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.
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Call on your elected officials to support legislation pending in the U.S. Congress to set aside federal land for a National EMS Memorial
An EMS agency, facing an applicant shortage, surveyed EMS providers to see if employee-employer compensation expectations matched
The Nevada Supreme Court ruled that such conversations are not privileged, as they would be between a doctor and a patient
Extraordinary string of national disasters put huge strain on Disaster Relief Fund
Legislation would stop private insurance companies from making direct payments to patients for emergency ambulance trips
At second annual event, focus on reimbursement, benefits, and D-Block
Public outcry has doused plans for the South Metro Fire Department to start charging out-of-towners a “crash tax” for emergency services
Fee is one of many revenue-raising ideas being considered by cities nationwide dealing with budget problems
Iinjured or sick people in several rural areas of the state already often wait up to an hour and a half for ambulance services
A report to the council indicated the tax is needed because the city is losing ground in the effort to maintain the current level of service
The bill extends death and disability benefits to EMS volunteers
Document says the Department of Homeland Security, specifically the Under Secretary of Emergency Preparedness and Response, has the authority to establish and oversee a federal EMS administration
Current law does not permit EMTs to possess and use AEDs while they are off-duty, unless they are specifically licensed as a public access defibrillator provider
Possible law would require responders to submit to a national criminal background check
Local squads feared that the two-EMTs-per-ambulance requirement would force volunteer squads to disband
Federal administrators still have to decide whether to cover other conditions, like cancer, where there is less hard evidence of a tie to ground zero toxins
Advocating for change is the only way to make EMS hopes and predictions a reality for the year ahead
The health care system has changed and so has our concept of emergency care
‘Police, fire and schools. These are agencies that haven’t traditionally been on the table’ says council member Michael A. Brown
The extra revenue would have allowed the county to pay for an upgrade to emergency radios countywide
Vast stretches are 50 miles or more from the nearest trauma center, making it unlikely that injured people could reach one within an hour and survive
Mayor said responders found to have fraudulently obtained their EMT recertifications can expect to face severe penalties, including the likelihood of lengthy, unpaid suspensions and fines and possible termination
Owner also ordered to pay $1.3 M in restitution for running health care fraud scheme
Man may lose his paramedic’s certification after he reportedly drew obscene pictures on windows of an ambulance on an emergency call earlier this month
The $100,000 grant from the Orvamae Emmerson Endowment Fund of the Humboldt Area Foundation provided four new 12-lead electrocardiogram machines
The former Davidson County EMS director arrested Friday on charges of embezzling is accused of taking more than $15,000 from the Thomasville Rescue Squad over five years
Legislation calls for longer prison sentences for those who kill or injure emergency responders in vehicle crashes
Legislation would help military medics transition to civilian EMT service
A Lower Burrell paramedic will stand trial on charges alleging she interfered with police
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