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Item No. 18 <br />TO: City Council <br />Grayson Path, City Manager <br />FROM: Stephanie H. Harris, City Attorney <br />SUBJECT: NURSING HOME COLLECTION CASES <br />DATE: January 25, 2021 <br />BACKGROUND: Over the past two or three years, 4 local nursing homes have failed to pay EMS <br />bills related to transports for which insurance and Medicare do not provide coverage, namely, <br />instances when the providers called EMS because there was no driver on duty at the facility. At <br />this time, the following nursing homes are in arrears by the following amounts: <br />• Brentwood Terrace Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center $ 7,008.00 <br />• Heritage House of Paris $14,014.00 <br />• Legend Healthcare & Rehabilitation $ 1,433.00 <br />• Stillhouse Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center $ 9,310.00 <br />STATUS OF ISSUE: I have written demand letters to each facility, and I have had varying degrees <br />of success in obtaining cooperation, but to date, none of the facilities has paid these bills. The <br />purpose of this item is to obtain authorization from City Council to file collections suits on these <br />facilities, if necessary, in order to obtain payment. <br />BUDGET: Filing suit on each entity, will result in filing fees and service fees in an amount of <br />about $1,000.00 which should be recoverable upon a favorable judgment. It is not necessary to <br />hire outside council. Recovery of the entire balances from all facilities would be in the total <br />amount of $31,765.00. <br />RECOMMENDATION: Authorize the City Attorney to file suit for collection of the following <br />debts to the City: <br />• Brentwood Terrace Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center $ 7,008.00 <br />• Heritage House of Paris $14,014.00 <br />• Legend Healthcare & Rehabilitation $ 1,433.00 <br />• Stillhouse Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center $ 9,310.00 <br />