Category | Title | Description |
Pending Legislation | Letter to House Committee on Veterans Affairs Subcommittee on Health leaders | Supports H.R. 5530, protecting access for veterans to essential 9-1-1 emergency and urgent interfacility ground ambulance services. |
EMS Funding | Letter to Senate and House Appropriations Committee leaders | Requests the Labor-HHS-Education Conference Report to include the House level of $31 million in FY 2024 appropriations. |
Pending Legislation | Letter to Senate Leaders | Supports continuation of Emergency Medical Services for Children Program Reauthorization Act of 2024 for an additional five years. |
EMS Funding | Memo to CMS on GEMT Reiumbursement Program | Addresses NAEMT's concerns as it relates to CMS approval of GEMT supplemental payment programs for new states. |
Proposed Legislation | Letter to House and Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee leaders | Opposes any legislation that would increase the legal size or weight limits of trucks because of the serious safety risks inherent in allowing bigger trucks on our nation’s roads and bridges. |
EMS Issue | Letter to Senate Health, Education, Labor, & Pensions (HELP) Committee leaders | Requests immediate action to address a longstanding undercounting of EMS personnel. |
EMS Issue | Letter to House Education & Workforce Committee leaders | Requests immediate action to address a longstanding undercounting of EMS personnel. |
Proposed Legislation | Response to GAPB Advisory Committee Questions | NAEMT responds to questions posed by the Ground Ambulance Payment Billing Advisory Committee. |
Pending Legislation | Letter to VA Secretary on Travel Pay Final Rule | Request to delay implementation of the final rule entitled “Change in Rates VA Pays for Special Modes of Transportation.” |
Pending Legislation | Letter to Congressional Transportation Committee Leaders | Requests that Congress oppose H.R. 3372 and H.R. 2948, which would introduce significant weight increases for commercial trucks. |
Proposed Legislation | Increase in size and weight of trucks | Opposes any legislation that would increase the legal size or weight limits of trucks because of the serious safety risks inherent in allowing bigger trucks on our nation’s roads and bridges. |
Pending Legislation | Letter to U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration | Urges prioritization of promulgating the final rule implementing the Protecting Patient Access to Emergency Medications Act of 2017. |
EMS Issue | Letter to CMS leaders re: ET3 model | Requests a detailed briefing on the reasons for the ET3 model termination and the immediate release of all qualitative data showing savings in EMS. |
EMS Issue | Letter to U.S. Dept. of Transportation Secretary | Multiple stakeholders request U.S. DOT to issue a comprehensive standard requiring a system in new vehicles that alerts drivers and detects the presence of an occupant in the entirety of the passenger compartment. |
Proposed Legislation | Letter to Congressional leaders | Supports funds for EMS workforce development. |
EMS Issue | NAEMT comment to GAPB Committee | Expresses concern with the composition of the GAPB Advisory Committee and the failure to identify appointees who can represent the major aspects of the ground ambulance service industry. |
Pending Legislation | SIREN funding for rural EMS | Requests robust appropriations to bolster rural EMS agencies and fire departments in delivering essential health care for rural America. |
Pending Legislation | Funding for the Emergency Medical Services for Children in (FY) 2024 appropriations bill. | Requests $28.134 million in funding for the Emergency Medical Services for Children (EMSC) program at the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). |
EMS Issue | Letter to CAAS Standards Committee | Comment on the proposed revisions to the CAAS Standards as outlined in the draft 4.0 document. |
Pending Legislation | EMS-Fire Letter to Congressional leaders on 4% PAYGO Sequester Cut | Implores Congress to waive the statutory Pay-As-You-Go (PAYGO) rules and prevent the 4% additional cut to Medicare provider and supplier reimbursement. |
Pending Legislation | Joint letter to Congressional leaders | Requests that the current Medicare add-ons be raised for ambulance services provided in certain areas for the next five years. |
Pending Legislation | Joint letter to U.S. Appropriations Committee leaders | Request the Labor-HHS-Education Conference Report include the Senate level of $15 million for Rural EMS Equipment and Training Assistance (REMSTEA) grants. |
Pending Legislation | Letter to Senate and House leaders | Request the Labor-HHS-Education Conference Report include the Senate level of $15 million for Rural EMS Equipment and Training Assistance (REMSTEA) grants. |
EMS Issue | Joint letter to Department of Transportation | Shares concerns regarding the crisis-level availability of ambulance chassis and its impact on the delivery of ambulances to all services nationwide. |
EMS Issue | NAEMT Comment to NREMT22-Resolution-13 | Supports state EMS offices selection of accreditation agency(s) for paramedic accreditation in their states; students graduating from regionally or nationally accredited paramedic program being allowed by NREMT to sit for the paramedic exam. |
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