Terry Call gave Allen County commissioners statistics for the first two months of city operation of countywide ambulance service at their meeting Tuesday morning.
In the 59 days, ambulances have been dispatched 365 times from Iola, Humboldt and Moran. Of those runs, 162 involved advanced lift support, 93 basic life support, 13 non-emergency and 97 were “dry” runs, which usually has personnel doing such things as lift assists or helping a home-bound patient with oxygen regulation.
Call said billings were $270,963.44 and that $77,276.10 of that had been collected. Total collections were $112,000, which included payments from bills sent in late 2013.
Commissioners heard about a statewide county insurance pool that provides workers’ compensation coverage for members.
A representative, Carl Wyman, said 68 of the state’s 105 counties were members of the pool, which started in 1991. Information he provided showed Allen County’s premium for a year would be $79,500, or prorated from April 1 it would be $63,000.
Commissioners turned down an opportunity to join the pool in 2002, for fear that extraordinary claims would lead to higher costs for Allen County. Wyman said the size of the pool, its experience and reserves made such a problem unlikely.
The county has had its workers’ compensation insurance, along with property and casualty, with EMC and locally through Personal Service Insurance for years.
Ambulances stay busy
