Ambulance

Pinellas County Must Pay $163,800 in Federal Kickback Lawsuit

The government authority that oversees ambulance service in Pinellas County has agreed to pay $163,800 to settle its part of a lawsuit that claims it took kickbacks. The federal whistle-blower lawsuit alleges Pinellas County’s Emergency Medical Services Authority received improper payments from the Paramedics Plus, the parent company of Sunstar Paramedics, in return …



Air Methods Corp. Hit With Sixth Lawsuit Claiming Price Gouging

An Air Methods helicopter in California in February. (Photo by Alan Wilson, Creative Commons ) Centennial-based Air Methods Corp., the nation’s largest air ambulance company, was hit last week with the sixth lawsuit since 2015 alleging that it overcharges patients. In a complaint filed Nov. 4, a Pennsylvania man injured in a car accident claims that publicly traded Air Methods Corp. billed him …


Class-Action Lawsuit Filed Against ‘Owners’ of TransCare

The suit also mentions a tweet posted by Patriarch Partners CEO Lynn Tilton about the February bankruptcy. In 2011, TransCare EMTs Arlene Testa and Frank Maddalena delivered a baby at the White Plains TransCenter. TransCare employees have not been paid in what CEO Glenn Leland called a “short-term payroll crisis.”(Photo: TJN) 156 CONNECTTWEETLINKEDINCOMMENTEMAILMORE Former employees for a …