Money runs out for Mesa emergency care program

  • Source: East Valley Tribune
  • Published: 03/22/2018 06:48 AM

Billed as a new and innovative way to streamline delivery of medical services, the Mesa Fire Department’s community care program was a medical and behavioral health success, getting patients the help they needed in a cheaper, more efficient manner. Although it helped about 13,000 patients in three years, Mesa Fire Chief Mary Cameli reluctantly suspended the program March 1 because she could not deliver on her pledge to make it self-sustaining once the money from a $12.5 million federal grant ran out.



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