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Ambulance struggles with delinquent bills By Gail Peckler-Dziki CORRESPONDENT
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Antioch resident Michael Stefani, center, receives a birthday serenade from the barbershop quartet, The Chordmasters (from left), Elmer Sweet (tenor), Bernie Martin (bass), Jim Gieseler (baritone), and Doug McConnell (lead), during the Antioch Library Friends 30th Anniversary Picnic held at the Williams Park pavilion, 741 Main St., Antioch, on Sunday. People gathered for a free picnic lunch, music, and games for children. The Library Friends, an organization staffed by volunteers, promotes community interest in the programs of the Antioch Public Library District.
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More than a third of the bills for local ambulance service in the past year remain unpaid three months after the service according to Antioch Fire Chief John Nixon. His summary of income collected and the open balance in the past year shows $522,771 paid and $879,557 uncollected as of April. Nixon, along with Paramedic Billing Services representative Kim Fuller, gave the Antioch Village Board a full report on the past year at the June 10 Committee of the Whole meeting. Between May 2014 and April 2015, The Antioch Fire Department and First Fire District 1 combined to answer 973 EMS calls in the village and 582 calls in the fire district. The gross amount billed was over $2.1 million. More than $1.3 million, or 66 percent, was billed for calls from the village and included both village residents and non-residents. About 34 percent of the total came from calls in the fire district at nearly $750,000 and included fire district residents and non-residents. Non-residents are billed at a higher rate and most of these
are vehicular crashes. Income received from bills in 2014-2015 was $522,771. Collection of the amount billed stands at about 40 percent. Fuller said that with the introduction of the federal care health law, or Obamacare as it’s commonly known, insurance companies are much slower to pay. “And it depends on who gets the bill to the insurance company first,” she explained. “The bill that arrives first will be part of the deductible,” Fuller said, “and the deductibles are much higher since the law changed.” Getting the insurance information is also an issue. And while Antioch EMS rates stand between $1,000 and $1,200, Nixon reported that Medicare or Medicaid only pays about $400, the allowable federal amount. Nixon also said that while Medicare pays more quickly, the department waits for the Medicaid dollars that come through the state. More than 28 percent of unpaid invoices are over 180 days. Invoices that are current less than 30 days are just over 24 percent of the total and those between 31 to 60 days are 15 percent.
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