Congratulations to Boone County in West Virginia! They recently acquired FOUR Medix Mini Modular Ambulances to add to their fleet. These emergency vehicles were delivered by Mike Bowman of Penn Care, Inc. To check out a gallery of this delivery, visit our site here.

These four Medix ambulance models are the newest additions to the Boone County Ambulance Authority. These units will be used to replace a Medic 15 and Medic 20; the other two units will be placed into reserve for future use. The Boone County Ambulance Authority also operates five Ford E-350 McCoy-Miller ambulances, two Ford F-450 Custom Works ambulances, one Ford F-350 4×4 McCoy-Miller ambulance, one Ford F-350 Medix ambulance, and one Chevrolet Express McCoy-Miller. Now that’s an impressive fleet ready to respond to any call for service!

The Boone County Ambulance Authority provides emergency pre-hospital care to  nearly 27,000 residents in Boone County, West Virginia. It also has mutual aid response agreements to provide care, if the need should arise, with Kanawha County, Lincoln County, Raleigh County, and Logan County. The organization responds to calls included, but not limited to;  motor vehicle crashes, structure fires, mine injuries, mountain rescues, search & rescues, swift water rescue incidents, rope rescue incidents, heart attacks, falls, shortness of breath, and strokes. The BCAA has a superior agency rating from the West Virginia Office of Emergency Medical Services and offers some for the best pre-hospital emergency care available in the state. The organization provides both ALS (Advanced Life Support) and BLS (Basic Life Support) care to those in need.

Congratulations again to the Boone County Ambulance Authority. We truly appreciate your business!

Penn Care is product to announce their newest distribution partnership with AdvanceClaim. AdvanceClaim is an EMS billing solution designed to save EMS providers and other first responders time and money. This clearinghouse solution creates a one-stop-shop for EMS billing. To learn more about AdvanceClaim, visit their website. A product page will be coming soon on ours!

Through our partnership with AdvanceClaim, we will be solely responsible for representation and sales of AdvanceClaim’s EMS billing products in Ohio, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, West Virginia, Virginia, Indiana and Maryland.

AdvanceClaim is a full-featured EMS and ambulance billing software. One of the greatest features about this service is that it’s web-based. This means you can access patient data over the Internet anytime, anywhere from a computer, smart phone or iPad. Additionally, by offering this as a completely hosted solution, your EMS organization doesn’t have to worry about all of the technical headaches that come along with placing it on your internal server – such as backups, disaster recovery and redundancy.

Unlike other billing solutions, AdvanceClaim was custom designed especially for EMS providers. Distinct from other overly complicated medical billing solutions, AdvanceClaim has been streamlined to give EMS and ambulance provides all of the features they need, without others they don’t. This makes the system extremely easy to work with.

Additionally, AdvanceClaim offers an integrated clearinghouse. This eliminates the need for EMS providers to switch from one claims-processing site to another to get necessary EMS billing information during emergency response follow up.

Don Bloom, Vice President of Penn Care has the following to say about the new EMS billing partnership.

AdvanceClaim’s clear technological expertise, streamlined process and very competitive pricing structure make it a perfect fit for our customers and the entire emergency services market. We believe that AdvanceClaim’s one-stop approach will be a great addition to our EMS offerings.

Any great business knows how important their customers are to their success. At Penn Care, we value our long term relationships as well and understand just how critical our customers are to our future. That’s why we want to highlight Princeton Rescue Squad today and wish them a Happy 50th Birthday!

2011 marked the 50th anniversary of Princeton Rescue Squad located in Princeton, West Virginia. Following a tragic drowning of a five year old at Five Mile Fork in a nearby community, Willam Reese, Ernest Borne and William Adkins joined together with the help of the local funeral homes, businesses and concerned citizens to establish the organization in 1961. Created as a volunteer agency, the organization was designed to respond to accidents, rescue calls and administer first aid. The first meeting of the group was held in the upstairs bus terminal on Honaker Avenue in downtown Princeton. From humble beginnings, the organization grew as property was obtained and a building was constructed; 208 North First St. was home to Princeton Rescue Squad for forty years.  The best information gathered estimates 61 calls were answered the first year of service. The following year, volunteers responded to an increased load of 100 calls.

Unlike the brand new Medix RP 90 units we recently delivered, the first emergency vehicle serving Princeton Rescue Squad was a 1953 Ford F-100 pickup with a covered bed. With this vehicle, PRS could respond to calls on their own, but still relied on local funeral homes for an ambulance for transport, often driven by rescue squad members. Overtime, the organization flourished and by 2000 the agency had grown to 12 ambulances with a crash unit and 40 employees. Members of the Princeton Rescue Squad were answering 12,00 calls a year from 911, direct from homes, multiple nursing homes, and the three area hospitals. In 2010, Princeton Rescue Squad received its highest recognition – the Eagle Award for Service to the Community by the Princeton Mercer County Chamber of Commerce.

While there is much of its rich history we haven’t covered here, it’s safe to say that the Princeton Rescue Squad has withstood the test of time to become a valuable member of the EMS community. We are truly proud to serve them by providing the vital equipment they need to in turn serve the people of their coverage area. Thanks to everyone at Princeton Rescue Squad for dedicating your life to helping others!