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Type: Business prospectus / rate schedule
File Size: 1.65 MB
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This document is page 4 of a Business Expansion Portfolio and Prospectus for 'Twin City Care of The Virgin Islands' (TCMIH). It outlines performance parameters for medical transports, definitions for mental health transport priorities, and a detailed fee schedule for ambulance services ranging from $290 to $800. It also references CMS guidelines for reimbursement criteria regarding emergency definitions. The document bears a 'HOUSE_OVERSIGHT' Bates stamp, indicating it was part of a congressional investigation.

Organizations (4)

Name Type Context
Twin City Care of The Virgin Islands
Company issuing the prospectus and rate schedule
TCMIH
Acronym used in the text (Twin City Mobile Integrated Healthcare, visible in watermark)
Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Mentioned regarding reimbursement guidelines and definitions
CMS
Abbreviation for Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services

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Location Context
Location of the business entity

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Twin City Care Reimbursement CMS
TCMIH will routinely render ambulance services... qualifying Twin City for reimbursement under the CMS code

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"The current CMS definition for Emergency is not based on 'lights and sirens', it is based on 'immediate response'."
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Business Expansion Portfolio and Prospectus
Twin City Care of The Virgin Islands
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Performance Parameters:
Pre-Schedule Transports | On time 90%
Non-Schedule Urgent | On time within 1 hour of call time 90%
Non-Schedule Non-Urgent | On time within 2 hours of call time 90%
Mental Health Transports
Definitions:
Priority 1 | Law Enforcement with the patient.
Priority 2 | Transport requests coming from the Emergency Room, include Air Ambulance
Priority 3 | Transport request from Hospital rooms, Detention Centers, Exparte, voluntary request, inpatient mental health units, other "stable" environments, and voluntary requests. "Non- Air Ambulance"
Priority 4 | Pre-Scheduled transports with a minimum of 24 hours' notice.
Performance Parameters
Priority 1 | On scene 45 minutes from time of call's acceptance 90% on time
Priority 2 | On scene 1 hour from time of call's acceptance from receiving facility, 90% on time
Priority 3 | On scene 2 hours from time of call's acceptance from receiving facility, 90% on time
Priority 4 | On scene at the agreed upon time, 90% on time
Fees for Service
Transport Rate Schedule
Ambulance Transportation
BLS Non-Emergency | $290.00
ALS Non-Emergency | $400.00
BLS Emergency | $440.00
ALS Emergency | $520.00
ALS-2 | $775.00
All Mileage | $11.25 per mile
Stand-by or Waiting Time | $125.00 per hour or increment thereof*
Medical Coverage (First Aid Station) Contracts | $800.00 per day
In addition to TCMIH primarily non-emergency inter-facility services, TCMIH will routinely render ambulance services in response to facility requests that fall into the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) guidelines qualifying Twin City for reimbursement under the CMS code for ALS or BLS Emergency based on the "Immediate Response" criteria. The current CMS definition for Emergency is not based on "lights and sirens", it is based on "immediate response".
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