Transcript Deer-Grove EMS & Blooming Grove EMS Division Consolidation

Community Medic
Initiative
Community Medic
• Public Relations – My Medic program
• Providing Healthcare Options to our
community, by expanding services available.
• Potential Revenue increase & grants
Fulfilling our mission statement: DGEMS provides for the health
and well-being of our communities with a team of professionals
that are dedicated, knowledgeable, and have a vested interest in
our neighbors.
Public Relations:
My Medic Program
File of Life – information
Fall Prevention education
Polypharmacy awareness
Healthcare Service Needs
Blood Pressure Clinics
Health Care Service Options
 911 Emergency System
 Clinical visits and check-ups
 Hospital based specialty resources
 Home Health Care
 Long Term Care facility
 Assisted living
 Hospice
…….Community Paramedic
Baby Boomers want In-Home
Healthcare options….
Ages 49 – 65, the Boomers are driving the
increase of healthcare needs…
Examples of Expanded EMS Services
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Patient education
Assessment Checking vital signs
Blood pressure screening and monitoring
Prescription drug compliance monitoring
Assessing patient safety risks (e.g., risk for falling)
Treatment/Intervention
Breathing treatments
Providing wound care, changing dressings
Intravenous monitoring & blood draws
Referrals Mental health and substance use disorder referrals
Social service referrals
Prevention and Public Health Immunizations
Well Baby Checks
Asthma management
Disease investigation
Bringing Healthcare In-Home…
Doctors always use to make house calls…
…Now your Paramedic can be an extension of
that same old service.
Comfortable – Affordable – In-Home Care
On-line Resources…
http://communityparamedic.org/Home.aspx
http://www.naemt.org/about_ems/CommunityParamedicine.aspx
http://www.wakegov.com/ems/about/staff/Pages/advancedpracticeparamedics.aspx
National Movement in Health Care…
According to a December 2011 report issued by The Commonwealth Fund and
the National Academy for State Health Policy, public programs have taken the
lead with medical homes, especially among individuals with chronic disease.
“Public payers, especially Medicaid, have been leaders in these efforts, with the
hopes of preventing illness, reducing wasteful fragmentation, and averting the
need for costly emergency department visits, hospitalizations and
institutionalizations.”
A 2010 strategic plan by the Joint Committee on Rural Emergency Care
recommended that EMS reimbursement should be linked to medical home
reimbursement and not contingent on transportation. In the future, the report
envisions that “Community paramedicine providers are included in medical home
reimbursement and/or other reimbursement arrangements for rural primary care
physicians and facilities utilizing them as primary care staff between EMS calls.”
Funding for Payment and Delivery Innovations.
The federal legislation established the Center for
Medicare and Medicaid Innovation within the
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).
The center received significant funding to develop
and test innovative payment and healthcare delivery
arrangements that improve quality and reduce the
cost of care for Medicaid, Medicare and the
Children’s Health Insurance Program. In its 2011
Health Care Innovation Challenge cooperative
agreement, the center expressly specified that
community based paramedic models would be
considered for innovation grants. Among the
innovation grant recipients announced in 2012 are
community health initiatives in Washington and
Nevada that utilize community paramedics to
provide in-home care, patient education and
nonemergency phone line for patients with nonurgent medical situations.
Will a Community Medic program
benefit the Deer-Grove EMS District?
Let’s begin the process…
and find out…