Agenda Item Name:
Title
Amerimed Emergency Medical Services, LLC application for a Limited Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity (CoPCN)
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Presenter:
Harold Theus, Chief 352-384-3101
Description:
Amerimed Emergency Medical Services, LLC application for a limited CoPCN
Recommended Action:
Recommended Action
Approve the application and sign the certificate
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Prior Board Motions:
N/A
Fiscal Consideration:
Fiscal Consideration
N/A
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Strategic Guide:
Strategic Guide
N/A
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Background:
Florida Statute 401.25(2)(d) and Alachua County Ordinance 93-9 require that all licensed pre-hospital EMS providers maintain a current CoPCN from the County governing board in which they operate. Amerimed Emergency Medical Services, LLC has applied for a limited COPCN for Alachua County to transport patients having behavioral health issues from Meridian Behavioral Healthcare to other behavioral healthcare facilities outside of Alachua County. Meridian Behavioral Healthcare states that there is a need for this type of service. Alachua County does not currently provide this service.
Amerimed was founded in March 2008 and are providers of mobile clinical integrated healthcare services in the Southeastern United States. They have licensed ambulances staffed with a paramedic and an emergency medical technician.
The application for a CoPCN must meet the standards in Alachua County Code 52.29(c): In determining whether such certificate shall be granted, the board may consider the following:
(1) Whether existing emergency medical transportation services are adequate to meet reasonable public needs.
(2) The financial ability of the applicant to furnish continuous and uninterrupted service at the times required therefore, and to meet the financial obligations of the service which the applicant proposes to perform.
(3) The effect on existing medical transportation facilities and services of all kinds and, particularly, whether the granting of such certificate will or may seriously impair essential public service as provided by existing service operators.
(4) The qualifications of the applicant to properly perform the proposed services and to conform to the provisions of this article.
(5) Any objections received from operators who were provided notice of the application as set out herein.
(6) Any of the matters set out in section 52.27 of this article (application requirements).
The applicant meets the required standards.