Rettungswagen

Old laws stifle competition for ambulance service

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I gotta give Neal Thomas credit for being tenacious. He suffered through about 75 hours of testimony at the AZ DHS hearing before the administrative law judge. The judge and AZ DHS protected R/M's monopoly and refused to issue a CON to Mr. Thomas. Maricopa County is the 6th largest metro area in the US. Hospitals, nursing facilities and others in metro Phoenix must use R/M for interfacility transports. They have no alternative. Pathetic!

 

Here's the link to Channel 5's brief investigative report.

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I gotta give Neal Thomas credit for being tenacious. He suffered through about 75 hours of testimony at the AZ DHS hearing before the administrative law judge. The judge and AZ DHS protected R/M's monopoly and refused to issue a CON to Mr. Thomas. Maricopa County is the 6th largest metro area in the US. Hospitals, nursing facilities and others in metro Phoenix must use R/M for interfacility transports. They have no alternative. Pathetic!

 

Here's the link to Channel 5's brief investigative report.

 

R/M appears to be wanting to press hard with ambulance service, and slowly getting out of the fire business for area that get too large and costly to manage. Such was the case with Scottsdale seemingly. Problem is too, with monopoly comes service that could widely range from great to lousy, and not much can be done about the latter. Company management still doesn't seem to be controlling how much the company spends and ensure its done in a fiscally conservative manner. But when all they have to do is declare Ch 13 and have their debts waived, what is the incentive to?

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