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Matt Zavadsky, MS-HSA, EMT

The EMS (r)Evolution

Matt is an EMS/mobile healthcare consultant with PWW | Advisory Group, focusing on assisting local communities, EMS agencies, fire departments, ambulance services, hospitals and other healthcare organizations evaluating and improving their EMS and mobile healthcare delivery systems. Prior to joining PWW|AG, he served as the chief transformation officer for MedStar Mobile Healthcare, the Public Utility Model EMS system serving Fort Worth and 13 other cities in North Texas where he helped guide the development and implementation of innovative programs with healthcare and community partners to transform the role of MedStar in the healthcare system and community. Matt has a master’s degree in healthcare administration, with a Graduate Certificate in Healthcare Data Management. He is an emergency medical technician (EMT), past president of the National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians (NAEMT) and the executive director for the Academy of International Mobile Healthcare Integration (AIMHI), an association comprised of high-performance and Public Utility Model EMS systems across the United States and Canada.

LATEST ARTICLES
The Rural Health Transformation Program may be one of the biggest opportunities EMS has seen in years, but winning the money is only the first challenge
Moving EMS from activity to outcomes
The 2026 AIMHI Benchmark Report gets to the heart of what the highest-performing EMS organizations have in common
Why EMS must measure the human side of care
“The next battle over ambulance reimbursement will not be won with emotional stories or clever slogans.”
The proposed rule highlights a long-standing disconnect: ambulance reimbursement pays for transports, while communities depend on agencies to maintain round-the-clock readiness
Financial realities of prehospital blood administration programs in EMS
Not every call needs a transport (but every call needs to get paid)
A gut check on the serious business of billing for patients deceased on scene
For decades, EMS reimbursement has depended on moving the ambulance. TIP flips that model, rewarding clinical judgment over mileage — if payers, protocols and QA can keep up.