Draft:DocGo

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  • Comment: Please make sure to describe the company, its business and history, not only the recent controversy. Broc (talk) 21:49, 24 February 2024 (UTC)

DocGo, Inc. (Nasdaq: DCGO) is a publicly traded corporation incorporated in Delaware with its headquarters at 35 West 35th Street, Fl. 6, New York, NY, 10001..[1] DocGo became public in a transaction with a closing dated November 5, 2021, through a merger between Ambulnz, Inc, a Delaware entity, and Motion Acquisition Corp, a SPAC with an initial SEC filing in August 2020.[1]

DocGo "is a healthcare transportation and mobile health services company that uses proprietary dispatch and communication technology to provide quality healthcare transportation and healthcare services in major metropolitan cities in the United States (“U.S.”) and the United Kingdom (“U.K.”)."[2] Initially operating as Ambulnz, a Delaware limited liability company formed in 2015,[2] the company continues to operate numerous state-specific Ambulnz subsidiaries.[3]

According to the company's SEC filings, DocGo's business revenue is from the following two fields:

Mobile Health Services and Transportation Services. Mobile Health Services include services performed at homes and offices, COVID-19 testing and vaccinations, and event services such as on-site healthcare support at sporting events and concerts. There is also an emphasis on providing total care management solutions to large population groups, which include healthcare services as well as ancillary services, such as shelter. Transportation Services encompasses both emergency response and non-emergency transport services. Non-emergency transport services include ambulance transports and wheelchair transports. Net revenue from Transportation Services is derived from the transportation of patients based on billings to third party payors and healthcare facilities.[2]

DocGo owns a number of subsidiary entities, including Ambulnz-FMS North America LLC, Rapid Reliable Testing LLC, ARM Insurance, Inc., Healthworx LLC, Government Medical Services LLC, National Providers Association, LLC, and Ryan Brother LLC.[3]

History[edit]

Ambulnz was founded by Stan Vashovsky[4] in southern California in 2016.[5] The company's ambulances have been likened to "Uber, but with EMTs" and use algorithms to route the nearest appropriate ambulance to the location of the requesting medical provider.[4] Ambulnz and one of its subsidiaries, Rapid Reliable Testing, partnered with Uber in 2020 to provide COVID-19 tests to New York City residents.[6]

In 2020, New York City Health & Hospital's Test & Trace Corps contracted with a DocGo subsidiary, Rapid Reliable Testing, to provide free COVID-19 tests to New York City residents.[7] Health & Hospitals later expanded the partnership to include flu testing.[8] In addition, Health & Hospitals partnered with DocGo to provide medical care to people experiencing unsheltered homelessness through a joint project called Street Health Outreach + Wellness (SHOW).[9] The SHOW program was recognized as a finalist in the UCSF 2022 Digital Health Awards.[10]

DocGo has also partnered with Fresenius Medical Care, starting in 2019 as Fresenius's "preferred medical transportation partner" before going on "to include remote patient monitoring, chronic care management and urgent care services."[11] Other business relationships include rural mobile clinics with Santa Cruz County, AZ,[12] and a separate mobile clinic model with Dollar General.[13]

Controversy[edit]

The medical services company received criticism after a New York Times investigation described accusations that DocGo had misled hundreds of asylum seekers it had transported from New York City to locations in upstate New York in connection with a no-bid contract New York City had awarded to it worth $432 million.[14] The alleged conduct by the company has resulted in numerous investigations, including:

  • The New York Attorney General subsequently announced an investigation "for possible violations of state or federal laws over the treatment of people in its care."[15]
  • A New York Department of State investigation found that "52 guards — 16 in Erie County and 36 in Albany County — lacked proper authorization and were in violation of state law."[16]
  • The NYC Comptroller began a real-time audit of DocGo's $432 million contract with NYC.[17]

In September 2023, DocGo's former CEO, Anthony Capone, resigned after reporting revealed that he had falsified his professional resume and did not have a graduate degree.[18]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "EDGAR Entity Landing Page". www.sec.gov. Retrieved 2024-01-29.
  2. ^ a b c "Quarterly Report 10-Q". www.sec.gov. 2023-11-06. Retrieved 2024-01-29.
  3. ^ a b "SEC Filing 10-K Annual Report". www.sec.gov. 2023-03-14. Retrieved 2024-01-29.
  4. ^ a b Davidson, Sarah (2019-04-17). "You've Seen Them on the Road, but What the Hell Is Ambulnz?". LAmag - Culture, Food, Fashion, News & Los Angeles. Retrieved 2024-02-26.
  5. ^ "About". Ambulnz. Retrieved 2024-02-26.
  6. ^ Team, Ambulnz. "Ambulnz and Rapid Reliable Testing Partner with Uber Direct to Offer At-Home or At-Work COVID-19 Testing". bulletin.ambulnz.com. Retrieved 2024-02-26.
  7. ^ "NYC Test & Trace Corps and DocGo's Rapid Reliable Testing Surpass 150,000 COVID-19 Tests with Mobile Unit Fleet". DocGo. March 30, 2021.
  8. ^ "Flu Testing Now Available at All Test & Trace Mobile Testing Units". NYC Health + Hospitals. Retrieved 2024-02-26.
  9. ^ DocGo. "NYC Health + Hospitals and DocGo's Street Health Outreach + Wellness (SHOW) Mobile Units Provide Healthcare to New Yorkers Experiencing Homelessness". www.prnewswire.com (Press release). Retrieved 2024-02-26.
  10. ^ "Street Health Outreach & Wellness Program Named UCSF 2022 Digital Health Awards Finalist". NYC Health + Hospitals. Retrieved 2024-02-26.
  11. ^ Burky, Annie (Apr 26, 2023). "DocGo aims to bring kidney care the final mile by partnering with Fresenius Medical Care".
  12. ^ "DocGo Expands Mobile Health Services with Santa Cruz County, Arizona Department of Health". www.businesswire.com. 2023-12-19. Retrieved 2024-02-26.
  13. ^ Tribble, Sarah Jane (Oct 5, 2023). "A mobile clinic parked at a Dollar General? It says a lot about rural health care". NPR.
  14. ^ Root, Jay (2023-07-30). "New York City Had a Migrant Crisis. It Hired a Covid Expert to Help". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-01-29.
  15. ^ Root, Jay (2023-08-21). "Troubled Migrant Contractor Faces Investigation Into Possible Wrongdoing". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-01-29.
  16. ^ Root, Jay (2023-09-01). "DocGo Used Unregistered Guards at Migrant Hotels, N.Y. Officials Charge". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-01-29.
  17. ^ Root, Jay (2023-09-18). "Scandal-Plagued Migrant Services Firm Could Limit New York's Options". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-01-29.
  18. ^ Solomon, Joshua. "DocGo CEO admits he didn't earn graduate degree". Times Union. Retrieved 2024-01-29.
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