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• Detroit, county considering hazard pay for front-line workers

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  Officials are considering increasing pay for first responders and other front-line workers during the COVID-19 pandemic

• CARES Act Payroll Protection Plan can help struggling ambulance services

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  Unique federal loan is easy to apply for and will likely not have to be repaid

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  Closing the communication gap: How a hospital and EMS system is reducing time to treatment (white paper)

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  Learn how CarolinaEast Medical Center is providing STEMI patients with the best possible care by streamlining communication between EMS providers and clinicians

• Officials say pandemic will accelerate EMS crisis in Pa.'s small towns, rural areas

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  Officials say the state's EMS system is already fragile, with many agencies shutting down due to budget issues in recent years

• Roundtable: Should EMS providers be given hazard pay during the COVID-19 pandemic?

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  Leaders sound off on hazard pay and the bigger picture needed to support providers and sustain EMS

• What is the Defense Production Act, and could it help slow the PPE shortage?

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  A Korean War-era law has been touted by several health officials, political leaders and historians as a way of getting needed supplies into the hands of medical workers

• Dear Congress, now is the time to fix EMS

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  COVID-19 is overwhelming the already over-stressed and underfunded emergency medical services system. This is what EMS needs to survive the pandemic

• COVID-19 restrictions lead to pay cuts for Cincinnati EMS providers, doctors

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  The president of one EMS agency in the city said a reduction in non-emergency transports has significantly impacted revenue

• 5 COVID-19 employment considerations for fire/EMS agencies

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  How fire/EMS can protect personnel physically and financially during the COVID-19 pandemic

• The gatekeepers: How EMS will save the U.S. healthcare system

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  Matt Zavadsky, MS-HSA, outlines the path ahead for EMS in the new normal, community paramedicine’s role, and his talks with CMS about treat-not-transport reimbursement

• USFA issues guidance for COVID-19 cost recovery

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  The U.S. Fire Administration outlined how agencies can take advantage of FEMA’s Public Assistance Grant Program

• Raises, bonuses approved for first responders in Va. county

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  Paramedics, EMTs, firefighters, deputies and dispatchers will receive a pay raise of up to 5% and bonuses of up to $4,000 as the county seeks to retain personnel

• Ordinance would charge assisted living facilities for calling FFs to lift patients

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  Fire officials say the fees would hopefully deter facilities from relying too heavily on emergency services

• Trump signs $8.3B bill to combat coronavirus outbreak in US

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  More than $2 billion will go toward helping federal, state and local government agencies prepare for and respond to the threat

• Mich. town stops sending FFs on medical calls, citing financial concerns

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  Officials told concerned residents the town’s contracted EMS provider will still respond to the calls

• FEMA preparing for potential emergency declaration over coronavirus

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  An emergency declaration by President Donald Trump would allow disaster relief funds to be used to assist state and local responses

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