Air Medical
ACCT – Air Medical Bills
- White Paper on S. 1407, The Air Ambulance Medicare Accreditation and Accountability Act Improving Air Ambulance Quality, Patient Safety and Access for Medicare Beneficiaries
- Top 20 Frequently Asked Questions Regarding S.1407
- H.R. 1117, Introduced by Reps. Miller and Altmire, Mar. 16, 2011
- S. 1407, Introduced by Sens. Snowe and Cantwell, July 22, 2011
Federal Pre-emption Issues in Regulating Air Medical Services
FAA Opinion Allowing State EMS Office Regulation of Certain Air Medical Environmental Control
2010 GAO Air Medical Report and FAA Proposed Rulemaking Documents
- FAA Proposed Air Medical Rules - Comment Deadline 1/10/11
- GAO Air Medical Full Report
- GAO Air Medical Report Highlights
NASEMSO 2010 Mid-Year Meeting Presentation
- Air Medical Update, Lisa Tofil, Esq., Partner, Holland & Knight, LLP
Pending Legislation
Air Ambulance Advocacy:
State Regulation of Coordination and Quality of Air Ambulance Service
- Text of HR 978, the Helicopter Medical services Patient Safety, Protection, and Coordination Act (02/15/09)
- Air ambulance advocacy key contacts (09/08/08)This contact list includes key elected official and their office contacts, including fax, phone numbers and staff e-mails.
Air Medical Services: Future Development as an Integrated Component of the Emergency Air Medical Services System
Prehosp Emerg Care. 2007 Oct-Dec;11(4):353-68.
Air Medical Services: future development as an integrated component of the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) System: a guidance document by the Air Medical Task Force of the National Association of State EMS Officials, National Association of EMS Physicians, Association of Air Medical Services.
- Appendices to the Air Medical Services paper listed above
McGinnis KK, Judge T, Nemitz B, O'connor R, Bass R, Bishop B, Kim D, Kupas D, Rupert E, Eroe ER, Racht E, Brown G, Wikle G, Murray J, Delgado J, Hutton K, Sahni R, Rogers S, Pickering T, Cone D. MPS, EMT-P, National Association of State EMS Officials, 57 Central Street, Hallowell, ME 04347, USA. mcginnis@nasemso.org
Air Medicine: Accessing the Future of Health Care
The Foundation for Air-Medical Research & Education (FARE) has published “Air Medicine: Accessing the Future of Health Care,” a public policy paper written and researched by Kevin McGinnis, MPS, EMT-P, NASEMSO Program Advisor, and Thomas Judge, CCT-P (2006).
The policy paper can be downloaded in PDF format from the FARE Web site at http://www.fareonline.org/FAREWhitePaper2006.pdf.