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Former ambulance service director accused of stealing

Associated Press — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 16:00:14 +0000

GREENVILLE — The former director of ambulance services at Delta Regional Medical Center has been arrested for embezzlement. Greenville Police Sgt. Michael Merchant tells the Delta Democrat Times Jerry Graham was charged this week after an internal investigation by the hospital found some discrepancies in the operations of the ambulance service. Merchant says bond had [...]

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Supervisors approve separate billing for ambulance service

Associated Press — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 14:46:11 +0000

GULFPORT — Harrison County supervisors have voted to allow American Medical Response to send a separate bill to patients when city and county fire departments respond to emergency medical calls. However, a representative from AMR says while Gulfport expressed an interest in this, none of the cities have told AMR that they want to start [...]

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City reapplies for ambulance grant after finding it is eligible

Associated Press — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 16:10:06 +0000

STARKVILLE — The city of Starkville is reapplying for an ambulance services grant for which officials previously thought they were ineligible. Starkville Mayor Parker Wiseman tells The Commercial Dispatch the city is in the process of working with OCH Regional Medical Center to prepare a new application for the $14,000 grant provided by the Emergency [...]

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Hospital, ambulance company respond to lawsuit

Associated Press — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 12:14:27 +0000

HATTIESBURG — Forrest General Hospital and AAA Ambulance Service have denied any wrongdoing in response to a lawsuit contending they steered patients away from Wesley Medical Center. The Hattiesburg American reports the companies filed their response to the lawsuit this past week in federal court in Hattiesburg. Wesley sued AAA and Forrest General Hospital in [...]

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Judge dismisses claims against CEO in Wesley lawsuit

Associated Press — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 12:30:34 +0000

HATTIESBURG — Wesley Medical Center’s lawsuit over patient choice now has one less defendant after a federal judge dismissed claims against AAA Ambulance’s CEO. Wesley had sued AAA, its CEO Wade Spruill and Forrest General Hospital in April. Both hospitals are in Hattiesburg. The Hattiesburg American reports U.S. District Judge Keith Starrett ruled Wesley’s lawsuit [...]

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Neshoba County General spinning off ambulance service

Associated Press — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 10:45:50 +0000

PHILADELPHIA — Neshoba County General Hospital has agreed to spin off its ambulance service. The Neshoba Democrat reports the ambulance service will become a separate entity under an agreement between the hospital and the county board of supervisors. “It will no longer be an extension of the emergency room as far as hospital billing is [...]

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Hospital drops Transcare, signs Lifecare

Associated Press — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 14:37:38 +0000

MACON — Noxubee General Hospital has switched to another ambulance service. WCBI-TV reports the hospital’s board of trustees allowed Transcare’s contract expire. The hospital has signed a new contract with Lifecare, a Carthage-based company. Hospital Administrator Danny McKay says Lifecare made a more competitive bid. McKay says Lifecare agreed to have two ambulances ready to [...]

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Air ambulance service wins partial victory

Associated Press — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 19:46:10 +0000

PURVIS — A Lamar County jury has awarded $61,833 to Southeast Mississippi Air Ambulance District, half of what the company sought from the county. SMAAD had sued Lamar County after it paid a portion of its annual membership subsidy after the county left SEMAAD in February 2009. Joe Bounds, president of the board of supervisors, [...]

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