Posted May 16, 2014 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. x635 likes this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted May 17, 2014 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? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted July 8, 2014 It appears AMR is going to take a shot at busting up R/M's interfacility transport monopoly in Maricopa County. They have two DHS CON hearings scheduled in July. Good luck to them. It's a long hard road. http://www.azdhs.gov/bems/documents/ambulance/ground/GroundAmbulanceHearingSchedule.pdf Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted September 14, 2014 Rural/Metro may face rival x635 likes this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted October 15, 2014 Rural/Metro opposes new ambulance operator setting up shop in Phoenix x635 likes this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted October 17, 2014 Ambulance company sues state, seeks to offer cheaper service Share this post Link to post Share on other sites