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Resolution approving budget amendment BA23.038 to the Fire Department FY 2022-23 Operating Budget in the amount of $436,964.65 and allow the City to participate in the California Assembly Bill 1705 (2019) Public Provider Ground Emergency Medical Transport Intergovernmental Transfer (PP-GEMT-IGT) Program
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WHEREAS, the South San Francisco Fire Department intends to participate in the California Assembly Bill 1705 (2019) and the Public Provider Ground Emergency Medical Transport Intergovernmental Transfer (PP-GEMT-IGT) Program; and
WHEREAS, for most of the 21st Century, special interest groups in California have been promoting legislation that would create payment reform as it relates to ambulance transportation and the 2011 passage of Assembly Bill 678 (AB678) led to the Ground Emergency Medical Transport (GEMT) program, a source of revenue that has provided the City over $2,326,000 in additional revenue to cover specific transportation costs since its inception; and
WHEREAS, the GEMT program is limited to public entities and the purpose is to evaluate costs associated with providing care and transportation to a specific type of Medicaid patient and provide a federal subsidy to reduce the impact of the service to local government's general funds; and
WHEREAS, a participating agency must be a public entity and complete and file a comprehensive annual cost report the California Department of Healthcare Services (DHCS); DHCS evaluates the cost report from each participating agency and creates an average transport cost for California Medicaid patients; and
WHEREAS, through AB 678, the State developed a Supplemental Reimbursement Program pursuant to the California Welfare and Institutions Code Section 14105.94 and State Plan Amendments 09-024 qualifying DHCS to receive matching funds from Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) creating an Intergovernmental Transfer (IGT) for an averaged emergency transport cost; and DHCS receives these f...
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