QMC EMS | Board & Collar

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
 
 

Episode #161: 10 Questions | 30 Minutes Mitchell Fire Department, Mitchell, South Dakota

Welcome to QMC's 10Q30 EMS Leadership profile.  This month, we are featuring Mitchell Fire Department from Mitchell, South Dakota  Joining us is Fire and EMS Chief, Marius Laursen.  The QMC guys had a great time speaking with Chief Laursen and he didn't disappoint with his knowledge, wit and uncanny ability to field some of our most offbeat questions.  This is a 10Q that is worthy of high marks.  Don't miss out, download this one today.
 Your Host:  Gary Harvat and Chuck Humphrey

Episode #160: Take Me to Higher Ground - The Ongoing EMS Challenge of Transporting to a Higher Level of Care

 
“Transported to a higher level of care.”  It’s a phrase EMS providers use often.  However, this little  phrase can cause your billing office some angst and headaches. Are you attune to documenting this in your electronic patient care report (ePCR)?  Have you covered all the necessary basis to support medical necessity...yes, no, maybe?
In this episode of the QMC EMS Board & Collar podcast, QMC Compliance Team members Katie Harrison and Chuck Humphrey unpack how to properly document using the phrase with just a little extra detail.  If you're headed to higher ground or a higher level of care, get there with these great tips from our team.  
 Presenters:  Chuck Humphrey and Katie Harrison