San Diego Fire-Rescue is moving forward with taking over provider responsibilities for San Diego’s emergency medical services. The move comes after Falck, the current ambulance contractor, continued to fall short of required paramedic staffing levels.
San Diego Fire-Rescue is moving forward with taking over provider responsibilities for San Diego’s emergency medical services . It means the city of San Diego’s current ambulance contractor, Falck, will no longer be in control of billing or where ambulances are stationed. The move comes after Falck continued to notThe step would allow the city to bring in a secondary provider to backfill any missing hours.
“We’ve kind of plateaued right now,” Stowell said. “We’re still below the contract obligations — Falck is not putting enough unit hours out in the streets — but we have not seen a dip over the last three or six months.” “The risk certainly does come back to the city,” Stowell said. With transport reimbursement rates higher for public agencies under Medicare and Medicaid, Stowell hopes to see the EMS system break even or become profitable.
“I think that is something we feel confident in and as long as we’re continuing to work collectively and collaboratively with the fire department — we think it’s going to be a great success,” Behm said.
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