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.
Leading the charge to combat COVID-19, promote telehealth and advance the EMS agenda, while prioritizing patients and staff
The association between prehospital time and outcome of trauma patients in 4 Asian countries: A cross-national, multicenter cohort study
The HRSA Strategic Plan outlines four mission-critical goals, including improve access to quality health services and achieve health equity
Around 500 first responders in Philadelphia will be working on Election Day, and are not eligible for absentee ballots
Doctors are no longer allowed to prescribe more than 14 days’ worth of opioids, and they must first look for alternatives
If approved, Issue 39 would generate about $1.93 million annually to help fund the township’s part of the Miami Valley Fire District
The bill would include psychological injury as a condition that must be covered by Idaho’s Workers’ Compensation law for first responders
Reading Fire Department Chief William Stoudt said a lot of the costs are associated with an inability to recruit and keep paramedics
Donald Horner had an expired EMT certification and he allegedly altered reports on 27 occasions to conceal that fact when he served as a crew member
First responders often feel underappreciated in the public sector
The organization released a statement saying they disagree with IAFF’s belief that the method is inappropriate for the leaders they represent
The organization is asking fire service leaders not to sign on to the American Ambulance Association’s newly proposed cost reporting system
The new ordinance would require building owners to put an automated external defibrillator in high-occupancy places
Hillsborough County’s Opioid Task Force is proposing a $13.7 million fix to tackle the epidemic, which it says will lower the number of victims
Government grants often mean long waiting periods with your application pending
Funding for certain Centre LifeLink EMS personnel to receive weapons training hasn’t even been approved yet, but the proposal is causing controversy
Dozens of EMS providers protested against the ballot measure which they say eliminates private companies’ liability for violating legislation that would keep the current practice of staying on call during breaks in place
Paramedic Mark Kennedy helped U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin write the SIREN Act, which would reauthorize a federal grant program to support rural EMS agencies
The report said nationwide Next Generation 911 implementation will cost between $9.5 billion and $12.7 billion over 10 years
Proposition 11 would require these paramedics and EMTs to be on-call for their full shifts as they have for years
A bipartisan group is asking their counterparts in Congress to permanently fund the program designed to help responders and other victims of the attacks
Officials said that since residents in the unincorporated areas they are responding to don’t contribute to the EMS system, other taxpayers are bearing the burden
Lexington has received a $2 million federal grant to buy more overdose reversal kits and hire an overdose prevention coordinator
The funding package, announced Friday by Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, consists of two $11 million grants, to be dispersed over two years
While the majority of the building houses a family practice, roughly 1,000 square feet of the building contains a vehicle bay and accommodations
Officials are subpoenaing all records from the several different departments as part of their investigation into the misuse of $8.2 million
About $3 million of the 2019 total is in one-time costs, and the county plans to rebuild its reserve fund throughout its six-year EMS levy
Expert witness commentary on the recent Paramedics Plus litigation, in which the government alleged violations of the federal Anti-Kickback Statute
Chest compression machines will be placed on ambulances throughout the county and eliminate the possibility of minor mistakes when a human performs CPR
Sen. Roger Wicker and Sen. Claire McCaskill sent a letter to Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao outlining concerns over possible consumer abuses
Purdue Pharma, the embattled maker of OxyContin, announced a $3.42 million grant to support a nonprofit pharmaceutical company’s development
Under the current law, ground ambulance providers face a 23 percent cut in reimbursement for ESRD ambulance transports if the patient is a Medicare beneficiary
The grants will pay for nine new firefighter positions, a third emergency squad unit and will help send 12 firefighters through a paramedic training program
