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Hospital bill on a UB form to insurance, ambulance bills on a 1500 form. Drgs are for hospitals to standardize length of stay. HCPCS are what is used to describe what is done and reasons for ambulance. Tachycardia for adults is looked at as an emergency code. A pediatric patient tachycardia is...

I did billing for years, each payer has its own rules . Codes like A0428, A0427, A0999 A0435 A0998. Medicare has bundling ie base, miles, supplies are included. The state public aid policies may allow for oxygen reimbursement. Medicare and medicaid sometimes follow different guidelines if...

My college gave me 36 credit hours for my license. Online bachelor link https://www.suu.edu/speedway/ fire, ems, hazmat, lead instructor classes all counted. Credit hour is approx $75 -79. This is from a university. Hope this helps. Approx 5-10 k for bachelors. Hope it helps. Let me know if...

Hey Lifesaver, The bowl of lifesavers is empty!!!!!

Medcor, workcare, and others provide a clinic for employees. I know of a lead instructor/ medic working at one. I worked I've worked in one during covid. It's lots of vision test, drug tests, ( urine and breathalyzer. Hearing tests. Medical evaluation for newhires. Pay was good. I could teach...

The charging of the equipment can be an issue since some services don't have inverter on rigs. The issues have been with duplicate readings, when a change in patient status is obvious. Some medics don't like the extra shock box.

In Chicago land area we have had lots of issues, had for a year, most cct medics have had issues.