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- The First Responder Bowl: Honoring First RespondersThe First Responder Bowl is providing complimentary tickets to all EMS professionals and first responders for the December 28, 2021, […]
- CMS’s Upcoming Ambulance Data Collection WebinarsPer CMS: Dear Ground Ambulance Providers and Suppliers, Please attend these upcoming Zoom webinars: October 28: Reporting revenue November 4: […]
- Novitas’ November 16 Webinar on Prior Authorization for MedicareNovitas will hold another webinar on Medicare’s new prior authorization program for Texas on Tuesday, November 16. Participants must register […]
- Novitas Training for Prior AuthorizationPer Novitas: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) just released plans for the nationwide expansion of the prior authorization […]
- TEMSA’s 9.17.21 Member NewsletterTEMSA’s members received the following information in today’s e-mail newsletter: A look at the reporting requirements under SB 809 if […]
Recent Legislative News
- Senate Finance Committee Adds EMS Funding to ARPAThe Texas Senate Committee on Finance’s committee substitute for the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) included a funding pool of […]
- TEMSA Announces ARPA Funding Priorities for TexasThe Texas EMS Alliance (TEMSA) announced American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding priorities for the state of Texas to address […]
- Governor Abbott Extends EMS Staffing Waivers Until February 27, 2022Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced today that the staffing waiver – TAC 157.11 (h) (1 through 6) – will not be lifted on […]
- Governor Announces End of Covid-19 Waivers for EMSGovernor Greg Abbott announced that the April 20, 2020, Covid-19 waiver for Texas EMS agencies will be lifted on September […]
- CMS Issues Retroactive Treatment in Place WaiverThe Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a waiver retroactive to March 1, 2020, for EMS agencies to […]
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It’s Hard Out Here—Way, Way, Way Out Here—for a Medic
It’s Hard Out Here—Way, Way, Way Out Here—for a Medic
www.texasmonthly.com
Oil-field medics face long hours, grisly accidents, desolation, and low pay. So why do they do it?"Those who work in emergency medical services are essentially the roughnecks of health care. Although their job requires a high level of skill and knowledge, compared with other health-care gigs it is undeniably blue-collar and often treated as less than. But at least roughnecks are paid well, with many banking at least $75,000 a year. The same can’t be said of EMS workers, who on average make less than half that. And yet here they were, EMTs and medics, proving their guts and grit in the heart of nowhere, their work known only to each other—and the people they save."
The First Responder Bowl Is offering free tickets to EMS professionals and first responders for the post-season bowl game on December 28 at SMU's Gerald J. Ford Stadium in Dallas.
Click here to claim your complimentary tickets:
www.firstresponderbowl.com/ticket-op
December 5-11 is National Influenza Vaccination Week, and many Texas EMS agencies are on the front lines administering the flu vaccine to their Texas communities.
Thanks to Joe Schmider of DSHS for meeting with the Texas EMS Alliance board on Monday to discuss the next steps regarding the state's new EMS education and recruitment initiative, which the Texas Legislature approved in October.
Also, TEMSA can now be found on Instragram. Search for: TEMSAEMS
Fantastic! Let us know how we can help. I’m the EMS Director at UT Dallas.
From Twitter
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Via @KXAN_News: Paid EMT trainings, job offers coming to Austin amid medical labor shortage https://www.kxan.com/news/local/austin/paid-emt-trainings-job-offers-coming-to-austin-amid-medical-labor-shortage/
Summary of Medicare policy continued:
-Reducing Medicare pay cuts for all physicians from 3.75% to 0.75% for the next year
-Delays 4% Medicare PAYGO cuts
Hospitals support the overall deal, but expect them to continue to lobby to mitigate the remaining cuts next year.
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Quick detailed rundown of what Congress will be voting on this week on Medicare:
-Averting 2% sequester cuts for three months, and reduces the cuts to 1% for the next three months
-That is paid for using a budget gimmick to increase Medicare sequester cuts in 2030
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EMS in Texas is unique. This piece might be the best narrative on EMS in Texas. #txlege
If you live in a city and have an emergency, you might take for granted that you can dial 911 and EMS workers will arrive w/in minutes. But what if home is the middle of the oil patch? The EMTs and medics of Loving County are your best shot at survival. 1/ https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/life-of-oil-field-medic/
The guys I embedded with are some of the most hard-working, foul-mouthed, funny, and passionate people I've met. Their job is dangerous, mentally and physically exhausting, and mostly thankless. They would *never* call themselves "heroes." But I would. 4/