(a) Each ambulance operated by the Streetsboro Fire Department shall be equipped with, but not limited to, the minimal equipment as stated by the American College of Surgeons.
(b) Emergency ambulance service provided will be subject to the following rates:
(1) An emergency call only; no transportation: $300.00
(2) Basic Life Support care and transportation to an
appropriate facility: $850.00
(3) Advanced Life Support care and transportation to an
appropriate facility: $1000.00
(4) ALS2-ER Service and transportation to an appropriate facility:
Per Person $1200.00
(5) Extrication of any type: $250.00
(6) The officer in charge of the ambulance shall determine to which hospital the patient shall be transported.
(7) The Mayor may enter into an agreement on behalf of the City to engage the services of a billing and collection company which shall submit claims on behalf of the City to private insurers and/or the Federal Health Care Program of Medicare and Medicaid and shall issue bills to persons using emergency medical services for such amounts not covered by insurance only to the extent provided herein. Each person who uses emergency medical services provided by the City shall assign any insurance proceeds available to such persons to the City. The City of Streetsboro recognizes that the residents of the City provide some payment for the City's emergency medical services through the collection of municipal taxes. Therefore, the City will issue bills to persons using emergency medical services who are residents the City for any applicable co-payment or deductibles otherwise due to the City and shall treat revenue from local taxes received from such persons as satisfaction and payment of such co-payments or deductibles. The City is authorized to bill and collect from all other individuals such amounts as are not covered by insurance or Medicare or Medicaid. This billing practice is approved by the department of Health and Human Services as stated in OIG Advisory Opinion 04-14.
(8) In all cases where private insurance is involved, the City may accept that company's usual and customary rate as total payment of the fees as set forth in subsection (b)(1), (2), (3), (4), (5) and (9) hereof.
(9) A transport surcharge of sixteen dollars ($16.00) per mile will be charged for each mile transported.
(c) All funds received from the operation of the ambulance service and collected by the City and/or a third-party billing agency shall be credited in the amount of sixty percent (60%) to the 402 Fund and forty percent (40%) to the General Fund.
(Ord. 2023-78. Passed 6-12-23.)