Louisville mayor presents new EMS contract
Louisville Metro Government has presented a new EMS
contract to a Metro Council committee. (WDRB 5.16.12)
PHI
launches support for National Stroke Awareness Month
PHI Air Medical announced last month a
community-wide effort to educate the community and raise awareness
for National Stroke Awareness throughout the month of May.
(5.15.12)
The
Provider: Spring 2012 edition
The spring issue of The Provider, the Kentucky
Ambulance Providers Association newsletter. (KAPA 5.15.12)
Board wants Baptist Healthcare ambulance service to manage Oldham
EMS
An ambulance service affiliated with the Baptist
Healthcare System, which runs Baptist Hospital Northeast in La
Grange, may also soon manage Oldham County Emergency Medical
Services. (Louisville Courier Journal 5.15.12)
Plan to oursource Oldham EMS could be decided Monday
Oldham County residents, along with Oldham Emergency
Medical Services employees, could learn tonight if EMS will soon be
operated by a private company. (Louisville Courier Journal 5.14.12)
EMT-Basic, Murray Calloway County Hospital, Murray (Calloway) KY (5.14.12)
EMT-Paramedic, Murray Calloway County Hospital, Murray (Calloway) KY (5.14.12)
I-71 closes for weekend construction
Interstate 71 is closed in both directions this weekend
between downtown Louisville and Interstate 264 (Watterson
Expressway). (WLKY 5.11.12)
Hopkinsville man arrested after altercation with EMS personnel
A Hopkinsville man has been arrested after allegedly
assaulting those who had come to his aid. (surfky News Group
5.10.12)
Southbound I-75 to remain closed in northern Tenn. until May 21
The southbound lanes of Interstate 75 at the site of a
massive rock slide in northern Tennessee won't be reopened until May
21, according to a news release from the Kentucky Department of
Transportation. (Lexington Herald Leader 5.10.12)
Coventry Cares accused of illegally denying coverage for
addiction-treatment medication
Medicaid provider Coventry Cares ignited another
dispute over health-care coverage Thursday by refusing to authorize
new payments for an expensive medication that helps treat
Kentuckians with drug dependencies. (Louisville Courier Journal
5.10.12)
EMT-Basic, Arrowmed Ambulance, Jackson (Breathitt) KY (5.10.12)
EMT-First Responder, Arrowmed Ambulance, Jackson (Breathitt) KY (5.10.12)
Funeral arrangements for Brad Conover (5.10.12)
KAPA takes EMS issues to nation's capitol
Members of the Kentucky Ambulance Providers Association met
with Kentucky’s Congressional members and their legislative staff
this week in Washington, D.C., to discuss some of the challenges
that Medicare funding, medication shortages, revised ambulance
specifications and federal death benefits present for emergency
medical services agencies across Kentucky. (KAPA 5.9.12)
Coventry Cares wants to renegoitate Medicaid contract
Coventry Cares, one of Kentucky’s three new Medicaid
managed care organizations, has notified Baptist Healthcare System
it must renegotiate its contract with the system or allow the
contract to expire Nov. 1. (Louisville Courier Journal 5.9.12)
NTSB: Maintenance factor in fatal Ariz. medevac crash
The medical helicopter crash in 2010 that killed three
people in Tucson was probably due to a maintenance problem with its
engine, a federal report said. (EMS World 5.9.12)
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