Through the Emergency Triage, Treat and Transport model, CMS will pay ambulance suppliers and providers to transport Medicare beneficiaries to an alternative location (like an urgent care clinic) and to provide treatment in place with a practitioner.
Less than a month after rolling out its Mobile Stroke Unit, an ambulance equipped with all the necessary elements of comprehensive stroke care, the Cleveland Clinic says a critical demand is being filled, and projections could already double within the first year. Dr. Peter Rasmussen, director of Cleveland Clinic’s Cerebrovascular Center, said that after just […]
Across the nation, state-based health insurance exchanges are searching for ways to better serve their communities while making enrollment easier, more personal, and more accessible for everyone.
I met Nadine Levick, MD, at Datapalooza in June. She is the research director and CEO of EMS Safety Foundation. It was one of those conversations during which most of my replies were, “Wow, I didn’t know that,” or “Really?” She told me about her Foundation and its work to modernize the design of the […]