Flanders Northampton Volunteer AMBULANCE Thank you for having us here

Ambulance 911 calls in 2016 Janunary 1st 2016 to 12/19/2016 Total 1079 Ambulance Calls

None resident establishments Criminal court building Probation Department Juveniles Department Riverhead Health Clinic Suffolk County Aging Department Suffolk County Sheriffs Office Suffolk County Clerk Suffolk County District Attorney Northport Veteran Clinic Methadone Clinic Suffolk County Community College

Major routes Route 94 Flanders Road Route 51

2nd busiest Ambulance department in Southampton Facts 2nd busiest Ambulance department in Southampton Hampton Bays Ambulance being the 1st. – Southampton Police Department

Flanders Ambulance – $599,205 2017 Budget Hampton Bays Ambulance – $1,144,315.00 Westhampton Ambulance – $941,491.00 Southampton Ambulance – $ 653,208.00 Flanders Ambulance – $599,205 Flanders Payroll for 24hrs Paramedic – $196,560

Growth

Who governs flanders Northampton ambulance New York State Department of Health Suffolk County Department of EMS Southampton Town Doctor Lincoln Cox Jr. *Medical Director* IRS New York insurance Fund (Audit twice a year)

Third party billing Professional Ambulance billing

Professional ambulance billing Currently Bills for multiple departments on Long Island including Huntington First Aid Squad Commack Community Ambulance Giving Flanders Ambulance funds for infrastructure such as iPads License to use EMS Charts for Electronic Prehospital care reports

Questions?

Flanders ambulance plan 4 Year Pilot program (trial) 1st year getting licenses, Medicare billing etc. 2nd year getting bugs worked out of the system 3rd and 4th year getting a good idea of revenue During the pilot program have meetings to keep public up to date on progress After pilot program. Public vote!

Revenue 1,200 calls a year . If 900 calls are billed 900 calls x $600.00 insurance bill $540,000 !

PUBLIC CONCERNS Patient not having insurance “Cant get blood out of a stone” Hardship forms are provided if you cannot pay District can wave bill.

In closing 4 year Pilot program Money collected over would be used for Upgrading Ambulance Garage Training equipment Replacing outdated Ambulance Replacing outdated responders Medical equipment to help save lives!