Technically, your statement is correct. REMS was providing a high quality service, quickly, efficiently and urgently (as requested through 911 dispatch).
So there are probably dozens of people that received medical care with no trasport by Mohawk and they weren't billed. And whoever receives medical treatment with no transports by ANY Ambulance Provider shouldn't feel as if they are getting any special favors when they aren't billed, it's part of the federal medical billing guidelines.
So there are probably dozens of people that received medical care with no trasport by Mohawk and they weren't billed. And whoever receives medical treatment with no transports by ANY Ambulance Provider shouldn't feel as if they are getting any special favors when they aren't billed, it's part of the federal medical billing guidelines.
Actually, I disagree with you. If Mohawk had been responding to a larger number of no-transport calls, they probably would have raised a red flag of concern quite some time ago that they were covering the task of Rotterdam EMS and pushed the issue of which agency can provide the most effective and efficient service for citizens of the town much sooner than it was raised.
If you are interested in how many times Mohawk Ambulance Service was dispatched to 911 calls in the Town of Rotterdam, I encourage you to FOIL the information from the town; however, I caution you to also ask why the call was given to Mohawk as well, the response may well be system overload (too many calls at the same time) and mutual aid processes may be in place. In an ideal world, the calls are timed out to happen only when the previous call is finished, that doesn't always happen and having multiple agencies to assist in this situation is highly beneficial and in place across the country.
Putting all of your eggs in one basket without a solid mutual aid plan is a recipe for disaster.
Can someone remind REMS on why they are a financial mess!!
Exactly! No business can survive providing services or products for free....their "proposal" is full of references to their free services and they apparently believe that this should get them the ems contract....the same socialist practices that has kept them begging for public money forever.
In the agenda discussion after the executive session yesterday, the Town attorney, who is obviously clueless about REMS history, indicated that REMS is suddenly self sustaining and unbelieveably suggested that they are now miraculously a financially solid operation.
Their discussion only generates more questions....
Why are we asking the Police Chief for advice on an ems contract? He is obviously favorable to REMS...like the rest of the PD...which is why they always dispatch REMS....the first THREE on their list. Jim H made it clear that this is about saving REMS at all costs rather than just cutting losses at their hands...bailouts, stolen ALS funds.
Why isn't the Board enforcing their own RFP rules that specifically prohibited marketing in these proposals? At least REMS' idea of "marketing"....which includes free services, everything wrong with Mohawk....primarily their "for-profit" status...their determination that we need a "community based" ambulance and only REMS meets this definition....they they are the only ones who can provide these services for this Town....it's really, REALLY pathetic. Someone should tell REMS that whoever the ems provider is WILL be "community based"...that's why a contract will be necessary.
Anyone familiar with the detailed history of this operation would recognize that "proposal" for what it is....a gigantic sob story full of convenient deceptions....they will "reimburse the Town for ALS"...funny they never thought of that before they were caught keeping all that money....which of course isn't mentioned...but one thing is crystal clear in that proposal where ALS collection is concerned....they were FULLY aware of the proper process for ALS collection and knowingly avoided that process.
BTW....the AG and State Comptroller are now sharing information on this case....too bad most of the Board members just don't get it. Meanwhile, here's hoping ND will generate a common sense majority over the TJ suckers while this plays out.
Technically, your statement is correct. REMS was providing a high quality service, quickly, efficiently and urgently (as requested through 911 dispatch).
The only difference is REMS is in a financial free fall and TJ Hooker is doing his best to wrangle some way to keep a failing service a float. ONLY IN ROTTERDAM!!!
When the INSANE are running the ASYLUM In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
“How fortunate for those in power that people never think.” Adolph Hitler
The only difference is REMS is in a financial free fall and TJ Hooker is doing his best to wrangle some way to keep a failing service a float. ONLY IN ROTTERDAM!!!
Have you read their latest financial reports? I haven't seen them and am curious how bad the financial free fall you are stating truly is? We can't presume that simply the loss of the government contract revenue is placing them into a free fall if they are meeting their financial obligations (long term debt, payroll, monthly operating expenses, etc.). In this recessionary economy every individual and organization has needed to prune their expenses and re-evaluate their efforts to maintain a fiscally viable organization ~ perhaps REMS has done that!
Have you read their latest financial reports? I haven't seen them and am curious how bad the financial free fall you are stating truly is? We can't presume that simply the loss of the government contract revenue is placing them into a free fall if they are meeting their financial obligations (long term debt, payroll, monthly operating expenses, etc.). In this recessionary economy every individual and organization has needed to prune their expenses and re-evaluate their efforts to maintain a fiscally viable organization ~ perhaps REMS has done that!
Their financial reports have never been complete....they have been in financial free fall forever....it has nothing to do with a contract they have never had...except maybe the one they avoided in keeping all of that ALS money. There is no way to tell if they are meeting all of their financial obligations because this is their first year without public money...and we don't even know if they are still collecting the ALS revenue. REMS has never had to adjust to the economy because they have never had to...they have never run the operation as a business that would be forced to do that...they just got more bailouts....legal or not. This is also the reason REMS always preferred the tax option...so they wouldn't have to depend on sound business practices to be solvent...they wanted the much easier way...which was to just let the public pay for it....just like any other government 'program'.
Their financial reports have never been complete....they have been in financial free fall forever....it has nothing to do with a contract they have never had...except maybe the one they avoided in keeping all of that ALS money. There is no way to tell if they are meeting all of their financial obligations because this is their first year without public money...and we don't even know if they are still collecting the ALS revenue. REMS has never had to adjust to the economy because they have never had to...they have never run the operation as a business that would be forced to do that...they just got more bailouts....legal or not. This is also the reason REMS always preferred the tax option...so they wouldn't have to depend on sound business practices to be solvent...they wanted the much easier way...which was to just let the public pay for it....just like any other government 'program'.
What specifically have the REMS financial reports been missing? Did REMS have a contract with the Town of Rotterdam to bill for ALS and reimburse the town for ALS? As a non-profit organization, they do not exist to make money but to provide a qualified service for their target population (the sick and injured within their operating territory).
What specifically have the REMS financial reports been missing? Did REMS have a contract with the Town of Rotterdam to bill for ALS and reimburse the town for ALS? As a non-profit organization, they do not exist to make money but to provide a qualified service for their target population (the sick and injured within their operating territory).
The question is, Did they have a contract to keep ALS billed money for a service that they don't even offer? The Rotterdam Paramedics are ALS certifiied, REMS is not/was not. It is considered by the public as theft of services, even if it might not fit the legal definition.
Cant say I had the pleasure... But I think you should ask for your money back if you think something can be death without fitting the legal definition of theft...
Cant say I had the pleasure... But I think you should ask for your money back if you think something can be death without fitting the legal definition of theft...
So you are saying, (as fact), that it isn't theft???? And your basis is . . . . . At least I qualified my statement, you sound like you have legal expertise yourself! No?
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