Bruce Baxter, chief and executive director of New Britain Emergency Medical Services, discusses the company’s troubles Wednesday at its Arch Street headquarters.
The Herald
With increasing emergency calls and decreasing payments from patients, many of whom are on Medicaid, New Britain Emergency Medical Services Inc. has gone broke...
...Before the meeting, the company's Chief Executive Bruce Baxter and its assistant chief, Janice Carbonneau, explained they can provide services and make sound fiscal decisions.
"But we can't control the demographics," Carbonneau said. The company will transport anyone, no matter what insurance they have - or do not have....
... "I wouldn't say we are broke," Baxter said. "But other communities do pay a subsidy for ambulance service." He cited Greenwich, which pays $2 million a year, and other communities.
"Fee for service might work in Greenwich," because of the $2 million funding" ...
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