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.
Regardless of its cost, helicopter transport is a treatment choice and should not be chosen out of convenience
With the worrying state of the current global and national climate, it would be helpful to know what we were facing on a local level
Leaders from established MIH/CP programs presented their most pressing issues at the NAEMSP conference
Retired responders are accused of falsely claiming they had depression, PTSD or other psychological problems so crushing they couldn’t work
An anonymous email writer accused the trainer, Bill Brocklesby, of placing a charged cardiac arrest monitor on a student
They’re concerned about the “lack of progress in EMS structural reform” and are pushing for fire and medical services to be managed by a consortium
Victory EMS is the only service for 900 square miles; managers hope it’s a temporary problem as they reorganize collection of payments
The plan calls for spending $82 million on fleet and facilities between now and 2018
Reduced Affordable Care Act funding for non-emergency transports put the county’s last private ambulance company out of business after 18 years
Residents, schools and businesses could pay between $2.70 and $14.39 to cover the cost of ambulance services
City audit found response times below NFPA standards, medics say there’s not enough ambulances
Officials say shared city and county services will be a hot button issue this year
Employees apparently staged a brief walkout to protest erratic paydays; its ambulances were out of service for upward of three hours
To avoid extinction, EMS needs to embrace community paramedicine, value-based purchasing and look for innovative ways to improve services
Some departments will be asking their conscious patients if they have a concealed weapon
“He just leaned up against the fire engine with his arms folded the entire time. I can’t get that image out of my head,” said Marie Mills, whose father died.
Auditors said they don’t have a system to document when expired medications are disposed, or when supplies are damaged, contaminated or deemed unusable
Terri Elmore testified that she does not remember the night prosecutors say she lost control of her car and struck a van, killing a pastor and his wife
County commissioner Jim Bernard said the risk of a lawsuit and the time and expense of restarting a process for new bids isn’t in the best interest of county residents
At least 100 paramedics have not been properly certified; officials are now trying to determine just how far the problem spread
Officials are proposing that they reduce the number of paramedics on duty overnight when the volume of 911 calls drops
It would have made the charge a felony, and the driver’s license would have been suspended for a year
The cuts, phased out over three years, would reduce overnight medics and aim to prevent a $3.4M deficit in 2015
Clackamas County has now extended the current contract with American Medical Response after rejecting the company’s first and only bid, prompting EMTs to protest
The state bill and would use the money to support trauma hospitals, training and ambulance services; it’s in response low ratings on the ACEP report card
The dispute between Bonita Springs and Lee County over who should run the EMS service spills over into court
American Medical Response employees are angry commissioners voted down the only bid to provide the county with ambulance services, four months before the current contract expires
In 2013, the levy raised $2.5M to bridge the gap between what insurance pays and the actual costs of services, and helped pay for training
The case of Texas paramedic Marlise Munoz drew national debate about life support for the sake of a fetus
Attorneys argued that keeping the woman alive would set a dangerous precedent for future cases of pregnant, brain-dead women
Traci England, 46, pleaded guilty to felony charges after taking a piece of spinal column that had been removed from a corpse to train her cadaver dog
Donald Penney, 48, faces 29 felony charges after allegedly diverting drugs from multiple patients at a hospital
The hospital is citing a Texas law it says prohibits them from carrying out the family’s wishes
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