HomeMy WebLinkAbout43. Lifequest/Ambulance Billing Services 2013 CITY HALL
215 Church Avenue
P.O.Box 1130
Oshkosh,Wisconsin
54903-1130 City of Oshkosh
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TO: Honorable Mayor and Members of the Common Council
FROM: Mark A. Rohloff, City Manager,,- „
DATE: December 6, 2012
RE: Contract Extension for Ambulance Billing with LifeQuest Services
The contract with our current ambulance billing provider expires at the end of 2012,
however, there is a provision for up to two one-year extensions at the same rate of
5.49% of collections. We are exercising our option to extend this contract for one more
year based on several factors.
The first and most significant issue is that LifeQuest is still dealing with clearing up open
invoices from the previous billing company SGS. In the transition LifeQuest did not fully
"hit their stride" in this area until this year and we believe it is important to give them
time to follow through this area. Another issue in this regard is that if we were to switch
to another provider at this time we would be dealing the same or more transition and
data transfer issues, once again delaying closing out bills. The longer these bills are
delayed, the less success we are likely to achieve in collections so at this time it is in the
City's best interest to continue with LifeQuest. We will continue to monitor the progress
and performance of LifeQuest in the first half of this year and consider our options at
that point.
Chapter 12 of the Municipal Code provides that professional services of a specialized
nature, including professional ambulance billing s.ervices, may be approved by the City
Manager without the use of formal, sealed quotes or bids and shall be reported to the
Council if the cost for those services exceeds $25,000. The cost for these services in
2013 is expected to be between $110,000.00 to 130,000.00. Therefore, I am submitting
this report to Council in accordance with Section 12-16 of the City of Oshkosh Municipal
Code.
Please advise if you have any questions regarding this agreement.
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