Redefining EMS
“Emergency Medical Services.” Really? Spend a week or two in our worthy profession taking some 9-1-1 calls, or responding to patient’s medical needs, and you will quickly realize that few of the requests for our... continue reading
Independent Contractor Audits on the Rise
For years, EMS organizations (along with other types of employers) filled in employment gaps by using independent contractors, interns and even volunteers to perform various work functions. Until recently, employers used such non-employee labor... continue reading
Research Worth Reading
EMS Analysis Wang HE, Mann, NC, Jacobson KE, et al. National characteristics of emergency medical services responses in the U.S. Prehos Emerg Care. 2013;17(1):8–14. Despite its prominence and history, only limited data exists to describe the... continue reading
112th Congress Gives EMS a Christmas Gift
At the end of 2012, the U.S. Congress narrowly averted the “fiscal cliff” and in the process, delivered a welcome Christmas gift to EMS providers—another year of bonus payments. One-year extension On Jan. 2, 2013, President... continue reading
EMS People
Troy Hagen, MBA, EMT-P, has been named the president and chief executive officer (CEO) of Care Ambulance Service in Southern California. Formerly the Ada County (Idaho) paramedics director, Hagen assumed the new role in... continue reading
