Cancelled: 2019 PEMS Designated Infection Control Officer Training

Peninsulas EMS Council regrets to advise our partners that the Designated Infection Control Officer training scheduled for the end of September is cancelled due to loss of one of our funding partners. 

We understand the importance of this training and the need for the training to meet organizational licensure requirements, but we are unable to meet the fiscal requirements of contracting the course provider alone.

Individuals and organizations that have already registered for one of the courses will receive full refunds shortly.  Questions regarding this process may be directed to Business Manager Kevin Brophy at 804-693-6234.

The Basic Designated Infection Control Officer course is being offered at the Virginia EMS Symposium this November in Norfolk, Virginia.  We will post other infection control training as we are made aware of them.

We again apologize for all inconveniences related to this cancellation.

Thank you.

Mobile Integrated Healthcare/Community Paramedicine

Legal & Financial Concepts for Program Start Up & Sustainment

4 October, 2019
7:30 AM - 5:00 PM

This conference is designed to provide participants (local government representatives, EMS agencies, EMS Agency Operational Medical Directors, hospital administrators, and community health partner organizations) some basic concepts to help build or partner with, operationalize, and sustain their own mobile integrated healthcare systems.

Changes in medicine requires a collaborative approach to achieve the broad goals of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement's "Triple Aim" of improving the patient experience of care (including quality and satisfaction), improving the health of populations, and reducing the per capita cost of healthcare. Many groups have a role in achieving improved population health such as health systems, primary care physicians, home health agencies, and EMS agencies.

Mobile Integrated Healthcare (also known as Community Paramedicine) allows EMS providers to function outside their traditional emergency response and transport roles to help facilitate more appropriate use of emergency care and community healthcare resources while preserving prehospital access to primary care for medically underserved populations. This system helps reduce the misuse of EMS and hospital emergency departments while improving the overall patient care experience and reducing overall costs. Community paramedicine generally focuses on:

• Providing and connecting patients to appropriate, cost effective and targeted primary care services
• Completing post hospital follow-up care
• Providing education and health promotion programs
• Not duplicating available services in the community

CONFERENCE SPEAKERS:

Chief Alan Butsch - Montgomery County (MD) Fire & Rescue Services

Alan Butsch has been a Firefighter/Paramedic for over 25 years and presently serves as the EMS Battalion Chief for the Montgomery County (MD) Fire and Rescue Service (MCFRS). Chief Butsch has long been an instructor for both firefighting and EMS programs. Alan has served in several different EMS programs ranging from urban to rural as both a volunteer and career provider.

Amanda Stark - Page, Wolfberg & Wirth, LLC

Amanda Stark is a senior attorney at Page, Wolfberg & Wirth, LLC. Her work for PWW includes representing private, public and non-profit EMS agencies, billing companies and others that serve the nation’s ambulance industry on reimbursement and compliance issues.

Amanda is a speaker on all things compliance as well as a variety of other topics at PWW’s signature abc360 conference series and other seminars and webinars. Amanda co-developed and is now the main instructor for NAAC’s Certified Ambulance Compliance Officer Course. She is also one of the authors of the Ambulance Compliance Program Toolkit and helps to develop many of the firm’s other articles, presentations and programs that are widely used by EMS providers throughout the United States. Amanda is passionate about policies and enjoys helping clients implement and improve their compliance programs.

In addition to her work with PWW, Amanda also serves as the Executive Director of NAAC and of PWW Media, Inc.

Prior to joining PWW, Amanda was the in-house counsel and Compliance Officer for a large ambulance service where she created, implemented and oversaw the company’s first formal compliance program. Amanda has significant experience advising both public and private ambulance services and billing agencies concerning reimbursement and compliance issues.

Maggie Adams, EMS Financial Services, Inc.

Maggie Adams is the president of EMS Financial Services, with over 25 years’ experience in the ambulance industry as a business owner and reimbursement and compliance consultant. Known for a practical approach and winning presentation style, Maggie has worked with medical transportation providers and billing companies of all kinds to support their billing, auditing, and documentation training efforts. Maggie is a Cum Laude graduate of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

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