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.
Progressive programs like community paramedicine and MIH are important steps towards fixing a flawed, inefficient health care system
Here are the seven expectations all ambulance services should strive to meet when dealing with Medicare, Medicaid and other federal payers
Once a volunteer EMS agency decides to hire paid EMTs, these questions must be answered before the positions are announced and interviews begin
The process should start with asking three fundamental questions
The service says it had to “dramatically” downsize when the city took over emergency transport
EMS unit hour utilization is always calculated as the number of transports divided by the total number of unit hours in the measurement interval
It shouldn’t matter whether the person is a volunteer, career, hospital-based, fire-based or third-party service
New initiative aimed at protecting paramedics and EMTs would increase penalties for assaults committed against them
The bill would have all EMS professionals working under a single standard with the Commissioner of Health in charge
City officials voted to rehire the lifeguards pending a managerial review of the aquatic center
After “outspoken” paramedics launched complaints against EMS management, they have received letters telling them to cease
Firefighters will now pick up medical calls; cuts represent a 20% decrease in personnel
Even in hard financial times, innovation and leadership can go a long way in making things work, but those seem in short supply in Detroit
Trainees learn how to recognize the signs and symptoms of overdoes and how to properly adminster Naloxone
Medics are saying no to overtime shifts to highlight city’s need for more EMS workers
Deadly meningitis outbreak was linked to contaminated injections made by Mass. specialty pharmacy
EMS volunteers support background checks for all responders, as long as volunteers are not forced to foot the bill
If the state’s projected budget for 2013 doesn’t have enough wiggle room, then perhaps individual volunteers could pick up some of the cost
Emergency rooms in some of Kenya’s public hospitals frequently don’t have gloves or medicine
Some 2,200 facilities will be hit with penalties averaging around $125,000
Now city officials are vowing to close a dangerous law loophole that allowed the locksmith to sell those keys legally
People with long-term prescriptions for controlled substances will have to submit urine tests, which some insurers don’t cover
Attorney for Metro 911 Center said records indicate there was no misappropriation of funds
Retroactive pay covers addition of ‘pager pay,’ which compensates EMTs for time spent on calls
Mom said she was transferred, put on hold and told ‘they couldn’t find the EMS for my son’
IAFC is working with program partners and others to save cache of data compiled by responders
Even in areas where there is no billing for EMS, ‘free’ doesn’t mean ‘cheap’
NY private ambulance co. says they are not poaching calls from the town; residents are calling them instead
Residents have until Oct. 31 to opt out of the city’s program that provides emergency ambulance service for $3 a month
Following national trends, Roanoke County is trying to reverse the continual loss of volunteer firefighters
American Medical Response claims that Blue Cross members have failed to pay it $3 million for ambulance transportation since Blue Cross stopped making direct payments to the company in 2010.
Fire/EMS chief said new pay rates would start July 1, month and a half before council ultimately voted on changes
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