Chronic EMS users costing KC taxpayers millions, says fire chief by: Katie Banks Posted: May 20, 2014 / 08:35 PM CDT Updated: May 20, 2014 / 10:13 PM CDT ...

However, the difference in elapsed time between users and nonusers of EMS was only a median of four minutes, and in the end, patients who went to the ED via EMS received thrombolytic therapy more ...

Those enrolled had called EMS for assistance 203 times before the program’s debut on Oct. 19, 2017. Since SWIFT’s implementation, that number has dropped to 86.

EMS's total revenue last year was $10,640,297. Hoy said nearly half of that -- 49 percent -- came from fees for service, which are charges someone would pay after riding in an ambulance or ...

The GRFD identified 15 “super-users” of EMS in the city’s Heartside neighborhood who were responsible for 305 EMS calls in 2017, costing between $930 and $2,140 per call.