Re: : Ambulance companies say Medicare bleeding them dry » Corpus Christi Caller-Times

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These aren't " greedy companies " , but rather greedy individuals. Texas is

being flooded with unscrupulous, foreign-owned ambulance operators are

either money laundering operations or are here to take advantage of Texas'

weak application and enforcement rules. They know that the odds are in their

favor to " get in and get out " before being caught.

It's ridiculous to paint all private ambulance services with the same brush,

as it is equally wrong to assume that governmentally operated services are

squeaky clean. They both have their culprits. I believe it's important to

distinguish between indigenous ambulance operators and foreign-owned

ambulance operators.

The ZPIC's and RAC's will continue to hammer all of Texas' ambulance

operators for the transgressions of the few until the industry as a whole

decides to stop eye-poking each other and do something about it. In my

opinion, the very first step is to close the floodgates by empowering DSHS

to deny provider license applications based on very strict investigative

criteria that goes far beyond what exists today. Texas should be known as

the most difficult place on the planet to obtain an EMS provider's license.

At least then, this trash will end up on some other state's lawn.

We can all argue about subsequent steps, but the first is turning off the

spigot. Only then can the " mop up " begin.

Bob

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> WOW, thanks Ron for posting that. I can't say that I didn't see this

> coming, because I did. There are too many greedy companies out there that

> care more about their bottom line then about taking care of their employees

> and equipment, much less honest patient care. Our industry has bred

> vultures, hungry for a quick buck, but at what expense? I guess that is

> something for others to decide, since we ourselves can't collectively agree

> on much, much less regulate ourselves. What a shame. I, for one, have moved

> on. Good luck, and God bless you all. I'll continue to lurk this great list,

> never giving up hope that someday we can fix what needs to be fixed.

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> Sent from my iPhone

> McGee, EMT-P

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> On Mar 1, 2011, at 8:17 PM, " Ron Haussecker " haussecker87@...>

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