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Hi all, Are there any PRN medic 911 (or mostly 911) opportunities within about 1 hour of San Francisco? I saw that the SF Fire department had some PRN opportunities. Any other employers to look at?

Thanks for the replies, everyone! Whentowork sounds like it may be a cool option. Anyone else use it? And is anyone able to share screenshots of how it looks/works at their agency?

Hey all, What scheduling software does your service use, and how do you like it? Looking for new scheduling software here.

Thanks for responding. On the 403(b), is there no limit? So you could defer $18k and get a $9k match? That is a heck of a deal. Did your 12.5% raise come with any changes in your work, e.g. are you picking up critical care transports or such?

Right. That's the situation here. We work 120 hours every 2 weeks (typically... though with one 96 hour pay period 1 out of every 3 pay periods), so there's 20 hours of automatic overpay time every 2 out of 3 pay periods. My hourly pay sounds misleadingly low in that context. Technically...

One big downside to this ems-stats website (I just completed the survey and tried it) is that it only allowed me to input hourly pay, and it ranks my pay (which is 24 hour pay) on the same scale as 12 hour pay. I'm not so sure how reliable the pay results might be. *shrug*

I would recommend that you volunteer and see how it suits you. I began as a volunteer. I started in fire and found that I LOVED the EMS aspect. I still do fire (a couple of small paid fire departments; 12-24 hours biweekly), but being a paramedic became my passion and my career.

PMed you :) Bullets, so with about 14 shifts per month under the Pitman schedule (known here as "rotating 12s"), y'all run about 7 runs per shift? Is that mostly refusals and then 30-ish transports per month, or am I misunderstanding?

1. What is the starting hourly pay rate or starting annual salary? Approximately $41,500 per year for every paramedic regardless of work schedule. 2. What is the typical schedule for this pay? Mostly rotating 12s (42 hours per week average) or 24/48s -- same annual pay regardless (your hourly...

I would like to offer a template: 1. What is the starting hourly pay rate or starting annual salary? 2. What is the typical schedule for this pay? 3. What region are you in? 4. What are the benefits, especially health insurance and retirement? 5. Optional: What is the typical call volume? 6...

Oh wow, very nice. We don't get paid while doing our card courses or for outside CE. We do get paid for internal, required CE (non-card-courses).

Thanks for the replies, guys. My work has paid for our instructor cards, which is nice. We just don't get reimbursed for outside CE. Thanks again.

Hey all, Do any of your employers pay or reimburse for outside CE? I find myself traveling to education such as The Difficult Airway (http://www.theairwaysite.com/pages/page_content/airway_emergency_more.aspx), and I end up paying for the tuition and travel on my own. *shrug* Just curious if...

I have used it twice. Both times it was on geriatric patients who were not great historians, on non-acute calls. Having the known drug allergies, medication list, and medical history available on the phone was convenient.

I've never personally had a problem with OT not being paid as mandated under the law, but it pays off to check your paystubs. Payroll errors (e.g. missed hours) do occur.

What kind of call volume do you run? You spend 4 x 24 hours at the station one week, and 3 x 24 hours at the station the other week -- seven total 24 hour shifts. A lot of EMS agencies have crews work approximately five 24 hour shifts per pay period (it often ends up being actually 4.67 24...

Very helpful, thanks! Are reasons #1 and #2 pretty similar? Or is "Improper Documentation" more related to improperly documenting the chief complaint, patient condition, etc.?

BillingSpecialist, could you ever put together a general "top ten" list of why EMS run insurance claims are denied? That would be really interesting to me.

Oh, for sure. I typically add a statement in there about why the patients needs ambulance transport, as well. I was just curious about the pt transfer statements specifically, because I've worked with others who never write in their narrative. A couple of others told me they didn't think the...

Awesome. Thank you! Two more questions: 1. How do the primary and secondary impressions impact billing? 2. With regard to Medicaid and Medicare, do # of drugs administered impact billing? I thought I heard that 3 drugs placed it in a higher payment tier than 2 drugs, etc.