CMS Prepares Providers and Suppliers for the End of the Public Health Emergency: CMS Issues Updates on the End of Emergency Waivers and Flexibilities Issued during the PHE By Kathy […]

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Recognize Monkeypox In Prehospital Settings EMS and healthcare clinicians should know the signs of Monkeypox The National Emerging Special Pathogens Training and Education Center (NETEC) is providing updates about the recently […]

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HRSA eNews March 3, 2022 March 3, 2022 Administrator Carole Johnson on HRSA’s Commitment to President Biden’s National Mental Health Strategy In his State of the Union address, President Biden […]

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EMS Utilization of COVID-19 Waiver Survey TAKE SURVEY Please help our industry understand how EMS has utilized the current COVID-19 waivers. The results of this survey will be used to educate […]

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From CMS on August 25, 2021 Today, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released two new resources with information on Medicare beneficiaries on whose behalf at least one […]

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From EMS.gov Resources include guidance documents, links to the latest from the CDC, and information about vaccine safety and administration With cases of COVID-19 surging again across the country, EMS […]

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Dear Chairwoman Murray and Ranking Member Burr: The American Ambulance Association (AAA) appreciates the opportunity to provide suggestions for bipartisan legislation to improve medical preparedness and response programs. The AAA […]

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CMS Increases Medicare Payment for COVID-19 Vaccinations                                                                           By Brian S. Werfel, Esq. On March 15, 2021, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that it would […]

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Grants and Tax Credits Toolkit Download materials from Akin Gump including aid summaries and how-to guides on qualifying for tax credits and deferments and applying for financial assistance. Paycheck Protection […]

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Kudos to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University (JHU) the development of this excellent COVID-19 data visualization.  

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First Case of 2019 Novel Coronavirus in the United States The New England Journal of Medicine has rapidly published a peer-reviewed paper on the Snohomish County WA ‘Patient 1’. This […]

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Your EMS Reputation Depends on Three Cs—Credentials, Courtesy, Community In EMS, your reputation is critical. Your character moves with you from provider to provider and from squad to squad; EMS […]

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When we think of trafficking, we generally think of drugs or weapons, not human beings. Yet the problem exists in numerous communities where EMS responders deliver care. Human trafficking is […]

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EMS has always been the forefront of medicine, delivering care to the sick and injured in various roles dating as far back as the Civil War. It has come a […]

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The explosion of the opioid epidemic that is responsible for thousands of overdoses and deaths is a consistent problem that EMS and law enforcement encounter on an almost daily basis. Usually, […]

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The Special Needs Tracking & Awareness Response System (STARS), was founded just over two years ago at SSM Health Cardinal Glennon’s Children’s Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri. The team at […]

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