- The Biden-Harris Administration Supports Rural Health Care
- Biden-Harris Administration Announces $52 Million Investment for Health Centers to Provide Care for People Reentering the Community after Incarceration
- On National Rural Health Day, Reps. Sewell and Miller Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Support Rural Hospitals
- Terri Sewell Cosponsors Bill Reauthoring Program to Support Rural Hospitals
- HRSA: Inclusion of Terrain Factors in the Definition of Rural Area for Federal Office of Rural Health Policy Grants
- Celebrating National Rural Health Day
- DEA, HHS: Third Temporary Extension of COVID-19 Telemedicine Flexibilities for Prescription of Controlled Medications
- Talking Rural Health Care with U of M
- Public Inspection: DEA, HHS: Third Temporary Extension of COVID-19 Telemedicine Flexibilities for Prescription of Controlled Medications
- CDC Presents a Five-Year Plan for Rural Healthcare
- Kansas Faith Leaders 'Well Positioned' To Help Fill Mental Health Care Gaps in Rural Areas
- The CDC Wants More Kansas Farm Workers to Get Their Flu Shots This Season
- Study: Rural Residents More Likely to Struggle With Medical Debt
- Deaths From Cardiovascular Disease Increased Among Younger U.S Adults in Rural Areas
- VA Proposes to Eliminate Copays for Telehealth, Expand Access to Telehealth for Rural Veterans
Pennsylvania’s 2022 Annual Ambulance Reimbursement Conference
The Ambulance Association of Pennsylvania (AAP) Presents
Pennsylvania’s 2022 Annual Ambulance
Reimbursement Conference
May 3 – May 4, 2022
National and State reimbursement issues
Emergency and Non-Emergency Medical Services Compliance
- Medicare and Federal Update
- Money of the Future: Generating Revenue Through EMS Alternative Delivery Models
- Defeat the Villians of EMS Billing
- Increased Ambulance Reimbursements Through Medicaid Bridge Funding Programs
YOU CAN NOT AFFORD TO MISS THIS VITAL INFORMATION!
View the speakers and agenda here: Conference Info
Registration/Payment and Cancellation Procedure(s):
YOU MUST PRE-REGISTER ONLINE HERE (Members must be signed in to receive the members-only discount).
- Payment must be received with your registration or a few days after (if paying by invoice). For your convenience, we now accept Visa, Mastercard, and Discover credit card payments online.
- Please make check payable to the Ambulance Association of Pennsylvania. If mailing a check, payment must be received by April 26, 2022.
- Cancellations made prior to April 26, 2022, will be subject to a $25.00 administrative fee. No refunds will be made for cancellations after April 26th.
Mail payments with a copy of your invoice to:
Ambulance Association of PennsylvaniaPO Box 60183Harrisburg, PA 17106-0183
Questions???
Call 717-512-5609 or email Heather Sharar.
Pennsylvania Public Health Preparedness Ranked in the Top Tier on Performance
Trust for America’s Health (TFAH) has released their yearly report, “Ready or Not 2022: Protecting the Public’s Health from Diseases, Disasters, and Bioterrorism.” It measures states’ degree of preparedness to respond to a wide spectrum of health emergencies and to provide ongoing public health services, including disease surveillance, seasonal flu vaccination, safe water, and expanded healthcare services during emergencies. It tiers states and the District of Columbia into three performance levels: high, middle, and low, placing 17 states and DC in the high-performance tier, 20 states in the middle-performance tier, and 13 states in the low-performance tier. According to the report, Pennsylvania “demonstrated exceptional progress, elevating from the low tier to the high tier.”
Final Recommendation Statement Releases Screening for Eating Disorders in Adolescents and Adults
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) released a final recommendation statement on screening for eating disorders in adolescents and adults. The Task Force determined there is not enough research to make a recommendation for or against screening for eating disorders in those without signs or symptoms. To view the recommendation, the evidence on which it is based, and a summary for clinicians, please go here.
Million Hearts 2027: Prevention and Equity Begins in February
In February 2022, in a continued effort to improve cardiovascular health and outcomes, Million Hearts® launched their latest initiative, “Million Hearts® 2027.” This new initiative focuses on the goal of preventing one million heart attacks and strokes over the next five years. You can find the initiative’s highly detailed and evidence-based plan on the newly revamped Million Hearts website. These plans lay out the targets that they have set and how individuals of all professions can contribute. There will be three priority levels – Building Healthy Communities, Optimizing Care, Focusing on Health Equity. Learn more.
FCC Extends Application Deadline for Rural Healthcare Connect Program to June 1
The FCC has extended the application deadline for the Rural Healthcare Connect Program from April 1 to June 1. All rural FQHCs are encouraged to apply, as they are guaranteed to receive a 65% flat discount on an array of communications services, including internet access, dark fiber, business data, traditional digital service line (DSL), and private carriage services.
A Guide to Understanding J-1 Visa Waivers
The recently updated Rural J-1 Visa Waiver topic guide explains and points to resources related to the J-1 visa waiver, including programs that help rural communities recruit and retain international medical graduates to work and provide care in their healthcare facilities.
Americans are Drowning in Medical Debt
Americans owe at least $195 billion of medical debt, despite 90% of the population having some kind of health coverage, according to new research from the Peterson Center on Healthcare and the Kaiser Family Foundation. People are spending down their savings and skimping on food, clothing, and household items to pay their medical bills. About 16 million people, or 6% of U.S. adults, owe more than $1,000 in medical bills, and 3 million people owe more than $10,000. The financial burden falls disproportionately on people with disabilities, those in generally poor health, Black Americans, and people living in the South or in non-Medicaid expansion states, per the research.
U.S. Funeral Assistance for COVID Tops $2 Billion
The federal government has provided more than $2 billion to help cover funeral costs for more than 300,000 families of people who died from COVID-19, the Federal Emergency Management Agency announced Tuesday as it launches a new campaign to raise awareness about the aid to eligible families. More than 965,000 people have died in the U.S. from the virus. The COVID-19 Funeral Assistance program provides up to $9,000 per funeral and covers COVID-19 related deaths since January 20, 2020. The average amount awarded per death is $6,500, according to FEMA.
Feds Set to Cut Monoclonal Antibody Supplies to States
Amid a congressional standoff over COVID funding, the federal government will delay buying “hundreds of thousands” of monoclonal antibody treatments and instead cut state allocations of the drug by 30% starting next week to stretch supplies, senior Biden administration officials said Tuesday. This is the first time administration officials are threatening pain in the form of cutbacks to the states if Congress doesn’t approve new COVID-19 response funding.
Municipalities are Tracking COVID through Wastewater
Did you know that data from wastewater can spot rises in COVID-19 infections and identify hot spots before they show up through positive tests? Pittsburgh and other municipalities are using this method for the real-time assessment of COVID-19 infection rates to augment the lagging indicators of reported cases and hospitalizations. Read more at Bloomberg here.