Is your ambulance company working to submit data for the Medicare Ground Ambulance Data Collection System (GADCS)? 

EMS agencies deserve a swift, accurate, and regular billing cycle. EMS operations are facing enough trouble – they shouldn’t have to worry about whether they’ll be paid for their hard work. 

User friendly ePCR software shouldn’t be a tough ask for EMS providers. Unfortunately, bad ePCR software is like an annoying rash, leading to seemingly endless frustrations for crews and Q/A specialists. 

Are you wondering how to reduce your EMS service's costs? You're not the only one. In recent years, EMS has weathered a barrage of storms - rising prices, reduced reimbursement, staff shortages, supply deficiencies - one after the other. Across the country, ambulance companies are asking the same question: how do we survive these repeated onslaughts?

With the recent passing of new legislation, New York will allow volunteer fire departments to bill insurers for ambulance transports. This law changes the game for fire departments who operate ambulances but have struggled to recuperate costs.

The pandemic has been a cyclone for ambulance services everywhere. There was the calm before the storm. Then health systems exploded: overrun hospitals, paramedic shortages, and supply deficiencies. The past two years haven’t been easy. We know EMS agencies are working incredibly hard.

EMS Software and Billing Services designed to help your agency maximize ambulance transport reimbursement. Getting paid by patients and insurers alike is a challenge for all EMS agencies, but particularly for the smaller ones who can’t afford to have Accounts Receivable/Collections professionals on staff.

Explore our EMS office disinfecting strategies to help keep your EMS billing staff safe. Coronavirus created a sense of panic, leaving some businesses and companies unable to even revisit their offices to collect necessary belongings. Since the staff members have left the office, with minimal notice, the condition in which the offices/desks were left could have created a worse scene for a crew, or a nightmare for when EMS billers return. The strategy in disinfecting office space is similar to home and office settings.

Working from home now? Here are some remote working best practices for EMS billers to consider. Many organizations, including EMS billing offices, are working through unprecedented changes right now, leaving employees feeling anxious and overwhelmed — especially if they are unexpectedly “forced” to work from home. 

The new year is quickly approaching—that means new deductibles. How does your EMS Agency plan to handle exposure to deductibles this January? There is no way to completely alleviate the reduction of revenue your EMS agency will experience from deductibles, but there are ways to reduce your exposure. For instance, it's a common EMS billing practice to hold January Medicare Part B claims for 3-4 weeks before submitting. Sometimes it's longer, depending on the length of time that crossover takes. Doing this helps to reduce exposure to deductibles that minimize the number of patient pay claims. In other words, to reduce your exposure to deductibles, don't file too early in the year.