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EMSA outlines workforce programs, response metrics and budget pressures in semiannual briefing to council committee
Summary
Emergency Medical Services Authority officials told the committee Tulsa’s EMS system holds national accreditations, is drawing heavily on Medicare/Medicaid revenue, and is expanding in-house EMT and paramedic training to address workforce shortages; officials signaled possible fee-schedule review tied to reimbursement pressures.
Representatives of the Emergency Medical Services Authority (EMSA) gave the Urban Economic Development Committee a semiannual briefing on June 11 that covered clinical accreditations, performance metrics, workforce training programs and the authority’s FY26 budget outlook.
Jonna Easley, EMSA president and CEO, highlighted two accreditations: Commission on Accreditation of Ambulance Services (CAAS) and designation as an International Academy of Emergency Dispatch (IAED) center of excellence for the communication center. “We are the twelfth largest EMS organization in the U.S. relative to transport volume combined with the Western Division,” Easley said, noting Tulsa holds the state’s only IAED center-of-excellence designation.
Workforce and training: EMSA described two in‑house training tracks meant to grow local capacity: the EMSA Advantage program, an employer‑funded EMT…
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