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QMC EMS | Board & Collar — 200 episodes
Big Beautiful Panic Attack For EMS
Episode #208: Excuse My Medic - Ground Ambulance Balance Billing Discussion
Episode #207: Excuse My Medic
Episode #206: It's a Photo Finish for 2024 - The CMS Extension for Add-On Payments
Episode #205: The Hen with the Golden Egg? - Findings of the CMS Ground Ambulance Data Collection System (Year 1 and 2 Cohort)
Episode #204: Excuse My Medic
Episode #203: So Oh-Oh Urgent - Call to Action
Episode #202: Seeing Red is Now a Good Thing
Episode #201: New AIF Calculation 2025
Episode #200: I've Seen Fire and I've Seen Rain - Hurricanes Helene and Milton
Episode #199: Excuse My Medic Featuring Henry Lewis
Episode #198: Continued "Geeking" on Ground Ambulance Data Collection Statistics
Episode #197: Geeking Out with CMS Ground Ambulance Data Collection Part 1
Episode #196: Didn't Your Mom Tell You to Always Share? - New Rules for Sharing PHI
Episode #195: Excuse My Medic Featuring John Moon
Episode #194: Excuse My Medic (EM2) February 2024 Edition
Episode #193: Excuse My Medic (EM2) - 2023 Holiday Edition
Episode #192: Excuse My Medic (EM2) - The New Veterans Administration Ambulance Rule
Episode #191: Tonight We Ride - The 2024 Ambulance Inflation Factor
Episode #190: Farewell Old Friend, We Hardly Knew Ye - The Demise of ET3
Episode #189: 10Q30 - Atrium Health Featuring Jonathan Collier, Vice President of Mobile Medicine
Episode #188: Be a Mr. Ford
Episode #187: EMS Week 2023 - With Gratitude to the Dedicated
Episode #186: Updates and Downdates - What’s Happening with Cost Data Collection and the No Surprises Act?
Episode #185: Sign on the Dotted Line Please....Obtaining Signatures in the Field: Are You Conforming?
Episode #184: Holiday Gift from Congress....It’s Not A Red Ryder BB Gun but It’s Close... The Extenders ARE Extended
Episode #183: Excuse My Medic 2022 Holiday Edition
Episode #182: Show Me the Money
Episode #181: Ambulance Inflation Factor...Good Vibrations or Just Another One-Hit Wonder?
Episode #180: Can Someone Please Throw Us A Life Preserver...Pullllease?
Episode #179: Excuse My Medic (EM2) Salute to National EMS Week 2022
Episode #178: 10 Questions | 30 Minutes - Topton Community Ambulance, Topton, Pennsylvania
Episode #177: Excuse My Medic (April 14, 2022)
Episode #176: BAA BAA Black Sheep - The HIPAA Business Associates Agreement (BAA) Not Your Childhood Nursery Rhyme
Episode #175: Chug It - Prior Authorization for Repetitive Scheduled Non-Emergency Ambulance Transports with a PCS Chaser.
Episode #174: This Ain’t Some Late Night Talk Show - Properly Managing Critical Conversations
Episode #173: You Keep Repeating Yourself - Understanding the Pre-Auths Behind Repetitive Scheduled Non-Emergent Transports
Episode #172: Dance with Who Brought Ya’ - The Important Role of Mentors
Episode #171: Excuse My Medic (December 17, 2021)
Episode #170: A Survivor‘s Story
Episode #169: 10 Questions | 30 Minutes: Wolcott Volunteer Ambulance Association, Wolcott, CT
Episode #168: Wonder Why My Back Hurts?
Episode #167: Balloons, Unicorns and Rainbows - It‘s A Surprise Billing Legislation Update
Episode #166: Excuse My Medic Pod Magazine (November 9, 2021)
Episode #165: Just in Time for Halloween...Are There Skeletons In Your OIG Exclusion List Closet?
Episode #164: Hey Boss, Are We Really Getting a Raise?
Episode #163: Nothing more than an Ambulance Driver...Why?
Episode #162: We Are?...Are We Not?
Episode #161: 10 Questions | 30 Minutes Mitchell Fire Department, Mitchell, South Dakota
Episode #160: Take Me to Higher Ground - The Ongoing EMS Challenge of Transporting to a Higher Level of Care
Episode #159: 10 Questions | 30 Minutes - Mercy Flight Central, Canandaigua, New York
Episode #158: Yet Another Piece of the Big HRSA CARES Act Puzzle Comes Together
Episode #157: 10 Questions | 30 Minutes - Longwood Fire Company, Kennett Square, PA
Episode #156: The Matrix Called COVID - Ever Have That Feeling Where You're Unsure If You're Awake or Dreaming?
Episode #155: Celebrating Our Profession - National EMS Week 2021
Episode #154: A TIP from our Friends at CMS - The CMS Treatment in Place (TIP) Waiver Figured Out
Episode #153: New Innovations In Prehospital Management of the Opioid Epidemic (Presented by Cooper University Health Care EMS)
Episode #152: Look for the Bare Necessities - The Certificate of Medical Necessity
Episode #151: Excuse My Medic Pod Magazine (May 7, 2021)
Episode #150: 10 Questions | 30 Minutes: McGregor EMS - New Hampshire
Episode #149: For Amber Waves of Grain - The American Rescue Plan EMS Overview
Episode #148: Throw a Hot Towel On It - The 1135 Blanket Waiver
Episode #147: Pay Up (or else): Re-Paying the Medicare Accelerated Payments
Episode #146: Long In the Tooth and Short On Plans...Succession Planning at Your EMS Organization
Episode #145: Excuse My Medic Pod Magazine (February 19, 2021)
Episode #144: Ten Questions In 30 Minutes Featuring Bellmore-Merrick EMS (Long Island, NY)
Episode #143: Tale of Two Studies
Episode #142: Promoting Your EMS Organization
Episode #141: Excuse My Medic (December 18, 2020)
Episode #140: Finally, A Shot in the Arm - COVID-19 Vaccine Update (What EMS Organizations Need to Know)
Episode #139: Thanksgiving Thoughts for Those Who Fight the Good Fight During this Great American Holiday
Episode #138: Excuse My Medic with Special Guest Steve Wirth
Episode #137: Not a Red Ryder BB Gun but it's a Holiday Gift come early from the Fed Santa (Kinda)
Episode #136: Boss, Any Chance I Can Have an Advance, Please? The Advance Payment Program and More
Episode #135: A Little of This...A Little of That... EMS Regulatory Update.
Episode #134: Baskin-Robbins Ice Cream It Ain't - Dealing with Rejections and Denials
Episode #133: Chasing Cats in the Dark - Managing EMS Accounts Receivable Life Cycles
Episode #132: Excuse My Medic Pod Magazine (August 27, 2020)
Episode #131: Promises in the Dark - HHS Funding Phase 2 Figured Out....Hopefully!
Episode #130: Not a Party with a Cake but it is a Surprise...Surprise Medical Billing.
Episode #129: 10 Questions | 30 Minutes - Spaulding Rehabilitation Network
Episode #128: Cost Data Collection - The Workin' Man (Part II) - Wages, Salaries, Benefits and More Fun Stuff Associated with Staffing
Episode #127: Excuse My Medic Pod Magazine (June 26, 2020)
Episode:#126: The Almighty Grant Dollar and COVID-19: Funding Update for Emergency Medical Services
Episode #125: FAQs from Us to You: COVID-19 Funding, Reimbursement and Other Stuff that Keeps you Awake at Night!
Episode #124: Excuse My Medic Pod Magazine (April 17, 2020)
Episode #123: CMS and COVID-19 Figured Out? A Daunting Task but We'll Give it a Go!
Episode #122: Everyone's Has A Boss...Cost Data Collection Section 7 Administration - Gotta Count Them Too!
Episode #121: COVID-19 Beyond the Response
Episode #120: Difficult Conversations About Uncomfortable Topics
Episode #119: Cost Data Collection - The Workin' Man - Jobs and Compensation - Section 7
Episode #118: HIPAA Update - Are You Gambling with Your Organization's Financial Well-Being?
Episode #117: Excuse My Medic Pod Magazine (February 14, 2020)
Episode #116: The Cost Data Collection Instrument - It's Not the Saxophone but It's A Key Member of the Cost Data Collection Band
Episode #115: Service Above Self - Cost Data Collection Section #6 Service Mix Section
Episode #114: 10 Questions | 30 Minutes: Trinidad Ambulance District, Trinidad, Colorado
Episode #113: Lions, Tigers & Bears AKA Standbys, Intercepts and Instruments - More On Cost Data Collection
Episode #112: Excuse My Medic Pod Magazine (December 20, 2019)
Episode #111: Cost Data Collection, Take 5 - Section 5 That is...
Episode #110: The Leader of the Cost Data Collection Band - The Cost Data Instrument
Episode #109: PCS Form 2020 - Ch..Ch..Ch..Changes
Episode #108: Excuse My Medic Pod Magazine Special Edition (Nov. 25, 2019)
Episode #107: 10 Questions | 30 Minutes - Town of Derry New Hampshire EMS, Featuring Chuck Hemeon, EMS Director
Episode #106: More Bucks, Less Bucks, Whose Got the Bucks (And We Ain't Talkin' Hunting Here)
Episode #105: A Day in the Life of EMS Economics
Episode #104: The Medicare Fee Schedule...Boring as Sin but Very Important to Your Organization's Health
Episode #103: HIPAA, HIPPA, HIPPO....NPP? Do You Really Know?
Episode #102: Change...Hate it? Embrace It Once and Take the Risk...Try it...You May Like It
Episode #101: Is Anybody Out There? How Do We Find and More Importantly, Retain Good Employees
Episode #100: Excuse My Medic Pod Magazine (October 17, 2019)
Episode #99: The National Medicare Ambulance Fee Schedule...Don't Break Out the Party Poppers Just Yet!
Episode #98: Fun at Work? Is this Possible...Really?
Episode #97: New Challenge for Today's EMS Leaders...The Employee and the Medical Marijuana Card
Episode #96: They're At the Post....Reserve the Blinders for the Racehorses
Episode #95: Cost Data Collection Could Be On Your Christmas Table This Year
Episode #94: Are You Lookin' Good? The Important Art of Non-Verbal Communication
Episode #93: Does Your EMS Organization Have the Low-Price Mentality?
Episode #92: Want to Learn New Things? Be a Beginner
Episode #91: 10 Questions | 30 Minutes (10Q30) EMS Profile - Carilion Clinic Patient Transportation Services
Episode #90: Key to the City - Obtaining Insurance and Signature Information
Episode #89: CDC For EMS - It's Cost Data Collection NOT Centers for Disease Control
Episode #88: Excuse My Medic Pod Magazine Special Edition (September 12, 2019): Plastic Makes it Possible!
Episode #87: Riders on the Storm - EMS and the Lady Named Dorian
Excuse My Medic Pod Magazine (August 28, 2019)
Documenting A Bug Named "Flu"
Great Googa Mooga Just a Ball of Confusion - The Advance Beneficiary Notice (ABN)
ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ Codes
SSNRI, HICN, MBI...What's This, More Healthcare Acronyms from the Federal Government?
"The Misunderstoods" - A Pixar Movie? No, It's About Understanding and Documenting SCTs
Money Ball: Analytics, Cost Data Collection and Your Ambulance Service
Stop the Watch: The Importance of Recording Accurate Times on Your PCR
Walk This Way (great song) but Does the Walk Satisfy Medical Necessity?
Movies, Emoticons and Storytellers: Things to Avoid When Writing Your PCR
The Drama Behind Documenting Trauma
All the Wrong Reasons: Three Reasons Your Billing Office Can't Bill your EMS Incident
All I Need is the Air that I Breathe: The Trouble with Trouble Breathing
Technology: Is it Working for Your Organization?
Managing the Perfect Storm: The Aftermath of Collecting Dollars for Services Provided During Catastrophic Conditions
Necessary Evil: The Power of the Pre-Auth - Sometimes Evil but Always Necessary
Not A Fancy Hallmark Verse but Surely A Sincere Thank You
Come On People - Do Better By Don't Doing
Yep, There's an App for That! - A Review of the "What's Covered" App from Medicare
Excuse My Medic Pod Magazine (August 6, 2019)
Roll with the Changes: The New and Improved PCS
SNFers and the Challenges They Present
Dragon Tamer 101 Part 2: Defining Medicaid
Dragon Tamer 101: Defining Medicare
It's Summer...What, It's Flu Season Already?
Are We There Yet, Dad? - ET3 Is Headed Your Way
Pigskin Problems: Documenting Sports Injuries - Football Season is Underway
Fire Down Below: Evaluating Belly Pain
I Guarantee It!
Forgive Them, For They Know Not, the 'Bulance Business
Ten Questions | 30 Minutes (10Q30) EMS Profile - LifeMed Alaska, Anchorage AK
Be Part of the Race Without Running: Politics and EMS
March of the Detractors: "But, We've Always Done it That Way"
It Don't Come Easy....EMS Compliance Isn't Easy
The Road to the EMS Future - Are You On It?
Think Before You Speak - How Not to Respond to THAT Question
Questionable Practices: Are We All Singing from the Same Sheet of Music?
Don't Be Like the Mice: Are You Blind To 3 Compliance Warning Signs?
Ten Pounds in a Five Pound Bag: The ALS Assessment Rule
Excuse My Medic Pod Magazine (July 23, 2019)
Who's Driving the Bus?
A Little Ditty on Data...That is, CMS Cost Data Collection
Bob Dylan 1964: The Times They Are A-Changin' - EMS 2019: The Times Are Still A-Changin'
It's In Every Corner of Your Community - Illegal Drugs and the Impact on EMS
More Bells and Whistles: Let's Change ePCR Programs
Question, Question, Who's Got the (right) Question?
Destination Unknown: The Ongoing Saga of Closest Appropriate Facility
Transport Modalities: Lots of Grey, Minimal Black and White.
Grow Our Profession...Be Proud
It's Not EMS Week but Thank You!
My Buddy, My Pal - A Team Approach to PCR Completion
Used and Not Amused: Thoughts on EMS System Abusers
Did You "Check Out" the New Guy?
Won Your Organization's Election to Office? Uncle Sam Wants to Know You Better
What's Your Organizational Face?
I Have But One Weakness: Weakness
Does Your Community Know You As the Ambulance Drivers? Better Fix That!
All Hail the Mighty EMS Volunteer
Like a Hurricane Over the Gulf: HIPAA Continues to Gain Strength
Document the Difference You Make!
Fill in the Blank: " __________ Flyers" and Management of these Patients
Community Paramedicine: Great Idea - Now, Show Us the Money to Make it Work
Insurance Coverage = Insurance Payment? Well, that would be a "Maybe"
The Ouch Factor: Documenting Patient Pain
Volunteer Staffing Problems? Just Add Paid Staff....NOT!
Such A Novel Idea: Building and Maintaining Professional Relationships
A Win/Win? Bill Proposes to Fix Vet's Ambulance Transportation
Documenting Cardiac Arrest Scenarios
Dazed and Confused: The Do's and Don'ts of the PCS
Understanding the Application of Base Rate Charges
Documentation Scenarios with Child Patients
Under the Microscope: Balance Billing
EMS Leadership Lessons from the Godfather Movie
This Re-validation Stuff...Must My Organization Comply?
Reimbursement for Scenarios Involving Death
Connecting the Data: Drop-Downs vs. Written Narratives
It's Summer, Let's Leave the Bay Doors Open