Dialysis

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Not to change the subject.....but, I digress, because I have a question.

I was laid off from two companies that do dialysis only. It seems Medicare

stopped paying and started yellow slipping. Most companies are hurting really

bad now. Luckily, I got in with a company that does strictly psych. But even

there, hours are cut, shifts cut, etc.

What is going on? I am aware of the MASSIVE fraud in dialysis transports, and I

understand a crack down. But it has gone as far as denying payment on pts that

are practically in fetal position, and have to be transfered via D/S.

Any idea of where the private EMS transport industry is going? I mean other than

the floodof dialysis transport moving into psych txp?

Coug.

I'll keep my Guns, my Freedom and my MONEY,

You can keep the " CHANGE. "

> I believe that NAEMT sent a letter to and expressing

displeasure and they were pulled for a while.

> I don't agree that the spots are mis-leading because most air services

and quite a few of the larger ground services are using RN's for critical

care transport. There is even a national certification for transport

nurses

(CTRN) and the CFRN for flight nurses. The spots also show bedside nursing

in an ED and ICU setting.

> The purpose of the ads are to interest young people in a career in

nursing.

> I certainly would not object to an ad for recruiting EMS that depicted

medics in the ED since that is an area that medics work.

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> Rick

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> From: Wesley Ogilvie

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> A while back, I think I might have remembered a discussion thread on one

of these lists about & 's pro-nursing commercials showing

nurses performing EMS duties and roles on accident scenes and ambulances.

Does anyone remember if NAEMT or one of the other EMS advocacy groups did

any

outreach to & to remind them of the primary role that EMS

plays in providing emergency medical care?

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> Just wondering,

> -Wes Ogilvie

> -Austin, Texas

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