Emergency Medical Service providers across Pennsylvania have been struggling for years to fill the funding gap between what it costs every time an ambulance leaves the station and what they’re able to collect in reimbursements.

Medicare, Medicaid and private insurers often pay EMS providers less than the actual costs of delivering services. The payment is based on a reimbursement schedule set by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, it is not based on cost of medications, transportation, staff wages, etc.

Additionally, EMS providers are only able to bill patients if they’re transported to a hospital — so every time they’re called out but don’t take someone, ambulance services have to absorb the costs associated with those calls.

Locally, Harmony EMS has asked its 10 partner mu

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