From the Buckeye Lake Beacon: Anyone transported to a hospital by the Millersport (Ohio) Fire Department and the Thurston Walnut Township Fire Department can expect top be billed starting May 1.

Trustees unanimously approved EMS billing in January. Billing for patient transports could generate $197,000 to $210,000 a year based on past transport numbers. Each department will receive the revenue generated by their patient transports less the contractor’s 6.5% fee. Initially the funds will probably be used to upgrade equipment like cardiac monitors, but as day-to-day operating expenses grow more of the billing revenue may go to operations, postponing an additional property tax levy to fund operations.

Township residents, including those living in the incorporated villages of Millersport, Pleasantville and Thurston, will not receive a bill if they are transported by the Millersport or Walnut Township- Thurston squads. The township will accept whatever their private or public health insurance pays. If they don’t have health insurance, they will still NOT be charged. Read the entire article here.