By Tanya O'Connor
Addressing the Veterans Memorial Hospital ambulance situation at the July 24 Allamakee County Board of Supervisors meeting were Mike Myers, VMH administrator, Scott Knode, VMH chief financial officer, and Jeff Mitchell, Emergency Medical Service coordinator.
Also in attendance were Bernard Welsh and Richard Leiran, members of the county ambulance board.
"Medicare," Myers informed the Board, "has been cracking down on what they consider a 'necessary' ambulance trip. More and more, things are being defined as 'medically unnecessary'."