Avoid the Ambulance Industry’s “Fiscal Cliff” Call to Action! This week’s blog is a Call to Action!! Earlier this week Stephen Williamson, President of the American Ambulance Association, sent out a stern warning concerning the looming expiration of the temporary Medicare ambulance add-on bonus payments that can disappear when 2012 draws to a close. These […]
Medicare Revalidation – Why? Why? Since the first day that CMS announced the revalidation process for Medicare, we’ve been asked the same question time after time. Why do we have to do this? Well a simple question begs a not so simple answer. We’ll do our best to provide you answers as we see it […]
Medicare Revalidation in Full Swing for Ambulance What is Revalidation? Just about one year ago we blogged concerning the CMS call for Medicare revalidation. CMS mandated at that time for every Medicare provider/supplier to be subject to revalidation. Basically revalidation is like hitting the reset button with Medicare. CMS is requiring that every provider/supplier provide […]
EMS Patient Care Report Writing | Documentation 101 | Part 10 – Miscellaneous Welcome to Part 10, the final installment in our twelve-week continuing blog series “EMS Patient Care Reporting Writing/Documentation 101”. Part 1: EMS Patient Care Report Writing Part 2: Field Notes Part 3: Patient Demographics Part 4a: Nature of Dispatch – Emergency vs. […]
EMS Patient Care Report Writing | Documentation 101 | Part 9 – Medical Necessity Welcome to Part 9 in our continuing blog series “EMS Patient Care Reporting Writing/Documentation 101”. Part 1: EMS Patient Care Report Writing Part 2: Field Notes Part 3: Patient Demographics Part 4a: Nature of Dispatch – Emergency vs. Non-Emergency Part 4b: […]
EMS Patient Care Report Writing | Documentation 101 | Part 8 – Treatment Welcome to Part 8 in our continuing blog series “EMS Patient Care Reporting Writing/Documentation 101”. Part 1: EMS Patient Care Report Writing Part 2: Field Notes Part 3: Patient Demographics Part 4a: Nature of Dispatch – Emergency vs. Non-Emergency Part 4b: Level […]
EMS Patient Care Report Writing | Documentation 101 | Part 7 – Mileage and Odometer Readings Welcome to Part 7 in our continuing blog series “EMS Patient Care Reporting Writing/Documentation 101”. Part 1: EMS Patient Care Report Writing Part 2: Field Notes Part 3: Patient Demographics Part 4a: Nature of Dispatch – Emergency vs. Non-Emergency […]
EMS Patient Care Report Writing | Documentation 101 | Part 6 – Signs and Symptoms Welcome to Part 6 in our continuing blog series “EMS Patient Care Reporting Writing/Documentation 101”. Part 1: EMS Patient Care Report Writing Part 2: Field Notes Part 3: Patient Demographics Part 4a: Nature of Dispatch – Emergency vs. Non-Emergency Part […]
EMS Patient Care Report Writing | Documentation 101 | Part 5 – Arrived on Scene and Chief Complaint Welcome to Part 5 of our continuing blog series “EMS Patient Care Reporting Writing/Documentation 101”. Part 1: EMS Patient Care Report Writing Part 2: Field Notes Part 3: Patient Demographics Part 4a: Nature of Dispatch – Emergency […]
9/11- A Day to Remember We Pause . . . We decided to take a break this week from our current blog series, “Documentation 101” to pause in remembrance of those who gave all on that dreadful day in American history…September 11, 2001. It’s one of those days burned in the memory of every American. […]
