(a) No local tax revenues are to be used to fund any EMS transport reimbursement efforts. As such, the administrative costs, contractual requirements and other necessary costs associated with conducting the program will derive directly from the EMS transport reimbursement revenue and will be paid first prior to any distribution.
(b) Revenues will be distributed with appropriate documentation for all companies to review, audit, and dispute, if necessary. The Treasurer will adjudicate all disputes as necessary. All disputes must be initiated and provided to the designated Manager of EMS Transport Reimbursement Program within thirty days of receipt of the quarterly distributions by the Volunteer Fire and/or Rescue Company which believes there is an issue with the payment received.
(c) The revenue distribution will be based on the following formula for calculation of the shares for each of the Volunteer Fire and Rescue Companies and DFREM:
(1) The totals of all payments received will be divided by the total number of calls (minus all programmatic costs required to generate the revenue; i.e. third party billing agency fees, administrative costs) and will result in a net revenue-per-run.
(2) The net revenue-per-run will then be applied in the following manner:
A. 20% of the total net revenue will be disbursed to the Company or DFREM which owns the apparatus used for the transport.
B. 20% of the total net revenue will be disbursed to the Company or DFREM that owns the Station for the call.
C. 25% of the total net revenue will be disbursed to a Company or DFREM that provided Staff for the transport; either BLS or ALS, and if circumstances where two Companies responded, the Company staff that provided the highest level of treatment during the transport will receive the payment.
D. 25% of the total net revenue will be retained by the County for the provision of Fire Rescue system infrastructure.
E. 10% of the total net revenue will be provided to the "first-responder" unit assigned to a call which supports EMS transporting units. If no units are assigned for first response, then the 10% is contributed to a pool. At the end of the Fiscal Year, this pool will be distributed by the County Treasurer in equal shares to the Fire Companies that do not provide EMS transports.
(Ord. 14-02. Passed 1-15-14.)