Escambia (FL) EMS To Continue Service To Flomaton

November 21, 2013

Escambia County is renewing an agreement with an Alabama agency to provide ambulance service for the Flomaton area.

Since 1981, Escambia County (FL) EMS has provided ambulance service to the Flomaton area through an interlocal agreement with the Escambia County (AL) Healthcare Authority. The initial current three year agreement approved in 2010 expires at midnight on December 7, 2013. The agreement will be renewed for two additional one year periods.

Escambia County (AL) Healthcare Authority pays Escambia County EMS $7,873.39 a month for the ambulance service. Escambia County (FL) EMS then bill patients for services rendered.

A similar agreement is in place between Escambia County (FL) and the privately owned Atmore Ambulance service. Atmore Ambulance provides emergency medical services in the Walnut Hill and Bratt areas. Escambia County (FL)  pays Atmore Ambulance $7,384.47 a month.

Atmore Ambulance also directly bills patients for services rendered at an amount not greater than that billed by Escambia County EMS, which provides ambulance service for the rest of the county.The agreement has been in place since 1978.

Pictured: Two brand new ambulances were delivered last week to Escambia County EMS Post 50 in Century. NorthEscambia.com photos, click to enlarge.

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Written by William Reynolds · Filed Under News