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Q-Bi, from a Super User Perspective! – Part 2

Q-Bi, from a Super User Perspective! Part 2 By Matt Heffelfinger, MBA, RN, CFRN, EMT-P, CMTE *   The Q-Bi Tool was developed by Quick Med Claims (QMC), in concert with QMC Clients, several years ago to provide additional transparency, more robust reporting, and business analytics capability. The tool was...

Picture of a blue background with words saying Business Intelligence at the top center in white, with a row of lightbulbs under the words and only one bulb in the center is illuminated

Q-Bi, from a Super User Perspective! – Part 1

Q-Bi, from a Super User Perspective! Part 1 By Matt Heffelfinger, MBA, RN, CFRN, EMT-P, CMTE *   The Q-Bi Tool was developed by Quick Med Claims (QMC), in concert with QMC Clients, several years ago to provide additional transparency, more robust reporting, and business analytics capability. The tool was...

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Sign on the Dotted Line! Properly Obtaining Patient Signatures in the Field.

Sign on the Dotted Line! Properly Obtaining Patient Signatures in the Field. By Chuck Humphrey, B.A., EMT-B, CAC, CACO, CADS *   Can you boast a 100% signature rate? In my 37 years of EMS field experience, I can boast a 100% patient signature success rate…NOT!  It’s a joke that...

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New Year’s Resolution: It’s time we all kept one for our Industry 

New Year’s Resolution: It’s time we all kept one for our Industry By Gary Harvat, CMTE, EMT-P (RET) * Well, here we are, a new year underway and with any new year, there comes the plethora of New Year’s resolutions. I always find this somewhat amusing as Americans mentally commit...

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Sending Season’s Greetings from our Family to Yours

Sending Season’s Greetings from our Family to Yours  By S. Mark Talley, Chief Executive Officer* There is an old saying that says, “the days are long, but the years are short”. Perhaps you have heard that one too? If you are like me, you realize how true that statement is,...

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Extend the Medicare Extenders have been Extended!!!

Extend the Medicare Extenders have been Extended!!! By Chuck Humphrey, B.A., EMT-B, CAC, CACO, CADS, *   The Gift in Numbers… Remember these numbers 2037 and 2454. That’s S2037 and HR2454 as Congress passed these companion measures in a late-year Omnibus funding package that gifts two very big items to...

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Christmas Vacation Values

Christmas Vacation Values By Billy D. Hayes * Now that we are just a few weeks away from Christmas, holiday movies are flooding the television channels. My personal favorite is National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation starring Chevy Chase as Clark W. Griswold. Like many who appreciate the film, I can pretty...

Mobile Integrated Health

Mobile Integrated Health – Community Paramedicine Show Me the Money!

Mobile Integrated Health - Community Paramedicine Show Me the Money! By Kim Sutton, BSN, CMTE * History of MIH Mobile Integrated Health and Community Paramedicine are models of healthcare delivery that utilize trained medical professionals that provide care to patients in their homes and communities.  Historically, this was designed for...

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Historic Ambulance Inflation Factor for 2023

Historic Ambulance Inflation Factor for 2023 By Chuck Humphrey, B.A., EMT-B, CAC, CACO, CADS, *   Great News… The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released great news on October 13th. Transmittal 11642 announced the highest-ever Ambulance Inflation Factor set to be factored into the National Medicare Ambulance Fee...