AIM EMS Software & Services Successfully Achieves NEMSIS V3.5 Compliance

Slippery Rock, Pa. - AIM EMS Software and Services has achieved approval for the NEMSIS v3.5 update. AIM is now assisting ambulance services in the states required to make the switch to NEMSIS v3.5 compliant patient care reporting software.

Rep. Wenstrup, Sewell, Carter & Tonko Introduce Medicare Ambulance Bill

The protecting Access to Ground Ambulance Medical Services Act of 2023 introduced today will extend the current temporary increases under the Medicare ambulance fee schedule of 2% urban, 3% rural, and 22.6% super rural for another three years.

Mile-High RETAC Foundation has released the Agenda-at-a-Glance planned for the 9th EMS Financial Symposium (April 4, 2023) and 15th Annual National EMS Safety Summit (April 5-7, 2023).

On February 15, 2023, the AAP testified before the House Republican Policy Committee in a hearing on the issues affecting first responders (Police, EMS, and Fire).

In November 1973, President Gerald Ford announced that November 3 – 10, 1974 would be the first “National Emergency Medical Services Week.” The American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) played a critical role when EMS Week was established and continues to lead EMS Week each year in partnership with the National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians (NAEMT).

CMS has expanded its Accelerated and Advance Payment Program for the duration of the public health emergency, authorizing Medicare contractors the ability to provide accelerated or advance payments. 

The Pennsylvania EMS Provider Foundation has announced its annual call for grant applications. The grant will be awarded to EMT(s) who would like to further their education and become a Paramedic. The deadline for submitting applications is end-of-business day, February 16, 2020.

On November 8, 2019, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the 2020 premiums, deductibles, and coinsurance amounts for the Medicare Part A and Part B programs.

We'll soon be on our way to Fort Worth, TX, for The Texas EMS Conference , and we hope to see you there!

Here are the details for the conference.

Congresswoman Terri Sewell (D-AL) and Congressman Devin Nunes (R-CA) introduced the Medicare Ambulance Access, Fraud Prevention, and Reform Act of 2019 (H.R. 4938). Congressmen Peter Welch, (D-VT), Markwayne Mullin (R-OK), and Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) are original cosponsors of the legislation. Thank you to the bill sponsors for their continued support!