EMS Patient Care Report Writing | Documentation 101 | Part 3 – Patient Demographics Welcome to Part 3 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 Who is the patient- Spelling is important! Before we go any […]
EMS Patient Care Report Writing | Documentation 101 | Part 2 – Field Notes Welcome to Part 2 in our continuing blog series “EMS Patient Care Reporting Writing/Documentation 101”. Part 1: EMS Patient Care Report Writing Part 2: Field Notes The Writing Implement Before you do anything else at the beginning of your shift, make […]
EMS Patient Care Report Writing | Documentation 101 | Part 1 Part 1: EMS Patient Care Report Writing Stick Figures vs. Art… While God blessed me with the ability to effectively put my thoughts into words, He in no way provided me with more than a basic ability to draw things. My artistic level would […]
President Obama Signs Act Extending Ambulance Bonus Payments President Obama has signed the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 into law. In addition to insuring that thousands of Americans will not be assessed higher payroll deduction taxes for the balance of 2012, most importantly to the ambulance industry it means the […]
Bill to Extend Ambulance Relief Payments for Remainder of 2012 Passes On the coattails… The much anticipated “tax cut” bill has been passed by Congress! Ambulance companies across the United States were holding their collective breath as the temporary Medicare bonus payments of 2% urban, 3% rural and 22.6% super rural were set to once […]
GPCI Decrease Offsets Positive Medicare Increase in Some Geographic Areas The “Yo-Yo” Effect Talk about a “yo-yo” effect of ups and downs surrounding the anticipated new Medicare Ambulance Fee Schedule amounts! You’ll recall we Blogged several times about the Congressional battle that stood to interfere with the extension of the bonus payments. We learned that […]
Congress Extends Ambulance Relief for Two Months It passed! President Obama Expected to Sign Legislation has passed temporarily extending ambulance claim bonus payments that were set to expire in a week. President Obama is expected to sign the bill into law today. For at least two months, the bonus payments will remain in place and […]
Latest Update on Medicare Ambulance Relief Extensions Both Chambers Pass the Bill The Temporary Payroll Tax Cut Continuation Act of 2011, H.R. 3630 has now passed both the House and the Senate. This bill, which also includes the extension of the ambulance bonus payments into the New Year, may now proceed to a conference committee […]
House of Representatives Passes Medicare Ambulance Relief Extensions Late last night (December 13th) the U.S. House passed H.R.3630. The bill included language extending the current Medicare ambulance bonus payments for another one-year period, while mandating the General Accounting Office (GAO) to update the ambulance cost report. Tabbed the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation […]
Medicare Ambulance Relief Extension in Congressional Hands Congressional Republicans Propose Relief Extension for 2012 Congressional Republicans have included a one-year extension of Medicare ambulance relief as part of their proposed package to extend the payroll tax holiday, the physician fix and a few other provisions. The American Ambulance Association has also announced that they have […]
