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Just curious: We are looking into getting a station pet and possibly having it trained and registered as a therapy animal. How many of you have a station pet or been around a station pet? What’s your feel on it? How is the responsibilies shared? Thanks!

It's amazing how this private profession has went from taking care of people to doing thing more for a 'billing' purpose. Even when I was in a large Columbus city based hospital in 2013 they were on the nurses for start and stop times on IVs. Supposed they were losing 200k revenue because nurses...

*shakes head* ugh... this reply doesn't even need response. Just an eye roll.

Same, we have a contract with our local helicopter to transport them in case of no flight. They have to remain in charge of pt care. CCT team hand off to medic would be a EMTALA or COBRA (can't remember) violation in downgrade of Care.

Oh we will be billing them

10 pg paper on billing is easy. Heck there's an entire degree program on medical coding and billing. There's a lot involved in billing. And EVERY place is different. Profit non profit. Just got to do the research.

And this is exactly why he can write a whole paper on this. Medicare vs UHC preauths vs Medicaid. Township millage vs cost of private transport. You can call a private company and have them quote a cost of a "made up transport"

I didn't say it was the only difference. I know here at the department we soft bill. Most private EMS will hard bill. You could very easily write an entire paper on the differences between private vs department.

see if you can get into a cadaver lab.

Billing. That's the difference between a fire department and a private service.

Posting this to see what you guys think of this... I work for a Fire Department in my hometown for the past 13 years. Even this one was a first for me. There is a private service that runs the county to the north of us, as well as another private service that helps out in our county. Transports...