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EMS leaders urge Kansas to pilot payment for community paramedicine to cut ER and ambulance costs
Summary
Fire and EMS leaders described community paramedicine pilots that treat patients at home, link them to services and reduce emergency transports; they asked the committee to consider reimbursement pilots that would let EMS be paid when care is delivered without transport.
Chiefs and EMS directors from Kansas told the committee that community paramedicine — in which EMS personnel treat, triage or navigate patients in place — can reduce unnecessary emergency transport and emergency department use while keeping ambulances available for high-acuity calls.
Mark Heath, KCK Fire chief and MARC EMS co-chair, and representatives from rural crews described programs that identify "high utilizers" and send community paramedics or…
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