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Yankton County Commission Mulling Ambulance Recommendations

Yankton County Commission Mulling Ambulance Recommendations

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The Yankton County Commission is adopting some of the recommendations from their ambulance task force, while waiting on others.
Commission Chair Cheri Loest says they will move to a third party billing service…

Loest says they will also make some accounting changes for the ambulance service…

Loest says they may also designate the ambulance as an essential service….

Loest has said the goal is to come closer to break even for running the ambulance service.

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