in Humboldt County as defined in the County's Health and Safety Code, Title V, Emergency Medical Services System, Standards of Ambulance Equipment and Operations, Section 551-9 (c). The last request for a rate adjustment for these service areas was approved by your Board on Aug. 21, 2018. In August 2019 and again in April 2021, City Ambulance of Eureka, Inc. submitted rate increase requests to Public Health but were unsuccessful in getting either request through the rate increase review process, which included review by the County Auditor-Controller's office after initial review by the County Health Officer. In June 2022, Public Health updated the internal policy and procedure to require reviews by the Humboldt County Health Officer and Public Health Fiscal.
For over 45 years, City Ambulance of Eureka, Inc. has provided high quality emergency and non-emergency ambulance services to the residents and visitors of Eureka, the Eel Valley, Southern Humboldt, Southern Trinity and the rural most parts o...
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