Santa Clara County’s Ambulance Provider Pays Past-Due Bills, Avoids Additional Contract Violations
On Monday, Rural/Metro -- a private ambulance firm serving Santa Clara County -- paid about $2.4 million in fines and payments to county fire departments and dispatchers, avoiding additional contract violations. County officials say they are continuing to monitor the ambulance chain's financial situation and have asked other private ambulance providers to be prepared to possibly take over the county's services.
- "Santa Clara County's Troubled Private Ambulance Provider Pays Bills Just in Time To Avoid More Contract Violations" (de Sá, San Jose Mercury News, 7/30).