Pro Med
About three weeks ago, we needed an ambulance due to an emergency. We called 911 and a few minutes later, the fire department arrived. By the time the ambulance from Pro Med showed up, bandages had been applied and everything stabilized.
Note: I usually see Pro Med waiting at the local park for calls, unfortunately, they were out on another call that day.
Everyone did a great job handling the situation, but today I was blown away when I received the bill.
Pro Med, which really just shuttled us from one location to another (no lights, etc) sent us a bill for $772 for the visit. The insurance paid everything except $50 – still, that is a lot of cash for a ride! *I’m glad the service is available none the less!
Here is the bill:
ALS1 Emergency, ALS Perfprmance $620
ALS Mileage (8 Miles) $19 per mile for a total of $152
Total bill: $772
Pro Med is a great service, but it’s not cheap – I’m glad I have insurance!
Don’t you think they have a monopoly here?
Professional Med Team Inc (Pro-Med)
965 Fork St
Muskegon, MI 49442-3257
(231) 720-1804
Website: promed.org
Also Does Business As:Pro-Med; Procare
Line of Business:Ambulance Service
Company Profile: Professional Med Team Inc
Year Started:1986
State of Incorporation:MI
SIC #Code:4119
Est. Annual Sales:$7,300,000
Est. Employees:95
Est. Employees at Location:45
From page 5 of Pro-Med Form 990 (2006) it is concluded that:
President is: Thomas Schmideknect making $106,428.00 per year
VP is :Marlene Tejchma and pulls in $98,061 per year.
The five next highest paid employees can be found on page 10 of the the same form above.
President is: Thomas Schmideknect
Thomas Schmideknect ………………medical terrorist at $19 per mile?
Greetings, I’m not sure who to direct this question to so I’ll start here. In the near future I hope to start building a 1/24th scale resin Ambulance kit. The markings on this kit would be nothing close to resembling the Pro-Med Ambulances your company uses. I would like to use the Pro-Med name on it however. To whom do I seek permission to do so and what if any cost would be involved? I would greatly appreciate any help you could render. Many Thanks, Eric