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Ute Pass Health Service District’s community paramedics, highlighted in a Presken Consulting study, offer EMS agencies a model to offset savings lost to expected Medicaid cuts straining rural hospitals
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Southeast Minnesota ambulance directors say low Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement rates and rising equipment costs are forcing services toward consolidation, pointing to increased tax funding and insurance coverage for preventative care as longer-term solutions
Renton police officers arrived to assist fire crews with an unconscious person in a vehicle when they heard a gunshot that wounded a firefighter
Longmont’s Ballot Issue 3A failed with 64% opposed, derailing a decade-long plan to add 43 police, 31 fire and 12 crisis-response positions, as critics cited both tax concerns and distrust in giving police additional resources
VMSC-EMS Deputy Chief Bryson Schroeder said the ambulance corps’ radios are 10 to 12 years old and unserviceable, with North Wales Borough backing the no-match state grant application to equip every crew member with a radio compatible across Montgomery County
Officials cited an “additional administrative process requirement” in delaying the competitive portion of the $50 billion Rural Health Transformation Program’s second-year funding, frustrating state leaders who had expected amounts by Oct. 31
A 2019 memo warning that AI could introduce bias based on accents, disabilities and race went unaddressed before the department began using the technology on live 911 medical calls in 2023, prompting experts to call for suspending its use until a public evaluation is completed
Strongsville voters approved a new levy to hire 12 firefighter-paramedics, North Royalton passed a renewal and increase generating $2.27 million annually, and Olmsted Falls renewed its existing fire levy while rejecting a separate income tax hike
El Dorado County voters rejected the proposed 30-year, three-eighths-cent sales tax increase, which would have raised an estimated $13 million annually for hospital upgrades, fire agencies, and wildfire prevention
TRENDING NEWS
COLUMNISTS & EXPERTS
AABB, America’s Blood Centers and the American Red Cross warn that reimbursement gaps, supply constraints and inconsistent standards threaten the program’s growth
From Washington’s political shakeup to local EMS tax levies — what election results may mean for the future of emergency medical services
“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
Whatever happens next in court, this tragic case leaves EMS with five hard-earned lessons that could save a patient’s life — and your career
Communicating with law enforcement and following these clinical guidelines will help to keep patient safety first and foremost
PRODUCT NEWS
Innovative kit combines pediatric-appropriate equipment with a highly organized, field-focused design
Integrated vending and smart locker solutions connect secure, automated access to critical supplies and equipment with centralized inventory and asset management
The platform lets air medical crews convert a LifePort AeroSled TS stretcher to carry a Dräger Isolette TI500 incubator in seconds, then revert it to standard use
Named a 2026 Innovation Award finalist, the new Type I delivers expanded workspace, increased storage, and crew-focused comfort