The president of Triton Fleet Services, A-Stat Billing, Med Tech, and Access Ambulance Service, Gary Reis has been involved in the medical industry for more than two decades. One of his most recent companies in the sector is Access Ambulance Service, a business he founded in 2007. Through this company, Gary Reis provides critical care and wheelchair transportation services.
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An accomplished entrepreneur in the medical field, Gary Reis serves as the president of Access Ambulance Services in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. Under the direction of Gary Reis, Access Ambulance maintains a well-equipped fleet of nearly 50 ambulances staffed by highly trained EMTs and medical professionals. All of the company’s ambulances are held to the highest maintenance standards and are regularly serviced by a sister company, Triton Fleet Services. In addition to servicing Access Ambulance vehicles, Triton Fleet Services serves commercial customers across the construction, trucking, transportation, and other industries. Located in downtown Pawtucket, Triton Fleet Services maintains a staff of professional mechanics with specific experience working with fleet vehicles. Triton’s specially trained mechanics are all certified as commercial fleet technicians and offer maintenance and repair services ranging from emissions diagnostics to tire service. Additionally, Triton maintains facilities and equipment specifically for ambulance repair and maintenance. Driven by a commitment to quality and customer service, Triton works with each client to develop a customized maintenance schedule and service program for each company’s needs, and the professional staff stands ready to answer any questions or provide a tour of the service facility. To learn more, please visit www.tritonfleetservices.com. Successful entrepreneur Gary Reis is the founder and president of Rhode Island’s Access Ambulance Service. The company is authorized to provide its services to all hospitals in the state, and is licensed to operate both there and in Massachusetts. Under the leadership of Gary Reis, the company’s personnel undergo continuous and updated training, with a monitoring system in place for those assigned to transport vehicles. Access Ambulance Service has its own modern training facility and employs a dedicated education and training coordinator. A two-week orientation, including lectures and field training, is required for all employees. All mandatory trainings follow the national standards and guidelines for training and certification. Monthly classes are conducted at the company facility, and all employees must participate in at least four trainings every year. Employees wear a standard uniform and have a company photo ID badge. The badge carried by all Access drivers includes certifications and licensure levels. The company’s sophisticated human-resource digital platform is integrated with the dispatch system. This setup prevents an employee with expired credentials from being given vehicle assignments. Rhode Island-based Gary Reis leverages his entrepreneurial abilities to own, manage, and oversee a portfolio of companies operating in a variety of sectors. Gary Reis serves as the president of A-Stat Medical Billing Management and Med Tech Ambulance Services, companies servicing the health care industry. Med Tech Ambulance Services maintains its status as the largest ambulance provider in the state of Rhode Island, employing approximately 400 employees in six facilities. The company maintains the state’s largest fleet of ambulances, which primarily serves 14 hospitals and more than 90 nursing homes. To meet the needs of its clients, Med Tech provides services including basic and advanced life support, wheelchair transport, and specialized transport. Basic life support entails transporting a stable patient via stretcher. These patients may be unable to walk or may require oxygen. Advanced life support services may be required if the patient needs IV therapy, medications, intubation, or ventilator support. In this case, EMT Cardiacs and paramedics will care for the patient during transport. Patients requiring wheelchair transport can also rely on Med Tech, which maintains special vehicles for this purpose. For people with other unique situations, Med Tech can customize its service to suit patients’ requests, from language requirements to medical equipment needs. As he’s grown Med Tech Ambulance into Rhode Island’s largest ambulance service, owner Gary Reis has seen major changes in health care funding and technology. But one fact has remained consistent, Gary Reis has found: an ambulance isn't always needed. Here are three questions to consider when determining whether to call an ambulance: 1. Does the patient’s condition seem life-threatening, or could it worsen and become so on the way to the hospital? 2. Could the patient benefit from having a trained emergency medical technician’s skills and equipment, as well as contact with the hospital, on the way there? 3. Could traffic, weather conditions or distance make the trip to the medical care provider take longer for a regular vehicle than an ambulance with lights and sirens, and a trained driver? If the answers to these questions is “yes,” here are three tips to remember when calling for the ambulance: 1. Speaking clearly and calmly, providing the name, location and phone number of the person needing the ambulance and describing the problem. 2. Remain on the line until the dispatcher tells you to hang up. The dispatcher might need more information from you in order to most quickly find the person needing the ambulance. 3. Teach children living in the home how to make an emergency call, in case the adult living there isn’t able to use the phone in an emergency. Gary Reis has served as the president of Med Tech Ambulance Service in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, since 1996. Over the course of his career, Gary Reis has received a number of honors and awards, including the 2009 Alliance for Better Long Term Care (Alliance BLTC) Outstanding Contribution Award and the 2009 Alliance BLTC Hero Award.
The Alliance for Better Long Term Care has managed and advocated for the rights of elderly citizens since 1979. The organization provides seniors and their families with an array of services, including assistance in selecting a nursing home. The process of reviewing and choosing a nursing home can be difficult and complex, particularly if the need for assisted living has arisen due to a sudden crisis or change in health. Fortunately, there are a number of services that can help in the decision-making process. The Nursing Home Compare Medicare service offers in-depth analysis of every nursing home in the United States that maintains Medicare and Medicaid certification. When it comes to the many factors a family should consider and the questions that need to be asked, the Guide to Choosing a Nursing Home publication can provide great insight. Finally, the United States Administration on Aging's Eldercare Locator offers information on various senior resources and can be contacted online or at 800-677-1116. Gary Reis established Med Tech Ambulance Services in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, in 1996. In 1998, just two years after founding Med Tech, Gary Reis founded another health care-related company, Ambulance Rescue Billing, Inc., now known as A-Stat Medical Billing Management, Inc.
Many companies outsource back office functions such as payroll and accounts receivable to save time and costs. Outsourcing payroll also provides an extra layer of security for sensitive data and a level of professional expertise in an area where small errors can lead to major liabilities. Not all back office functions lend themselves as easily to outsourcing as payroll. Accounts receivable (AR), for example, seems pretty cut and dried: when a customer purchases something, the AR department prepares and sends an invoice, which the customer pays. If payment is late, AR pursues the matter, sometimes referring the account to a collection agency. In the health care industry, though, things are much more complex because most patients carry health insurance, and when a service is provided to a patient, it’s billed both to the patient and the insurance carrier. In addition, different carriers often negotiate preferential payment terms with health care practices, so that two patients covered by different insurance companies might be billed different amounts for the same service. Because of this complexity, many practices have determined that it’s less costly to hire a medical billing company to provide those services. In addition, engaging the services of a medical billing firm can also be more transparent, more efficient, and more secure than operating a billing department. Gary Reis leverages more than 30 years of experience as an entrepreneur to serve as the founder and president of several Pawtucket, Rhode Island-based businesses, including Med Tech Ambulance Service. To further support the medical community, Gary Reis has raised funds for Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island.
Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island’s Internal Medicine Center recently garnered NCQA Patient-Centered Medical Home Recognition Level 2 from the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) in acknowledgement of its patient-centered and evidence-based processes that emphasize coordinated care. According to a representative from the Internal Medicine Center, the organization was pleased that its efforts to practice patient-centered care earned NCQA Patient-Centered Medical Home Recognition, which involves a three-year accreditation process. A philosophy of primary care intended to cultivate patient-centered excellence, the “medical home” concept focuses on blending information technology and teamwork to improve the patient experience and the quality of care while also reducing costs. Medical homes promote ongoing relationships between clinicians and patients rather than episodic office visits. To earn the NCQA medical home accreditation, centers must demonstrate care that is coordinated, accessible, comprehensive, and centered on the patient. |
AuthorA longtime resident of Pawtucket, Rhode Island, Gary Reis attended Tolman High School before pursuing his emergency medical technician credentials at the Community College of Rhode Island. Archives
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