Medical billing firm sues ambulance company for failure to pay

HUNTINGTON -- A medical billing company is suing Elkhorn Ambulance Service after it claims it failed to pay for billing services.

Terry Thompson, the owner and controller of Elkhorn Ambulance Service, was also named as a defendant in the suit.

Medical Claims Assistance, Inc., and the defendants entered into an ambulance billing contract where the medical billing company would provide billing services for the defendants, according to a complaint filed Feb. 16 in Cabell Circuit Court.

The medical billing company claims the defendants failed to pay numerous invoices in the amount of $42,868.55.

By failing to pay the invoices, the defendants breached their contract with the medical billing company, according to the suit.

Medical Claims Assistance is seeking judgment in the amount of $42,868.55, with post-judgment interest. It is being represented by Daniel T. Yon.

The case has been assigned to Circuit Judge F. Jane Hustead.

Cabell Circuit Court case number: 11-C-79