Ambulance Bill Disputed

Bobbie Bicknell Coray, Reporter
Rich Civic Times

RANDOLPH, Utah.  April 6, 2016. Even if after you have been transported to the hospital, it is determined you were ok, you still have to pay for the ambulance bill.    Dale Stacy, president of EMT, Kim Wilson, EMT and Gary Hubert, Rich County Attorney, talked to county commissioners about a three year old ambulance bill that had been disputed because the parents of the young man transported to the emergency room said that he didn’t need the ambulance and they wanted to have the bill reduced or done away with.

The run was in 2013  for a young man at Camp Hunt. The call came in as an allergic reaction, which can often be life threatening.   The parents said he just needed an inhaler.  They, as parents, were not contacted although there were attempts to contact them. The young man was having trouble breathing.    The service was rendered but the parents have not responded to the bill in three years. 

The Scouts Trapper trails have an incident report which they will require a subpoena for, and the county attorney will subpoena it.   The cost for the run was $1300 dollars.

Wilson said. “They didn’t talk to the county about  the bill.  If they hadn’t been served it we wouldn’t have heard from them.  The parents think that since the Scouts called the ambulance they should pay for it.    Even if there was no treatment at ER the young man was still transported to the hospital.  If the parents had come to ask for a payment plan the county would have worked it out, but they ignored it for three years.  So now it is in small claims court.” 

The county commissioners felt that the bill needed to be paid.