Mountain Top Fire Co. Ambulance Service

11/24/2025

Our annual ambulance subscription drive is underway for 2026. We do third party billing. This means, when you are transported to the hospital by our ambulance, we will bill your health insurance provider for reimbursement. Most insurance companies only pay a percentage of the bill and will leave you with a great amount of out-of-pocket expense. By purchasing a membership, we will "write-off" any monies not paid by your insurance company in the event you need our EMS services. The bill is considered paid in full. Price for the membership is $75 for family (everyone who resides in your household), $50 for single, and $150 for a business (covers employees while only at the business). If you do not receive yours in the mail, please send us a message and we will mail one to you.

If you live in Sandy Ridge, Retort, Twigg Settlement, Osceola Mills, Newtown, Edendale, Ernestville, Spike Island, Coal Run, Stumptown, Frenchtown, Drane, Ashland, Osceola Mills part of Parsonville, Osceola Mills side of Morgan Run, Osceola Mills side of Sanborn, Phoenix Road, Dale Road, Rushton Road, you are within the primary Ambulance coverage area of Mountain Top. What this means is, we will be the Ambulance that arrives and transports you to the hospital in the event of an emergency UNLESS we are already on an emergency call. What this also means is you should purchase an ambulance membership from our company as we are your primary Ambulance Service.

In addition, in the event you have fallen, are not injured and cannot get up (lift assist only) and patient refusals, the fee for non-subscribers is $150 and the fee for subscribers is $75. These are considered non-billable to the insurance companies so the patient is responsible for payment.

By purchasing a subscription you are financially protecting yourself and/or your family. This is also our ambulance service biggest fund drive which maintains our service to have the necessary up to date life saving equipment needed to protect our community when needed. Please consider purchasing a subscription.

If you have questions, concerns, and/or suggestions please do not hesitate to give us a call at 814-339-7410 or message this page.

As always, thank you for your continued support!

11/18/2025

We are currently accepting sealed bids on our 1991 Chevy Cheyenne. Please see link for further information.

https://www.theprogressnews.com/classifieds/community/public_notices/sealed-bids-sale-1991-chevy-cheyenne-k-series-3500-4x4/ad_0ee3ac7e-f8af-5b45-9870-510d60ceee56.html

Photo is not current but a good shot of the truck. All lettering has been removed.

11/01/2025

🍂FALL BACK🍁

Time to set the ⏰ back and enjoy that extra hour of 😴 ! Remember now is a good time to evaluate your fire escape plan, test your smoke detectors, and change those batteries!

10/31/2025

10/31/2025

It’s almost parade time! Fill the streets for the OME Halloween Parade!

10/23/2025

Over the past 3 days our management and billing team attended the annual Executive Innovation Seminar & abc360 billing conference in Hershey, PA to stay updated on the newest trends in ambulance reimbursement, billing, patient privacy regulations, and compliance regulations. Attendees were also briefed on how the current federal government shutdown will have an immense negative impact on ambulance service claims reimbursement and the steps to take to ride out the storm. This is a highly anticipated conference each year and draws in attendees from all over the USA, ranging from the East Coast to the West Coast!

10/21/2025

BREAKING: CMS has announced that it has directed its MACs to lift the hold on Medicare ambulance claims.

This means that claims with dates of service on or after 10/1/25 should be processed and paid (where covered) by Medicare.

However, our team is receiving multiple reports of claims being paid WITH the temporary add-on bonuses (2% urban, 3% rural and 22.6% super rural). Because the extenders expired on September 30th, CMS has no statutory authority to pay ambulance claims with the bonus amounts.

Until these issues come into sharper focus, we continue to recommend that ambulance services HOLD their Medicare claims until Congress acts on the ambulance extenders.

We will continue to follow the developments and will update you as timely as we can.

Read our full statement in the link below.

https://mailchi.mp/pwwemslaw.com/cms-lifts-holds-on-ambulance-claims360-6707987

10/20/2025

We would like to extend our congratulations to one of our own, EMSVO Skylar Witchley, for receiving the Community Impact Award present by the Because We Care Foundation. Skylar was nominated for this award by community members. Skylar is also a volunteer firefighter and serves as the Lieutenant of the Neptune Fire Company in Tyrone. Congratulations Skylar!

10/16/2025