Thea Agnew-Bemben
12:10 - 12:48
“that's also the step towards us being able to bill for services. We have 13 clinicians just between fire and police, not to mention all the clinical folks at the health department. We're not billing for those services right now, and that's revenue that we could be capturing to help meet the need. And then also included in our proposal is 6 different pilot projects.”
- Speaker
- Thea Agnew-Bemben
- Timestamp
- 12:10 – 12:48
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Anchorage
- Captured at
From the transcript
And it's very complicated, it's very time-intensive, and it's— it requires constant engagement in order for it to work, because if Emily doesn't pick up the phone, you know, and MCT is busy on a different call, that information is not getting documented anywhere. So that's also the step towards us being able to bill for services. We have 13 clinicians just between fire and police, not to mention all the clinical folks at the health department. We're not billing for those services right now, and that's revenue that we could be capturing to help meet the need. And then also included in our proposal is 6 different pilot projects.
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