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EVERETTMEMORANDUM <br /> WASHINGTON TO: Chief DeMarco <br /> FROM: AC Llewellyn <br /> DATE: 12/3/2019 <br /> RE: Ambulance Billing—Supplemental Information <br /> Current Rates <br /> The Everett Fire Department bills patients (either directly or through <br /> patient insurance) for transport in the EFD's basic life support (BLS) or <br /> advanced life support (ALS) apparatus. The EFD's current fee structure <br /> for EMS transport is as follows: <br /> BLS: $538.51 <br /> ALS1: $765.26 <br /> ALS2: $882.27 <br /> Mileage: $17.00/mile <br /> This fee structure was last adjusted by ordinance in 2011 (Ordinance No. <br /> 3205-10, effective 1/18/11). The Ordinance provides for an annual CPI- <br /> based adjustment of these rates by the Fire Department and this has <br /> occurred from time-to-time with the latest adjustment occurring in <br /> January of 2017. <br /> Proposed Rates <br /> The proposed new rate schedule is as follows: <br /> BLS: $680.00 <br /> ALS1: $890.00 <br /> ALS2: $980.00 <br /> I EVERETT Mileage: $18.50/mile <br /> • <br /> This proposed schedule is based rates charged by other Snohomish <br /> County fire-based transport agencies or by comparable agencies within <br /> Snohomish, King, and Pierce Counties with a population served range of <br /> Q2930 Wetmore Ave.,Ste.7-A 50-200% of the City of Everett. <br /> Everett,WA 98201 <br /> 0 425.257.8100 <br /> 425.257.8139 fax <br /> fire@everettwa.gov <br /> '-" everettwa.gov/fire <br />