2018 AMBY Award Winners Announced

The American Ambulance Association is proud to announce the recipients of the 2018 AMBY Awards. The AMBYs highlight excellence in EMS and the ingenuity and entrepreneurial spirit that epitomize AAA members. The mission of the awards is to showcase creativity and innovation in the ambulance industry by fostering a culture of collaboration, cooperation and...

2018 AAA Award Winners Announced

The American Ambulance Association is proud to announce this year’s award winners. Awards will be presented at the AAA Annual Conference & Trade Show Membership Meeting on Friday, September 7, 2018. Please join us in congratulating this year’s winners! J. Walter Schaeffer Award Dale Berry The J. Walter Schaeffer Award is given annually to an individual whose work in...

Talking Medicare: DOJ Settlement Highlights Importance of Exclusion Testing

Talking Medicare: Recent DOJ Settlement Highlights Importance of Exclusion Testing On July 17, 2018, the U.S. Attorney for the District of Maine issued a press release on a settlement that had been reached with an ambulance service in Maine. As a result of this settlement, the ambulance service agreed to pay $16,776.74 to resolve allegations...

CMS Extends Moratorium on Non-Emergency Ground Services

CMS Extends Temporary Moratorium on Non-Emergency Ground Ambulance Services in New Jersey and Pennsylvania The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced that it intends to extend the temporary moratoria on the enrollment of new Medicare Part B non-emergency ground ambulance providers and suppliers in the states of New Jersey and Pennsylvania.  The...

Notice of Proposed Change to OSHA Injury Reporting

Notice of Proposed Change to OSHA Electronic Injury Reporting Regulations The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced on July 27, 2018 that it has published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that would change the Electronic Injury Reporting Regulations (29 CFR Part 1904) for employers with 250 or more employees. OSHA is proposing this...

Sharing Patient Stories

https://www.facebook.com/americanambulanceassoc/videos/10156688342535962/   EMTs, Paramedics, and Dispatchers touch lives every day. However, ambulance services aren't always sure how best to showcase their value. Learn how Robert Lawrence of PatientCare Logistics Solutions - Alameda Co. and Matt Zavadsky of MedStar Mobile Healthcare share their teams' impact with patient stories. #SupportEMS

CMS Non-Emergency Ambulance Transport Open Door Forum 7/26

CMS Issues Data Elements and Templates for Non-Emergency Ambulance Transports (NEAT): Open Door Forum for Thursday, July 26, 2018 Just Announced As part of its Patients Over Paperwork Project, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Provider Compliance Group (PCG) has been hosting quarterly listening sessions and reviewing the Request for Information submissions. The American Ambulance...

Robert Wilkie Confirmed as VA Secretary

The Senate voted today to confirm Robert Wilkie as Department of Veterans Affairs secretary. Wilkie, previously an undersecretary at the Pentagon, was approved by the Senate 86-9. Of note, Wilkie becomes the fourth VA Secretary in the past five years. New VA Secretary, Robert Wilkie Senate confirms Robert Wilkie to be the next VA Secretary What To...

OIG Report on Overpayments For Non-Emergency Transports

OIG Report - Overpayments For Non-Emergency Ambulance Transports To Non-Covered Destinations The Office of the Inspector General released its report "Medicare Improperly Paid Providers for Non Emergency Ambulance Transports to Destinations Not Covered by Medicare". In sum, the OIG reviewed claims that Medicare paid for 2014 - 2016 non-emergency ambulance transports. The review focused on transports...

Do You Offer Equal Paternity Leave?

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today that Estée Lauder, the beauty product manufacturer, has entered a settlement agreement in the amount of $1.1mm to settle a class action lawsuit filed on behalf of 210 male employees who allege that Estée Lauder discriminated against them on the basis of their gender.  The allegations...

NEW! AAA PreCon Workshop on Mandatory Cost Data Collection

AAA is excited to announce that this year we will be holding a full day pre-conference workshop at the AAA Annual Conference & Trade Show! Join industry experts Rebecca Williamson, Angie McLain, Asbel Montes, Kathy Lester, Scott Moore, and Brian Werfel to learn what the new cost data collection mandates will require and how...

Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule 2018

On Thursday, July 12, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the “Revisions to Payment Policies under the Physician Fee Schedule and Other Revisions to Part B for CY 2019; Medicare Shared Savings Program Requirements; Quality Payment Program; and Medicaid Promoting Interoperability Program” Proposed Rule (Proposed Rule). As you know, the American Ambulance...

2019 Midwest EMS Expo Call for Speakers

2019 Midwest EMS Expo April 25—26, 2019 | Bloomington, MN We are asking those individuals interested in presenting at the 2019 Midwest EMS Expo to please submit a session proposal. Submissions for the 2019 conference are due October 1, 2018 Midwest EMS Expo speakers are NOT compensated, but do receive a complimentary full conference registration Please...

2018 AAA Election—Floor Nominations

To All AAA Members, In accordance with the AAA Bylaws, floor nominations for the Board, Ethics and Honorary Membership positions for the 2018 election will be accepted on the AAA board conference call scheduled for the week of July 9th.  If you are interested in a position, but have not filled out your nomination form...

Supreme Court Overturns 1977 Union Dues Ruling

Yesterday, the United States Supreme Court issued a ruling in a case that many municipal employers and labor unions have been anxiously awaiting because it may change the power of organized labor in this country.  The ruling in Janus v. American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, (AFSCME), overturned a 1977 decision that...