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Under the City’s current Emergency Medical Service (EMS) structure, OCFA firefighters/paramedics provide <br />Advanced Life Services (ALS) and fire suppression services, while Falck dba Care Ambulance provides Basic <br />Life Services (BLS) and ground emergency medical transportation. It’s not necessarily an overlap of EMS <br />services, but rather, each contracted party provides a different level of service depending on the nature of the <br />EMS call. <br /> <br />PP-GEMT reimbursements, which were established by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are <br />administered at the State level by the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS), are an add-on increase to <br />the Medi-Cal fee-for-service schedule of emergency medical transports billed under Procedure Codes such as, <br />ALS1-Emergency, BLS-Emergency, ALS2, etc. There is no overlap with private insurance and private payers <br />that pay for EMS transport services, as the PP-GEMT add-on is applicable to Medicare and Medicaid <br />transports performed within the City’s jurisdiction. Based on the City’s EMS payer mix, Medicaid (aka Medical <br />in California) is the most significant portion of patients transported in Santa Ana at 42% and 34.5% of <br />transported patients have some form of Medicare coverage. <br /> <br />We will see you on Tuesday <br /> <br /> <br />Sincerely, <br /> <br />Steven A. Mendoza <br />Assistant City Manager <br />20 Civic Center Plaza (M25) <br />Santa Ana, CA 92701 <br /> <br />T: (714) 647-5246 <br />F: (714) 647-6549 <br />www.santa-ana.org/cda <br />smendoza@santa-ana.org <br /> <br />The mySantaAna mobile app puts the power of the Santa Ana city government in the palm of your <br />hand! The free app alllows residents to quickly and easily report issues to the City, access City <br />services, and find news and events. <br />Download the App: <br /> <br />Click here to report an issue directly from the City website. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />2 <br />