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ICASARRUSCO~N~I <br /> NORIHC~ROLINA <br /> <br />Memo <br /> <br />To~ <br /> <br />From: <br /> <br />Board of Commissioners <br /> <br />Mike Downst~ }~ <br />Public Safety Services Director <br /> <br />Date: August 28, 2003 <br /> <br />Budget Amendments <br /> <br /> After reviewing our Emergency Medical Services billing process, we realized that there <br /> was a potential to increase our collections by making a few changes in the way we have <br /> be operating. The following is a brief description of the changes made to date and the <br /> budget amendments needed to complete the process. Please note that no additional funds <br /> will be required to complete the changes. <br />1. Field Operations- the Board approved the purchase ora new field reporting software <br /> package. This will allow the paramedic to submit a detailed report from the field. <br /> The new software system will allow these reports to be designed to require the <br /> information needed to prepare a complete billing application without the hilling <br /> clerks having to rewrite the entire report. The new field system will also supply the <br /> information needed to submit to the State of North Carolina for their reporting <br /> requirements. The final benefit and perhaps the most important is that the new <br /> software will be HIPPA compliant as required by the Federal government. <br />2. Office Operations- the existing staff has been moved from their physical location and <br /> the supervision of the Tax Collector's Office into the EMS-Public Safety Services <br /> Department. This will allow the billing clerks to concentrate only on ambulance <br /> billing. The new location along with a new billing software program will provide <br /> these employees with the work environment and enhanced billing capabilities needed <br /> to increase annual revenues. (The new billing software will be purchased with grant <br /> monies received from the State of North Carolina for the operation of Public <br /> Safety/Emergency Services operations.) <br />3. In order to make sure that we can track all EMS operations correctly we must place <br /> all budgetary activities into one operating budget. This will require the moving of <br /> existing funds from the Tax Collector's operating budget into the Emergency Medical <br /> Services operating budget. The transfers needed will be as follows: <br /> <br />Salaries and Benefits <br />Operating Expense <br /> <br />$66,030.00 <br />$10,265.00 <br /> <br /> Office of Public Safety Services <br /> RO. Box 707 · Concord, NC 28026-0707 · www. co.cabarrus.nc.us <br />Building inspection: 704-920-2128 · Emergency Mgr./Fire Marshal: 704-920-2143 · Emergency Medical: 704-920-2600 <br /> <br /> <br />