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Transportation personnel costs <br /> vehicle gas, oil, maintenance, replacement <br /> capital and equipment costs <br /> Indirect Costs billing cost <br /> Emergency Management administrative costs <br /> County administrative costs <br /> Satellite base construction <br /> which special populations will be charged? <br /> County residents Medicare and Medicaid patients <br /> Non-County residents Private Insurance patients <br /> Indigent Self-pay patients (those with out 3rd parry coverage) <br /> Elderly <br /> other areas to consider.- <br /> will fees be set at a rate that allows full or partial cost recovery? <br /> recognizing that most jurisdictions are collecting only 40-50% of fees billed, will the County <br /> need to appropriate general revenue funds to cover indigent care and/or to offset the write off of <br /> uncollectible charges or will fees be set at more than full cost recovery to offset some or all of <br /> the anticipated non-payment? <br /> sliding scale, through "means testing"for those meeting certain income criteria, to ensure that <br /> no one who truly needs emergency medical care fails to receive it because of inability to pay? <br /> can the rescue squads get out of the fund raising business to cover day-to-day operations, and <br /> focus primarily on service delivery, with only occasional fund raising for specific needs? <br /> under any model, should we pursue third party reimbursement( insurance), which is not done <br /> now? <br /> under any model, how do we maintain the contributions of volunteer resources? <br /> If we elect memberships/subscriptions: <br /> will participation decline over time? <br /> should memberships/subscriptions be implemented for a particular time period with an <br /> alternative for future years funding? <br />