File #: 19-722    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Request Status: Passed
File created: 7/1/2019 In control: City Commission
On agenda: 7/9/2019 Final action: 7/9/2019
Title: APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION NO. 136-19 TO APPROVE AN AGREEMENT WITH ADVANCED DATA PROCESSING, INC., A SUBSIDIARY OF INTERMEDIX CORPORATION, FOR PROFESSIONAL PUBLIC EMERGENCY MEDICAL TRANSPORTATION (PEMT) PROGRAM SERVICES; AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE AGREEMENT AND TAKE ALL ACTIONS NECESSARY TO EFFECTUATE THIS AGREEMENT; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Sponsors: Fire Rescue Department
Attachments: 1. Agenda Cover Report, 2. Volusia County Fully Executed Agreement - ADPI, 3. Res 136-19 for PEMT Services - ADPI - Volusia County_ CA rev, 4. Legal Review Checklist form v. 5 ADP Volusia County piggyback, 5. Agreement - PEMT - ADPI - Volusia CA rev
TO: Mayor and Commissioners
FROM: L. Keith Tomey III, Acting Fire Chief
THROUGH: Neal de Jesus, Interim City Manager
DATE: July 9, 2019

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APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION NO. 136-19 TO APPROVE AN AGREEMENT WITH ADVANCED DATA PROCESSING, INC., A SUBSIDIARY OF INTERMEDIX CORPORATION, FOR PROFESSIONAL PUBLIC EMERGENCY MEDICAL TRANSPORTATION (PEMT) PROGRAM SERVICES; AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE AGREEMENT AND TAKE ALL ACTIONS NECESSARY TO EFFECTUATE THIS AGREEMENT; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

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Recommended Action:
Recommendation
Motion to Approve Resolution No. 136-19 to approve an agreement based upon Contract No. 17-SQ-68BB between Volusia County, Florida and Advanced Data Processing, Inc. (ADPI) for a Public Emergency Medical Transportation (PEMT) Program for the City of Delray Beach Fire Department and authorize the City Manager to execute a master service agreement with ADPI and authorize the City Manager to approve renewal options; contingent upon renewal by Volusia County.

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Background:
The Florida Fire Chiefs Association has been working with the Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) to develop a program for Florida jurisdictions providing 911 emergency transport services. The funding initiative is called the Public Emergency Medical Transportation (PEMT) Program, which was recently approved in FY 2015 as a State Plan Amendment by AHCA in cooperation with the Centers of Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS), the federal agency responsible for the Medicaid Program.

All governmental (publicly funded) entities providing emergency medical service (EMS) transports may participate in this program. The program provides supplemental payments for an eligible PEMT entity that meets specified requirements and provides emergency medical transportation to Medicaid patients. The PEMT program will reimburse a portion of Delray Beach Fire Rescue Medicaid fee-for-service costs.

AHCA recently established the Florida ...

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