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• What should EMS providers consider before carrying a concealed weapon on duty?

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  EMS1 columnists react to a Kansas law that prohibits public employers from preventing their employees from carrying a concealed weapon while on duty

• Pharmaceuticals in EMS: Are you compliant?

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  The Drug Supply Chain Security Act mandates pharmaceutical tracking, tracing and documentation for EMS agencies

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• New Minn. first responder PTSD law goes into effect

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  The new law states that any first responder diagnosed with PTSD will be eligible for worker’s compensation

• Are you legally liable for your EMS partner’s poor documentation?

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  The Legal Guardian answers a reader's question about legal liability for his partner’s inaccurate and poorly written patient care narratives

• Medical marijuana: Is it worth the liability for EMS providers?

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  Our co-hosts continue their discussion with EMS1 columnist and defense attorney David Givot on the impact medical marijuana has in EMS

• 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

• 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?

• 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

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