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Cutting Edge EMS Technology
November 2020
Healthcare innovation is happening at a pace never before seen; technologies that were once science fiction are now a reality.
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Congress Restores Medicare Ambulance Add-On Payments
February 9, 2018
Bill contains some of the most significant EMS reimbursement reforms that Congress has enacted in several years.
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Congress Delays “Cadillac Tax”
January 23, 2018
“Cadillac Tax” now set to take effect in four years in 2022.
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Save the Medicare Ambulance Add-On Payments
January 5, 2018
Urge your members of Congress to restore the Add-On Payments!
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FirstNet's Historic Achievement
January 2, 2018
All 50 states, D.C., and two U.S. territories have officially "opted in" to FirstNet
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Reaching the Community with Hands-Only CPR
December 2017
While the death rate is declining, the best way to affect out-of-hospital cardiac-arrest incidents is to ensure that AEDs are readily available and that members of the community are trained in CPR.
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Mobile Integrated Healthcare Handbook is Released
December 2017
The MIH Handbook will provide a step-by-step process to evaluate whether mobile integrated healthcare is right for fire departments and the steps to implement such a program, tailormade to the needs of the department’s local EMS systems.
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Fighting Fire with the Tax Code
December 5, 2017
Tax cut bill: What's in it for fire and EMS
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Emergency Medical Service: The EMS Section Show
October 16, 2017
Any successful, long-running TV series, when it first aired, had a solid cast of lead characters. After some time, some leads were phased out and new characters were brought in. Such is the life of the EMS Section.
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EMS: People Will Come
September 2017
On May 8, the REPLICA team was established when Georgia became the 10th state to sign on. This significant moment in the history of EMS represents one of the largest im-provements in our system in decades.
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Fentanyl Poses Lethal Threat to First Responders
June 7, 2017
EMS personnel responding to overdose patients and other opioid-related calls are especially at risk.
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The One Thing!
December 2020
My journey and my most important advice.
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America is bracing for the convergence of COVID-19 and the flu season.
December 2020
What does it mean for our health care system and first responders?
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Congress Passes Legislation to Address Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS)
December 14, 2020
This week Congress passed The Fiscal Year 2021 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA; H.R. 6395).
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