TRI-TOWN AMBULANCE
West Tisbury Chilmark Aquinnah
Chief Ben Retmier, Tri-Town Ambulance Chief
P.O. Box 457 West Tisbury, MA. 02575
PHONE/FAX: 508·693·4992
Tri-Town Ambulance Committee
April 2, 2019 Meeting Minutes
Approved by the Committee May 7, 2019
Committee Chair Warren Doty called the meeting to order at 12:03 p.m.
In attendance
Committee Chair Warren Doty, Committee Member Cindy Mitchell, Chief Ben Retmier, Admin Assistant Allison Graczykowski
Absent: Committee Member Jim Newman
- Approval of March 5th, 2019 Meeting Minutes
Committee member Cindy Mitchell moved to approve the minutes as written, Committee Chair Warren Doty seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously.
Chief Retmier shared with the committee that he sent a draft of the Remember When Program to Dr. Casper and has buy in from her. He shared that next steps will be to meet with the Board of Health in each town and then submit an application for each town (as required) although TTA is a regional entity. Chief Retmier anticipates a tentative start date is July 1st. There is some training that will need to be done with staff for fire prevention and learning to check smoke detectors and C02 detectors. Chief Retmier reiterated that some of the services they’ll provider are wellbeing checks including updating File of Life and MOLST review, physician follow up (primary care provider would request a check and things such as bp and weight may be part of that follow up, and fall risk assessments. Chief shared that
he is working in conjunction with Council on Aging and attending an event at the end of the month with COA.
Time will be reserved for topics the chair did not reasonably anticipate.
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Three Month Review
Chief Retmier shared that from January 2, 2019 to April 2, 2019, Tri-Town Ambulance had a total of 72 incidents. Last year for this same period, there were 64 incidents.
The year to date total thus far for 2019 is 72 incidents. At the same time last year Tri-Town Ambulance had 64 incidents.
- Protocol for Deceased Clients
Chief Retmier requested approval to implement the following for clients that are transported and pass away: Policy will be to have client’s insurance billed and then submit request to Comstar to write off balance after insurance carrier considers for payment. Committee member Cindy Mitchell motioned to approve this policy and Committee Chair Warren Doty seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously.
Collections continue to go well.
Tuesday May 7th at 12:00 pm.
Committee member Cindy Mitchell motioned to adjourn the meeting at 12:28 pm and Committee Chair Warren Doty seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously.
Prepared by: ____________________________________________
Allison Graczykowski Administrative Assistant
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