As they fight it out in federal court, a contractor providing paramedics for Tulsa and Oklahoma City’s public emergency medical provider threatened to terminate its contract at the end of January, in the middle of a five-year deal.
The Emergency Medical Services Authority, however, decided on Wednesday to end its agreement with American Medical Response sooner.
EMSA trustees voted to end their agreement with AMR as of midnight Nov. 30, two months sooner than AMR had threatened. EMSA will take over in-field and dispatch services on that date.
Trustees also on Wednesday approved a $2 million line of credit through Prosperity Bank to prepare to handle the bigger workload.
EMSA sued AMR last month over $16 million it claims the contractor kept in excess of a 10% cap on profits, keeping it from going toward ambulances and medical equipment.
AMR has countersued, asking a court to seize $16 million it claims EMSA has withheld in payments and to determine whether the profit cap in their contract is legal.
