Fire and EMS agencies play a critical role in providing much-needed emergency medical and fire safety services to their communities. PCG is committed to developing practical solutions to help fire and EMS providers improve operational and financial performance, achieve and maintain compliance, and deliver high-quality services.
Our experience providing revenue optimization, cost reporting, consulting, and assessment services to more than 600 fire and EMS providers across the country sets us apart from other firms. We understand the unique needs and challenges faced by fire and EMS providers and have built an unparalleled level of program knowledge, financial acumen, operational expertise, and technical capability.
Services We Offer
- Medicaid ambulance supplemental payment strategy: Identify eligible Medicaid supplemental payment opportunities, quantify impact, and support implementation and compliance at state-level and provider-level.
- Cost of service analysis: Fully loaded cost model by unit/service line to support budgeting, reimbursement, and planning. Offered to providers, associations, and state agencies.
- Rate setting: Defensible fee schedule development and update cadence (including governance and stakeholder communications) offered to providers, associations, and state agencies.
- Healthcare system savings analysis: Quantify avoided cost/ED diversion impacts and value-based partnership opportunities. Offered to individual providers, groupings of providers by geographical location, or to associations.
- Billing assessment & revenue cycle management: End-to-end assessment (documentation, coding, compliance, denials, cash, vendor performance) and optimization roadmap. Targeting self-billers first.
- Administrative and organizational performance: Operational, clinical, financial, and organizational assessment with prioritized recommendations.
- Operational performance and service delivery: Response Time and Deployment Optimization, Utilization and Unit Hour Analysis (UHU), Alternative Service Delivery Models as well as Policy and Procedure Review and Modernization.
- Community risk and strategic planning: Standards of Cover, Community Risk Assessment, All-Hazards Planning and Emergency Preparedness, and Strategic Planning and Growth Roadmaps.
Interested in learning more about Fire and EMS consulting services? Contact us today.