EMS leaders across the country are constantly balancing growing community needs with limited resources. Whether it’s improving response times, expanding coverage to underserved areas, or maintaining …
In EMS, there is no single moment that defines the job. It is built on long shifts, quick decisions, and calls that rarely look the same …
Each year, emergency medical services professionals from across the United States gather in Washington, D.C. for EMS on the Hill Day, an annual event organized by …
As ground ambulance service providers in Ohio know all too well, the gap between the cost of providing emergency medical services (EMS) and the reimbursement rates …
We appreciate all of the ways you make a difference! Living this year’s National EMS Week theme through your work every day, thank you for always “Rising to the Challenge.” With over 70 years of combined Fire and Emergency Medical Services (EMS) field experience, our team at Public Consulting Group …
As the COVID-19 pandemic unfolded, states across the country hustled to implement public health strategies to combat the spread of the virus with limited resources. In the aftermath of the pandemonium, our subject matter experts at PCG worked with departments, cities, towns, etc. to compile after action reports that contain …
Author: Tim Nowak Being essential is not a golden ticket. It’s also not a silver bullet. At best, it’s an unfunded mandate, but that’s the start that many EMS agencies need in order to begin getting the recognition and funding they deserve. Being classified as an “essential service” through …
Last month, the United States Senate passed a provision that would delay the due date of the Medicare Payment Advisory Committee report analyzing ambulance cost data. This delay was necessary due to CMS postponing the beginning of ambulance cost data collection because of the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent issuing of …
PCG understands that departments are in need of additional funding to support operations. We have also bared witness to the hundreds of thousands of dollars that go unclaimed each year in grant opportunities. What is the disconnect? What are the hardships in applying for grants? That is what PCG would …
The EMS Administrators’ Association of California (EMSAAC) cordially invites California’s EMS leaders and professionals to join us for the EMSAAC Annual Conference 2022 at the Omni San Diego Hotel in the heart of the San Diego Gaslamp Quarter. EMSAAC continues to lead the way in creating conferences that are meaningful …
PCG’s Public Safety Consulting Service (PSCS) team presented the webinar “For Comparison’s Sake!”, which takes a case example approach toward identifying data metrics, operational factors, financial impacts, and policy elements that could all be utilized as relative comparable points from within – and outside of – fire and EMS departments …
During these challenging times, the need for EMS to be effective, efficient, and outcome driven is greater than ever. For EMS leaders, this must include navigating grant opportunities. While grants can provide much needed revenue, most EMS leaders do not have access to a grant writer or the time to apply. …
Originally Posted on PCG’s Health Policy News on March 30, 2022. Author: Lisa Kaplan Howe This month, the Biden administration released a plan for tackling the nationwide behavioral health crisis. Challenges related to behavioral health are not new, but have only worsened during the now two-year COVID-19 pandemic. According …
Originally Posted on PCG’s Health Policy News on March 30, 2022. Author: Raneem Rayes The American Medical Association (AMA) released a report defining opportunities to incorporate technology to advance behavioral health integration (BHI) and outlining a framework to measure BHI models. This report, which was informed by a diverse working group, …
