Re: : Ambulance companies say Medicare bleeding them dry > Corpu...

[Guest guest]

Of course you wouldn't', Rick, because your name isn't Rural/Metro.

Now, Texas folks, if you want to become the hardest place to get an ambulance

license, all you have to do is pass a Certificate of Need law like we have in

AZ. We do not have a problem with proliferation of EMS services, but neither do

we have high quality EMS for the most part.

GG

Re: : Ambulance companies say Medicare bleeding

them dry > Corpus Christi Caller-Times

>

> 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

>

> On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 7:30 AM, McGee

summedic@...>; wrote:

>

> >

> >

> > 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.

> >

> > Sent from my iPhone

> > McGee, EMT-P

> >

> >

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

haussecker87@...>;

> > wrote:

> >

> > > Ron

> > >

> > >

> >

http://www.caller.com/news/2011/mar/01/ambulance-companies-say-medicare-bleeding\

-them/

> > >

> > >