Number
081476
Version
ORIGINAL
Reference
Sponsor
THE CHAIR
Title
An ordinance relating to charges for patient services delivered by the fire department.
Sections
75-15-17 rc
Analysis
This ordinance increases some of the charges for patient services delivered by the fire department.
Body
The Mayor and Common Council of the City of Milwaukee do ordain as follows:
Part 1. Section 75-15-17 of the code is repealed and recreated to read:
17. CHARGES FOR PATIENT SERVICES DELIVERED BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. The fire department shall bill for and collect all revenues generated from advanced life support conveyances and service provisions using fee schedules that have been adopted by the Milwaukee county association of fire chiefs and the intergovernmental cooperation council of Milwaukee county and the common council. The rate charged for conveyance and services delivered by fire department paramedic fleet shall be as follows:
a. For advanced life support for patients who are residents of Milwaukee county.
a-1. Paramedic non-invasive service and/or treatment without conveyance $105
a-2. Paramedic service with transport Level ALS-1 $625
a-3. Paramedic service with transport Level ALS-2 $675
b. For advanced life support for patients who are not residents of Milwaukee county.
b-1. Paramedic non-invasive service and/or treatment without conveyance $150
b-2. Paramedic service with transport Level ALS-1 $675
b-3. Paramedic service with transport Level ALS-2 $725
c. Advanced life support ancillary charges.
c-1. ALS supplies $70
c-2. Intubation $65
c-3. I.V. and supplies $50
c-4. Defibrillation $85
c-5. EKG $85
c-6. Oxygen and supplies $75
d. Drugs included in the Milwaukee county medical services program adopted by the Milwaukee county association of fire chiefs and the intergovernmental cooperation council of Milwaukee county.
d-1. Items approved in Drug Group 1 are charged a rate of $25 including: Albuterol, Amidoerone (30 mg), Altropine, Benadryl, Heparin Sodium by I.V., Lasix, Lidocaine, Ativan, Versed, Sodium Chloride, Solumedrol (up to 40 mg), Terbutaline, Diazepam, Dextrose 50%, Nitro Spray SL, Normal Saline (capped), D50, and D5W.
d-2. Items approved in Drug Group 2 are charged a rate of $30 including: Calcium Chloride, Epinephrine (I.M. or I.V., not by EPI-PEN), Dopamine, Lidocaine and Sodium Bicarbonate.
d-3. Items approved in Drug Group 3 are charged a rate of $40 including: Morphine, Narcan and Normal Saline.
d-3-a. Epinephrine by EPI-PEN $85
d-3-b. Adenosine $80
d-3-c. Glucagon, up to 1 mg $80
d-3-d. Solumedrol, 41-125 mg $50
d-3-e. E-Z IO $110
e. Mileage. In addition to the charges provided in pars. a to d, a charge of $14.00 per mile shall be assessed for mileage, mileage to be defined as the distance traveled with the patient in the ambulance from the point of patient origin to destination.
LRB
APPROVED AS TO FORM
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Legislative Reference Bureau
Date:_____________________
Attorney
IT IS OUR OPINION THAT THE ORDINANCE
IS LEGAL AND ENFORCEABLE
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Office of the City Attorney
Date:____________________
Requestor
Drafter
MET
2/11/09
LRB09029-1