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[DesertMedic66]

Random question, if you end up transporting an employee of said Company/Agency do they still get billed? or do you waive it as professional courtesy?

I didn't see anywhere if you worked for government or private.

That is going to be completely company dependent. We used to not charge employees or family of employees but that has since changed.

What our immediate boss will do is let the company charge insurance (nothing he can do about that) and whatever out of pocket cost the employee has to be he will normally write it off as a 99% discount.

 

[DrParasite]

Random question, if you end up transporting an employee of said Company/Agency do they still get billed? or do you waive it as professional courtesy?

I didn't see anywhere if you worked for government or private.

As was mentioned by DesertMedic66, that is entirely company dependent. In my county, who are treated or transported from active incidents should not receive a bill from the county EMS service for any services rendered. However, if they are not on an active incident, they receive a bill for any services that are provided.

It all depends on what the administration wants to do.

 

[Chimpie]

Moderator's note: I moved all the posts about the glucose check being billed as ALS1 to the ALS1 Question thread.

 

[BillingSpecialist]

Anyone got any billing questions?! It’s been a spell since I’ve been in this forum but I still get emails from here. I actually got one this evening & responded. Let me know if you have anything I can help with!

 

[ghost02]

How would a return trip for a specialty crew be billed? For example a flight crew drops a patient off and needs a return trip without a patient, just crew and supplies?

 

[DrParasite]

How would a return trip for a specialty crew be billed? For example a flight crew drops a patient off and needs a return trip without a patient, just crew and supplies?

isn't that part of the cost of doing business? for example, if a ground unit goes from state A to state B with a patient, that trip is billable; however, having the ground crew return is not billable, as there is no patient, but the crew still needs to return, so that's on the company's dime.

 

[Tigger]

isn't that part of the cost of doing business? for example, if a ground unit goes from state A to state B with a patient, that trip is billable; however, having the ground crew return is not billable, as there is no patient, but the crew still needs to return, so that's on the company's dime.

My AMR operation bills at a set rate for return trips, no PCR is generated.

Most services use the FBO’s courtesy car now instead.

 

[ghost02]

My AMR operation bills at a set rate for return trips, no PCR is generated.

Most services use the FBO’s courtesy car now instead.

Hence my question, if the fbo doesn't have a car we normally take a uber or lyft but that makes me incredibly uncomfortable with so much equipment. Same for the driver. I was curious how much a return trip would be and if it can be reimbursed.

 

[DesertMedic66]

Hence my question, if the fbo doesn't have a car we normally take a uber or lyft but that makes me incredibly uncomfortable with so much equipment. Same for the driver. I was curious how much a return trip would be and if it can be reimbursed.

99% of the time our ground agency will send our company a bill to be paid directly. We also do not charge/bill patients on for ground transports so we lose money on any ground runs we do.

 

[BillingSpecialist]

How would a return trip for a specialty crew be billed? For example a flight crew drops a patient off and needs a return trip without a patient, just crew and supplies?

I would suggest on things like this, there be a contract in place with the life flight company. Where they pay you guys money for their transport back, because there no one else to bill for that.