HomeMy WebLinkAbout10-59 - Implement the Advanced Life Support Cost Recovery ProgramRESOLUTION NO. 10- 59
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF COSTA MESA, CALIFORNIA, TO IMPLEMENT THE
ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT COST RECOVERY
PROGRAM.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA HEREBY RESOLVES
AS FOLLOWS:
WHEREAS, the provision of Emergency Medical Services (EMS) is a critical
function of city government that directly impacts the lives, health, and safety of all Costa
Mesa residents; and
WHEREAS, there are necessarily costs associated with maintaining a modern
EMS system that is capable of adaptation to continuing improvements in medical
technologies and treatments so that Costa Mesa residents receive high quality EMS
according to the standards of care and at the level they deserve and expect; and
WHEREAS, the Costa Mesa Fire Department and Care Ambulance Service,
which performs ambulance and patient billing services for the City per contract, have
developed an Advanced Life Support (ALS) Cost Recovery Program that will generate
an estimated additional $287,000 annually in needed cost -offsetting funds without any
additional costs to Costa Mesa residents;
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that Care Ambulance Service is hereby
authorized to implement the ALS Cost Recovery Program by raising the $185 ALS
transport charge that is currently billed only to non-residents to $300, and by billing the
medical insurance provider (e.g., private insurance company, Medicare, Medi -Cal) of
residents a $300 ALS transport charge; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Care Ambulance Service will waive any and.
all direct ALS transport charges, including ALS co -payment differences, for all Costa
Mesa residents such that they will not be subject to any out-of-pocket expenses under
the new ALS Cost Recovery Program that are in addition to whatever they would be
paying under the current EMS billing system.
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PASSED AND ADOPTED this 3�d day of August, 2010.
ATTEST:
Julie F ik, City Clerk
Allan R. Mansoor, Mayor
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Kimberly Hall Barlow, City Attorney
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss
CITY OF COSTA MESA )
I, JULIE FOLCIK, City Clerk of the City of Costa Mesa, DO HEREBY CERTIFY
that the above and foregoing is the original of Resolution No. 10-59 and was duly
passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa at a regular meeting
held on the P day of August, 2010, by the following roll call vote, to wit:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS
MANSOOR, LEECE, FOLEY, MONAHAN
BEVER
NONE
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereby set my hand and affixed the seal of the
City of Costa Mesa this 4t" day of August, 2010.
(SEAL)
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JULI FOLCIK, C TY CLERK