Full-time
residents of St. Pete Beach, meaning people who are in
residence at least six months of the year, are eligible
to become members under the program. The memberships
are free to the members. Here is information about the program. In order to become a member
of the ambulance program, you must file a membership application with the St. Pete Beach Fire Department.
Memberships do not have to be renewed unless you
change your insurance or add or remove members of your
family.
How
the program works:
Under
this ambulance program, member residents will receive emergency transports
via ambulance from within the city limits of St. Pete
Beach to the appropriate hospital facility. You may be
transported by either the St. Pete Beach Fire Department
or the Sunstar Ambulance Company.
Residents
will be billed by Sunstar. The Sunstar bill is then to
be taken or mailed to either Fire Station #23, located
at 7301 Gulf Boulevard, St. Pete Beach, FL 33706. The
statement is then returned to Sunstar along with a copy
of your Ambulance Subscription Plan application. Sunstar
then bills your health insurance provider. If your insurance
does not cover the full cost of ambulance transportation,
the Ambulance Subscription Plan covers the remainder,
and you pay nothing.
If
you receive a reimbursement check from your insurance
provider for this service, you must immediately endorse
the check over to Sunstar and mail it to Sunstar at P.O.
Box 31704, Tampa, FL 33631-3074.
The
fine print:
This
coverage only applies to ambulance transportation that originates
within the City of St. Pete Beach city limits.
You
are only covered for medical emergencies,
which are defined as the specific need for ambulance
transportation to a hospital or other emergency health
care facility with Pinellas County when other forms of
transportation would be medically inappropriate because
of the patient's medical condition.
If
abuse of the plan is found to exist, your membership
will be canceled.
