QMC EMS | Board & Collar

Episode #169: 10 Questions | 30 Minutes: Wolcott Volunteer Ambulance Association, Wolcott, CT

 
We visit with the Leadership Team from Wolcott Volunteer Ambulance Association in Wolcott, CT.  Join us as we pose ten questions to them regarding their organization on topics that affect EMS across our nation.  Take a listen about their dedicated team, their community and their commitment to always providing top-notch emergency medical care over their decades of service.Join Gary and Chuck along with the Wolcott team of Chief Bill Barratt and Deputy Chiefs Peter Kaminsky and Andrew Albert as they respond to our 10 questions in 30 minutes (10Q30). 
A great session with comments from leaders of a very proud and innovative organization.  Join us!
 Presenters:  Gary Harvat, Chuck Humphrey
 
 

Episode #168: Wonder Why My Back Hurts?

 
Take a quick, and somewhat light-hearted, look back with Gary as he recalls EMS life at a much different time.  Today's changing technology, advanced medical improvements and innovations in pre-hospital care have him remembering when resources were few. Overall, his look back leaves him with a better understanding as to why his back hurts today.
 Presenter:  Gary Harvat
 
 

Episode #167: Balloons, Unicorns and Rainbows - It‘s A Surprise Billing Legislation Update

 
Join Ed, Chuck and Gary with Ed doing the heavy-lifting on this update to the Surprise Billing Legislation. It's a very fluid situation that everyone in the ground and air EMS business needs to pay strict attention.  Tune in as we provide an overview and take questions from our audience.  Hear it, absorb it and folks, fair warning here...be ready for it.  This is an hour of your time well spent.  Download and be updated now.
 Presenter:  Ed Marasco, Gary Harvat, Chuck Humphrey
 
 

Episode #166: Excuse My Medic Pod Magazine (November 9, 2021)

Welcome to the November 2021 edition of Excuse My Medic (EM2).  We cover a few key items in our broadcast this day including short segments on Surprise Billing legislation, Repetitive Scheduled Non Emergency Ambulance Transports and more.  Tune in as we look back as to why the collective backs of these three old guys hurt as they do from our days in the street and join in as we pay tribute to medical advances and of course, our Veterans.  It's a great show.  Stop by and enjoy.  
  Your Hosts:  Chuck Humphrey, Ed Marasco and Gary Harvat

Episode #165: Just in Time for Halloween...Are There Skeletons In Your OIG Exclusion List Closet?

 
One person not properly vetted before hiring cost a whopping $371,000 in paybacks, recently, for a hospital system.  Could your ambulance service be paying back big dollars, next?  We sure hope not.  Learn more about this in this episode of the QMC EMS Board and Collar podcast.
 Presenter:  Chuck Humphrey
 
 

Episode #164: Hey Boss, Are We Really Getting a Raise?

 
CMS has announced the Ambulance Inflation Factor (AIF) for 2022- the second highest percentage in the history of the AIF!  But, will government sequestration rain on our parade? 
We will explore this topic further in this edition of the QMC EMS | Board & Collar.  
 Presenter:  Chuck Humphrey
 
 

Episode #163: Nothing more than an Ambulance Driver...Why?

 
Why is it that this profession has now existed for multiple decades and the public still refers to us as good ole "Ambulance Drivers?"  Is it really the public's fault, the media or could it be our fault - those of us who work in the EMS industry?  No, can't be, can't be our fault.  Well, may be it is and our charge is to do better.
We will explore this topic further in this edition of the QMC EMS | Board & Collar.  
 Presenter:  Gary Harvat
 
 

Episode #162: We Are?...Are We Not?

 
Here we are in 2021 and EMS still remain, in some respect, just the folks who are "the ambulance drivers."  Has this title been one that we have self-invoked?  Some would argue that EMS will never be fully recognized with fire and police even after nearly 5 decades of providing a higher level of  care than what preceded us in the 1950s or 1960s.     
In this episode of the QMC EMS Board & Collar podcast, we explore this topic and dissect if we are truly a profession.  While all of us who serve in the trenches surely want this, are we educating our community and those around us to view us as professionals?  I don't know, but here's some food for thought.  We are?  Are we not?  
 Presenter:  Gary Harvat