Rep. Carey Leads Effort to Expand Emergency Medical Treatment Options for Seniors
Special thanks to Rep. Carey for introducing H.R.8977 the 'Improving Access to Emergency Medical Services Act of 2024' yesterday.
This marks the 3rd active bill in Congress to change the economic model for EMS from a transport-based reimbursement model to a 'response-based' model; in essence, reimbursing for the CARE we provide vs. the transport we supply.
The 2 other bills are S.3236 & H.R.6257, the Emergency Medical Services Reimbursement for On-scene Care and Support Act (EMS ROCS).
Congress has been very engaged with the EMS economic model for the past year. In March, 2024 the House Ways and Means Committee recently held a field hearing on access to emergency care with Dr. Ed Racht and Matt Zavadsky as invited experts to provide testimony and participate in a 3-hour Q & A session with the committee members.
You can watch the EMS-related testimony and the Q & A with the Committee members here.
