The private nursing homes ought to be held accountable for the endless lift-assist calls, and start hiring competent staff, and paying their staff livable wages to do their jobs. Such a waste of resources. I've heard some fire departments have started charging for lift calls. Sounds like a swell idea.
More specifically ambulance agencies typically operate in a financial deficit because insurance reimbursements are never the full bill so they eat the additional cost and then people without insurance obviously don’t usually pay the bill. Billing facilities for lift assists has allowed some to recuperate enough cost to turn a profit.
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u/WittyClerk Jun 22 '25
The private nursing homes ought to be held accountable for the endless lift-assist calls, and start hiring competent staff, and paying their staff livable wages to do their jobs. Such a waste of resources. I've heard some fire departments have started charging for lift calls. Sounds like a swell idea.