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For over 20 years, PWW has been the nation’s leading EMS industry law firm. PWW attorneys and consultants have decades of hands-on experience providing EMS, managing ambulance services and advising public, private and non-profit clients across the U.S.

PWW helps EMS agencies with reimbursement, compliance, HR, privacy and business issues, and provides training on documentation, liability, leadership, reimbursement and more. Visit the firm’s website at www.pwwemslaw.com.

LATEST ARTICLES
Ambulance services cannot afford to feed the billing department incomplete, inaccurate or misrepresented information
The patient care report needs to clearly and consistently demonstrate that patients received good patient care
Be thorough, timely and proofread your PCRs to ensure your treatments and professionalism won’t be called into question
Including clear, complete documentation in your patient care report is a critical component of patient care
New labor regulations will increase the salary threshold for overtime exemptions – Steve Wirth shares how this impacts EMS roles
What patient abandonment isn’t, and why it’s time to confront this EMS boogeyman
EMS documentation must support both medical necessity and reasonableness for the transport
Teaching points from the ‘malpractice or murder’ case: Action steps for EMS practitioners
Teaching points from the ‘malpractice or murder’ case – Part 1: Action steps for EMS leaders
“When the prosecutor sees and hears compassion, competence and professionalism, even in the face of significant errors being made, it becomes much harder to justify filing criminal charges”