Advanced search
Publication Cover
Prehospital Emergency Care Volume 15, 2011 - Issue 4
Submit an article Journal homepage
3,067
Views
24
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Research Article

EMS Provider Determinations of Necessity for Transport and Reimbursement for EMS Response, Medical Care, and Transport: Combined Resource Document for the National Association of EMS Physicians Position Statements

Michael G. MillinFrom the Department of Emergency Medicine (MGM), Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland;the Anton Breinl Centre, School of Public Health, Tropical Medicine and Rehabilitation Sciences (JHB), James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia;and the Department of Family and Community Medicine (BS), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.From the Standards and Clinical Practice Committee of the National Association of EMS Physicians, Olathe, KansasCorrespondence[email protected]
, MD, MPH,
Lawrence H. BrownFrom the Department of Emergency Medicine (MGM), Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland;the Anton Breinl Centre, School of Public Health, Tropical Medicine and Rehabilitation Sciences (JHB), James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia;and the Department of Family and Community Medicine (BS), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.From the Standards and Clinical Practice Committee of the National Association of EMS Physicians, Olathe, Kansas
, MPH&TM &
Brian SchwartzFrom the Department of Emergency Medicine (MGM), Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland;the Anton Breinl Centre, School of Public Health, Tropical Medicine and Rehabilitation Sciences (JHB), James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia;and the Department of Family and Community Medicine (BS), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.From the Standards and Clinical Practice Committee of the National Association of EMS Physicians, Olathe, Kansas
, MD
Pages 562-569 | Received 09 May 2011, Accepted 12 May 2011, Published online: 28 Jul 2011

Citations (24)

Keep up to date with the latest research on this topic with citation updates for this article.

Subscribe to citation updates

Read on this site (9)

Caleb E. Ward, Judith Singletary, Rachel E. Hatcliffe, Cindy D. Colson, Joelle N. Simpson, Kathleen M. Brown & James M. Chamberlain. (2023) Emergency Medical Services Clinicians’ Perspectives on Pediatric Non-Transport. Prehospital Emergency Care 27:8, pages 993-1003.
Read now
Caleb E. Ward, Judith Singletary, Veronica Campanella, Christopher Page & Joelle N. Simpson. (2023) Caregiver Perspectives on Including Children in Alternative Emergency Medical Services Disposition Programs: A Qualitative Study. Prehospital Emergency Care 0:0, pages 1-9.
Read now
Katherine Couturier, Alexander R. Nelson, Kevin Burns, David C. Cone, Mark Rollins, Arjun K. Venkatesh, Andrew Ulrich, Matthew Shapiro & Daniel Joseph. (2023) EMS Non-Transport of Low-Risk COVID-19 Patients. Prehospital Emergency Care 27:3, pages 310-314.
Read now
Caleb Ward, Anqing Zhang, Kathleen Brown, Joelle Simpson & James Chamberlain. (2022) National Characteristics of Non-Transported Children by Emergency Medical Services in the United States. Prehospital Emergency Care 26:4, pages 537-546.
Read now
Sriram Ramgopal, Jennifer Dunnick, Sylvia Owusu-Ansah, Nalyn Siripong, David D. Salcido & Christian Martin-Gill. (2019) Weather and Temporal Factors Associated with Use of Emergency Medical Services. Prehospital Emergency Care 23:6, pages 802-810.
Read now
Tiffany Champagne-Langabeer, James R. Langabeer, Kirk E. Roberts, Joshua S. Gross, Guy R. Gleisberg, Michael G. Gonzalez & David Persse. (2019) Telehealth Impact on Primary Care Related Ambulance Transports. Prehospital Emergency Care 23:5, pages 712-717.
Read now
Allison Infinger, Jonathan R. Studnek, Eric Hawkins, Barry Bagwell & Doug Swanson. (2013) Implementation of Prehospital Dispatch Protocols That Triage Low-acuity Patients to Advice-line Nurses. Prehospital Emergency Care 17:4, pages 481-485.
Read now
Blair L. Bigham, Sioban M. Kennedy, Ian Drennan & Laurie J. Morrison. (2013) Expanding Paramedic Scope of Practice in the Community: A Systematic Review of the Literature. Prehospital Emergency Care 17:3, pages 361-372.
Read now
Anthony S. Tadros, Edward M. Castillo, Theodore C. Chan, Anne Marie Jensen, Ekta Patel, Kerin Watts & James V. Dunford. (2012) Effects of an Emergency Medical Services–based Resource Access Program on Frequent Users of Health Services. Prehospital Emergency Care 16:4, pages 541-547.
Read now

Articles from other publishers (15)

Beatrice Martínez, María P. Aranda, Stephen Sanko, Iris Aguilar & William A. Vega. (2023) Older Adult Frequent 9-1-1 Callers for Emergency Medical Services in a Large Metropolitan City: Individual- and System-Level Considerations. The Journal of Emergency Medicine 65:6, pages e522-e530.
Crossref
Caleb E. Ward, Gia M. Badolato, Michael F. Taylor, Kathleen M. Brown, Joelle N. Simpson & James M. Chamberlain. (2023) Clinician and Caregiver Determinations of Acuity for Children Transported by Emergency Medical Services: A Prospective Observational Study. Annals of Emergency Medicine 81:3, pages 343-352.
Crossref
Mengyu Li, Alix Carter, Judah Goldstein, Terence Hawco, Jan Jensen & Peter Vanberkel. (2021) Determining ambulance destinations when facing offload delays using a Markov decision process. Omega 101, pages 102251.
Crossref
Julia Crilly, Amy NB Johnston, Marianne Wallis, John O'Dwyer, Joshua Byrnes, Paul Scuffham, Ping Zhang, Emma Bosley, Wendy Chaboyer & David Green. (2019) Improving emergency department transfer for patients arriving by ambulance: A retrospective observational study. Emergency Medicine Australasia 32:2, pages 271-280.
Crossref
Javad Mozafari, Mohammad Afzalimoghaddam, Mohammad Taghi Talebian, Maryam Bahreini & Esmaeil Mohammadnejad. (2020) The Influence of Successfully Completed Triage Courses and Work Experience of Advanced Emergency Medical Technicians on Their Perception of Patient Disposition. Australasian Journal of Paramedicine 17, pages 1-5.
Crossref
Brian Power, Gerard Bury & John Ryan. (2019) Stakeholder opinion on the proposal to introduce ‘treat and referral’ into the Irish emergency medical service. BMC Emergency Medicine 19:1.
Crossref
Mengyu Li, Peter Vanberkel & Alix J. E. Carter. (2018) A review on ambulance offload delay literature. Health Care Management Science 22:4, pages 658-675.
Crossref
Parul Dayal, Timothy K. Ruttan, Jamie L. Kissee, Ilana S. Sigal & James P. Marcin. (2017) Association of Insurance With Use of Emergency Medical Services Among Children. Pediatric Emergency Care Publish Ahead of Print.
Crossref
Andrea Gresens. (2017) Community paramedics: need of legal education specific to the pre-hospital non-emergency environment (discussion based on Texas). Journal of Paramedic Practice 9:5, pages 208-212.
Crossref
Carolyn C. Cannuscio, Andrea L. Davis, Amelia D. Kermis, Yasin Khan, Roxanne Dupuis & Jennifer A. Taylor. (2015) A Strained 9-1-1 System and Threats to Public Health. Journal of Community Health 41:3, pages 658-666.
Crossref
Sarissa Ryan. (2015) Accountable Care Organisations fund the gap—how to get community paramedic programmes paid. International Paramedic Practice 5:3, pages 55-60.
Crossref
Steven R. Haynes, Maria G. Barbone & Mark J. Jermusyk. (2015) Information Technology Challenges for Mobile Integrated Healthcare. Information Technology Challenges for Mobile Integrated Healthcare.
Kristy G. Morganti, Abby Alpert, Gregg Margolis, Jeffrey Wasserman & Arthur L. Kellermann. (2014) Should Payment Policy Be Changed to Allow a Wider Range of EMS Transport Options?. Annals of Emergency Medicine 63:5, pages 615-626.e5.
Crossref
Nicole LurieGregg S. MargolisKristin L. Rising. (2013) The US Emergency Care System: Meeting Everyday Acute Care Needs While Being Ready For Disasters. Health Affairs 32:12, pages 2166-2171.
Crossref
Abby AlpertKristy G. MorgantiGregg S. MargolisJeffrey WassermanArthur L. Kellermann. (2013) Giving EMS Flexibility In Transporting Low-Acuity Patients Could Generate Substantial Medicare Savings. Health Affairs 32:12, pages 2142-2148.
Crossref

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Order Reprints Request Corporate Permissions

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

Request Academic Permissions

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.

Related research

People also read lists articles that other readers of this article have read.

Recommended articles lists articles that we recommend and is powered by our AI driven recommendation engine.

Cited by lists all citing articles based on Crossref citations.
Articles with the Crossref icon will open in a new tab.