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THEY FIND NO MEDICAID, NO WELFARE, ETC., AND THEY FIND ONE THEY FEEL ' • IS DESTITUTE, THE COUNTY USUALLY WILL PAY. i MR. CORRELL STATED THAT WHEN MEDICAID WON'T PAY, THEY TRY TO COLLECT FROM THE FAMILY, EXPLORE OTHER AVENUES, AND EVEN GO DOOR—KNOCKING, HE NOTED THAT THEY HAVE MANY TRIPS TO LANTANA, AND THESE ARE TRUE INDIGENTS, BUT HE CONTINUED THAT THE TRULY UNCOLLECTABLES ARE THEIR PROBLEM. CHAIRMAN SIEBERT ASKED WHO IS ACTUALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR PROVING THE PATIENT INDIGENT? MR, CORRELL REPLIED THAT THE COUNTY DOES THIS UPON RECOMMEND— ATION OF THE WELFARE OFFICE. COMMISSIONER LOY ASKED IF THE CORRELL°S HANDLED ONLY NON' EMERGENCIES, MR. CORRELL INFORMED THE BOARD THAT THE STATE REQUIRES THEIR . VEHICLES TO BE SET UP EXACTLY THE SAME AS A REGULAR AMBULANCE. THEY } 4 HAVE TRAINED PERSONNEL AND ARE LICENSED TO PICK UP LOCAL EMERGENCY SERVICES BUT THEY DO NOT WANT TO CARRY EMERGENCIES EXCEPT ON A PICK-UP BASIS WHERE f THEY TRANSPORT THEM FROM A HOSPITAL TO ANOTHER FACILITY OUT OF THE COUNTY, HE REITERATED THAT THEY DO NOT WANT TO INTERFERE IN THE LOCAL EMERGENCY SERVICE AS THEIR WHOLE SERVICE IS MEANT TO ALLEVIATE THE NEED FOR LOCAL 1 EMERGENCY VEHICLES TO GO OUT OF THE IMMEDIATE DISTRICT. CHAIRMAN SIEBERT NOTED THAT THEY HAVE ALREADY DISCUSSED THIS I WITH THE AMBULANCE SQUAD. . COMMISSIONER WODTKE ASKED IF THE CORRELLS FELT THEY COULD COLLECT 75% OF THEIR RECEIVABLES. � MRS. CORRELL STATED THAT THEY COULD AND NOTED THAT THE - , PERCENTAGE OF THEIR INDIGENT RUNS WAS NOT VERY HIGH, COMMISSIONER WODTKE INQUIRED IF THEIR FEES WERE THE SAME FOR ` ALL, INCLUDING THE INDIGENTS. MRS. CORRELL SAID THEY WERE, EXCEPT FOR MEDICAID WHICH HAS SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS. SHE STATED THAT A RUN FROM FORT PIERCE TO LANTANA WAS A FLAT FEE OF $75.00 AND TO MELBOURNE FROM FORT PIERCE $100.00. { THEIR FEES ARE $1.50 PER MILE OUTSIDE THE COUNTY, PLUS A $35.00 BASE. a � x,- SA b