Paramedic Billing Services Inc.
Ambulance Billing Services
A serious issue that plaques municipalities and other agencies that provide EMS services is trying to collect payments from members of the public who utilize them. Often these bills go unpaid, which places an undue financial burden on government agencies.
Paramedic Billing Services, Inc. (PBS) was founded in 1990 to meet the needs of municipal and fire protection district clients seeking expert EMS billing services. Through its parent company, Superior Air-Ground Ambulance Service, Inc. (Superior), our organization has over 50 years of ambulance billing experience. Superior began providing Emergency Medical Services to accident victims in DuPage County, IL (2nd largest county in the state of Illinois) in 1959, making it the first emergency ambulance service in DuPage County, IL.
Today, Superior is the largest privately owned ambulance company in the Midwest. Superior conducts all ambulance billing in house, processing approximately 245,000 claims per year. Being dependent on collection performance, Superior has developed efficiencies in the ambulance billing process and is poised to watch trends in the industry. PBS is physically located within the same Accounts Receivable division of Superior, having the advantage of shared knowledge, technology, and resources.
PBS processes over 100,000 claims per year on behalf of its 75 plus municipal and fire district clients. Last year PBS collected over $35,000,000 in Gross Revenue. Combined, Superior and PBS process approximately 450,000 ambulance transport claims per year, from transports conducted throughout 4 states; Illinois, Michigan, Indiana, and Wisconsin.
Fire Department Billing
PBS has been providing Fire related billing services to its municipal and district clients since 1990. PBS will follow the billing guidelines as permissible by Illinois state law. If the Client decides to engage PBS with fire billing, PBS will work with the Client, as it does all other clients, to determine a fair and usual and customary rate structure for the Client (unless one is already established) to charge recipients of fire related billing services. PBS will also guide the Client through the required documentation, ordinance specifications, and necessary information gathering for billing as needed.
PBS bills for the following fire related services: Vehicle Fires, Structures Fires, Water Incidents, HAZMAT, False Alarms, Pipeline Incidents, Power Line incidents, Fire Investigations, Special Rescue, Spiller Pay, and more.
PBS works with the Client to customize and integrate Fire billing reporting capabilities.
PBS PROVIDES FIRE BILLING AT THE SAME AMBULANCE BILLING COMMISSION.
Why Choose Us
There are many reasons why Paramedic Billing Services is the premier choice for all of your EMS billing and collection needs.
- Compliant – Our services are fully HIPAA and ANSI compliant and adhere to all other applicable laws.
- Technology – PBS can provide the client with a custom electronic patient care reporting (ePCR) solution. Our system also works seamlessly with all existing fire and EMS reporting programs.
- Insurance Discovery – If a patient who utilizes EMS services has insurance that will help pay their debt, our team of professionals will do the research needed to uncover any 3rd party payor obligations.
- Accurate EMS Billing – Our billing process produces highly accurate and timely invoices for EMS services.
- Cost Effective – Partnering with us will save both time and money by removing the burden of billing and collection efforts from your staff.
- Consulting Services – We are the experts in the ambulance and ambulance billing industry. Our clients are keep up-to-date on current and best practices in the industry (ie: GEMT, ET3, Medicare cost reporting, COVID-19 billing, CARES Act, etc.)
- Debt Collection Specialists – Trying to collect on debts, especially after a certain amount of time has passed can be extremely difficult. Our team will do a comprehensive analysis of your outstanding EMS invoices and develop a collection strategy that will yield real results.
- Local Presence – All of our EMS billing and collection work is managed locally in our office in Elmhurst, IL.
- Local Support – We network and support our client communities through event and Chamber sponsorships and leadership and involvement in fire service and ambulance associations.
Committed to Meeting Your Unique Needs
Just as no two municipalities are alike, neither are their needs as it relates to EMS and FIRE billing and collection. Paramedic Billing Services takes the time to get to know our clients, so we can develop effective invoicing solutions for each one. We provide a wide array of customized billing services, flexible support hours designed to meet each client’s needs and a team of highly knowledgeable, friendly professionals with multilingual capabilities.
Contact Us Today
As EMS invoicing experts, we believe that implementing a timely and efficient billing strategy is critical to boosting the success rate of collection efforts and increasing revenues for your municipality. Contact us today at [email protected] to learn more about why so many EMS agencies have chosen us to be their advocate and long term partner since 1990. Interested in a career with us? Click here for more information.