thegreypilgrim
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Have CoAMESP and NAEMSP create a program focused on primary care issues, appropriate triage, treat and release and referral outside of the ED. Ensure it includes didactic and clinical components. Then set a date that Medicare will no longer pay anything outside of BLS non-emergent rate unless it's documented a services medics have completed this curriculum. I don't know how to deal with the issue of BLS services, outside of eliminate them.
So, would this be a kind of "bridge program" for the currently licensed people to take?
I agree with you on BLS...there's really nothing to do with it. I'd say replace it with a wheelchair van type service for IFTs/hospital discharges. Unnecessary for out of hospital care. If someone is non-emergent they can either be left at home or call for a rapid response, single-staffed vehicle to take them to urgent care or some such.
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