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Tuesday February 5, 2008
Challenging times for local rescue services
Vermont’s
Local, non-profit ambulance services are grappling with higher costs, greater demands and
shrinking reimbursements. The towns they serve are also struggling, to keep up
with escalating Emergency Medical Services assessments. We explore
the conundrum -- and look at legislation that might help -- with Jim Finger,
president of the Vermont Ambulance Association, and Dan Manz, director of EMS
Services for the Vermont Department of Health. (Listen)
Also on the program, Valley News Reporter Jon Gregg sizes up Vermont’s Congressional delegates’ track records on budget bills and the much-maligned federal earmarks that bring millions into Vermont for projects that need funding. (Listen)
And our series of audio postcards takes us to Morrisville, and a restaurant called “The Bees Knees” where community members gather for music, food and conversation.(Listen)
Photo: EMT's Drew Hazelton and Karen Rancourt at Brattleboro's Rescue, Inc.
- The Bee's Knees
- Health Department report on EMS Services in VT
- Enables Medicaid to charge a co-pay for non emergency ambulance service
- Enables ambulance services to charge public insurers whether or not patient is transported to hospital
- Grants for capital expenses
- EMS-related Bills in the legislature
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