(a) Resident Ambulance Service. The City will provide ambulance and emergency rescue squad services to residents and the City shall only bill residents of Willoughby Hills and Waite Hill and their insurers, including the Federal Health Care Programs of Medicare and Medicaid, for the services provided but only to the extent of their insurance coverage, i.e. there will be no out of pocket costs to the residents of the City or the residents of the Village of Waite Hill. The City shall treat the revenues received from Waite Hill contract payments and Willoughby Hills’ local taxes as payment of any of other applicable co-payments and deductibles that would otherwise be due from the residents of the City of Willoughby Hills and the Village of Waite Hill.
(b) Non-Resident Ambulance Service. The City of Willoughby Hills is hereby authorized to charge nonresidents who receive emergency medical and rescue squad services from the Willoughby Hills Fire Department the usual, reasonable and customary fees that can be charged for such services. Usual, reasonable and customary fees are defined as the fees established by he Medicare operations insurance carrier for the Medicare locality area three, as revised from time to time.
(c) Non-Resident Fire and Rescue & Special Services. Whenever the City of Willoughby Hills Department of Public Safety, Division Fire or Division of Police responds to a motor vehicle crash, motor vehicle fire, hazardous materials incident, technical rescue or structure fire, and fire alarms or other emergency service, either inside or outside the fire district response area, the fee structure listed in Sub-Section (d) shall apply and be billed to non-residents and their insurers for the services provided. (O rd. 2006-29. Passed 6-13-06.)
(d) Fees.
ALS2 | $1,100.00 |
ALS | $1,000.00 |
BLS | $850.00 |
Mileage | $ 17.00 |
(Ord. 2021-14. Passed 3-11-21.)
(e) The Mayor is authorized to enter into an agreement with a company that will provide electronic claims filing systems for the purpose of collecting insurance proceeds indicated in subsection (d) hereof or as modified thereafter.
(f) The Mayor and the Finance Director are authorized to establish guidelines and procedures to assist the indigent and the financially needy that are unable to pay for emergency services. (Ord. 2006-29. Passed 6-13-06.)
(g) The funds collected pursuant to this Section shall be disbursed as follows:
(1) Such part thereof necessary to defray all expenses of collection shall be paid.
(2) The balance remaining after such payment shall be deposited in the Fire Department Capital Improvement fund in the following manner:
A. Non-resident ambulance fees shall be deposited into the Fire Department Capital Improvement Fund No. 441 and shall be pledged to retire the bonds issued in November of 2001 to renovate the Fire Station. Any revenue from non-resident ambulance fees in excess of the amount needed to fully finance the 2001 Fire Station Improvement Bond debt service shall be credited to the Fire Department Property, Plant and Equipment Capital Fund No. 444.
B. Resident ambulance fees for residents of the City of Willoughby Hills and the Village of Waite Hill shall be deposited into the Fire Levy Fund No. 240.
C. Proceeds from the billing of motor vehicle accidents shall be deposited into Fund No. 444, and shall be used to assist in the retirement of the bond issued in January of 2005 for the purchase of a new Aerial Platform. (Ord. 2016-8. Passed 2-25-16.)