Phelps Ambulance, Inc.

BILLING PLAN

The Phelps Volunteer Fire Department, Inc. has proudly provided our community with ambulance service since 1950.  Our operational methods and needs have evolved, sometimes slowly and sometimes rapidly due to state and local mandates or innovative new procedures.  Our mission from the very beginning has never changed.  That is, to provide our community with the best emergency medical services available.  To continue in this endeavor, we need dedicated personnel, using the most up-to-date training and equipment available.  We also need to use all available pre-hospital medical resources.  This means, if needed, calling upon our neighboring ambulance agencies to assist us by providing advanced life support services as we travel to the hospital. The cost of equipment and training can be staggering.  New ambulances now cost over $90,000, defibrillators $10,000, and a simple face mask for CPR can cost up to $10.  As a result, our costs of operation are rising faster than our available funds.  Tax dollars, along with your generous donation; have not been able to close the gap between the budget needs and the present level of funding.  We can no longer ask the community for the increasing funds necessary to make up budgetary shortfalls. The Phelps Volunteer Fire Dept., Inc / Phelps Ambulance, Inc. has determined that 3rd Party Billing seems the most equitable solution to supplement for the funding of our local emergency medical care.  This process charges emergency transport costs directly to a patient's health insurance carrier.  For those covered by Medicare, charges for both Phelps Ambulance and any commercial advanced life support service that we contract with will be consolidated into one bill and forwarded to Medicare.  Phelps Ambulance, Inc. has chosen Northern Oswego County Ambulance, NOCA, to administer this entire billing process.  If you receive an insurance check, we ask you to forward it to Phelps Ambulance, Inc, c/o N.O.C.A., PO Box 113, Pulaski, NY 13142. It is important for everyone to know that the ability to pay has no bearing on whether or not you receive emergency care.  No one will be denied emergency medical care due to financial considerations. Billing the patient's insurance carriers or paid EMT's does not change the volunteer status of Phelps Ambulance or its need for your continued generous support through donations.  All funds are used to provide the best possible emergency medical services for our community. It's difficult to cover all aspects of 3rd Party Billing in this brief section.  NOCA can be contacted at (315) 298-6220 to answer any additional questions or concerns you may have.  Written inquiries or correspondence about 3rd Party Billing can be sent to: Phelps Ambulance, Inc. c/o N.O.C.A PO Box 113 Pulaski, NY  13142

Phelps Ambulance, Inc. PO Box 81 Phelps, NY  14532

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