RECOMMENDATION(S):
Acting as the Governing Board of the Contra Costa County Fire Protection District (District), APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Auditor-Controller, on behalf of the District, to make a payment to the Department of Health Care Services in the amount of $478,058.04 for the Ground Emergency Medical Transportation Quality Assurance Fee for ambulance transports provided by the District in the months of October, November, and December (Quarter 4) of 2018.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The Ground Emergency Medical Transportation (GEMT) / Quality Assurance Fee (QAF) program increases the historic base rate of Medi-Cal reimbursement by $220.80 per transport. The GEMT/QAF program, therefore, increases the per transport reimbursement from the historic base rate of $118.20 to $339.00.
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