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From AIMHI:

Support Services such as logistics and fleet functions are the 'power behind the punch' of any high value EMS Organization. Fleet operations in particular require expert management and forward planning to ensure it is mission ready for today's operations and compliant with changes to vehicle safety and manufacturing specifications in the future.

Managing such complex task vehicles in any EMS system is both a professional and full time occupation. National Award Winning (EMS10) Director of Support Services at the Richmond Ambulance Authority, Dan Fellows and James Neitz, Manager - Supply & Logistics for Northwell Health, will lead this webinar and literally deliver the nuts and bolts of a high performing ambulance fleet.

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ZOLL will host a free webinar on "Phrases of Rejection—Words That Lead to Denied Claims" on March 16. 

Phrases of Rejection—Words That Lead to Denied Claims
March 16 at 2:00 p.m. ET
Speaker: Steve Johnson, PWW
1 NAAC CEU

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The FAA has formed a committee focused on legislative and regulatory government affairs. Member ambulance services interested in participating, please contact faa@the-aaa.org.

• Alan Skavroneck, FAA Past President (2017 CHAIR)
  

• Holly Zuschlag Martin, Nature Coast

• Bryan Andrews, CAO, Lake EMS 

• Bill McCarthy, Coastal Health Systems of Brevard
  

• Alissa Garcia, CFO, National Health Transport

• Jodi Sechler, Pinellas County EMS

• Pam Bell, Billing Department, Pinellas County EMS

• Tom Diaz, AMR-Tampa
  

• Jorge Curbelo, Miami-Dade Ambulance

Session Recording

The recording of the January 19 FAA meeting in Daytona has been posted to the meeting archive page for member review. This recording includes a presentation by First Coast Service Options representative Robert Lewis, and is eligible for NAAC CEUs.

Service Recognition

The outstanding service of two former FAA Board leaders, Chief Dave Dyal and Mark Postma, was acknowledged by President Eismann. Thank you for all that you continue to contribute to the Florida Ambulance Association! More pictures on FAA's Facebook>

Active member organizations of the Florida Ambulance Association are invited to volunteer for the FAA's new committee focused on legislative and regulatory affairs. Please email faa@the-aaa.org to request to join. (The committee will be chaired by an FAA board member.)

Great news for NAAC-certified FAA members! The 90-minute First Coast Service Options presentation at the January 19 FAA membership meeting has been approved for NAAC CEUs. 

Pick up your certificate onsite in Daytona, or download a copy from our member-only Meeting Documents page.

From the First Coast Service Options website, last updated 11/17/2016:

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued the ambulance fee schedule (AFS) file, effective for services January 1 through December 31, 2017.

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The Florida Ambulance Association wishes EMS providers across our great state a joyful holiday season. Thank you for all that you do for our communities!

The Florida Ambulance Association needs your help! The FAA needs accurate data from ambulance providers of all types—for-profit, non-profit, fire-based, hospital-based, private, municipal, and all combinations of the above—in order to educate Floridian legislators about key industry issues.

Would you please complete our short survey by December 31, 2016? Please be assured that your data will be kept in strict confidence, and will be released only in aggregate statistics. Thank you in advance for your assistance with this key initiative!

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Several ambulance services across the country recently received erroneous letters from CMS Supplemental Medical Review Contractor (SMRC), StrategicHealthSolutions, LLC. These letters suggest that the ambulance service has been selected for review.

Please note that StrategicHealthSolutions, LLC has confirmed that these letters were sent in error, and were intended only for physical therapy providers.

Letters informing impacted ambulance services of the mistake are set to be mailed November 16.

(Excerpted from the American Ambulance Association's November 15 Member Advisory by Brian Werfel, Esq.)