2015 Operations Budget - Southern Chester County Emergency

2015 Operations Budget Summary

Mission Statement To deliver leading-edge, quality, pre-hospital, regional, advanced life support emergency medical services designed to dynamically meet the needs of the citizens and visitors of our communities, through a unified team of caring professionals with an overriding goal of improving patient outcomes.

Core Values • • • • • • • •

EXCELLENCE FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE TRANSPARENCY PROFESSIONALISM COMMUNITY GUIDED TEAM-BASED CULTURE INTEGRITY ACCOUNTABILITY

2014 Accomplishments • Safety- 0 providers injuries and 0 loss time • Billing Revenue Enhancement: A year long focus on improving billing efficiency and increasing billing revenue. This was accomplished by: – Contracting with a new billing vendor – Restructuring of fee schedule – Reduced time from call completion to submission of bill • Implementation of Complete Quality Improvement Program: SCCEMS Quality Assurance and Quality Improvement program was developed and implemented. • Cardiac Monitor Service Life Extension ProgramCompletion of Phase II to refurbish the Philips MrX cardiac monitors extending the service life of the monitors by 5-8 years.

2015 SCCEMS Leadership Team Chief Executive Officer Bob Hotchkiss BA NREMT-P

Board Chairman James Goss RN

Board Vice-Chair Bob Barto

Board Secretary/Treasurer Sharon Goldie

Board Members Timothy Green William Wohl Sr. Mike Reynolds William Bond Jim McLeod Harold Walls Charles Foy Sr. Mike Keiter Chuck Freese Medical Director- Alexander Fernandez MD

Budget Overview • SCCEMS will operate on a balanced budget for 2015. The budget reflects: – 1% increase in call volume over 2014 – Expected billing revenue increase – Increase in expenses due to benefit premiums and capital expenditures. – No increase in municipal request (remains at .1 mil- Request millage unchanged in 10 years)

2015 Operations Objectives • Customer service upgrades through: – Identity- New distinctive staff uniforms – Operational Efficiency • Unit peak time statusing to reduce response times and increase patient. • Utilization of new Chester County CAD system to increase response effectiveness. • Increase operational staffing by one additional ALS unit during peak time evaluation.

• Purchase of new paramedic vehicle for Avondale station • Increased community outreach with educational and informational programs • Monthly reporting to our municipal partners.

Sources of Revenue • • • • • •

Patient Billing Municipal Funding Fund Drive Donations Grants Interest Income Other

FY 2015 Budget Revenue Patient Billing Municipal Funding Fund Drive Donations Grants Other

$ $ $ $ $

600,000 375,000 100,000 20,000 4,500

* Other includes education income and equipment disposal revenue.

Billing Revenue Overview • SCCEMS bills patients and their insurance for services provided. – Billing rates unchanged in 2015. – Rates are based on Medicare bundled levels – Vendor changes have resulted in increased return of revenue which has offset past year declines. – Of annual charges for service, SCCEMS writes off 55% to government contractural allowance (Medicare and Medicaid), 16% to bad debt and receives only about 25% of charges billed.

FY 2015 Revenue Other 1%

Fund Drive 9%

Grants 2%

Billing Revenue 54% Municipal Funding 34%

Sources of Expense • • • • • • • •

Wages & Benefits Reserves Capital Equipment Operations Insurance Contract Services Training Other

FY 2015 Budget Expenses Wages & Benefits Capital Equipment Station Costs Operations Insurance Contract Services Training Other

$ $ $ $ $ $ $ $

799,000 58,500 21,000 64,000 52,000 91,975 14,000 3,500

FY 2015 Expenses Training 1%

Other Insurance