AmeriCare Ambulance Service | 13 trust, accountability and respect for all. “I tell staff this is not my company, this is your company... I’m just here to help you run it,” says Ott. ADVANCING AMERICARE Ott anticipates further growth for AmeriCare, something he isn’t opposed to as long as it done correctly, and cautiously, not growth for the mere sake of growth, but in measures and moves consistent with market demand and AmeriCare’s ability to fulfill service expectations congruent with the quality that has defined the enterprise. Ott says he isn’t opposed to a franchise system in some distant future, but for now, he feels AmeriCare will penetrate further into markets in Northern Indiana as well as Cincinnati area of Ohio. He also says future opportunities will emerge from inter-facility transports, essentially, when patients of one hospital need to be transported to specialists at another hospital. As hospitals are increasingly beginning to focus on specialized care, Ott says there is opportunity for companies like AmeriCare to respond to transport needs. At the time of this writing, AmeriCare was among a handful of companies competing to secure a contract for such service with IU Health Methodist Hospital, regarded not only as one of the largest hospitals in Indiana, but respected as one of the best hospitals in America. While the outcome of those negotiations are yet undecided, the fact remains that AmeriCare’s service has annually grown for the last ten consecutive years and Ott anticipates that trend will continue. He says, “As long as we keep doing the right thing, we feel that we’ll continue to be blessed.”
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