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.
Jay Fitch shares what to expect at this year’s leadership forum, from ET3 to practitioner health and safety, to the biggest controversies in EMS
Our co-hosts look to the future and discuss which EMS model of service may not be in existence in the next 10 years, as value-based reimbursement systems emerge
Our co-hosts discuss a bill in the Conn. state legislature that excludes EMS personnel from receiving benefits related to post-traumatic stress disorder
The program integrates an improved dispatch system with a community paramedicine service
The settlement is believed to be the nation’s first to hold a medical institution, rather than a transportation company, accountable for ambulance-swapping arrangements
FDNY EMT Luis de Pena Jr. died in November of 2013 due to an illness related to his work on Ground Zero
According to the bill, medics would be allowed to provide assistance to animals once all the humans on scene are treated
Sharing your grant success will further your standing in the community and boost your chances of more funding
Combating opioid overdose epidemic, the leading cause of accidental death in the U.S., is a top FDA priority
Comply with federal and state laws to fully realize the significant benefits of EMS use of drive cams and body cams
A Florida EMS agency is not likely to achieve its desired retention goal by offering medics a $35,000 bonus for working for 5 years
The funding will support wildfire awareness and preparedness
Responders are asking for permanent extension of the act that covers medical expenses for those exposed to toxic substances at ground zero
Mental health care continues to be poorly funded, inadequately managed, and under-recognized by politicians and policy makers
Allegations of nepotism and bias led city officials to overhaul the department’s hiring practices
When mental health services were scaled back in Sacramento there was a significant increase in emergency psychiatric consults and emergency department length of stay
Paramedics and EMTs to get a pay increase if lawmakers close a loophole in San Diego’s living wage ordinance
The penalties handed down are not sufficient to deter further attacks, health care organization says
The agreement will protect paramedics’ integrity and safeguard public confidence in their professionalism
A Detroit woman protesting for a $15 per hour minimum wage was asked to compare her work to the lifesaving duties of paramedics
Expert comments from Art Hsieh, EMS1 editorial advisor, prompted Tenn. news channel to conduct an additional investigation of the new policy
The unwritten rules of an EMS agency don’t get written down because they are stupid — and no one is willing to take credit
The county manager determined that any potential cost savings would be offset by the drop in the level of both fire and EMS service to the county
Destination protocols should be based on clinically based criteria and not decided by a phone call to a hospital physician
One of the county commissioners who wrote the policy for a Tenn. EMS agency said doctors should decide where patients go, not EMTs
CMS extends the prior authorization program, through Dec. 1, 2019, to eight states and Washington DC
Currently EMS receives just 4 percent of the federal disaster preparedness funds making it ‘a low priority pauper in the matrix of funding and training support’
After two firefighters were held at gunpoint last week, Lancaster, Ohio, safety director says it’s time to provide the city’s medics with ballistic vests
The ambulance service can’t afford to pay enough EMTs to stay open, according to state law
Instead of placarding an ambulance with “In God We Trust” a county-funded EMS agency might have considered alternative uses for the time and funds
The new laws allow officials to arrest those selling the drug and increases the penalties for those found manufacturing it
Rural/Metro San Diego was fined $230,000 by the city and is required to submit a plan for improvement
White Lake Ambulance Authority allegedly submitted hundreds of false insurance claims
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