Lebanon Fire District was pleased to hear they will be receiving a federally funded check for more than they anticipated, reported Chief Administrative Officer Desiree Barker during the Fire Board of Directors regular meeting on Sept. 8.
Ground Emergency Medical Transportation (GEMT) is federal funding that supplements the “teeny, tiny payments that we get” from Medicare/Medicaid, Barker said. It’s intended to bridge the funding gap between actual emergency medical service costs and standard Medicaid reimbursements…