Minutes 01/17/1990 A G E N D A
EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES ADVISORY COUNCIL
January 17 , 1990
2 :00 P.M. Meet at EMS Headquarters
3 :00 P.M. Tour of Immokalee Station 6
3 :15 P.M. Tour of Collier Health Services Clinic
3 : 30 P.M. EMSAC Call to Order at Immokalee Library
Review of December Minutes
OLD BUSINESS
- Finance Committee Report
- Subscription Services
NEW BUSINESS
- Immokalee Clinic
4 :15 P.M. Return to Naples
EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES ADVISORY COUNCIL
Minutes For Meeting Of January 17 , 1990
Members Present:
Fred Hubbard
Bill Erickson
Egon Hill
Gary Young
Chuck Buell
Members Excused: Jack Winters
Guest: John Witchger
Barbara Pharr
Meeting Location: The Immokalee Branch Library
Minutes
A tour of EMS Station 6 was conducted by EMS crew members
Renne ' , Harbour, Lichliter, and Thorsen. Dr. Larry Farmer,
Assistant Medical Director of the Immokalee Clinic, showed
the committee the triage and treatment areas of the Immokalee
Clinic and informed committee members that his average need
for EMS services per day was 4 to 6 patients over a 12 hour
period. The committee was called to order by Chairman Fred
Hubbard at 1545 hours in the Immokalee Branch Library. The
committee discussed the impact of the closing of the
Immokalee Clinic by Collier Health Services Inc. (CHSI) on
August 12 , 1989 .
The Director presented the statistics surrounding the calls
up to and including December 1989 .
No discernible impact of the Clinic closing can be seen on
EMS numbers.
John Witchger offered the observation that EMS would not
experience a call increase based upon community perceptions
that EMS is not free and patients will be forced to pay for
services.
Much of the transport problem is not within the normal scope
of emergency care in that non-emergency patients who are
ambulatory in the Naples coastal area, can reach health care
facilities through locally available transport services.
Those services range from personal vehicles, taxi services ,
to charitable transport services such as Help-On-Wheels.
The EMS Advisory Board requested the Director to investigate
the cost providing a more frequent transport service for
patients to and from the Immokalee area.
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NEXT MEETING: Wednesday, 14 February 1990 at 3 : 30 P.M.
Meeting being held at the North Collier Health
Care Facility
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EMSAC Committee Members
CC)
FROM: Jack Wampler, EMS Billing
DATE: January 17, 1990
The following are comparative business figures for EMS Billing and
Collections. For your information the overall results of F/Y 89
are also listed.
1st Quarter F/Y '89 (Oct. 88, Nov.88, Dec.88)
Billings $422,159.66
:< 4 Collet, ions .., $228,983.52
% Collected 54.2%
1st Quarter F/Y '90 (Oct.89, Nov. 89, Dec. 89)
Billings $470,383.28
Collections $291,873.51
% Collected 62.1%
Information Note: Collection percentages typically run lower during
the first six months of a fiscal year as we experience
the billing impact of the tourist season. During the
last six months, however, collection percentages run
much higher as we experience the collections of the
tourist season and the lower summer billings.
Total F/Y '89 Results (Oct.88 through Sept. 89)
Billings $1,904,118.69
Collections $1,242,924.54
% Collected 65.3%