11-09-20 Regular Meeting of the La Porte City Council

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EMS Billing Services City of La Porte RFP #20510 bidders may charge a lower commission, they are simply unable to match our cash per transport and total cash collections and,at the end of the day,cannot deliver as much value to the Cityas EMERGICON will. As the biggestand the most trustedEMS billing and collection service provider in Texas, EMERGICON serves more than 160 providers of EMS services in Texasfar more than any of our competitors. Over the past 14 years, we have increased reimbursements for every one of our Texas clients, and by an average of more than 30%. The following table presents the percentage increase in cash per transport that we have achieved for selected clients, including those listed as references. Cash Per Cash Per Selected ClientsTransport Transport % Increase Pre-EMERGICONPost-EMERGICON References City of Deer Park$371$51538.8% Santa Fe Texas Fire & Rescue$459$54017.6% City of Dickinson$280$34738.6% City of Coppell$401$56641.1% City of Mansfield$347$44427.9% City of Mineral Wells$292$39635.6% Other Clients The City of Bedford Fire$411$45711.2% The City of Cleburne Fire$348$46824.5% Goliad Co EMS$334$45225.3% The City of Lancaster Fire$269$36836.8% Robertson Co EMS$424$65354.0% The City of Sugar Land Fire$416$46912.7% City of Port Aransas$334$48745.8% Average Increase30.7% How does EMERGICON deliver these significant, measurable results year after year? We attribute our success to the following competitive advantages: We are experts in Texas EMS billing and collections. As a Dallas-based company, EMERGICON speaks Texan. Our Texas-based employees are experts in Texas EMS billing because we only serve Texas EMS providers. Each state has its own rules regarding EMS billing, so byspecializing in Texas, we ensure full familiarity with the intricacies of requirements within Texas. We draw on this expertise to avoid improperly filed We rely on a team of human claims reviewersnot computers We devote more resources to the aspects of EMS billing that genuinely make a difference: payer research and claims follow-up. Most EMS billing companies cut corners on key aspects of their service, either by outsourcing functions overseas or by relying too heavily on technology and attempting to automate payer research and claims follow-up. Such shortcuts result in poor outcomes, namely higher write-offs, poor cash collections, and dissatisfied highly qualified staff is committed to conducting payer research that gets the bill to the correct 9 Confidential & Proprietary