Sen. Ossoff Strengthening Emergency Health Care Across Muscogee County

Columbus, Ga. - U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff is delivering resources to strengthen access to health care in the Chattahoochee River Valley.

Today Sen. Ossoff announced he is delivering Federal funding to the Columbus Consolidated Government to help establish a Mobile Integrated Health Care Program in Columbus and Muscogee County.

This program aims to partner a Fire-EMS paramedic with a nurse practitioner to engage chronic system users and disadvantaged residents to provide appropriate medical care.

Sen. Ossoff brought Republicans and Democrats together to deliver $139,000 for the project through this year's bipartisan government funding package.

"Bringing Republicans and Democrats together, I'm appropriating funds to help establish a mobile health unit in Columbus that will respond to emergencies and expand access to health care," Sen. Ossoff said. "I thank Mayor Skip Henderson and Fire/EMS Chief Sal Scarpa for bringing this proposal to my office and for their leadership in the community."

"We are grateful for the hard work of Senator Ossoff to make this a reality for our community. Chief Scarpa and the Columbus Fire-EMS will use this as part of the Columbus Correct Care initiative and will allow them to put the right resources in the right places to serve all of our community. We appreciate Senator Ossoff's continued support of public safety," said Mayor B. H. "Skip" Henderson III.

"The Columbus Fire-EMS Department is grateful for the opportunity to be the recipient of FY24 Congressionally Directed Spending secured by Senator Ossoff. These funds will be utilized to pilot a collaborative Mobile Integrated Healthcare program focused on high utilizers of the EMS system. This award will put resources into the community to support our Columbus Correct Care initiative of providing residents of Columbus, GA and Muscogee County the right resources at the right time to support their medical needs for emergency and non-emergency care. We are grateful to Senator Ossoff for his continuous support of Columbus and the Fire & EMS Department," Columbus Fire and EMS Chief Salvatore J. Scarpa said.

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