SMETHPORT: EMS Task Force holds annual meeting

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

56% : Medicare accounts for about 60 percent of ambulance service income, but a study done in December 2024 by Medicare Ground Ambulance Data Collection System reports that Medicare reimbursement is 23 to 69% below the cost of providing service.
51% : "We are asking for a statewide scheduling fee of 400% of Medicare allowable and support from municipalities," said Harris.
48% : That is a stark difference between fire and EMS services, as firefighters do not require state certification.

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