Council hears request to update EMS billing rates not revised since 2014

An EMS representative told the Moraine Committee of the Whole the city has not updated ambulance/EMS billing rates since 2014 and requested legislation to adjust rates to levels recommended by the billing company.

"We haven't done it since 2014," the EMS representative said, adding that the billing company compared rates across districts, including Montgomery County, and recommended the city adopt average rates used by peers. The presenter clarified that the municipality's billing is "soft billing" (not routinely sent to collections) and that Medicare patients are billed at Medicare-allowed amounts.

After the presentation the council conducted a roll call and recorded affirmative responses from Mayor Murphy and Councilmembers Miller, Doherty, Delf, Witt, Allen and Marcus. The EMS representative thanked the council for its consideration. The committee directed staff to prepare any required ordinance or legislation for formal consideration at a future meeting; the transcript records the request and a unanimous roll call but does not include finalized rate figures or the ordinance text.