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• Medicare expands prior authorization program for repetitive non-emergency transports

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  CMS extends the prior authorization program, through Dec. 1, 2019, to eight states and Washington DC

• Marijuana laws: Why medics should just say no

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  What happens if EMS providers who use marijuana safely and legally, but test positive days later in violation of policies?

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• Wash. health dept. investigating 9 responders in 'tube check' incident

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  Though an investigation said 11 department members admitted to intubating a deceased patient, only nine of them were actually credentialed healthcare providers

• Private ambulance industry asks Calif. voters to change workplace rules

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  Proposition 11 asks voters to give private ambulance companies the power to keep their workers on duty during meal and rest breaks

• Federal pursuit of anti-kickback statute takes millions from local EMS

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  Expert witness commentary on the recent Paramedics Plus litigation, in which the government alleged violations of the federal Anti-Kickback Statute

• How much personal liability do individual EMS providers bear?

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  Our co-hosts discuss a recent article that raises the question of personal liability for EMS workers

• Closing arguments begin in trial of man who hit paramedic while driving drunk

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  Rory Barros spent four months in the hospital, survived 16 surgeries and had his leg amputated after being hit

• Former paramedic arrested for stealing fentanyl

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  Jason Howard confessed to police he took the drugs and has been charged with felony drug possession and misdemeanor theft

• DOJ aggressively investigates ALS transport billing

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  Submitting false EMS transport claims to Medicare for reimbursement is a violation of the False Claims Act

• Inside EMS Podcast: The use of medical marijuana by EMS providers

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  Our co-hosts respond to a listener's email regarding where medical marijuana fits into public safety, especially EMS

• Rick Santorum: Students should learn CPR, not seek gun laws

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  Santorum's comments prompted outrage on social media a day after hundreds of thousands of teenagers and their supporters rallied across the U.S.

• Judge's ruling puts an end to saga over ambulance station dog

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  Sara Longenberger told police she took the dog after overhearing two EMTs talk about harming it

• Feds: Company to pay $5.5M for unnecessary ambulance trips

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  A complaint filed last year said AmeriCare submitted fraudulent claims to Medicare and TRICARE for non-emergency ambulance transports

• Ariz. Legislature passes law tackling rising opioid crisis

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  The proposal bars doctors from prescribing more than an initial five-day supply of pain meds and will help uninsured and underinsured people get addiction treatment

• The impact of a government shutdown on public safety

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  Here's a breakdown of who is considered "essential" and "nonessential" during a federal government shutdown

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