Priority Ambulance promotes Eric Messer to vice president of ambulance operations

New operations managers hired for Memphis, Booneville Priority Ambulance has promoted Eric Messer to vice president of operations to serve its ambulance contract with Baptist Memorial Health Care facilities and oversee operations in its Alabama footprint. Priority Ambulance began serving the facilities in the greater Memphis area on April 1 and Baptist Memorial Hospital-Booneville on June 1 using Baptist-branded vehicles. … Read More

Priority Ambulance welcomes Puckett EMS

Priority Ambulance announced today that Puckett EMS is joining its national family of ambulance companies. Puckett EMS, a private ambulance service based in Austell, Ga., provides emergency and nonemergency ambulance service in 12 Georgia and Southeast Tennessee counties. “Puckett EMS is pleased to have a partner in Priority Ambulance that shares our mission and vision of patient care, efficiency and … Read More

Priority Ambulance to begin serving Baptist Memorial Hospital-Booneville

  Baptist Memorial Hospital-Booneville announced today that it has entered into a partnership with Priority Ambulance to provide patient medical transport services to the hospital. Priority Ambulance will staff Baptist-branded ambulances and manage all medical transport operations for interfacility transports and transfers from the Northern Mississippi facility, as well as serve as the emergency 911 service for Prentiss County beginning … Read More

Priority Ambulance raises funding to support continued growth

  Priority Ambulance, LLC announced today that it has raised funding through Monroe Capital LLC to support the company’s future growth. “Priority Ambulance has grown aggressively since we began the company in 2014,” said Priority Ambulance CEO Bryan Gibson. “With this additional available financing, we will continue to seek out companies to add to our growing family, as well as … Read More

Lauderdale County renews emergency 911 contract with Shoals Ambulance

The Lauderdale County Commission unanimously voted April 11 to approve a one-year renewal of the contract with Shoals Ambulance to provide exclusive non-emergency and emergency 911 ambulance services. Florence City Council had approved the renewal on March 21. “Our EMTs and paramedics are members of this community, who deeply care about the service provided to their friends and neighbors,” said … Read More

Governor Bill Haslam appoints Dennis Rowe to Tennessee Emergency Medical Services Board

Governor Bill Haslam has appointed Priority Ambulance Director of New Business Integration Dennis Rowe to a four-year term on the Tennessee Emergency Medical Services Board as a representative for ambulance service operators. The 13-member board oversees the Tennessee Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Division and is responsible for establishing all rules governing emergency systems throughout the state. “With more than 42 … Read More

Mohawk Valley Ambulance Corps again selects Priority Billing as partner

Mohawk Valley Ambulance Corps (MOVAC) announced today that the organization has again entered a partnership with Priority Billing to provide billing services for its nearly 9,000 annual medical transports. “Priority Billing has been a partner of MOVAC for more than a decade,” said Richard Souza, president of the MOVAC Board of Directors. “Working with a trusted long-term partner like Priority … Read More

Priority Ambulance to host job fairs to hire 60 EMTs, paramedics in greater Memphis area

  Priority Ambulance is seeking to hire approximately 60 EMTs and paramedics to serve its recently announced expansion into the greater Memphis area. The new personnel will staff ambulances providing medical transport services to Baptist Memorial Health Care facilities. Priority Ambulance will host several hiring events to meet the immediate need. Interviews and contingent offers will be completed onsite. The … Read More

Baptist Memorial Health Care partners with Priority Ambulance for pediatric ambulance, interfacility transports

Baptist Memorial Health Care based in Memphis, Tennessee, today announced a partnership with Priority Ambulance for transport services between Baptist hospitals. This partnership will allow Baptist to provide a specialized pediatric ambulance to the Spence and Becky Wilson Baptist Children’s Hospital. Priority Ambulance will coordinate Baptist’s ambulance services in the greater Memphis area. “We are excited about the growth in … Read More