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
When our baby had to be taken to the hospital by ambulance, the cost here in California was about double that. Kudos to the fire department, who arrived within 3 minutes of when we made the 911 call.