CEU Catalog

General look at an EMS cyber attack.  How much is your information worth and more.

$40.00

The dreaded “knock on the door” arrives – someone with a badge, a gun and a search warrant arrives at your office looking for mountains of documents and files in a government investigation.  Or, a strange document called a “subpoena duces tecum” arrives in your mail.  Or perhaps a federal investigator shows up on your biller’s doorstep one evening asking questions.  What next?  Are your employees compelled to speak to the agents? What documents must be turned over and what documents are protected by legal privileges?  Can they take my computers, hard drives or other equipment? What are the consequences for not complying with a subpoena or search warrant?  This session will help your agency formulate a comprehensive “response plan” should that unpleasant day come.

$40.00

As EMS agencies seek to market their services to facilities, payers, and others and at the same time differentiate their agencies from the competition, it is imperative to understand the legal and compliance boundaries that could pose risks. It is essential that marketing practices and business relationships are solidified in compliance with all applicable laws and ethical standards - especially when it comes to entities that refer patients and other business to your EMS agency. We’ll discuss what leaders, compliance officers, and marketers need to know to avoid getting into a sticky legal situation.

$40.00

Customizing your ePCR to avoid compliance risk.

$40.00

This lesson covers the basics of Medicare’s Non-Emergency Prior Authorization Program, an anti-fraud program targeted at ambulance suppliers who transport patients on a scheduled, repetitive basis. $85.00

Making the message about compliance stick.  Types of compliance training for new hires, new programs, updates, ongoing refreshers, targeting training and remedial training.

$40.00

In light of well-publicized recent events, many EMS agencies are considering equipping providers with body cameras.  But, there are serious privacy concerns that come with using “body cams.”  In this timely discussion, we’ll examine the pros and cons of using body cameras and highlight exactly how HIPAA permits and limits their use.  We’ll discuss your duty to back up these recordings, how videos should be stored, and when you might have to redact recordings.   You’ll also learn when patients, and potentially the public, might have a right to body cam videos.     

$40.00

Increased ambulance patient offload times are decimating our EMS agencies nationwide. Not only is it costing significant money, as EMS practitioners “stand on the wall” for hours waiting to transfer their patients, hospital bed delays compromise the availability of critical EMS services in the community and cause massive frustration and fatigue for our EMS practitioners. This “super session” will discuss the law, your rights as an EMS agency, and steps you can take to better deal with hospitals to help ensure your ambulances are turned around promptly and ready to answer the next call.

$40.00

All you need to know about ambulance cost data collection.  What do you need to be doing now to prepare, what is the effective date and other pertinent information.

$40.00

The number of HIPAA complaints and investigations is skyrocketing under the new privacy and security regulations.  One of the first things that happens in an enforcement investigation the government’s request for your agency’s HIPAA risk analysis, yet, most EMS agencies haven’t done one.  It’s not too late.  This session will cover everything you need to know about how to perform – and document – the required privacy and security risk analysis.

$40.00

Dealing with impaired employees. Definitions and legal distinctions, history and societal issues driving cannabis use.  Medical vs. recreational use. Legas issues – state vs. federal laws.  Practical issues and considerations.

$40.00