Legislation and Funding
Legislation and funding issues always affect EMS budgets and operations. Use this topic to find out how the latest economic news is affecting EMS.
California legislators need to hear from the state’s 75,000 EMS providers in support of, or opposed to the EMS Workers Bill of Rights
Sustainment of a project beyond the period of grant funding is a sign of a wise investment for a project funder
Montana legislators have endorsed a bill to prevent financial ruin for patients who urgently need air ambulance transport
Cape Fear Valley Health Systems will be the fourth company to run the ambulance service in six years, and had been eyeing a contract for three
First Response has temporarily stepped in after a local provider closed, but will not be able to provide service for an extended period of time
They hammered out an agreement to temporarily calm a dispute over EMS costs
He will serve 27 months for offering kickbacks for fake Medicare ambulance transports
The governor signed the bill Thursday and it goes into effect for the 2014-2015 school year
They both pitched membership programs that aim too lower out-of-pocket costs for air ambulance patients
It will be used to hire a “hybrid emergency medical squad” among fears that the only local fire house and hospital will close
First Response will fill the void left by the shut down of Crossroads Ambulance Service
He told a friend he was afraid to call 911 because of how much it would cost
Being prepared ahead of time means EMS managers can proactively determine what the agency can live without — before they’re told what must go
The city switched to another provider due to financial concerns and dropped calls, but Thornhurst EMS hopes to restart its BLS service
Every EMT and firefighter who drives an emergency vehicle will take the class as part of a larger plan to reduce crashes, injuries and fatalities
Each side has accused the other of misleading the public, and they’re now refusing to share information with one another
Fundraisers have been set up for Kayla Smith, a single mother with three kids who is expected to be out of work for at least six months
The process will take nearly a year, and it’s meant to provide better cost savings and a higher level of care
The company is working to fill the void left by the sudden shutdown of First Med in December
Eliminating mandatory overtime at HEMS shows negotiation between labor and management can come to a solution
Another city may also pull out of CMED over high costs, and the three are talking about establishing their own separate system
The city of Lockport may have violated a firefighters’ union contract by reducing staff and taking ambulances and fire trucks off the road with plans to replace the ambulance service with a private company
The city has included 15 more EMS workers in the budget; currently those with the least seniority work 24 hours followed by 48 hours off; the rest are on duty for two 12-hour days followed by two days off
The first bill to seriously look at EMS issues since the 1960s, the act would improve access to essential and life-saving EMS services and better integrate EMS within the larger health care system
The basic fee will be $405 and the advanced will be $508, for an estimated additional $1 million in annual revenue
The project is $1 billion over budget and years behind schedule; officials ordered a 60-day suspension to find out why
The two-year grant put two full-time community paramedics on the street for preventive and follow-up patient care
The county has more than $1 million banked from casino contributions and none has gone to the fire department
The firefighters union says any cost savings to the city will come at the expense of public safety
Lawyers disagree on how the term ‘voluntary’ applies to the rule prohibiting fire, EMS from serving on boards in another district
Both bids were nearly $700,000 more than what the same providers offered in 2011
All participants in the class received a certificate of completion and an emergency resuscitation kit that included two doses of Narcan.
The initial request was for 37 amid a growing population and struggle to handle increasing 911 calls
