The National Association of State EMS Officials published a helpful guide to help EMS agencies make educated decisions when choosing an electronic patient care reporting (ePCR) vendor.

Deciding on ePCR Software Guide

CMS announced a 3-year long Medicare Prior Authorization model for repetitive, scheduled non-emergent ambulance transports in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and South Carolina.

The model goes in to affect 12/1/14 and all transports submitted that fit this service description will require a prior authorization on or after 12/15/14. PN, NJ, and SC EMS providers can officially start submitting prior authorization requests to their Medicare contractor (Novitas/Palmetto) on 12/1/14.

PWW, the National EMS Industry Law Firm, is offering a webinar that talks about the top ten reasons EMS data is at risk and tens ways to combat against this risk in your EMS agency.

The webinar will discuss everything from password protection not being enough to the proper handling of lost or stolen laptops.

Click here to learn more about PWW's EMS Data Breaches webinar.

More and more EMS providers are letting us know how AIM Online EMS Software & Services are benefiting their organization

Shoreline Medical Transport brought our billing in-house eight months ago and at that time we also transitioned to AIM Online. The AIM Billing Software has been great for us in that the staff is fast and friendly to respond. AIM will go to great lengths to make sure you are comfortable with their software and they offer several options to obtain the information you need to properly bill. The new AIM Online features are modern, fast and easy to maneuver.

A long-time AIM customer happy with the decision to move online...

After reviewing all the requirements of a Compliance Program including disaster recovery, breech issues, etc., the City decided to meet with our biller, City Clerk, and City Treasurer (whose office receives and processes all payments for the General Fund) to prepare the Fire Department's "wish list" for the 2014 budget.

During the meeting it became clear that we either had to institute numerous changes to meet all the Compliance program standards, which in essence would nickel and dime us to death, or make the jump to AIM Online.