Panel recommends increases in funding, benefits to boost EMS in Maine
A report from the Blue Ribbon Commission to Study Emergency Medical Services calls for more than $70 million in state funding per year.
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A report from the Blue Ribbon Commission to Study Emergency Medical Services calls for more than $70 million in state funding per year.
AUGUSTA — Maine’s Blue Ribbon Commission on EMS released its final report Jan. 12 to the Legislature, detailing recommendations for improving emergency medical services in Maine. Sen. Chip Curry, D-Belfast, co-chaired the commission with House...
A report from a group of lawmakers and EMS leaders recommends allocating $70 million a year for EMS subsidies
Breanna Pinkham Bebb, of Northport, is the newest member of the Maine Community Foundation’s (MaineCF) Waldo County Grantmaking Committee. MaineCF’s county committees are made up of community members who live or work in the county and serve as local...
The most pressing concern the state’s 272 service providers are facing is inadequate funding, driven largely by “antiquated and woefully inadequate” Medicare and Medicaid reimbursements coupled with the high — and increasing — cost of providing services.