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.
As patient satisfaction surveys begin to affect Medicare reimbursement for physicians and hospitals, EMS agencies should consider ways to improve care and reduce costs
Health Information Exchange participation and funding for EMS agencies is a pathway to improving patient care and safety
Here are three questions to ask as your department or agency works through the question of whether to partner or collaborate for an application
Currently, Iowa does not consider emergency medical services an essential service; rural ambulance are funded with donations
The group is hoping to raise about $15,000 towards research for prostate and testicular cancer
A state audit shows that the responders should receive benefits if they work more than 15 hours per week
The charges stated that from 2007 through 2011, he reported performing “thousands of surgical procedures, often as many as 20 or more in a single day”
The anti-heroin package of legislation includes immunity for those helping to report an overdose, and allowing first responders to administer naloxone
With passage of the levy, the program will be able to hire two additional full-time positions 24/7 which will include one paramedic and one EMT
Nearly seven months after her husband, Quinn Boyers, was murdered, she talks about the man she lost, the life they shared and moving forward
This will be achieved through 12-hour shifts of part-timers with on-call stipends for each shift
Colleagues are calling for the FDNY to discipline the EMT for lying to investigators about a high-profile case involving two paramedics
The medic is on paid administrative leave while an internal investigation is conducted
Terri Elmore, 42, was involved in a 2011 crash that killed Pastor Jackson Boyett and his wife Barbara
The Pa. man was charged after allegedly wrecking the vehicle that he wasn’t permitted to be driving
His lawyers declined to specify the charge to which he would plead guilty or the recommended sentencing range he will face
His left hand swollen, the bite victim was admitted into the ICU, where he will need to take antivenin doses
We need to look beyond the immediacy of emergency care to make the EMS vocation a profession
The lawsuit seeks unspecified damages for mental anguish, ridicule and emotional distress
Domestic violence advocates will argue in federal court Thursday that the laws endanger women and violate their free-speech rights
A judge ruled that the boy has a “serious medical condition” but “fortunately, the child suffered no long-term effects” from the shaking incident in February 2012
Woman who’s son died of heart attack proposes county add staff
He was injured in July after a tree fell on him and paralyzed him; people came together for a softball tournament to raise money to help with his medical bills
The assessment says lack of turnover in rural fire boards, which often govern EMS services, is causing poor functionality
The chief sent a letter to township trustees stating the service would stop Oct. 1 in fairness to residents who pay through property taxes.
The legislation comes in response to the February death of a woman at a Calf. retirement home
The EMT suffered unspecified permanent injuries and scarring, resulting in lost wages and medical expenses
Wis. Supreme Court set precedent by ruling that a volunteer firefighter did not have government immunity when he went through a red light and was struck by another vehicle
AVEC dates to 1948. It began as a water rescue and ground search group because of numerous drownings in the area
When WellSpan’s staff is gone — which will be in the next 90 to 120 days — some ambulance companies will have to pull paramedics from farther away
They’ve experienced higher debt expenses and declining revenue as the amount it gets paid for transporting patients by insures has dropped
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