CPSM’s subject matter expert on Emergency Medical Services, Matt Zavadsky, was invited to provide testimony to the Congressional House Ways and Means Committee hearing on March 18, 2024, focusing on access to emergency medical care. Watch Matt’s presentation for informative dialogue with members of the committee that hold jurisdiction on federal legislation for items such…
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The EMS Economic and Staffing Crisis Creates an Opportunity for Improved System Design
Using data to evaluate your community’s EMS costs, ambulance staffing levels, and response time expectations to help prevent your EMS systems from collapsing. by Matt Zavadsky | Oct 01, 2023 | PM MAGAZINE – ARTICLE Fifty-five. That’s how many communities lost their ambulance provider in the past two years, according to local and national media reports tracked by…
Montana city council reviews increasing demands on fire, EMS
An independent report from the Center for Public Safety Management recommends making Kalispell’s EMS coordinator a full-time position and increase ambulance staffing. By Kate Heston | Daily Inter Lake | August 31, 2023 KALISPELL, Mont. — Kalispell City Council reviewed Monday a third-party report that found that the city’s fire and emergency medical services are…
Why Pennsylvania paramedics say ‘EMS is dying’
The state budget includes a $20.7 million increase to ambulance reimbursement rates, but EMS agencies say much more is needed. by Gillian McGoldrick | Aug. 30, 2023 HARRISBURG — Emergency medical services are the only first responders that most Pennsylvanians don’t pay toward until they call 911. And EMS agencies are warning that they might not…
Ambulance ‘response times’ miss the big picture: health outcomes
By: Mississippi Ambulance Alliance Board Members Read this article in the Clarion Ledger. No one would dream of requiring that every patient seen in emergency rooms across our state is treated within 12 minutes. Such a stringent and arbitrary requirement would be dangerous to those most in need of urgent attention and unaffordable if not…
Here’s What High-Performance, High-Value EMS Looks Like
The Center for Public Safety Management proudly sponsored Academy of International Mobile Healthcare Integration’s (AIMHI) most recent webinar, “High Performance, High Value EMS.” The session provided a FREE learning opportunity for public policymakers and public safety leaders to explore the true potential of high-performance, high-value EMS delivery—and the recording is now available for on-demand viewing.…
Top 5 takeaways from NAEMT’s first national survey of EMS agencies
A national survey reveals EMS economic and operations redesigns that would have been considered heresy just years ago By: CPSM’s Matt Zavadsky, MS-HSA, EMT Ask any EMS clinician or leader, and they will tell you – many EMS systems across the U.S., regardless of provider type, are on life support. Workforce shortages, skyrocketing costs, supply…
Otsego County EMS Reaches Crossroads – Part II: Recent Reports
By TED MEBUST for AllOstego.com The New York State Emergency Medical Services Council’s “2023 EMS Agenda for Future,” released last month, inspected challenges involved in supplying EMS delivery by creating topic-specific subgroups to study agencies, education, government, support, operations, hospitals and staffing. The Center for Public Safety Management’s recent “EMS Services Delivery Report” did the…
CPSM co-hosts “EMS in Critical Condition” Webinar with NAEMT and ICMA
CPSM Director Tom Wieczorek participated as an expert panelist on the national webinar on February 22, 2023. The webinar, “EMS in Critical Condition,” was attended by over 350 EMS leaders, as well as municipal and county officials. Watch now, below!
Otsego County EMS Reaches Crossroads – Part I: The County Service
By TED MEBUST for AllOstego.com In December of 2021, the Otsego County Board of Representatives, at the recommendation of its Public Safety and Legal Affairs Committee, implemented a 24-hour, county-based advanced life support ambulance service, buying two ambulances and staffing 16 full-time and 10 part-time paramedics. Previously, pre-hospital emergency medical services had been largely carried…