American Medical Response wins EMSA contract

MMiz

MMiz

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I don't understand how AMR can bid 44.6 million lower than the bid by Paramedics Plus, or why the required response time was changed from 8:59 to 10:59, but congrats to AMR.
 
with a longer response time they will need fewer ambulances which will decrease the personnel cost resulting in a lower running expense. AMR being a much larger company is able to provide a lower overhead administration cost and likely buys supplies at lower rates due to the volume of supplies purchased. all these factors multiplied over 5 years is very doable, that only 9 million per year.
 
socalmedic said:
with a longer response time they will need fewer ambulances which will decrease the personnel cost resulting in a lower running expense. AMR being a much larger company is able to provide a lower overhead administration cost and likely buys supplies at lower rates due to the volume of supplies purchased. all these factors multiplied over 5 years is very doable, that only 9 million per year.
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EMSA here buys supplies, but as far as I have heard, they're simply trying to stabilize the number of trucks put out. We can't really go much lower than we already have in terms of deployed assets.
 
MMiz said:
I don't understand how AMR can bid 44.6 million lower than the bid by Paramedics Plus, or why the required response time was changed from 8:59 to 10:59, but congrats to AMR.
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I know Amr has been citing some of the research which shows that response times are a horrible measure of system success. And AMR is trying to reduce L&S response across the board as it doesn't benefit enough to justify the risk.


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PPI is a lot smaller than AMR, Oklahoma was their crown jewel. AMR can subsidize loss if it means eliminating competition.
 
Rocketmedic40 said:
PPI is a lot smaller than AMR, Oklahoma was their crown jewel. AMR can subsidize loss if it means eliminating competition.
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and from what I hear PP is not doing so well in Alameda county CA, which they took from AMR by under bidding.
 
J/C, what are the current retirement benefits, and will they change with AMR?
 
46Young said:
J/C, what are the current retirement benefits, and will they change with AMR?
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Schwab 401k, changed from Milliman 401k.
 
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