After a free-standing emergency room diagnosed Ricky Rucker with appendicitis, the ER arranged for his transport by private ambulance. That drove Rucker 7 miles to Roanoke Memorial Hospital. The bill ...

It didn’t make a whole lot of sense to me because the doctor is the one who put him in the ambulance,” said Brian Whitten.

American Medical Response (better known as AMR), the county’s long-time ambulance services provider, sued San Bernardino County in federal court. AMR alleged the board’s decision violated ...

Credit: Daniel Green / Noozhawk photo The Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors approved a new contract with American Medical Response for ambulance services in a 3-2 vote Tuesday, and ...

which also uses AMR as its ambulance services provider. The local rate is about $1,300 higher than the ALS transport base rate in San Luis Obispo County, which is served by San Luis Ambulance.

Jagdish Whitten was on a run in July 2023 when a car hit him as he crossed a busy San Francisco street ... But he was stunned by his son’s ambulance bill from AMR, one of the nation’s largest ...