HomeMy WebLinkAboutMedical Insurance Billing Pgrm for EMS Cost Recovery - 12142017STAFF REPORT
CITY OF PALM DESERT
ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICE DEPARTMENT
MEETING DATE: December 14, 2017
REQUEST: Consideration of adoption of a Medical Insurance Billing Program for
Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Cost Recovery.
Recommendation
By minute motion, recommend that the Palm Desert City Council continue
this matter until the January 11, 2018, City Council meeting.
Discussion
At the time of printing the City Council agenda for December 14, 2017, staff has not
yet finalized the fee study for the proposed Emergency Medical Services Cost
Recovery Program. Staff respectfully requests that the City Council continue this
matter until the January 11, 2018, regularly scheduled City Council meeting. This
extension will grant staff enough time to prepare a more thorough analysis of the
costs associated with providing Emergency Medical Services to the public.
Prepareii by: Stephen Y/Aryan, Risk Manager
LEGAL REVIEW
Robert W. Hargreaves
City Attorney
DEPT. REVIEW
Lori Carney
Director of Administrative
Service
FINANCIAL REVIEW CITY MANAGER
et Moore
'rector of Finance
Lauri Aylaian
City Manager
CITY OF PALM DESERT
NOTICE OF A PUBLIC HEARING
REGARDING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF CERTAIN EMERGENCY MEDICAL
SERVICES COST RECOVERY FEES
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that at 4:00 P.M. on December 14. 2017, or as soon
thereafter as possible, in the City Council Chambers of the City of Palm Desert, CA
located at 73-510 Fred Waring Drive. a public hearing pursuant to California Government
Code, Sections 66016 and 66018 will be held by the City of Palm Desert ("City") to
consider the City's establishment of an Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Cost
Recovery Fees ("Fees") and the approval of a resolution establishing such fees.
In connection with the establishment and increase of Fees, City staff have prepared
updates to reflect current costs of the City for providing the services for which such fees
are charged (collectively, "Fee Study"). The Fee Study contains a summary of the
proposed Fees, as well as (i) the purpose of the proposed Fees, (ii) the use to which the
Fees will be put, (iii) a reasonable relationship between the Fees' use and the types of
projects on which the Fees are imposed, and (iv) a reasonable relationship between the
amount of the Fees and the cost of the City's Services attributable to the applications on
which the Fees are imposed.
At the public hearing, the City shall consider all evidence and testimony for and against
the Fee Study and approval of the resolution establishing Fees. At any time prior to the
public hearing, any person may file in writing with the City a statement of his or her
objections to the Fee Study and/or approval of the resolution establishing Fees.
Persons who challenge the Fee Study and updates and/or approval of the resolution
establishing Fees in court may be limited to raising only those issues they or someone
else raised at the public hearing described in this Notice, or raised in written
correspondence delivered to the City at, or prior to, the public hearing.
A copy of the Fee Study and the proposed resolution are available for public inspection
at the Office of the City Clerk, located at 73-510 Fred Waring Drive, Palm Desert, CA,
during regular office hours, Monday through Friday, commencing December 4, 2017.
Any further information may be obtained by contacting Stephen Y. Aryan, Risk Manager,
or Lori Carney, Director of Administrative Services, for the City at (760) 346-0611.
DATE: November 27, 2017